Top 10s Music
Whiplash
Miles Teller's ambitious young jazz drummer enrols at a cut-throat music conservatory. Explosive drama with JK Simmons. (2014)(103 mins)
The Pianist
The true story of a Polish, Jewish pianist who survives the Holocaust during WWII even as his friends and family are taken away to concentration camps.
La La Land
Winner of 6 Academy Awards, LA LA LAND stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as Mia and Sebastian, an actress and a jazz musician pursuing their Hollywood dreams - and finding each other - in a vibrant celebration of hope, dreams, and love.
Bohemian Rhapsody
A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's appearance at the Live Aid concert in 1985.
Amadeus
Once the highly regarded composer to the Viennese Court, Salieri is now an old man, unknown and confined to an asylum. After a suicide attempt he recounts his story to a young cleric, going back 30 years to his heyday at the court of Emperor Joseph II, where he first met the young Mozart. Despite Salieri's Machiavellian attempts to frustrate Mozart's progress, the great young composer attracts the favour of the Emperor.
A Star Is Born
Musician Jackson “Jack” Maine meets and falls in love with struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga), who has almost given up on her dream, until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. As Ally's career takes off, Jack fights an ongoing battle with alcoholism.
Some Like It Hot
After witnessing a shooting, two Chicago musicians head south disguised as female jazz artists. Their cover seems perfect...until love comes along.
School of Rock
Jack Black stars as a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for work, he impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers.
8 Mile
A talented young man in Detroit tries to overcome obstacles and achieve success as a rapper.