Best Music movies of 1970s

Grease(1978)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?



Saturday Night Fever(1977)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life.



Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.



Fame(1980)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.



Up in Smoke(1978)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.



Quadrophenia(1979)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 49

Jimmy loathes his job and parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding, and drugs only to be disappointed.



Rock 'n' Roll High School(1979)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.



The Rose(1979)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 48

The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.



Nashville(1975)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 31

Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention as secrets and lies are surfaced and revealed.



All That Jazz(1979)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.



New York, New York(1977)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb.



Beyond the Valley of the Dolls(1970)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze.



A Star Is Born(1976)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A has-been rock star falls in love with a young, up-and-coming songstress.



The Buddy Holly Story(1978)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 18

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.



The Harder They Come(1972)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 22

Wishing to become a successful Reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.



Höstsonaten(1978)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A married daughter who longs for her mother's love gets visited by the latter, a successful concert pianist.



Bound for Glory(1976)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 16

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.



I Wanna Hold Your Hand(1978)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Six teenagers from New Jersey run off to go to a Beatles concert to meet their idols, despite not having tickets. Along the way, they learn new things about friendship and growing up.



Lady Sings the Blues(1972)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 13

The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.



Butterflies Are Free(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother, and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.




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