Welcome to our rock movies directory. For each movie below you can click on the picture or title to watch the official movie trailer, see the full movie poster and read the plot summary. We've also included the movie release date, length, MPAA rating and Rotten Tomatoes score.
We're building a comprehensive list of rock & roll themed films in four categories:
 | Almost Famous |
| September 2000 |
| Rated R for language, drug content and brief nudity. |
| 122 min |
| "Experience it. Enjoy it. Just don't fall for it. " |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88% |
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 | That Thing You Do |
| October 1996 |
| Rated PG for some language |
| 108 min |
| "In every life there comes a time when that dream you dream becomes that thing you do." |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91% |
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 | This Is Spinal Tap |
| March 1984 |
| Some explicit innuendo, often in the form of lyrics, fairly strong profanity throughout. |
| 82 min |
| Does for rock and roll what "The Sound of Music" did for hills |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% |
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 | A Hard Day's Night |
| August 1964 |
| Not rated. Suggestive language. |
| 87 min |
| The Beatles starring in their first full-length, hilarious action-packed film ! |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% |
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 | Purple Rain |
| July 1984 |
| Not rated, sexually suggestive |
| 111 min |
| 1984 musical film starring Prince. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 75% |
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 | School of Rock |
| October 2003 |
| Rated PG-13 for some rude humor and drug references. |
| 108 min |
| "We shall teach Rock & Roll to the world!" |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91% |
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 | Detroit Rock City |
| August 1999 |
| Rated R for strong language, drug use and sex-related content. |
| 95 min |
| Kiss The Rules Goodbye. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 50% |
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 | Taking Woodstock |
| August 2009 |
| Rated R for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language. |
| 110 min |
| "A Generation Began In His Backyard." |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 52% |
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 | The Rocker |
| August 2008 |
| Rated PG-13 for drug and sexual references, nudity and language. |
| 102 min |
| "A comedy for the rockstar in all of us." |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 39% |
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 | Great Balls of Fire |
| June 1989 |
| Not rated. |
| 108 min |
| Jerry Lee Lewis: He Rocked The Nation... And Shocked The World. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 65% |
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 | Rock Star |
| September 2001 |
| Rated R for language, sexuality and some drug content. |
| 105 min |
| "The story of a wanna be who got to be." |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 52% |
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 | Rock Around the Clock |
| March 1956 |
| Not rated. |
| 77 min |
| The Music.The Dancing. Rock'n'Roll at its Beginning. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: Not rated |
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 | Yellow Submarine |
| November 1968 |
| Not rated. |
| 90 min |
| The forces of good! The forces of evil! |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% |
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 | Jailhouse Rock |
| November 1957 |
| Not rated, violent fistfight scene. |
| 96 min |
| MGM Presents ELVIS PRESLEY at his greatest. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79% |
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 | The Great Rock N' Roll Swindle |
| March 1981 |
| Not rated. |
| 103 min |
| The staggering story of the group who wrung the neck of rock 'n' roll. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% |
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 | Pirate Radio (The Boat That Rocked) |
| November 2009 |
| Rated R for language, and some sexual content including brief nudity. |
| 135 min |
| 1 Boat. 8 DJs. No Morals. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 54% |
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 | Saturday Night Fever |
| December 1977 |
| Rated R for strong language, sexuality/nudity and some drug content. (2002 version) |
| 118 min |
| Where do you go when the record is over... |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89% |
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 | The Blues Brothers |
| June 1980 |
| About 25 f-words. Some uses of s**t. Many hells and damns. |
| 133 min |
| They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84% |
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 | 24 Hour Party People |
| April 2002 |
| Rated R for strong language, drug use and sexuality. |
| 117 min |
| The unbelievably true story of one man, one movement, the music and madness that was Manchester. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85% |
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 | Sid and Nancy |
| November 1986 |
| Includes sex, stabbings, profanity and drugs |
| 112 min |
| Love kills. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90% |
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 | End of the Century |
| June 2003 |
| Not rated |
| 110 min |
| The story of the punk rock band The Ramones. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95% |
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 | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan |
