Best 2000s Music Movies

Looking for the best 2000s Music movies? These are the 48 highest-rated 2000s Music titles in our catalogue, led by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris: Real Live Roadrunning 2006, American Harmony and Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

  1. Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris: Real Live Roadrunning 2006 poster

    1. Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris: Real Live Roadrunning 2006 (2006)

    ★ 10.0/10

    A great venue, a great tour, two great artists, and a great performance. So it was for icons Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris on June 28, 2006, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles before a sold-out crowd. Their…

  2. American Harmony poster

    2. American Harmony (2009)

    ★ 8.5/10

    Every year thousands compete in the world's greatest singing competition - that you've never heard of. AMERICAN HARMONY journeys deep into the ultra-obsessive, zany, and heartfelt world of competitive barbershop…

  3. Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live poster

    3. Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live (2003)

    ★ 8.0/10

    Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live presents the complete 2003 Milan concert from Peter Gabriel's tour based around the album Up, featuring 17 tracks across 134 minutes. Literally central to a memorable show is a revolving…

  4. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ) poster

    4. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ) (2003)

    ★ 8.0/10

    Recorded on October 16th, 2002 at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, this film features the band's 2002 album The Last DJ performed in its entirety. Also featured are several of the band's other songs, and "You…

  5. Pixies : Live At The Paradise In Boston poster

    5. Pixies : Live At The Paradise In Boston (2006)

    ★ 8.0/10

    The Pixies are one of the most influential American acts of all time. Initially spanning the late eighties and early nineties they created the blueprint for alternative rock that would be followed and embellished upon…

  6. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts poster

    6. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2009)

    ★ 7.9/10

    On October 29th and 30th, 2009, rock 'n' roll royalty held court at Madison Square Garden for what have been called 'the best concerts ever,' and 'where rock 'n' roll history was made.' The concerts featured a who's…

  7. Tupac: Resurrection poster

    7. Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop MCs of all time.

  8. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem poster

    8. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities…

  9. Cirque du Soleil: Varekai poster

    9. Cirque du Soleil: Varekai (2003)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Icarus is the main character of Varekai, who falls to the ground, breaking his legs as he does. He is suddenly in a strange, new world full of creatures he has never seen before. Parachuted into the shadows of a…

  10. Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King poster

    10. Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)

    ★ 7.7/10

    Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by The Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is a threat to their pals: Fred, Velma, and Daphne.

  11. Incubus: The Morning View Sessions poster

    11. Incubus: The Morning View Sessions (2002)

    ★ 7.7/10

    Funky hard rock upstarts Incubus recorded their album Morning View at a house in Malibu, CA, and in a special event to celebrate the album's release, the group played a special radio concert at the Sony studios in New…

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    12. Billy Elliot (2000)

    ★ 7.6/10

    County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is…

  13. Metal: A Headbanger's Journey poster

    13. Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)

    ★ 7.6/10

    The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a…

  14. Anvil! The Story of Anvil poster

    14. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)

    ★ 7.6/10

    At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and…

  15. The Up in Smoke Tour poster

    15. The Up in Smoke Tour (2000)

    ★ 7.6/10

    The Up in Smoke Tour is a West Coast hip hop tour in 2000 featuring artists Ice Cube, Eminem, Proof, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, D12, MC Ren, Westside Connection, Mel-Man, Tha Eastsidaz, Doggy's Angels…

  16. Almost Famous poster

    16. Almost Famous (2000)

    ★ 7.5/10

    In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.

  17. Walk the Line poster

    17. Walk the Line (2005)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and…

  18. Moulin Rouge! poster

    18. Moulin Rouge! (2001)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge…

  19. Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004 poster

    19. Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004 (2004)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Phil Collins has made a number of appearances at Montreux over the years as a solo artist, with his big band or as a guest performer with the likes of Eric Clapton and Quincy Jones. In this performance filmed at the…

  20. Mamonas Forever poster

    20. Mamonas Forever (2009)

    ★ 7.5/10

    In less than ten months, the music band Mamonas Assassinas went from being completely unknown to becoming one of the biggest phenomena in Brazilian music. Irreverent, intelligent, sarcastic and creative, the band took…

