Best 1980s Music Movies

Looking for the best 1980s Music movies? These are the 18 highest-rated 1980s Music titles in our catalogue, led by U2: Live at Red Rocks - Under a Blood Red Sky, Alişan and La Cenerentola. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. U2: Live at Red Rocks - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)

★ 8.1/10

Recorded at the breathtakingly beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado in 1983, this concert features Irish rock sensation U2 and front man Bono in their early glory days. Including five previously unreleased…
2. Alişan (1982)

★ 7.5/10

The film tells the story of Alişan, who is trying to escape from his bloodthirsty pursuers. Alişan is released from prison, where he was serving time for murder. Unable to return to his hometown of Urfa due to blood…
3. La Cenerentola (1981)

★ 7.4/10

The Prince, Don Ramiro (who has changed places with his valet, Dandini), meets Cenerentola and they are instantly attracted to each other. When the Philosopher, Alidoro, later takes Cenerentola (dressed in magnificent…
4. Urgh! A Music War (1981)

★ 7.3/10

Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark…
5. Iron Maiden: Behind The Iron Curtain (1984)

★ 7.1/10

Shot during Maiden's historic tour of Poland and other parts of the Eastern Bloc in 1984, featuring interviews, live and offstage footage, capturing the atmosphere of this remarkable journey behind the Wall at the…
6. Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember (1984)

★ 7.0/10

A holiday musical special with Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers based around their best-selling album "Once Upon a Christmas."
7. Islak Mendil (1982)

★ 7.0/10

Ümit, who lives in a poor neighborhood, makes a living by singing on the streets. One day, at his son's circumcision ceremony, he runs into his wife Necla, whom he separated from years ago. The couple separated years…
8. Elvis '56 (1988)

★ 7.0/10

The year Elvis Presley went from rising star to pop culture sensation is chronicled through rare footage, interviews and that pelvis-gyrating music.
9. Wrong Side of the Road (1981)

★ 7.0/10

Port Adelaide to Point Pearce. Cars, cops, cattle stations and driving rock and reggae. Two days in the lives of Aboriginal bands, US MOB and NO FIXED ADDRESS. These were two of the first Aboriginal bands to be writing…
10. Bumpy (1981)

★ 6.8/10

Brother and sister Kusti and Iti get lost in a forest while picking strawberries and are captured by an evil forest hag. They are made to work for her. The hag has a son called Bumpy whom Iti befriends. When they get a…
11. Assa (1987)

★ 6.8/10

ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
12. Mack the Knife (1989)

★ 6.6/10

In 19th century London, a young girl falls for a womanizing criminal and they decide to wed. Her family strongly disapproves so her father, 'the king of thieves', gets the gangster arrested.
13. In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)

★ 6.5/10

A joyous romp through the dance, food, music, friendship, and even religion of the Polka. The explosive energy and high spirits of the polka subculture are rendered with warmth and dedication to scholarship in this…
14. Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon (1982)

★ 6.2/10

Musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti recorded more than 60 albums to promote the magic of Afrobeat but never lost his political voice as an outspoken critic against widespread government corruption in Nigeria. This documentary…
15. Let's Spend the Night Together (1982)

★ 6.0/10

The Rolling Stones' record-breaking 1981 North American arena tour documented by director Hal Ashby. Featuring the biggest Rolling Stones songs from the first 20 years - in the words of Mick Jagger, "a feel of what…
16. Sprout Wings and Fly (1983)

★ 5.8/10

Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-old Tommy Jarrell of Toast, NC. Tommy was quirky, gregarious and generous, and this film shows him at his best, in fine…
17. Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert (1987)

★ 5.5/10

Singer Paul Simon and several African musicians perform a concert to benefit victims of apartheid in South Africa.
18. African Fever (1985)

★ 0.0/10

A young woman decides to organize an intercontinental festival of African songs in Cameroon.