🏷 Discover The Best Musician Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Unplugged and Unforgettable: Discovering the Best Movies and TV Shows related to Musicians

Get ready to groove to the rhythm of cinematic masterpieces that celebrate the lives and careers of legendary musicians. From biopics to documentaries, and from drama to comedy, we've curated a list of the most iconic movies and TV shows that will take you on a musical journey like no other. Whether you're a die-hard fan or a casual listener, these films will strike a chord and leave you humming the tunes long after the credits roll.

Cast

Korapat Kirdpan

Pawat Chittsawangdee

Pattranite Limpatiyakorn

Pansa Vosbein

Bad Buddy (2021) TV Show

8.5 78 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: NR

Story: At university, two young men raised to hate each other find music and love instead, forcing them to question family legacies and choose their own path.

Plot: love triangle, competition, based on novel or book, architect, musician, engineer, friendship, family secrets, ...

NANA (2006) TV Show

8.5 259 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 47

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu meet while traveling to Tokyo in pursuit of their respective dreams, and decide to be roommates. Although drastically different people, the two become very close and together they find out if their biggest dreams have room for their best friend.

Plot: musician, punk rock, female friendship, friendship, slice of life, tragedy, coming of age, female protagonist, ...

Cast

Miles Teller

J.K. Simmons

Paul Reiser

Melissa Benoist

Whiplash (2014)

8.4 16.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: R

Story: Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Style: romantic

Plot: new york city, jazz, musician, obsession, music teacher, conservatory, drums, montage, ...

Cast

J. Michael Finley

Milo Ventimiglia

Sophie Skelton

Arielle Kebbel

I Can Only Imagine 2 (2026)

8.3 43 votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Following the breakout success of the song 'I Can Only Imagine', MercyMe's Bart Millard is living the dream—sold-out arenas, a devoted fanbase, and a thriving career. But behind the spotlight, Bart's past threatens the family he's built, especially the fragile bond with his son Sam. When hopeful newcomer Tim Timmons joins the band for their biggest tour yet, he unknowingly brings a renewed gratitude to Bart's life through their unlikely friendship. Bart soon discovers that Tim carries hardships—and secrets—of his own, forcing him to face his past and repair his relationships with Sam and his wife Shannon before fame costs him what matters most.

Plot: musician, abusive father, redemption, based on true story, sequel, singer-songwriter, father son relationship, christian film, ...

Cast

Taylor Swift

Mike Meadows

Max Bernstein

Paul Sidoti

TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR (2023)

8.2 528 votes

Genre: Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 169 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A concert film documenting Taylor Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour (2023-2024). Filmed during the Los Angeles shows, the film captures the tour's ten acts, each representing a different musical era from Swift's career. The film showcases over 40 songs, elaborate stage productions, and Swift's performance.

Plot: musician, live performance, pop music, concert film, singer-songwriter, aftercreditsstinger, duringcreditsstinger, amused, ...

Cast

Anthony Gonzalez

Gael Garcu00eda Bernal

Benjamin Bratt

Alanna Ubach

Coco (2017)

8.2 21.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

Plot: skeleton, guitar, afterlife, musician, holiday, villain, singer, murderer, ...

Place: mexico

Cast

Jamie Foxx

Tina Fey

Graham Norton

Rachel House

Soul (2020)

8.1 11.5K votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

Plot: new york city, jazz, musician, cat, self-discovery, jazz singer or musician, teacher, aftercreditsstinger, ...

Cast

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Marilyn Monroe

George Raft

Some Like It Hot (1959)

8.1 3.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

Plot: chicago, illinois, transvestism, musician, fake identity, deception, on the run, mafia, ...

Place: florida

Cast

F. Murray Abraham

Tom Hulce

Elizabeth Berridge

Simon Callow

Amadeus (1984)

8.0 4.8K votes

Genre: Drama, History, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 160 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Plot: opera, composer, musician, marriage crisis, talent, emperor, based on true story, based on play or musical, ...

Time: 18th century

Place: italy, austria

Castaway Diva (2023) TV Show

8.0 78 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Fifteen years after being stranded on a remote island, an aspiring singer reenters society — stopping at nothing to pursue her dream of becoming a diva.

Style: inspiring, heartwarming

Plot: diva, musician, friendship, romcom, romance, singer, deserted island, isolated island, ...

Cast

Rami Malek

Gwilym Lee

Ben Hardy

Joseph Mazzello

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

8.0 17.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

Plot: london, england, aids, musician, biography, based on true story, singer, hiv, ...

Time: 1970s, 1980s

Cast

Stephen Segerman

Rodriguez

Regan Rodriguez

Eva Rodriguez

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

7.9 1.0K votes

Genre: Documentary, Music

Country: Sweden, United Kingdom

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

Plot: musician, mayor, icon, based on true story, music business, election, detroit, michigan, ...

Time: 1970s

Place: south africa

Cast

Vachirawit Chivaaree

Metawin Opas-iamkajorn

Chinnarat Siriphongchawalit

Jirakit Kuariyakul

2gether: The Series (2020) TV Show

7.8 110 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-MA

Story: To evade an admirer, a college student plays up a relationship with a pretend boyfriend until the act turns to reality.

Plot: competition, love at first sight, based on novel or book, bangkok, thailand, musician, concert, friendship, ...

Cast

Suppasit Jongcheveevat

Kanawut Traipipattanapong

Napat Srinakluan

Phachara Suansri

TharnType (2019) TV Show

7.8 89 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 24

Story: Type hated the idea of sharing a room with a gay guy. But now, he's starting to question what he thought he knew.

Plot: love triangle, based on novel or book, homophobia, trauma, musician, love-hate relationship, prejudice, tragedy, ...

Cast

Anne-Marie Loop

Lambert Wilson

Pauline Brunner

Patrice Melennec

Ernest & Celestine (2012)

7.7 694 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 80 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.

Plot: friendship, underground world, musician, mouse, brotherhood, trial, prejudice, bear, ...

Cast

Chlu00f6e Bailey

Lynn Whitfield

Lucien Laviscount

Anna Diop

Strung (2026)

7.7 54 votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A talented violinist's prestigious new role as a music tutor for an enigmatic, elite family spirals into a psychological battle for her safety and sanity.

Style: erotic, psychological

Plot: cheating, musician, violin, nanny, music instrument, trauma, violinist, inheritance, ...

Cast

Kurt Cobain

Courtney Love

Krist Novoselic

Dave Grohl

Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)

7.6 754 votes

Genre: Documentary, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 132 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorized portrait of the famed music icon. Academy Award nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain's personal archive of art, music, never seen before movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends.

Style: intimate

Plot: drug abuse, musician, rock star, lifestyle, drug addiction, seattle, washington, biography, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

J. Michael Finley

Madeline Carroll

Dennis Quaid

Trace Adkins

I Can Only Imagine (2018)

7.5 507 votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering his love for his son. Years later, Bart's troubled childhood and mended relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.

Plot: musician, abusive father, redemption, based on true story, singer-songwriter, father son relationship, christian film, christian faith, ...

Place: texas

Cast

Fahadh Faasil

Indrajith Sukumaran

Kalabhavan Mani

Swathi Reddy

Amen (2013)

7.5 35 votes

Genre: Fantasy, Music, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 165 min.

Story: Solomon, who belongs to a band, is in love with Soshanna, who hails from an upper class family. The story spells how Solomon manages to win over all the obstacles to marry Soshanna.

Plot: musician, competition, love, church