Becoming Led Zeppelin vs McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass

McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.1/10 for Becoming Led Zeppelin). McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 2m. Becoming Led Zeppelin is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Becoming Led ZeppelinMcCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 8.4/10
Year20252026
Length2h 2m1h 30m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorBernard MacMahonArthur Cary
Main castJimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert PlantPaul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Mike McGear, Klaus Voormann

Synopsis

Becoming Led Zeppelin

The individual journeys of the four members of the band, as they move through the music scene of the 1960s, playing small clubs throughout Britain and performing some of the biggest hits of the era, until their meeting in the summer of 1968 for a rehearsal that changes their lives forever.

McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass

For over fifty years, the disappearance of Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass has been one of rock ‘n’ roll’s enduring mysteries. The Hunt for the Lost Bass tells the extraordinary story of this iconic instrument, and the fan powered quest to find it.

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