Remember whilst Bruce Springsteen lamented that there were 57 channels and nothin’ on? With the May 27 launch of the WarnerMedia subscription service HBO Max, twine-reducing viewers — already spoiled through the likes of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, CBS All Access and Apple TV plus — can browse more than 10,000 hours of curated programming crossing all genres and demographics. All it takes is $14.ninety nine a month, a display and a innovative password.
And nestled the various Friends reruns and people D.C. Comics superhero films: dozens and dozens of song-themed options, courtesy of the good sized WarnerMedia library and choose 1/3-party acquisitions.
Relive a bygone generation with wonderful old-school musicals consisting of An American in Paris (1951) and Singin’ in the Rain (1952). Or just wax nostalgic for you know, February, because the conventional live performance movies Monterey Pop (1969), Woodstock (1970) and Wattstax (1973) — in addition to stand-out documentaries and in the back of-the-scenes projects inclusive of Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019), Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015), Justin Bieber’s Believe (2013), Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same (1976) and Shakira in Concert: El Dorado World Tour (2019) — offer a chance to see some of the all time greats up close during the present day lockdown season. (Even Springsteen himself is present and accounted for, thru 2019’s Western Stars.
That leaves us with a healthy dose of present day-generation music films, which variety from exceedingly pedigreed satisfactory photograph Oscar nominees to one of the most notorious cult classics of all time. (You’ll recognize when you examine about it.) But before you queue, you need to overview. Here’s how the most wonderful tune films available on HBO Max stack up. Sign up for an HBO Max subscription here and move these kind of movies on line on-demand for free.
25. Rock the Kasbah (2015)
Sadly, this isn't always a Joe Strummer biopic. Instead, the Clash conventional song is one way or the other the premise for a listless and casually offensive misfire in which a weary music manager (Bill Murray, miscast) stranded in Kabul groups up with a prostitute (Kate Hudson) to help a Pashtun youngster turn out to be the first girl to compete on an Afghanistan model of American Idol. Pass, I beg of you.
Sorta-based totally at the story of Judas Priest, the drama specializes in a blue-collar cowl-band singer (Mark Wahlberg) who receives a threat to take over because the front man for his preferred heavy metal band. Jennifer Aniston is stuck in the thankless girlfriend function. The flick is fairly slick and soulless, whilst the artist previously referred to as Marky Mark doesn’t even do his personal vocals.
23. Pure Country (1992)
Country track superstar George Strait made his film debut on this middling drama, gambling a mobster who may also have killed Jimmy Hoffa. Kidding! He’s a disappointed us of a singer who heads returned to his place of birth wherein he strives to be a operating-elegance everyman. The pleasant-promoting soundtrack has aged higher than the movie: To quote People mag, “If it have been any cornier or mushier, it would be chowder.”
22. The Phantom of the Opera (2005)
A low notice for the music of the night: This turgidly paced display screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular and epic musical lacks romance and chance. It stars then-newcomer Gerard Butler because the disfigured musical genius haunting the Paris opera, and Emmy Rossum as the female who falls for him.
21. The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
Dame Judi Dench plays a newly widowed female who attempts to reunite her former (usually) all-women swing band from World War II. They reunite, they perform, they learn 1/3-act lifestyles classes. Despite the delightful performances from the Dame (in addition to Olympia Dukakis, Leslie Caron and Ian Holm), the outing in all fairness light-weight and thoroughly predictable.
20. Joyful Noise (2012)
The incomparable Dolly Parton took a decade-lengthy hiatus from huge-display performing, best to go back to this middling comedy. She’s the director of a neighborhood choir who clashes with its newly appointed leader (Queen Latifah) because the group heads into a country wide competition. Guess how things give up! But as a minimum we get to hear Dolly sing.
19. The Fighting Temptations (2002)
Prediction: This amiable-sufficient comedy won’t be a part of Beyoncé’s video montage whilst she begins racking up lifetime achievement awards. She sincerely took 2nd-billing to Cuba Gooding Jr. on this tale of a disgraced NYC executive who returns to his place of origin and tries to guide a choir institution to victory in a gospel competition in order to land an inheritance.
18. Yesterday (2019)
Ah, if handiest our modern-day issues certainly did appear so far away. A sleeper hit, this comedy posed the question of what could manifest if the Beatles by no means existed. Answer: A struggling musician (Himesh Patel) would skip off the band’s tune as his personal and begin palling around with Ed Sheeran. As shaggy and candy as one of the Beatles’ early hits, even though it’s an extended manner from Fab.
17. Les Miserables (2012)
Your tolerance for this huge-finances version of the long-lasting Broadway musical — approximately the long redemptive arc of former thief Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) and the officer Javert (Russell Crowe) chasing after him in 19th century France — depends in your tolerance for earnest wall-to-wall making a song at a high extent. Featuring Anne Hathaway in a nicely-deserved Oscar-triumphing performance.
16. Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (2018)
The sequel, presenting the track of ABBA, is definitely superior to its 2008 unique. That’s what occurs while you forged Cher as a diva grandma who takes a private plane from Las Vegas to a Greek Island.
15. A Star Is Born (1976)
The titular big name here is one Barbra Streisand (excellent, she plays a character named Esther Hoffman), who strikes it large inside the musical international after putting up a dating with an growing old rock superstar (Kris Kristofferson, in a role as soon as supplied to Elvis Presley). The piece de resistance is Streisand making a song her hit ballad “Evergreen.” Otherwise, feel loose to pass this mawkish and overly long remake desperately missing the required sizzle.
14. Josie and the Pussycats (2000)
A peppy lady band (Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson) unleash their claws after they learn their ascent to stardom isn't what it appears. Surprise! This comedy, primarily based at the popular cartoon collection, is in reality pretty the high-quality and clever (if imperfect) pop confection and early-’00s time pill.
13. Xanadu (1980)
We’re speaking Spandex, roller-skating and Gene Kelly. la traversée film 2022 Magic, toddler! Actual plot: A Greek goddess (Olivia Newton-John) evokes the partnership between an growing older musician (Kelly) and a younger artist, who open a curler disco palace titled Xanadu, of course! This legendary turkey of a movie can actually not be defined as desirable but you want to peer it to accept as true with it.
12. Hairspray (2007)
John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah and Zac Efron superstar on this exuberant musical set in Sixties Baltimore. You can’t prevent the beat, and accept as true with me, you don’t even want to attempt.
11. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
How does a cliché-laden Queen biopic pass from tricky to Oscar-triumphing blockbuster? Five phrases: Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury.
10. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Enjoy the easy tale of a nerdy boy (Rick Moranis), a positioned-upon female (Ellen Greene) and a person-consuming, talking plant from outer area. No doubt this pitch-black musical comedy — tailored from the off-Broadway display — has the goods, thanks to toe-tapping musical numbers and perverse cameos from Steve Martin, John Candy and Bill Murray. Plus, Four Tops singer Levi Stubbs, as the voice of the plant dubbed Audrey II, gives a killer overall performance.
nine. A Star Is Born (2018)
I hold that this fourth A Star is Born iteration peaks after Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga belt out an electrifying version of “Shallow” on that level. Still, the two pour their hearts and souls and vocals into their performances.
8. That Thing You Do! (1996)
After starring in Philadelphia, Forrest Gump and Apollo thirteen in consecutive years, Tom Hanks determined to direct and write (and take a assisting function) this ultra-appealing and triumphing comedy about a small rock band within the Sixties riding a fleeting wave of stardom. The catchy titular hit was written by way of the exquisite Adam Schlesinger, who tragically died from the Coronavirus in April.
7. La La Land (2016)
