12 best movies like Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful (2009)

List of the best movies like Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful (2009): Brasslands, Gaga: Five Foot Two, ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas, The Winding Stream, Artifact, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, The Glamour & the Squalor, Janis: Little Girl Blue, God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUSA, Serbia and Montenegro

Half a million people descend upon a tiny Serbian village for the 50th anniversary of the world's largest trumpet festival. Brasslands chronicles the cultural and musical collisions through the personal journeys of 3 musicians - American, Serbian, Roma - whose lives are bound to Balkan brass for very different reasons.

Markimdb: 7
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUSA
Duration02:12

Go behind the scenes with pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a bold new album and prepares for her Super Bowl halftime show.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

The story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefamily, documentary, music, biography
CountryUSA

The story of the American music dynasty, the Carters and Cashes, and their decades-long influence on popular music.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

Artifact is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Jared Leto under the pseudonym of Bartholomew Cubbins, a recurring character in the Dr. Seuss universe. The film is a documentary about the making of the 30 Seconds to Mars album This Is War and the band's battle against record label EMI. Included in Artifact are several interviews, including the one with neurophysicist Daniel Levitin, author of the popular science book This Is Your Brain On Music. The film won the BlackBerry People's Choice Documentary Award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA

With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA

Seattle DJ Marco Collins stars in this unflinching documentary about media fame and addiction, which tracks his rise, fall, and resurrection as an influential promoter of grunge, alternative rock, and electronic dance music.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:20

Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

Featuring never before seen footage uncovered from the archives and interviews with Paul McCartney, Tommy Lee and others, God Bless Ozzy Osbourne is the first documentary to take viewers inside the complex mind of rock's great icon.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA

Supermensch documents the astounding career of Hollywood insider, the loveable Shep Gordon, who fell into music management by chance after moving to LA straight out of college, and befriending Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. Shep managed rock stars such as Pink Floyd, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Alice Cooper, and later went on to manage chefs such as Emeril Lagasse, ushering in the era of celebrity chefs on television.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefamily, documentary, music, biography
CountryUSA

I HOPE YOU DANCE: the power and spirit of song is the first full length documentary film to explore how one extraordinary song has transformed people's lives in profound, meaningful and sometimes startling ways. It is a film about hope, faith, optimism and the power of music to inspire and heal. The film highlights true stories of Love, Inspiration, Second Chances, Forgiveness and Miracles: A father who honors his daughter's memory by saving four lives through organ donation; a homeless shelter that teaches ballroom dancing, literally getting people back on their feet; a woman who miraculously recovers from a devastating spinal cord injury that should have killed her instantly; a couple who overcome the pain of their respective pasts to find love and redemption; two Nashville songwriters whose life experiences combine to create breathtaking piece of music for the ages.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredocumentary, music, biography, history
CountryUSA

In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”




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