The Rocker
Aug 20, 2008 | IMDB 6
102 min Watch NowComedy, Music
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
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Hasil Adkins: The Wild World of Hasil Adkins
Jeff Tweedy: Sunken Treasure - Live in the Pacific Northwest
Scotch Mist: A Film with Radiohead in It
Semi-Pro
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Heavy Metal
Can't Hardly Wait
Collective Soul - Home
Slums of Beverly Hills
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Metal Mania
Rock Bro
The Last Waltz
Stop Playing
What's Love Got to Do with It
El Cantante
Manuel and Clemente
Night Lunch
Evanescence - Anywhere But Home
Diggers
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IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 1993
Short subject documentary by Julien Nitzberg about the legendary "psychobilly" musician and infamous wild man Hasil Adkins. Filming takes place in Adkins' own yard, his shack, and at various concerts. Adkins is notable for helping create an entirely new form of rock/rockabilly/country fusion, which he plays entirely by himself (with a guitar and drums simultaneously).Jeff Tweedy: Sunken Treasure - Live in the Pacific Northwest
IMDB 8.2 | Jan , 2006
Sunken Treasure follows Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy on his February 2006 solo acoustic tour. The footage was recorded over five nights and features songs from three of his current and former bands: Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, and Loose Fur, plus an unreleased track, "The Thanks I Get." The film is directed by documentarians Christoph Green and Brendan Canty, himself the former drummer of Fugazi.Scotch Mist: A Film with Radiohead in It
IMDB 9 | Dec , 2007
Radiohead plays songs from their album In Rainbows for a webcast broadcast on New Years Eve. The film was made by Radiohead, Nigel Godrich, Adam Buxton, Garth Jennings, Stanley Donwood, Ric Jerrom, Hugo Nicolson and Dan Grech-Marguerat.Semi-Pro
IMDB 5.6 | Feb , 2008
Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the worst team in the league. In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the NBA plans to merge with the best teams of the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four teams will make the move and the worst teams will fold. If the Tropics want to make it to the NBA, Jackie Moon must rally his team and start winning.Fast Times at Ridgemont High
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 1982
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. At the center of the film is Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer who faces-off with the resolute Mr. Hand—a man convinced that everyone is on dope.Heavy Metal
IMDB 6.5 | Aug , 1981
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.Can't Hardly Wait
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 1998
It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.Collective Soul - Home
IMDB 4.2 | Feb , 2006
Multi-platinum recording artists release their first-ever live DVD. Recorded in April 2005, the shows were filmed in the band's hometown of Atlanta during two special sold-out performances featuring the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. The 20-song collection spans ninety minutes and encompasses hits from Collective Soul's seven studio albums, including their latest release, "Youth".Slums of Beverly Hills
IMDB 6.3 | Aug , 1998
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IMDB 5 | Sep , 1974
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 1989
Bob Larson interviews various metal bands and talks about their satanic influence on the youth. Featuring Slayer, Lȧȧz Rockit, and some lame Christian Metal guy.Rock Bro
IMDB 8.2 | Oct , 2016
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IMDB 7.6 | May , 1978
Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from "The Band's" incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and other rock legends.Stop Playing
IMDB 10 | Dec , 2023
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IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1993
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IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2006
The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.Manuel and Clemente
IMDB 4 | May , 1986
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IMDB 5 | Dec , 1975
This is Poe and Král's first effort, shot on small-gauge stock, before their more well-known endeavor The Blank Generation (1976) came to be. A "DIY" portrait of the New York music scene, the film is a patchwork of footage of numerous rock acts performing live, at venues like Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the dive bars of Greenwich Village and, of course, CBGB.Evanescence - Anywhere But Home
IMDB 7.8 | Nov , 2004
Famed music video director Hamish Hamilton (Madonna, U2) captures in this spectacular 14 camera shoot the energy of Grammy-winning rock group Evanescence in a live performance from the band's concert at the Zenith in Paris, France, on May 25th, 2004. The set list includes: "Haunted", "Going Under", "Taking Over Me", "Everybody's Fool", "Thoughtless", "My Last Breath", "Farther Away", "Breathe no More", "My Immortal", "Bring Me to Life", "Tourniquet", "Imaginary", and "Whisper". Also contains music videos "My Immortal", "Everybody's Fool", "Bring Me to Life" and "Going Under" as well as behind the scenes documentaries "Life On the Road", "Showtime", "Bloopers", "Evanescence Unleashed" and End credits: "Missing" as well as "Bring Me to Life" (Live in Las Vegas, included as an easter egg).Diggers
IMDB 6 | Sep , 2006
Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers in 1976. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them. They must cope with and learn to face the changing times in both their personal lives and their neighborhood.