music industry
60 movies and shows
This Is Spinal Tap
Fri, 02 Mar 1984
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
Phantom of the Paradise
Thu, 31 Oct 1974
Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.
Look Away
Wed, 01 Sep 2021
Interviews from women involved in the 70's and 80's rock music industry. An examination of the people taking advantage of underage fans and calling for a "Me too" movement in the music world
Just My Luck
Fri, 12 May 2006
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
Twiggy
Fri, 07 Mar 2025
Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 1960s. It features interviews with Twiggy and her husband Leigh Lawson, as well as commentary from Erin O’Connor, Paul McCartney, Lulu, Poppy Delavigne, Brooke Shields, Pattie Boyd and Zandra Rhodes.
Wish You
Fri, 15 Jan 2021
Singing and dreaming together, a talented singer-songwriter and a same-aged keyboardist add harmony and love to each other's lives.
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls
Fri, 13 Jul 1984
Two girls rediscover their love for playing rock, find a drummer and begin practicing. When one of their mothers intervenes, they run away from home and are forced to fend for themselves on the streets against gangs and rival bands. Soon they are discovered and taken under the wing of rock manager Johnny Tremaine (played by Steven McDonald) who uses them for sex and his own aspirations of wealth. The Love Dolls set out to get revenge on those who have wronged them, and rise to the top of the rock world.
What's Love Got to Do with It
Wed, 09 Jun 1993
Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.
Dill Scallion
Fri, 31 Dec 1999
School bus driver Dill Scallion dreams of becoming a famous country music singer. He sings from his heart and makes up his own dance, the 'Scallion Shuffle'. But fame is fickle and Dill falls from the spotlight faster than he rose to stardom — all in one summer.
Ruth & Boaz
Thu, 25 Sep 2025
A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.
King of the Underground
Sun, 27 Mar 2011
Part true story, part fiction, King of the Underground is a dark comedy about a frustrated rap artist who goes on an all out murderous killing spree after years of being rejected by the music industry.
Stadium Anthems
Fri, 30 Nov 2018
A female recording artist encounters the misogyny and outdated business practices of male record label executives.
Love & Mercy
Fri, 29 May 2015
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
Down with the King
Wed, 07 Jul 2021
Sent to the Berkshires to focus on his next album, disillusioned rap star Money Merc abruptly announces his retirement on Twitter. After Merc's announcement, his manager rushes to the countryside to lure him back into the music industry.
Kill Your Friends
Fri, 06 Nov 2015
A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where 'no one knows anything' and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record.
Spinning Gold
Fri, 31 Mar 2023
A biopic of 1970s record producer Neil Bogart, co-founder of Casablanca Records.
Vinyl Nation
Fri, 28 Aug 2020
The vinyl record renaissance over the past decade has brought new fans to a classic format and transformed our idea of a record collector: younger, both male and female, multicultural. This same revival has made buying music more expensive, benefited established bands over independent artists and muddled the question of whether vinyl actually sounds better than other formats. Vinyl Nation digs into the crates of the record resurgence in search of truths set in deep wax: Has the return of vinyl made music fandom more inclusive or divided? What does vinyl say about our past here in the present? How has the second life of vinyl changed how we hear music and how we listen to each other?
Josie and the Pussycats
Fri, 06 Apr 2001
Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but soon realize they are pawns of two people who want to control the youth of America. They must clear their names, even if it means losing fame and fortune.
Lost Transmissions
Fri, 13 Mar 2020
When an acclaimed music producer goes off his medication for schizophrenia, his friends chase him though the LA music scene to help commit him to a psychiatric hospital, revealing the troubling inadequacies of the mental health care system.