Great films where music is a central theme.


I'm a film lover for as long as I can remember. There's nothing like a film that combines my passion for music and film. I'm going to leave out concert films from this, as there are plenty of threads on that. Lets stick to other films - dramas or documentaries - that use music as a central theme, or have it as a key element in the narrative. Here are a few of my own favorites to get the ball rolling.

As it is in Heaven
The Bands Visit
Schultze Gets the Blues
Troubled Water (the Erik Poppe film)
Sweet and Lowdown
Bird
'Round Midnight
I'm Not Here

Documentaries:

Throw Down Your Heart
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Lets Get Close (Bruce Weber)
Buena Vista Social Club
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

So it's really could be split into two threads; Narative films and Documentaries. But lets try leaving it open to both, just no concert films. What are some of your favorites?
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Risking the wrath:

To Live and Die in LA (Wang-Chung)
Bonnie and Clyde (Flats and Scrugs)
Patton
Blade Runner (Vangelis)
U.S. Marshalls

Fin
Yeah, I can understand how one might confuse Clyde with Cyrus. The two are so similar. Yeah, Cyrus was a pretty amusing film and yes, it qualifies in my thread, which is NOT ABOUT &(*$((*((#*&%)&)(*)#&%#$* SOUNDTRACKS! Oh man, I think I busted a vein in my neck.

Crazy Heart
La Bamba
The Importance of Being Morrissey
Pirate Radio
Velvet Goldmine
Kill Your Idols
Coal Miner's Daughter

It's been fun, thanks.
+1 Standing in the Shadows of Motown!

Others:

It Might Get Loud (documentary)
The Wall
Ray
The Blues Brothers
Buena Vista Social Club