Best Music movies of 1970s

Actors : Buck Henry, Lynn Carlin, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey,
Directors : Milos Forman,

Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone...

Actors : Robert Preston, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison, Lucille Ball,
Directors : Gene Saks,

It's the late 1920s. Upon the death of wealthy Chicagoan Edward Dennis, his nine-year old son Patrick Dennis becomes the ward of their only living relative, Edward's equally wealthy New ...

Actors : Michael V. Gazzo, Tisa Farrow, Harvey Keitel, Jim Brown,
Directors : James Toback,

A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan shark father and his mentally disturbed Jewish concert pianist mother.

Actors : Paul Nicholas, Sara Kestelman, Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey,
Directors : Ken Russell,

Composer and pianist Franz Liszt attempts to overcome his hedonistic lifestyle while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner.

Actors : Donna Summer, Chick Vennera, Valerie Landsburg, Terri Nunn,
Directors : Robert Klane,

It's Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. The Commodores are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other ...

Actors : Trini Alvarado, Tim Curry, Robin Johnson, Peter Coffield,
Directors : Allan Moyle,

Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York City by its ears.

Actors : Balduin Baas, Clara Colosimo, Elizabeth Labi, Ronaldo Bonacchi,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

An orchestra assmbles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.

Actors : Catlin Adams, Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.

Actors : Amy Irving, Sam Wanamaker, Richard Dreyfuss, Lee Remick,
Directors : Joel Oliansky,

The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will ...

Actors : David Haskell, Lynne Thigpen, Katie Hanley, Victor Garber,
Directors : David Greene,

An adaption of the musical, in a modern-day song-and-dance recreation of the Gospel of St. Matthew.

Actors : Lee Montague, Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Miriam Karlin,
Directors : Ken Russell,

Composer Gustav Mahler's life, told in a series of flashbacks as he and his wife discuss their failing marriage during a train journey.

Actors : Irene Cara, Dwan Smith, Philip Michael Thomas, Lonette McKee,
Directors : Sam O'Steen,

A girl group experiences turmoil after one of their members turns to drugs and another achieves their desired fame all by herself.

Actors : Vincent Price, Twiggy, Roger Glover, Tony Ashton,
Directors : Tony Klinger,

Roger Glover puts on a star-studded concert at the Royal Albert Hall for his concept album "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast".

Actors : Sid Vicious, Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Malcolm McLaren,
Directors : Julien Temple,

A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular ...

Actors : Vangelis Kazan, Eva Kotamanidou, Stratos Pahis, Aliki Georgouli,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

Greece 1939 - 1952 Fascist, Nazi, Communist conflict as seen through a family of travelling provincial players

Actors : Monica Craig, Marjorie Norman, Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace, Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall,
Directors : Ted Bafaloukos,

Horsemouth sets himself up in business selling records but when gangsters steal his bike things start to turn nasty. As tensions build, Horsemouth and friends plot to end the gangsters ...

Actors : Victor Izay, Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Teresa Kelly,
Directors : Tom Laughlin,

After Billy Jack in sentenced to four years in prison for the "involuntary manslaughter" of the first film, the Freedom School expands and flourishes under the guidance of Jean Roberts. The...

Actors : Eileen Brennan, Michael Brandon, Cleavon Little, Alex Karras,
Directors : John A. Alonzo,

Q-SKY is the #1 radio station in Los Angeles mainly because of the music they play, and running the station the way they want to. It has led them to a ratings success. The interesting radio...

Actors : Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land, Tovah Feldshuh,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

Actors : Gailard Sartain, Meat Loaf, Kaki Hunter, Art Carney,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.