Top Rated Music Movies on Pantaflix - Page 383

Incredible Floridas

1972

Incredible Floridas

1972
4.7
This short film documents Australian composer Richard Meale’s homage to the young French poet, Arthur Rimbaud. Meale composed a music piece for woodwind, percussion and strings which he titled “Incredible Floridas”.
Glasgow Girls

2014

Glasgow Girls

2014
1.5
GLASGOW GIRLS is a specially commissioned musical drama for BBC Three that tells the inspirational true story of a group of schoolgirls whose petition to save their friend from deportation inspired a movement which would eventually help change immigration practices in Scotland.
Do Re Mi

1996

Do Re Mi

1996
7.3
Three girls divided by personalities, cultural backgrounds and principles have one thing in common, their love for music.
Alice

1982

Alice

1982
5
Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. When she first meets him she thinks he's a jerk later she finds him nice and relaxing. She falls in love with him. He takes her to Queenie's party. Rabbit later finds out that Queenie wants to kill him. So Rabbit packs up to leave the country. When Alice finds this out she commits suicide which brings her into a fantasy world.
Reise ins Ehebett

1966

Reise ins Ehebett

1966
5.3
The captain of a ship of the merchant navy is always on the move because of his job – and has a different girlfriend in every harbour. But his friends think that he should change his way of life. Thus, they take the lovely reporter Eva on board for a trip to Leningrad. But at first, Eva′s presence causes a lot of upheaval on board.
Yellow Brick Road

1993

Yellow Brick Road

1993
9
Dorothy - a little Kansas girl reads a magical book and is spirited away into the Magical Land by Wicked Witch Gingema. She experiences many adventures trying to go back home to her family.
Hochzeitsnacht im Regen

1967

Hochzeitsnacht im Regen

1967
5
This comedic musical tells the story of Gabi, a young hairdresser from the Baltic coast who desperately wants to be a jockey. One day, she packs her bags, drives to Hoppegarten, and is soundly rejected by the head coach. Gabi doesn't want to give up, and in order to at least have a roof over her head, she rushes into a marriage with the seemingly nice Freddie. However, this marriage soon proves to be her second rejection, as Freddie openly dislikes the fact that she wants to be a jockey.
The Great Mr Handel

1942

The Great Mr Handel

1942
6.5
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.
Nelson Cavaquinho

1969

Nelson Cavaquinho

1969
9
A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.
Odds 777

1932

Odds 777

1932
6.7
A lottery win allows the kitchen girl Hansy Hansen to lodge at an upmarket seaside hotel where the widower landowner Rosen falls in love with her. However, Rosen is in financial difficulties because of the lawyer Sadolin, who reneged on marrying his daughter. He puts everything he can into the daughter's horse to win a race.
From Scotland with Love

2014

From Scotland with Love

2014
7
Made entirely of Scottish film archive, a journey into our collective past, the film explores universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Ordinary people, some long since dead, their names and identities largely forgotten, appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role. Brilliantly edited together, these silent individuals become composite characters, who emerge to tell us their stories, given voice by King Creosote's poetic music and lyrics
Rapture Adrenaline

2009

Rapture Adrenaline

2009
5
James Ferraro's sci-fi/crime/action story made up from a hodgepodge of old miscellaneous video footage strung together. OFFICIAL "Storyline" description off the VHS: Set in a crime-ridden Rochester, New York in the near future, RAPTURE ADRENALINE centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg. The main plot of the movie revolved around a "Bug' (code word for a member of an alien species that is similar in many ways to a very large cockroach) searching for a miniature galaxy which is also a vast energy source.
Crossover Dreams

1985

Crossover Dreams

1985
5.7
Salsa singer screws over everybody on his way to the top; when his latest record flops, his career starts doing downhill.
I've Gotta Horse

1965

I've Gotta Horse

1965
6
A fast-moving comedy with Billy Fury, who plays himself in the film. The story reveals his great love of animals, and it features his own racehorse, Anselmo. Also featured are several of Billy's own dogs.
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn

2003

The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn

2003
4.8
Featuring footage from two live performances at the Hacienda club in Manchester, England, as well as the original promotional videos for "Nick the Stripper" and "Deep In the Woods," Pleasure Heads Must Burn offers a solid collection of footage from The Birthday Party's musical history. Some of the songs featured include "Sonny's Burning," "The Six Strings that Drew Blood," and "Pleasure Avalanche," among many others. Bonus material includes footage from several television appearances which originally aired on British and Dutch stations.
South Pacific: In Concert from Carnegie Hall

2006

South Pacific: In Concert from Carnegie Hall

2006
6.2
“SOUTH PACIFIC” IN CONCERT FROM CARNEGIE HALL premiered on April 26, 2006 on PBS. Based on James Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of short stories TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning blockbuster was a landmark of post-World War II Broadway, a provocative romantic drama that beguiled audiences with a hit parade of instant standards. “South Pacific” reached new heights when, for one enchanted evening, Carnegie Hall presented a magnificent concert production with a dream cast headed by Reba McEntire, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jason Danieley, Lillias White, and Alec Baldwin. Directed for the concert stage by Walter Bobbie, with musical director Paul Gemignani conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.
Take That: Come To Town

2008

Take That: Come To Town

2008
7.8
British superstar band Take That presented their own TV show Take That Come to Town, a variety show in which they performed some of their biggest hits and along the way answer fan questions and other stuff. It aired on 7 December 2008 on ITV1.
Paul Weller: Two Classic Performances

2003

Paul Weller: Two Classic Performances

2003
6
Two Classic Performances features Paul at his enigmatic best with his acoustic guitar in "Paul Weller at Hyde Park" and then "Paul Weller... Later with Jools Holland".
John Williamson: Gunyah

2005

John Williamson: Gunyah

2005
5.2
'Gunyah - I'll Sing You The Outback' is a musical trip with John Williamson through the great Australian Outback. The DVD features 13 new songs from the hit album GUNYAH, plus 'Sail the Nullarbor' and 'Old Man Emu'.
Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!

2011

Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!

2011
6.3
In 2010, the iconic Tote Hotel – last bastion of Melbourne’s vibrant music counterculture – was forced to close by unfair laws. Filmed over 7 years, “Persecution Blues” depicts the struggle of more than 20,000 fans – and the bands who inspire them – to preserve their history and protect their future, and puts the audience on the front line of an epic-scale culture war.