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- Almost Famous. Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson. 351 votes. This coming-of-age tale, by Cameron Crowe, follows a teen journalist as he gets his first taste of life on the road with an up-and-coming rock band in the 1970s.
- Walk the Line. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin. 158 votes. Diving deep into the life and times of Johnny Cash, this biopic showcases both the highs and lows of this legendary musician's career.
- A Hard Day's Night. The Beatles, Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington. 281 votes. This British musical comedy film captures the frenzy and excitement surrounding The Beatles at the peak of their popularity.
- Bohemian Rhapsody. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee. 173 votes. This rhapsodic biopic chronicles the rise of one of the world's most beloved rock bands – Queen – as well as its flamboyant and distinctive lead singer, Freddie Mercury.
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- Almost Famous (2000) In Almost Famous, we get an exploration into an off-branch of the music industry: music journalism. The journalist at its center is a 15-year-old kid from San Diego, played by Patrick Fugit.
- Easy Rider (1969) We've mentioned the 1960s often throughout this list, and that's because the decade was such a pivotal time for rock n' roll! Attitudes were changing, minds were expanding, and young people preferred to ride around on motorcycles while smoking weed than to be married and settled down by 20.
- Quadrophenia (1979) Quadrophenia is based on The Who's 1973 rock opera. That description alone is enough to get us seated with popcorn at the ready, but don't crunch so loudly that you miss The Kingsman singing "Louie Louie."
- Elvis (2022) Here we have the King of Rock himself, Elvis Presley. Despite his stint as an actor, Elvis Presley was always better suited to the musical stage.
Jul 20, 2023 · 10 Best Rock Songs In Movies. 1. “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”—Aerosmith (Armageddon) 2. “Eye of the Tiger”—Survivor (Rocky 3) 3. “Iris”—Goo Goo Dolls (City of Angels) 4. “ (Everything I Do) I Do It for You”—Bryan Adams (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
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- Blackboard Jungle
- Don’T Knock The Rock
- Shake, Rattle, and Rock
- The Girl Can’T Help It
- Rock, Rock, Rock!
- Jailhouse Rock
- Jamboree
- The Big Beat
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- Go, Johnny, Go!
No single film has matched the vinyl record-buying frenzy that followed Blackboard Jungleand the clamor to own Bill Haley’s single “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock.” A 10-year-old boy, Peter Ford, the son of actor Glenn Ford, played a curious role in the history of rock’n’roll. His father was due to appear in this teenage-delinquency film, whic...
This film about rock being banned in a small town was certainly not to the taste of The New York Times’ reviewer back in 1956. He wrote: “Most of the dialogue couldn’t even be heard above the restless din. What is ‘rock’n’roll’? Well, to one comparatively middle-aged man who made the awful mistake of grabbing a seat down front, it goes thump, thump...
In the mid-50s, blues singer Big Joe Turner had star billing on the various rock’n’roll revue tours he joined. In 1956, he appeared in the movie Shake, Rattle And Rock, in which he shared the music with Fats Domino. The film – which played to teenage audience emotions with a plot about a pompous citizens’ committee that finds rock’n’roll threatenin...
Frank Tashlin, a former joke-writer for The Marx Brothers, may not have realized what an influence he would have when he directed and produced The Girl Can’t Help It, starring Jayne Mansfield. The cameo performances of musicians Little Richard, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent inadvertently created one of the most influential rock’n’roll soundtracks ...
Rock, Rock, Rock! was subtitled Alan Freed: The King Of Rock’n’Roll. Though it is a rather weak film, it is notable for being sprinkled with 21 performances by early, popular rock’n’roll singers and groups. Among the best songs are “Tra La la” by LaVern Baker, “You Can’t Catch Me” by Chuck Berry, “Lonesome Train” by The Johnny Burnette Trio and “I ...
Though most of Elvis Presley’s film work was done in the 60s, the real King Of Rock’n’Roll made five films in the 50s, the best of which are arguably King Creole and Jailhouse Rock. The latter movie offered Presley a role that loosely mirrored his own rise to fame, but via a character called Vince Everett, who spends time in prison and has a tempes...
Jamboree was about a pair of young singers (played by Paul Carr and Freda Holloway) who become overnight sensations as a duo. The film also features cameo performances by some of the biggest performers of the era lip-syncing to their recordings. It is notable for Jerry Lee Lewis singing an alternative version of his original Sun Records hit “Great ...
1957-58 was a strange period for rock movies. As well as hits such as Jailhouse Rock, there were also several calypso-based films during what was a boom time for that music. One of the calypso musicals starred Maya Angelou. When former Beatle Ringo Starr narrated the documentary Hollywood Rocks The Movies: The Early Years, there was a segment about...
Singer-actor John Ashley had just starred in Frankenstein’s Daughter when he landed the role of a hot-rod driver who joins Gene Vincent’s band so he can fund his drag racing ambitions. At the time, Vincent had already become a superstar following his 1956 rockabilly hit “Be Bop-A-Lula,” which was recorded with his Blue Caps. Vincent, who appears in...
Directed by Hal Roach, Jr – son of the famous Laurel And Hardy director – Go, Johnny, Go! is special for several reasons. It featured the famous Chuck Berry “duck walk” dance and includes the only film appearance of Ritchie Valens, who died the same year the movie was made, in the plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly. Alan Freed gathered a gala...
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- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Wayne’s World, 1992) “I thought we’d go for a little Bohemian Rhapsody, gentlemen?” It’s one of the greatest hard rock movies of all time, and the most iconic use of a song on the silver screen.
- Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (Trainspotting, 1996) Literally hitting the ground running, the opening sequence of Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting is one of the most iconic in all of British cinema.
- Black Sabbath – Paranoid (Kong: Skull Island, 2017) Ever since Francis Ford Coppola deployed Richard Wagner’s Ride Of The Valkyries to such iconic effect in Apocalypse Now, there has been a fashion for awesome musical moments involving swooping attack helicopters in the movies, from the aforementioned Predator right through this furry show-stopper.
- Smash Mouth – All Star (Shrek, 2001) Excessively mocked as it has been, there’s a brilliantly iconic turn-of-the-millennium quality to Smash Mouth’s All Star that’s never been better tapped-into than in the opening scene of Mike Myers’ ogre-centric animated classic Shrek.
Dec 9, 2021 · It’s no surprise that Lawrence Kasdan’s 1983 elegy for a generation fueled by sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll would have a banging soundtrack.
Aug 29, 2013 · 25 Greatest Soundtracks: Purple Rain, Hard Days Night, Easy Rider. TV & Movies. The 25 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time. From 'Easy Rider' to 'A Hard Day's Night' By. Jon Dolan, Will...
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