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  1. A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.

    The sides of No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    • Bob Dylan from 1961 to 1966
    • Greenwich Village folk clubs
    • Fans booing when he goes electric

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear Dylan's songs as they were first played.
    • you like the sixties, from the folk scene to the protest years.
    • you like a life story told by the people who were there.

    Bad for you if

    • three and a half hours is too much for you.
    • you find black and white footage from the sixties dated.

    About: reinvention · fame · the voice of a generation

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  2. Quincy 2018

    Documentary

    An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing major pop hits of the early 1960s and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations in the same time period.

    The sides of Quincy

    • Quincy Jones looking back on seventy years of music
    • Jazz bands, pop records and film scores
    • A portrait co-directed by his daughter Rashida Jones

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing how jazz, pop and film music passed through one man.
    • you like a famous life told up close, health scares included.
    • you like American history seen from inside the recording studio.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours of one life is too much for you.
    • you roll your eyes at a loving tribute made by the subject's own daughter.

    About: music · legacy · race in America · fatherhood

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  3. Woodstock 1970

    Documentary

    An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

    The sides of Woodstock

    • Half a million people on a farm in 1969
    • Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Joe Cocker on stage
    • Rain, mud and broken fences

    Good for you if

    • you like long, raw sets from the legends of 1969.
    • you want to see what the summer of 1969 actually looked like.
    • you like a split screen full of crowds, helicopters and mud.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly four hours is too much for one evening.
    • you'd rather not watch naked festivalgoers, especially with others.

    About: freedom · the counterculture · togetherness

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  4. Imagine: John Lennon 1988

    Documentary

    The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.

    The sides of Imagine: John Lennon

    • John Lennon telling his own life
    • Home footage from Yoko Ono's archives
    • Cynthia, Julian and Sean looking back

    Good for you if

    • you love the Beatles and Lennon's solo songs.
    • you want Lennon in his own voice, from Liverpool to New York.
    • you like a portrait of a man with all his contradictions.

    Bad for you if

    • you find old 1960s and 70s footage dated.
    • you can't revisit his murder in New York in 1980.

    About: fame · love · peace · loss

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  5. The Velvet Underground 2021

    Documentary

    Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.

    The sides of The Velvet Underground

    • Lou Reed, John Cale and the birth of a band
    • Andy Warhol's Factory in 1960s New York
    • Split screens full of archive footage

    Good for you if

    • you love the drone and noise of the Velvet Underground.
    • you like Todd Haynes cutting archive footage into split screens.
    • you want to be dropped into the New York avant-garde of the sixties.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand experimental films and art-school strangeness.
    • you find two hours of interviews and archives too much.

    About: art · rebellion · New York

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  6. A Band Called Death 2013

    Documentary

    Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them.

    The sides of A Band Called Death

    • Three brothers playing punk in 1970s Detroit
    • A band name nobody would book
    • A forgotten demo tape found decades later

    Good for you if

    • you like raw punk played before punk had a name.
    • you like three brothers held together by music.
    • you love true stories of music rediscovered.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at emotional family reunions.
    • you need more happening than interviews and old photos.

    About: brotherhood · recognition · faith

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  7. An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

    The sides of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    • Miles Davis and his trumpet
    • Jazz from bebop to fusion
    • Musicians and family remembering him

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear Kind of Blue and the records that changed jazz.
    • you like a portrait that shows a genius and his darker side.
    • you're curious about racism in America through one musician's life.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face drug addiction and abuse of a wife on screen.
    • you can't spend two hours admiring a man you wouldn't root for.

    About: genius · reinvention · racism

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  8. Monterey Pop 1968

    Documentary

    Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.

    The sides of Monterey Pop

    • The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
    • Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire
    • Otis Redding, The Who and Janis Joplin on stage

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear Otis Redding and Jefferson Airplane live.
    • you like being dropped into the summer of 1967.
    • you can't look away from Hendrix on stage.

    Bad for you if

    • you find grainy 1960s footage dated.
    • you want to get to know the musicians. The film shows the songs and the crowd, with no interviews.

    About: the sixties · rock · the crowd

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  9. The Beatles: Get Back 2021

    Documentary

    The three-part documentary series, compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage, captures the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of music's most iconic foursome. The series also includes – for the first time in its entirety – The Beatles' final performance at London's Savile Row.

    The sides of The Beatles: Get Back

    • The Beatles writing songs in a studio
    • Unseen footage from January 1969
    • The rooftop concert in full

    Good for you if

    • you like watching songs like Get Back take shape from nothing.
    • you like long sessions where almost nothing happens and then a song appears.
    • you want to see the four of them joke, argue and work together.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly eight hours of rehearsals is too much for you.
    • you find 1969 footage dated, even restored.

    About: creation · friendship · the end of a band

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  10. On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.

    The sides of The Greatest Night in Pop

    • One night in 1985 to record We Are the World
    • Dozens of stars in a single studio
    • Lionel Richie telling how it came together

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing a famous song built line by line.
    • you want a warm, nostalgic evening with no bad guys.
    • you like watching forty stars, from Michael Jackson to Bob Dylan, squeezed into one studio for a night.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at stars holding hands for a good cause.
    • you'd rather go deep with one artist than meet forty.

    About: generosity · ego · nostalgia

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  11. Amazing Grace 2018

    Documentary

    A behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.

    The sides of Amazing Grace

    • Aretha Franklin singing gospel in a Los Angeles church
    • A 1972 live recording session
    • Footage that waited decades to be released

    Good for you if

    • you like gospel sung live with a choir behind it.
    • you can't look away from Aretha Franklin at the height of her voice.
    • you like being in the room for a real moment in music history.

