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Best Music Movies

of the 1990s

The 20 highest-rated music movies released between 1990 and 1999, ranked by IMDb score.

1

The Legend of 1900(1998)

8 IMDb58% RT58 Meta

Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix he found and asks wh

2

The Muppet Christmas Carol(1992)

7.8 IMDb78% RT64 Meta

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present

3

Buena Vista Social Club(1999)

7.6 IMDb92% RT81 Meta

In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their nativ

4

The Red Violin(1998)

7.6 IMDb73% RT57 Meta

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and

5

The Commitments(1991)

7.6 IMDb90% RT73 Meta

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start

6

Ghosts(1997)

7.5 IMDb

In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to t

7

Immortal Beloved(1994)

7.4 IMDb57% RT

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for an e

8

What's Love Got to Do with It(1993)

7.4 IMDb97% RT76 Meta

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

9

Mr. Holland's Opus(1995)

7.3 IMDb75% RT59 Meta

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades

10

The Doors(1991)

7.2 IMDb57% RT62 Meta

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

11

Pump Up the Volume(1990)

7.2 IMDb80% RT77 Meta

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with

12

Radiofreccia(1998)

7 IMDb

April 24, 1993: it's the last broadcast of Radiofreccia, an independent radio station closing after 18 years, barely one minute before coming of age. Bruno, one of its founders, begins to tell its sto

13

That Thing You Do!(1996)

7 IMDb93% RT71 Meta

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength,

14

Wayne's World(1992)

7 IMDb79% RT57 Meta

The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show come

15

Velvet Goldmine(1998)

6.9 IMDb64% RT65 Meta

Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.

16

Selena(1997)

6.9 IMDb67% RT67 Meta

In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her

17

Detroit Rock City(1999)

6.8 IMDb51% RT33 Meta

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for

18

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America(1996)

6.8 IMDb71% RT64 Meta

Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally becom

19

Music of the Heart(1999)

6.7 IMDb64% RT54 Meta

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

20

Dance with Me(1998)

5.9 IMDb49% RT

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio

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