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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To the Christopher Guest mockumentary list, I would add Waiting for Guffman, which is about musical theater. Very hilarious, especially if you have any experience in actually performing. It is probably most musicians favorite of all of his, even above the other two listed here.
Herald and Maude (not sure if that's mentioned here). The best Cat Stevens ever.
Not sure how I missed this thread. My all time favorite which is just my all around favorite movie of all time is 'Herald and Maude' with the music of Cat Stevens played throughout the film and even sung by Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort. I've seen this movie 20 times throughout my lifetime and love it as much now as I did the first time I saw it.

Another fantastic movie is 'Me Myself and Irene' with Jim Carrey who plays a motorcycle cop in Rhode Island. The music of Steely Dan plays through the movie and is performed by various artists, many of which do some great renditions of SD tunes.