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Originally Posted by Frownland
Top ten music related films. I'm not including documentaries because there are too many and obviously Some Kind of Monster would be no. 1.
1. O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Hilarious Coen brothers film where Clooney proved to the world that he could be funny. Based on Homer's Odyssey, three escaped prisoners are on a hunt for treasure. In the meantime, they come across sirens, a blind man who'll pay you ten dollars to sing in a can, the kkk, and they catch the ears of millions across the state thanks to radio technology being on the rise. So many one liners in this film, so little time. Chock full of contemporary bluegrass.
2. Sound of Noise - Brilliant and hilarious Swedish-French film about a tone deaf police officer from a family of composers pursuing musicians terrorizing the city with performance art. Great music and lots of laughs.
3. This Is Spinal Tap - Classic. Go watch if you want to be entertained now that you've crawled out from under your rock.
4. Big Time - This is a Tom Waits live performance film filled with odd sketches and eccentric bits. Bloody brilliant soundtrack on this one, it's my favourite Waits album.
5. The Pianist - Bleak Holocaust film following a pianist (no shit. Also, heh, pianist) in a concentration camp. It has Adrian Brody's best performance of his career and some beautiful piano playing scenes.
6. The Piano Teacher - Disturbing and NSFW film from Michael Haneke. It highlights the relationship between a masochist piano teacher (duh) and a hesitantly sadistic student of hers. The ending of this film is one of the most powerful in all of cinema.
7. Frank - Another movie about an experimental musician who wears a helmet thing. Lots of people have asked me if I've seen this so if you were wondering, yes I have seen it.
8. Dancer in the Dark - A dark musical that will make you cry your goddamn eyes out and ruin your life for a couple of months. ****. I can't even write about it without getting misty. Go look at the imdb page or something to find out what it's about.
9. (Untitled) - 2009 film about a composer who meets an art gallery lady and they get it on. This movie pokes fun at the art world while maintaining a respect for it.
10. Whiplash - Drum porn.
Honourable Mentions: Amadeus, Shine, School of Rock, High Fidelity, and Once.
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Most of our picks would be the same, but a movie I highly recommend checking out that fits your theme is
August Rush. I absolutely love that film to death, one of my favorites. I imagine you haven't seen it because if you had it would almost certainly have been in your honorable mentions at the very least.