Greatest 29 Music Movies Editor's Choice from 2002

Follows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life; he wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem. Explore 8 Mile / IMDB / YouTube

In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world. More about 24 Hour Party People / IMDB / YouTube

A band director recruits a Harlem street drummer to play at a Southern university. Details on Drumline / IMDB / YouTube

Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory. Read about Brown Sugar / IMDB / YouTube

Beary Barrington goes on an adventure to save Country Bear Hall by getting the Country Bears back together for a reunion concert. More about The Country Bears / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary on the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls and the East Coast/West Coast, hip-hop/rap rivalry that culminated in late 1996 and early 1997. More about Biggie & Tupac / IMDB / YouTube

When the singing Veggies encounter some car trouble, they are stranded at an old rundown seafood joint, where nothing is quite as it seems. Learn about Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie / IMDB / YouTube

After the end of World War II, a famous German conductor is accused of loyalty to the Nazi regime. He argues that art and politics are separate. An investigator thinks otherwise. Find out about Taking Sides / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary about the Funk Brothers, a group of Detroit musicians who backed up dozens of Motown artists. Explore Standing in the Shadows of Motown / IMDB / YouTube

A fourteen-year-old aspiring violinist finds herself under an increasing amount of pressure to keep secrets for herself, her family and her newfound best friend. Details on Little Secrets / IMDB / YouTube

Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro. Details on Madame Satã / IMDB / YouTube

The story of a young garage band in Sydney, Australia trying to make it big. Look into Garage Days / IMDB / YouTube

In the midst of the Chechen War, a remote psychiatric institution is left without staff leaving the patients to fend for themselves. Based on a true story. Find out about House of Fools / IMDB / YouTube

A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha. Info on Electric Dragon 80.000 V / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy East Indian man gives an apparently non-East Indian woman a crash course in his culture, so he can marry her with his family's approval. Look into Bollywood/Hollywood / IMDB / YouTube

The last days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas. Info on Callas Forever / IMDB / YouTube

First-time filmmaker and award-winning photographer Sam Jones documents the recording of Wilco's album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. See more about I Am Trying to Break Your Heart / IMDB / YouTube

Live concert on the back of 'Brave New World' album, showing why they're one of the greats, performing many hits from their long career, a band at its peak. Explore Iron Maiden: Rock in Rio / IMDB / YouTube

Paul, a handsome and talented music student is employed as the page-turner at one of the world famous pianist Kennington's concerts in San Francisco. Find out about Food of Love / IMDB / YouTube

A rock band bursts onto the scene and then their frontman disappears on the eve of a European tour. Find out about Rock My World / IMDB / YouTube

Just as Madea buries her sister, she must get ready for her granddaughter Lisa's wedding at the house: she must endure her neighbor Leroy Brown's nuttiness and having all her dysfunctional relatives staying in her home for the whole weekend. Read about Madea's Family Reunion / IMDB / YouTube

Shiv (Abhishek Bachchan) and Pooja (Karisma Kapoor) are happily married to each other but sometimes can get into the most petty arguments coming from the way they approach life. Shiv takes each day as it comes whilst Pooja's imagination sometimes gets the best of her. Pooja falls in love with Shiv so much that she gives up her high rising career for him and settles as. Check out Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya / IMDB / YouTube

Ricky (Walter Emanuel Jones) wants to give his crush Nicole (Paige O'Hara) a Christmas gift, but when he does she angrily rejects it as cheap. She later regrets her mistake and decides to find it. Check out Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa / IMDB / YouTube

Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of Durval Discos, a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother with the housekeeping. However, on her second day, Celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind, Kiki, and a note promising to. Read about Durval Discos / IMDB / YouTube

The world's greatest rock band return to Ireland to play a sold out Slane Castle, in a concert that will live long in the memory of everyone there. Look into U2's Beautiful Day / IMDB / YouTube

A film following Nine Inch Nails' 2000 Fragility Tour, with 18 songs, background commentary and multiple camera angles. Nine Inch Nails Live are: Trent Reznor, Charlie Clouser, Robin Finck, Jerome Dillon and Danny Lohner. Look into Nine Inch Nails Live: And All That Could Have Been / IMDB / YouTube

A punk rock documentary filmed and produced in Corvallis and Albany OR, in 2002, featuring veteran Corvallis punk rockers the 'Richard Hedders' and new teen Albany punk / hard rock band 'Death By Coathanger'. Learn about Bastard Rock / IMDB / YouTube

The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou. Learn about Waiting for Happiness / IMDB / YouTube

A songwriter in love with his demanding boss's secretary enters an alternate, wacky world where a much-needed hit tune may be created from his heart. Learn about The Tune / IMDB / YouTube