| July 2005 |
| Not rated, some profanity |
| 208 min |
| 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. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% |
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 | Runnin' Down A Dream |
| June 2007 |
| Not rated |
| 239 min |
| Documentary about Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, directed by Peter Bogdanovich. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% |
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 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster |
| July 2004 |
| Profanity and brief nudity |
| 141 min |
| The film that redefines group therapy. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87% |
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 | Bob Dylan Don't Look Back |
| February 1968 |
| Not rated |
| 96 min |
| Documentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, which includes appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% |
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 | Gimme Shelter |
| December 1970 |
| Brief nudity, language, violence, The film is very disturbing on many levels especially to someone who has been in an out-of-control crowd before. |
| 91 min |
| The music that thrilled the world ... and the killing that stunned it! |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% |
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 | The Kids Are Alright |
| December 1979 |
| Not rated |
| 101 min |
| Seeing is believing! |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% |
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 | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart |
| June 2002 |
| Not rated |
| 92 min |
| First-time filmmaker and award-winning photographer Sam Jones documents the recording of Wilco's album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88% |
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 | Dig! |
| April 2005 |
| Rated R for language and drug use. |
| 107 min |
| A documentary on the once-promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols, and the friendship/rivalry between their respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90% |
 | U2 3D |
| February 2008 |
| Not rated |
| 85 min |
| A 3-D presentation of U2's global "Vertigo" tour. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% |
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 | Stop Making Sense |
| November 1984 |
| Rated PG |
| 88 min |
| "Why stop making sense? Why a movie? Why a big suit? Where do the odd movements come from? What will the band do next? " |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97% |
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 | The Last Waltz |
| April 1978 |
| Not rated |
| 117 min |
| It Started as a Concert. It Became a Celebration. Now it's a Legend. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97% |
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 | Shine A Light |
| April 2008 |
| Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, drug references and smoking. |
| 122 min |
| A career-spanning documentary on the Rolling Stones, with concert footage from their "A Bigger Bang" tour. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86% |
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 | Woodstock |
| March 1970 |
| Not rated |
| 184 min |
| Experience the Event That Named a Generation. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% |
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 | Concert for Bangladesh |
| June 1972 |
| Not rated |
| 103 min |
| The Greatest Concert of the Decade! Now you can see it and hear it...as if you were there ! |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: NR |
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 | Hair |
| July 1979 |
| Not rated, contains nudity and drug usage. |
| 121 min |
| Let the sun shine in! |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% |
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 | Tommy |
| March 1975 |
| Some Mild Sexual Content |
| 111 min |
| Your senses will never be the same. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79% |
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 | Quadrophenia |
| November 1979 |
| Extreme bad language from beginning to end, also violence. |
| 117 min |
| We are the mods, we are the mods. We are, we are, we are the mods. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% |
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 | The Wall |
| August 1982 |
| Nudity, violence, some profanity. |
| 95 min |
| Pink Floyd The Wall. Now The Film. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 65% |
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 | Magical Mystery Tour |
| December 1967 |
| Not rated, some disturbing images. |
| 55 min |
| The Beatles charter a special bus for a surreal mystery tour. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 60% |
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 | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| August 1973 |
| Not rated. |
| 108 min |
| and now the film... |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 57% |
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 | Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| September 1975 |
| Not rated, some implied sex, off-screen gore. |
| 100 min |
| Action-packed... lotsa larfs... gorgeous gals... thrills & chills... Transylvanian parties... romance |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 77% |
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 | Across The Universe |
| October 2007 |
| Rated PG-13 for some drug content, nudity, sexuality, violence and language. |
| 133 min |
| Within the lyrics of the world's most famous songs, lives a story that has never been told. Until now. |
| Rotten Tomatoes Score: 53% |
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