The 14 best music documentaries and films for music fans 2023

The 14 best music documentaries and films for music fans
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Before the invention of social media, the only way to find out what happened backstage was to somehow get back there yourself – a tall order when trailing the world’s biggest bands, walled off by a legion of security and roadies. The other way was to gorge on the best music documentaries (if there was one) about your favourite bands.

Some of the older rock docs definitely have more of a home-spun feel to them compared to newer, super-slick productions, but that’s part of their vintage charm. They represented a moment in musical history and deserve to be counted. The lucky ones have been given a fresh lick of paint with clever 4K remastering and sumptuous Dolby Atmos sound.

However, not every music doc is made equal. In other words, some are pure barrel-scraping drivel, made to cash in on a well-worn theme. You will not find one of those in our guide to the best music documentaries and films.

We’ve curated a broad church of offerings here, with metal, classic rock, punk and hardcore each playing a set. We’ve thrown in a curveball (can you spot it?), an Oscar winner and we've muddied the waters between video album and music documentary (cheers, Slipknot). Before we get to the main event, let’s take a look at the different formats available to buy, and which one is worth spending your hard-earned on…

The best music documentaries and music films: the format to buy

It goes without saying that the highest quality format you can buy now is 4K UHD, but not many music documentaries get this primo treatment. Blu-ray delivers enhanced audio and visual quality over DVDs, so if you have a Blu-ray player, don’t hesitate to buy this format if it’s available for your chosen title. 

There are a small majority in our best music documentaries and music films guide that are currently only available in DVD format. They’re still worth buying – we wouldn’t have included them if they weren’t.

Don’t forget, you can also buy the official soundtracks for some of the films and documentaries featured below, treating your record player to some new vinyl if you prefer wax to CDs. As for us, we’re saving up the eye-watering sum to buy This Is Spinal Tap on vinyl...

The best music documentaries and music films

Metallica – Some Kind of Monster

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This award-winning rockumentary was originally pegged as a promo vid for Metallica’s 2003 album St Anger, yet morphed into something much more painful and funny in equal measure. 

It captures Metallica in full bore crisis, wrestling demons and addictions, and enduring band therapy sessions led by snazzy sweater wearing shrink Phil Towle. Hands-down the best music documentary about Metallica to date.

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The Decline of Western Civilisation Collection

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What good would a best music documentaries guide be without the mother of all punk and metal docs? Wayne’s World director Penelope Spheeris deftly captured the high-voltage energy of LA’s hardcore punk scene in part 1, wrangling hours of footage into this breakneck trilogy. 

Interviews and performances from Black Flag, Circle Jerks and others are present. Nab the deluxe Blu-ray boxset for audio commentary by Dave Grohl.

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Beware of Mr. Baker

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Late Cream drummer Ginger Baker is the subject of Jay Bulger’s multiple award-winning music documentary. The title references a sign outside Ginger’s South African compound, and is a nod to the drummer’s, er, combative personality. 

Of the documentary Ginger said, ‘some of it is very good and some of it is very annoying’, which tells you just how close to the cantankerous bone it gets. Clapton makes an appearance too.

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This Is Spinal Tap

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Binge on a big helping of satirical irreverence courtesy of one of the best music films ever. 

Yes it’s a mockumentary, but anyone who has spent a reasonable amount of time in the music business of old will tell you that, actually, it’s pretty damn true to life at times. Especially the pomposity of some of the lead characters. Goes up to 11, indeed.

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Rush – Beyond The Lighted Stage

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Sam Dunn and Scot MacFayden’s music documentary chronicles the highs and lows of the prog rock juggernaut. 

The directors gained access to a canon of archive material, including home movies and footage of a fledgling Rush playing high school dances. Cameos from Vinnie Paul, Mike Portnoy, Trent Reznor and Jack Black seal the deal.

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Bohemian Rhapsody

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An Oscar winning music film that already feels as iconic as Queen themselves. Yes the writers took liberties with the truth in places, but Rami Malek playing Freddie Mercury is astounding. 

