Best Music movies of 2000s

The Pianist(2002)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.



The School of Rock(2003)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band.



8 Mile(2002)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.



Crazy Heart(2009)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.



Ray(2004)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.



Walk the Line(2005)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.



Dreamgirls(2006)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.



Billy Elliot(2000)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.



Hedwig and the Angry Inch(2001)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A transgender punk-rock girl from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.



A Mighty Wind(2003)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.



Control(2007)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.



Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist(2008)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

High school student Nick O'Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.



Hustle & Flow(2005)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 75

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.



A Prairie Home Companion(2006)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.



Music and Lyrics(2007)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.



The Boat That Rocked(2009)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.



The Soloist(2009)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.



The Runaways(2010)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A coming-of-age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored.



The Piano Teacher(2001)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.



Coffee and Cigarettes(2003)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.




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