Best 27 Music Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1984

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him. Check out Amadeus / IMDB / YouTube

Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour. Info on This Is Spinal Tap / IMDB / YouTube

A big city teenager moves to a small town where Rock and Roll music and dancing have been banned by backward local parents and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace. Check out Footloose / IMDB / YouTube

An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scientist. Details on Top Secret! / IMDB / YouTube

A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang. Read about Streets of Fire / IMDB / YouTube

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise. Read about Purple Rain / IMDB / YouTube

A live performance of the band Talking Heads shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and featuring their most memorable songs. Details on Stop Making Sense / IMDB / YouTube

Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem. Find out about The Cotton Club / IMDB / YouTube

On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas. Read about The Snowman / IMDB / YouTube

A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training. Info on Yentl / IMDB / YouTube

A young man buys a computer that accidentally becomes sentient and begins to turn its affections toward the man's attractive female neighbor. Check out Electric Dreams / IMDB / YouTube

A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet. Check out Rhinestone / IMDB / YouTube

A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds. See more about Breakin' / IMDB / YouTube

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. More about Suburbia / IMDB / YouTube

A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it. Check out Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo / IMDB / YouTube

Otto, a young man from East-Frisia, comes to the big city of Hamburg to make his fortune. Most of all he is engaged with two problems: How can he impress Silvia, a wealthy young girl; and where does he get 9,876.50 DM to pay off a loan shark? Explore Holly - The Movie / IMDB / YouTube

A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob. Read about First Name: Carmen / IMDB / YouTube

An aspiring DJ from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and the local culture. Get info on Beat Street / IMDB / YouTube

Earth braces for an invasion of the Zentradi. Explore Macross: Do You Remember Love? / IMDB / YouTube

A composer who suspects his wife of cheating plots to kill her and frame her lover. Learn about Unfaithfully Yours / IMDB / YouTube

A communist soldier travels to Shanbei to collect folk songs for propaganda while visiting a poor peasant family, giving hope to the teenage daughter in escaping an arranged marriage. Check out Yellow Earth / IMDB / YouTube

16-year-old Charles loves to photograph. A cute girl's photo ends up in his camera. He later sees the older Laura singing in a bar. He takes many more photos of her and ends seeing her again, wishing to help her career. More about No Small Affair / IMDB / YouTube

Paul McCartney's recording of his new album is complicated by the fact that the master tapes of his recordings are missing. Learn about Give My Regards to Broad Street / IMDB / YouTube

In 1820s Spain the soldier Don José falls in love with the fiery and charismatic factory worker Carmen. Conflicts and grievances multiply, however, as it becomes apparent their views on love and commitment are fundamentally incompatible. Explore Carmen / IMDB / YouTube

A rock star returns to his childhood home to shoot a music video while a pack of wild dogs are on the loose killing off the local residents. Read about Monster Dog / IMDB / YouTube

A family hires a babysitter who seems to possess magical powers. Read about Meri Poppins, do svidaniya / IMDB / YouTube

Ten-year-old Adas, beginning his education at the Academy, finds the hideout of Bird Matt, who used to be a prince. Touched by his fate, he promises to find the magic button which has the power to restore him to human shape. Explore Mister Blot's Academy / IMDB / YouTube