Music Movies
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro,…
The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917…
Into the Woods (1991)
In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.
Buddy’s Song (1991)
Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad’s teddy boy rocker days…
The Doors (1991)
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
The Smoke (1991)
The film is based on a legendary school film of Tomáš Vorel, called INg (1985). The storyline stays the same – a young engineer finds a new job and wants…
Shock ‘Em Dead (1991)
Martin is a total loser, who nobody cares for. When he fails to get a position as guitar player in Lindsay’s band and loses his job on the way, he…
Graffiti Bridge (1990)
It’s got that Purple Rain feeling through and though. And it’s got The Kid, too! For the first time since Purple Rain, Prince is back as The Kid. And where…
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ “Hard Harry.” When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide,…
Mo’ Better Blues (1990)
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of…
Roger Waters: The Wall – Live in Berlin (1990)
Midnight Oil – Black Rain Falls (1990)
Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990)
Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy’s Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and…
Lambada (1990)
Kevin Laird is a Beverly Hills school teacher by day and a mystery man by night. Using his lambada dance moves to first earn the kid’s respect and acceptance, Kevin…
Rockula (1990)
Ralph is a sexually frustrated vampire who suffers from a peculiar curse. He’s condemned for eternity to watch his one true love, Mona be murdered by a pirate wielding a…
Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella (1990)
Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, their mentor,…
Forbidden City U.S.A. (1989)
A documentary about Forbidden City, a San Francisco Chinese-American nightclub open from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Iron Maiden: Maiden England (1989)
Filmed across two sold-out nights at Birmingham N.E.C. Arena, UK in November 1988 during the band’s “Seventh Tour Of A Seventh Tour”.
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
Meet the Feebles (1989)
Heidi, star of the “Meet The Feebles Variety Hour” discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the show, the assorted…
Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder (1989)
Concert video taken from the A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. It was largely filmed during the concerts running from August 19, 1988 through August 23, 1988 at the Nassau…
Pink Floyd: Live in Venice (1989)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into…
Sons of Steel (1989)
The film is set in Australia, where an accidental future time traveler finds himself going back in time to change events to prevent a calamity.
Depeche Mode 101 (1989)
A fascinating documentary focusing on backstage realities of art and business during the British synthesizer band’s 1988 American tour.
Tap (1989)
Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a hoofer club. His old girl friend, Amy, who still works…
Banned (1989)
A mellow jazz guitarist is possessed by the ghost of a wild punk rocker.
Creating Rem Lezar (1989)
Zack and Ashlee discover the meaning of true friendship when they create an imaginary friend, the superhero Rem Lezar.
The Steamie (1988)
Tony Roper wrote ‘The Steamie’ for Glasgow’s Mayfest in 1987. Return to Hogmany 1957 when a fiesty group of Glasgow women; Mrs Culfeathers, Dolly, Doreen and the irrepressible Magrit, all…
Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988)
Garfield plays multiple roles including ancient Egyptian royalty, a fairyland kitten, a movie ‘stunt cat” and more!