17 best movies like I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)

List of the best movies like I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005): Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap, Zappa, Whitney, Whitney : Can I Be Me, Good Ol' Freda, ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas, Matangi / Maya / M.I.A., For No Good Reason, Leave the World Behind, Crossfire Hurricane.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:46

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, documentary, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:44

Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, music, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:26

The story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: The Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.

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: 7.5
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Sri Lanka
Duration02:18

Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.

Markimdb: 7
Genredocumentary, music, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

For No Good Reason a film about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the visually stunning journey, smashing narrative conventions, moving seamlessly from interview to animation and in the finest Gonzo tradition questions of witness and authenticity are challenged. Steadman's art is for the first time animated, including illustrations from Hunter S Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vagas. Featuring Richard E Grant, Terry Gilliam, Bruce Robinson and with music from Slash, The All American Rejects, Jason Mraz, Crystal Castles, Ed Hardcourt and Beth Orton. A touching and at times funny film about honesty, friendship and the ambition driving an artist. This is a true record of the demise of the 20th Century counterculture and hipster dream with Ralph Steadman the last of the Gonzo visionaries.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:35

A music documentary following the breakup of Swedish House Mafia and their subsequent One Last Tour. The largest electronic tour in history, selling over 1 million tickets in one week. Director Christian Larson captures the band in a unique fly on the wall manner as they call it quits and seek closure by going on the tour they had always dreamed of. With breathtaking live moments, huge laughs and dark lows, the band start to unravel why they came to the decision to end the biggest achievement of their lives to date to save their friendship. The film maps out three of the biggest stars in a scene which has gripped youth the world over and the psychology of the band. A film not to be missed.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:51

This film is released as part of the ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of the Rolling Stones. It tells the story of the Stones' unparalleled journey from blues obsessed teens in the early 60s to their undisputed status as rock royalty. All of the Stones have been newly interviewed and their words form the narrative arc that links together archive footage of performances, news coverage, and interviews, much of it previously unseen. Taking its title from a lyric in "Jumpin' Jack Flash," this film gives the viewer an intimate insight into exactly what it's like to be part of the Rolling Stones as they overcome denunciation, drugs, dissensions, and death to become the definitive survivors. Over a year in the making and produced with the full cooperation and involvement of the Stones, this film is and will remain the definitive story of the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration08:00

On 2 July 2005 an estimated 3 billion people came together in the fight against extreme poverty. LIVE 8 - 10 concerts featuring over 1000 musicians from across the globe - asked people not for their money, but for their voice.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:33

A chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:24

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.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genredocumentary, music, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantasy, drama, documentary, music
CountryCanada, United Kingdom, Australia, USA

Some of today's most original recording artists perform the work of famed composer Harold Arlen.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:48

The Beatles at Shea Stadium is a fifty-minute-long documentary of the Beatles' 1965 concert at Shea Stadium in New York, the highlight of the group's 1965 tour.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

Documentary charting the life of blues guitarist B.B. King, with contributions from fellow musicians.




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