Best Music movies of 1980s

Actors : Freddie Jones, Victor Poletti, Barbara Jefford, Peter Cellier,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.

Actors : Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Mike Figgis,

A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.

Actors : Tim Robbins, Clu Gulager, John Cusack, Mary Crosby,
Directors : Bill Fishman,

A couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry.

Actors : Ingrid Chavez, Jerome Benton, Morris Day, Prince,
Directors : Prince,

The unofficial sequel to 'Purple Rain' (1984). The Kid is now club owner and rival to Morris (Morris Day) who get into a fight for the Glam Slam Nightclub.

Actors : Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant, Marc Price, Tony Fields,
Directors : Charles Martin Smith,

Sammi Curr was a famous, devil-worshiping rock star who died under mysterious circumstances. Now he wants to come back to life. Doing so requires possessing radio wave & automobiles and making a few human sacrifices.

Actors : Osman Cavci, Sener Sen, Sermin Hürmeriç, Ugur Yücel,
Directors : Yavuz Turgul,

An ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik migrates to Istanbul and meets producer Muhsin Kanadikirik to have his first album.

Actors : Sakke Järvenpää, Kari Väänänen, Heikki Keskinen, Matti Pellonpää,
Directors : Aki Kaurismäki,

Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.

Actors : Giancarlo Giannini, Hanna Schygulla, Mel Ferrer, Karl-Heinz von Hassel,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

In Switzerland German singer 'Willie' falls in love with Jewish composer 'Robert' who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. But his family thinks that 'Willie' is also a Nazi ...

Actors : Lady Pink, Fab 5 Freddy, Patti Astor, 'Lee' George Quinones,
Directors : Charlie Ahearn,

Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension between ...

Actors : Bud Cort, Virginia Madsen, Lenny von Dohlen, Maxwell Caulfield,
Directors : Steve Barron,

An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.

Actors : John Hurt, Roy Hyatt, Stephanie Lane, Theresa Russell,

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (...

Actors : Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Michael McKean, Joan Jett,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

The siblings Patty and Joe Rasnick live in an industrial suburb in Cleveland, Ohio. While Patty is focused on their rock band, The Barbusters, Joe also cares for the family and the ...

Actors : Pamela Gidley, Alan Boyce, Michael Elgart, Keanu Reeves,
Directors : Marisa Silver,

When David Sinclair, a popular and talented high school student commits suicide, his best friend Chris takes over many of his responsibilities; from the school production of "H.M.S. ...

Actors : Marin Kanter, Peter Donat, Laura Dern, Diane Lane,
Directors : Lou Adler,

After her mother's death, teenager Corinne Burns forms a punk band with her sister and cousin, despite their lack of musical experience and talent.

Actors : Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan,
Directors : Bill Sherwood,

As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert's departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa, Michael must face Robert's true motives for leaving while dealing ...

Actors : Trini Alvarado, Liam Neeson, Justine Bateman, Scott Coffey,
Directors : Joan Freeman,

A group of teenagers have a band, Mystery, with Jennie as the lead singer. They go to a bar at the coast and play during the summer. Jennie falls in love with the owner of the bar, Martin. ...

Actors : Twiggy, Shirley MacLaine, Peggy Ashcroft, Navin Chowdhry,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.

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 : Bryan Brown, Barbara Bach, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney,
Directors : Peter Webb,

Paul McCartney's recording of his new album is complicated by the fact that the master tapes of his recordings are missing.

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.