The soundtrack is brimming with Queen jewels, from We Will Rock You to Hammer To Fall. Never seen Queen’s legendary Live Aid set? It’s here as a spine-tingling bonus feature. You can buy the <a href="https://target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=38569&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FBohemian-Rhapsody-Original-Soundtrack-VINYL%2Fdp%2FB00RY33V02%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-21" data-link-merchant="Amazon UK"" data-link-merchant="Amazon UK"" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack on vinyl and CD, too.

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Lords of Chaos

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A semi-fictionalised account of a story that’ll never die, Lords of Chaos is gruesome. The film follows Mayhem, one of the founding bands of the Norweigan black metal scene, from inception, and doesn’t flinch away from original singer Death’s suicide, guitarist Euronymous’s stabbing, nor all those church burnings. 

Not for the faint of heart, and not based on 100 per cent truth, but one for those curious about what happened.

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The Rolling Stones – Crossfire Hurricane

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Over a year in the making, Crossfire Hurricane, the official documentary of the band’s 50th anniversary, follows the Stones from their days as music-obsessed teens spinning scratched-up blues records, to becoming bonafide rock royalty… But not without a shit-ton of trouble along the way. 

It focuses heavily on their 60s-70s period, and includes cuts from the Maysles brothers’ Gimme Shelter, making it a particular treat for more nostalgic fans.

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The Slits – Here To Be Heard

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‘These guys didn’t know whether to fuck us or kill us, they were so confused…’ So said the inimitably cool Viv Albertine, guitarist in The Slits, when interviewed for Here To Be Heard

Unquestionably the best music documentary for anyone curious about what it was like to be in an all-female punk band that counted the Sex Pistols as buds and Patti Smith and Dionne Warwick as early influences.

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The Last Waltz

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Directed by Martin Scorcese and lionized as one of the best music documentaries of all time, The Last Waltz captures The Band’s farewell concert on Thanksgiving Day 1976. A galaxy of rock, blues and folk greats make an appearance, including Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters and Joni Mitchell. 

The jaw-dropping live show is interspersed with interviews, and is raptly fascinating as a snapshot of a truly grand moment in music history. Some tasty extras with the Blu-ray edition, folks.

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Pearl Jam – Twenty

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One for the most devout Pearl Jam fans, and also a good grounding for newcomers. Cameron Crowe directs this 20th anniversary account of the seminal grunge rockers, drawing upon 1,200 hours of rare footage, sandwiched with new interviews and live footage. 

The music is anthemic, naturally, with Twenty quietly lending itself as a love letter to one of Seattle’s biggest success stories.

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Slipknot – Disasterpieces

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Want to know what it’s like playing in Slipknot in front of a rabid crowd? Here’s your chance. Disasterpieces centres on the band’s insane London Docklands Arena gig in Feb 2002, and throws in a dollop of candid backstage footage. 

Disasterpieces is notable for its FPV angles, created by the film crew strapping a camera to each band member’s mask and one on Mick Thompson’s guitar.

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Sound City

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One of the best music documentaries for taking a peek inside the California-based recording studio that gave birth to a staggering amount of gold and platinum albums, including records by Mastodon, Guns N’ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool and Rage Against The Machine. 

Dave Grohl narrates and interviews a stellar cast of artists associated with the studio, such as Josh Homme, Rick Rubin, Corey Taylor and Trent Reznor.

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A classic cut for every rock ’n’ roll fan’s collection.

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About the author
Claire Davies is a music, lifestyle and tech journalist, and has written for Total Guitar, MusicRadar and T3 among other brands. She’s interviewed many of music’s most prodigious and notorious, from Tony Iommi and Slash to Robb Flynn and Nikki Sixx.

Claire Davies

During her tenure as a Total Guitar staffer and later as a freelance music journalist, Claire has attended her fair share of festivals and has camped out at most (there may have been the odd hotel stay). Claire was also the Outdoors Editor for Louder’s sister site T3, where she was in charge of hunting down the best tents for all camping scenarios.