  21. Depeche Mode: Touring the Angel — Live in Milan poster

    21. Depeche Mode: Touring the Angel — Live in Milan (2006)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Depeche Mode's 'Touring The Angel' was one of the most successful, highly grossing and critically acclaimed tours of 2006. Hailed as the greatest live performances of their career, it was recorded at Milan's Fila Forum…

  22. Ray poster

    22. Ray (2004)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano…

  23. August Rush poster

    23. August Rush (2007)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.

  24. La Vie en Rose poster

    24. La Vie en Rose (2007)

    ★ 7.4/10

    From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her…

  25. Once poster

    25. Once (2007)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring…

  26. The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights poster

    26. The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights (2009)

    ★ 7.4/10

    In 2007 the legendary American duo White Stripes toured Canada. Besides playing the usual venues they challenged themselves and played in buses, cafés and for Indian tribal elders. Music video director Emmett Malloy…

  27. Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul poster

    27. Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)

    ★ 7.4/10

    German musician Alexander Hacke explores Istanbul's rich music culture and attempts to create a portrait of Turkey through music genres. On this journey, he encounters a mosaic that covers countless genres from rock to…

  28. One Man Band poster

    28. One Man Band (2005)

    ★ 7.3/10

    With one coin to make a wish at the piazza fountain, a peasant girl encounters two competing street performers who'd prefer the coin find its way into their tip jars. The little girl, Tippy, is caught in the middle as…

  29. Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I poster

    29. Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Chiaki is an aspiring conductor who faces the challenge of leading an orchestra which is made up of substitutes. Nodame gives her support to her beloved as she works hard towards achieving her dream to pass a promotion…

  30. Another Cinderella Story poster

    30. Another Cinderella Story (2008)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime…

  31. The Visitor poster

    31. The Visitor (2008)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

  32. Destino poster

    32. Destino (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Short film to a song of love lost and rediscovered, a woman sees and undergoes surreal transformations. Her lover's face melts off, she dons a dress from the shadow of a bell and becomes a dandelion, ants crawl out of…

  33. It Might Get Loud poster

    33. It Might Get Loud (2008)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.

  34. This Is It poster

    34. This Is It (2009)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.

  35. Heaven & Hell: Live From Radio City Music Hall poster

    35. Heaven & Hell: Live From Radio City Music Hall (2007)

    ★ 7.2/10

    This live concert recording captures the sold-out Radio City Music Hall performance of former Black Sabbath rockers Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, who reunited under the name "Heaven &…

  36. School of Rock poster

    36. School of Rock (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer…

  37. High Fidelity poster

    37. High Fidelity (2000)

    ★ 7.1/10

    After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".

  38. 8 Mile poster

    38. 8 Mile (2002)

    ★ 7.1/10

    For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a…

  39. Hustle & Flow poster

    39. Hustle & Flow (2005)

    ★ 7.1/10

    With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

  40. Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire poster

    40. Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10

    The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.

  41. Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop poster

    41. Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop (2004)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from the beginning of his career in the Circo…

  42. Stomp the Yard poster

    42. Stomp the Yard (2007)

    ★ 7.1/10

    After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his…

  43. Cadillac Records poster

    43. Cadillac Records (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10

    The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta…

  44. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster poster

    44. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)

    ★ 7.1/10

    After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group…

  45. Fantasia 2000 poster

    45. Fantasia 2000 (2000)

    ★ 7.0/10

    Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.

  46. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert poster

    46. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001)

    ★ 7.0/10

    In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat…

  47. Go Go 70's poster

    47. Go Go 70's (2008)

    ★ 7.0/10

    In the 1970s, Devil's, a legendary band, participates in a Korean band contest. The band mesmerizes the audience with its style and dance. However, the night is put at risk when an unexpected situations arises.

  48. The Gits poster

    48. The Gits (2008)

    ★ 7.0/10

    The inception and ascent of Seattle-based post-punk band the Gits, whose rise to prominence was cut short by the shocking rape and murder of their fiery lead singer, Mia Zapata, in 1993. Featuring performance footage…

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