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Summary: After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Runtime: 1 h 49 min
MPAA: PG-13

Language: English
Movie budget: $ 35,000,000
Domestic: $ 81,261,177
International: $ 49,834,813
Summary: A look at the New York City punk-rock scene and the venerable nightclub, CBGB.
Runtime: 1 h 42 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 5,000,000
Domestic: $ 40,400
Summary: MC and journalist Shad Kabango meets with Hip-Hop's biggest stars to retrace how Hip-Hop became the world's most popular music, but realizes that Hip-Hop's true legacy is something much more profound.
Release Date: September 04, 2016
Runtime: 1 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Banger Films
Country: Canada
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 2,500,000
Summary: An examination of the heavy metal music subculture that tries to explain why, despite the longevity and popularity of the genre, fans are marginalized and ridiculed for their passion.
Runtime: 1 h 36 min
MPAA: R

Country: Canada
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 1,300,000
Summary: Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
Runtime: 1 h 31 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 1,000,000
Domestic: $ 4,946,445
International: $ 892,923
Summary: A look at the 30-year career of The Grateful Dead.
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Runtime: 3 h 58 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 351,957
Summary: A documentary on the legendary singer-songwriter, with performances by those musicians he has influenced.
Runtime: 1 h 45 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,044,254
International: $ 354,170
Summary: A documentary about the inventor of the first electronic synthesiser instrument and his subsequent life after he was abducted by the KGB as well as a history of his instrument.
Runtime: 1 h 23 min
MPAA: PG

Language: English
Domestic: $ 253,311
Summary: Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
Runtime: 1 h 26 min
MPAA: PG-13

Language: English
Domestic: $ 3,696,196
International: $ 5,520,356
Summary: A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Runtime: 1 h 42 min
MPAA: R

Language: English
Domestic: $ 38,922
International: $ 148,238
Summary: This feature documentary chronicles the last days of Dispatch, quite possibly the biggest band that never signed with a record label. In a time of upheaval in the music industry, their do-it-yourself style started a grassroots fan...
Runtime: 1 h 21 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Distributor: Fabrication Films
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 20,684
Summary: Documentary covering the growth and subsequent overexposure of the Seattle "grunge" music scene in the early 90s
Release Date: November 08, 1996
Runtime: 1 h 24 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 268,520
Summary: The evolution of electronic music and its many genres. How the wide range of styles and scenes formed through experimentations on sound formation.
Release Date: September 18, 1998
Runtime: 1 h 15 min

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 138,425
Summary: Documentary about the life and art of legendary singer Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999).
Runtime: 1 h 30 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Language: Portuguese
Domestic: $ 6,900
Summary: A film about the career of the notorious punk rock band, the Sex Pistols.
Release Date: May 12, 2000
Runtime: 1 h 48 min
MPAA: R

Language: English
Domestic: $ 612,192
International: $ 241
Summary: Documentary about the Funk Brothers, a group of Detroit musicians who backed up dozens of Motown artists.
Runtime: 1 h 48 min
MPAA: PG

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,722,119
International: $ 622,137
Summary: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986
Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 279,665
International: $ 96,392
Summary: A documentary on rap music and its rise to global prominence.
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Runtime: 1 h 46 min
MPAA: R

Language: English
Domestic: $ 288,000
International: $ 45,388
Summary: An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 2,610,896
International: $ 863,062