14 best movies like The Concert for Valor (2014)

List of the best movies like The Concert for Valor (2014): The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Janis: Little Girl Blue, Along the Roadside, BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky, Satan & Adam, Scenes from the Suburbs, Spin, The Runaways, Iconoclast, Mavis!.

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Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUSA

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940's, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

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: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
CountryUSA

Road movie about two young people from different parts of the world, their vastly different clashing cultures and their journey of self-discovery during the drive to the largest music festival in California.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUSA, South Korea

Record-shattering Korean girl band BLACKPINK tell their story — and detail the hard fought journey of the dreams and trials behind their meteoric rise.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUSA

One was a demon on guitar; the other was fresh out of school and no slouch on harmonica. SATAN & ADAM is a celebration of friendship and the blues comprised of documentary footage shot over the course of two decades.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, short, music
CountryUSA
Duration00:28

A resident of a suburban dystopia tries to reassemble his fragmented memories of life as a teen.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family, music
CountryUSA

Rhea lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family. After her mother’s death, she has been her father’s emotional rock, and her life revolves around her family’s restaurant, her eclectic group of friends, and her after-school coding club. Everything changes when she falls for aspiring DJ Max and a long lost passion for music is reignited. Rhea discovers that she has a natural gift for creating beats and producing music that blends her Indian heritage, but must find the courage to follow her true inner talent.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengalilike influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA

Boyd Rice may well be the only person alive who's been on a first name basis with both Charles Manson and Marilyn Manson. His career has spanned more than three decades, during which time he has remained at the epicenter of underground culture and controversy.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA

A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, documentary, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:15

Mistaken for Strangers follows The National on its biggest tour to date. Newbie roadie Tom (lead singer Matt Berninger’s younger brother) is a heavy metal and horror movie enthusiast, and can't help but put his own spin on the experience. Inevitably, Tom’s moonlighting as an irreverent documentarian creates some drama for the band on the road. The film is a hilarious and touching look at two very different brothers, and an entertaining story of artistic aspiration.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, drama, music
CountryUSA

In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genremusic
CountryUSA
Duration00:50

Fall Out Boy are bound-and-blindfolded in the back of a black van while rapper 2 Chainz walks around a dark, wooded campsite torching records. ("My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)") The story begins to unfold backwards, with the band discovering a mysterious briefcase that lead singer Patrick Stump cuffs to his wrist. Stump gets shocked from behind and taken somewhere which one of the girls cuts his hand off to get to the briefcase. Drummer Andy Hurley gets distracted by a van, which opens up and a woman behind him throws him in there. Stump is seen being tortured on an operating table and the women are doing surgery on him. Guitarist Joe Trohman gets kidnapped while pumping gas. Bassist Pete Wentz is stabbed with a needle from his girlfriend. Stump is shown tied to a chair that continues with Young Volcanoes. ("The Phoenix")

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA

A crime thriller love story about a charismatic but down-on-his-luck troubadour living out of cheap motels and making bad decisions.




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