    Bad for you if

    • you find grainy 1970s footage dated.
    • you roll your eyes at fervent church preaching between the songs.

    About: faith · music · joy

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  12. Marley 2012

    Documentary

    Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Directed by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.

    The sides of Marley

    • Bob Marley from a Jamaican village to world stages
    • Reggae and the politics of 1970s Jamaica
    • Interviews with his family and bandmates

    Good for you if

    • you like reggae and want to know where these songs came from.
    • you want the whole life of Bob Marley told by people who knew him.
    • you like music caught up in a country's politics.

    Bad for you if

    • you find almost two and a half hours too much for one evening.
    • you need a faster pace than a life told from the very beginning.

    About: faith · peace · legacy

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  13. When You're Strange 2010

    Documentary

    The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.

    The sides of When You're Strange

    • The Doors from film school to sold out arenas
    • Jim Morrison on stage and on trial
    • Footage shot between 1965 and 1971

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing The Doors' songs alongside how they were made.
    • you like the late 1960s seen through archive footage only.
    • you want the true story of Jim Morrison's rise and fall.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch drink, drugs and a death at 27 up close.
    • you can't stand following a singer who taunts his crowds and ends up on trial.

    About: fame · excess · rebellion

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  14. Piece by Piece 2024

    Documentary

    A unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music's most innovative minds.

    The sides of Piece by Piece

    • Pharrell Williams's life told in LEGO
    • A kid from Virginia Beach who hears music in colors
    • The making of hits like Happy

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing how Pharrell built his songs and beats.
    • you like a music biography rebuilt brick by brick in LEGO.
    • you like the story of a dreamy kid finding his sound.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you roll your eyes at uplifting talk about inspiration and following your dreams.

    About: creativity · fame · growing up

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  15. An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their progressive rock sound of the '70s to their current heavy rock style.

    The sides of Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

    • Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart
    • Decades of a Canadian rock band
    • Fans and fellow musicians on why it matters

    Good for you if

    • you love Rush or want to understand their sound.
    • you like three friends who stayed together for decades.
    • you want the band's whole story, from the start.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit with Neil Peart's loss of his daughter and wife.
    • you roll your eyes at fellow musicians lining up to praise a band.

    About: friendship · loyalty · craft

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  16. The Last Waltz 1978

    Documentary

    Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, and other rock legends.

    The sides of The Last Waltz

    • The Band's farewell concert in San Francisco
    • Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison on one stage
    • Backstage interviews filmed by Martin Scorsese

    Good for you if

    • you like a whole concert of 1970s rock filmed up close.
    • you like a concert shot on film by Martin Scorsese, every stage light composed.
    • you like the end of an era captured on a single night.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't get into music films from the 1970s.
    • you want the people behind the music more than the music itself.

    About: farewell · the road · rock history

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  17. Long-lost footage from Elvis Presley's legendary Las Vegas residency in the 1970s woven together with rare 16mm footage from Elvis on Tour, and 8mm from the Graceland archive, plus recordings of Elvis telling "his side of the story" rediscovered during Baz Luhrmann's research for his 2022 film, Elvis.

    The sides of EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

    • Elvis on stage in Las Vegas in the 1970s
    • Lost concert footage found again
    • Elvis telling his own story

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing Elvis sing live at full power.
    • you can't look away from a man owning a stage.
    • you like hearing a legend in his own words.

    Bad for you if

    • you find 1970s footage dated.
    • you need a story with stakes, not a concert.

    About: fame · music · legacy

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  18. Becoming Led Zeppelin 2025

    Documentary

    The individual journeys of the four members of the band, as they move through the music scene of the 1960s, playing small clubs throughout Britain and performing some of the biggest hits of the era, until their meeting in the summer of 1968 for a rehearsal that changes their lives forever.

    The sides of Becoming Led Zeppelin

    • Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones telling it
    • Archive audio of John Bonham
    • The band's first albums and early tours

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear Led Zeppelin loud and in full.
    • you like the British music scene of the 1960s.
    • you want the band's story told by the band itself.

    Bad for you if

    • you find grainy 1960s footage dated.
    • you need suspense, and this is four musicians finding each other.

    About: ambition · rock music · beginnings

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  19. Gimme Danger 2016

    Documentary

    No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, preening leopard of a frontman who somehow embodies Nijinsky, Bruce Lee, Harpo Marx, and Arthur Rimbaud all rolled into one. There is no precedent for The Stooges, while those inspired by them are now legion. The film will present the context of their emergence musically, culturally, politically, historically, and relate their adventures and misadventures while charting their inspirations and the reasons behind their initial commercial challenges, as well as their long-lasting legacy.

    The sides of Gimme Danger

    • The Stooges in Detroit
    • Iggy Pop telling his own story
    • Jim Jarmusch behind the camera

    Good for you if

    • you love raw, loud rock'n'roll and punk's roots.
    • you like the Detroit music scene of the late sixties.
    • you like Iggy Pop telling stories with his own wild charm.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through stories of drugs and a band falling apart.
    • you find grainy archive footage dated.

    About: rebellion · friendship · legacy

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  20. 20 Feet from Stardom 2013

    Documentary

    Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.

    The sides of 20 Feet from Stardom

    • Backup singers behind the biggest stars
    • Darlene Love and Merry Clayton telling their stories
    • The voices on songs you already know

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing the voices behind famous songs, finally up front.
    • you like singers talking honestly about talent and missed chances.
    • you like true stories of people the spotlight never found.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose track when a dozen singers' stories take turns.
    • you roll your eyes when Springsteen and Sting reflect on the meaning of talent.

    About: recognition · talent · ambition

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