Best 22 Music Movies Highly Recommended Released in 2001

A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke. Check out Moulin Rouge! / IMDB / YouTube

A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher. Find out about The Piano Teacher / IMDB / YouTube

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past. Read about Save the Last Dance / IMDB / YouTube

Lead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes. Find out about Rock Star / IMDB / YouTube

A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs. See more about Hedwig and the Angry Inch / IMDB / YouTube

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander. Read about Captain Corelli's Mandolin / IMDB / YouTube

A girl group find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music. Read about Josie and the Pussycats / IMDB / YouTube

A young singer dates a disc jockey who helps her get into the music business, but their relationship become complicated as she ascends to super stardom. Get info on Glitter / IMDB / YouTube

A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman. Info on The Man Who Cried / IMDB / YouTube

The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society. Details on All About Lily Chou-Chou / IMDB / YouTube

A cave-dwelling man sets out to track down the killer of a homeless boy, and bring him to justice. Explore The Caveman's Valentine / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey and all his friends hold their own Christmas party at the House of Mouse, after being snowed in. See more about Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse / IMDB / YouTube

After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a treasure trove of ancient Scots-Irish ballads, songs that have been handed down from generation to generation, preserve. Find out about Songcatcher / IMDB / YouTube

Samuel Curtis, an interplanetary trader, sets forth through a rustic and remote solar system, unaware that his old friend Professor Hess is trying to kill him. Read about The American Astronaut / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the hip-hop DJ from the birth of hip-hop to the invention of scratching and beat-juggling vinyl, to the more recent turntablism movement. Underdogs and virtuosos who have radically changed the way we hear and create music. Read about Scratch / IMDB / YouTube

Shrek and his friends enjoy themselves with some Karaoke partying. See more about Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party / IMDB / YouTube

Terrorists hijack an airplane that is broadcasting a rock concert live on the Internet. Explore Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal / IMDB / YouTube

After being released from the hospital, the artist Jean Michel Basquiat wanders around Manhattan trying to sell art to make money and find a place to stay. Explore Downtown 81 / IMDB / YouTube

A contemporary, urban retelling of the classic story, Carmen: A Hip Hopera follows the life of a police sergeant whose world is turned upside down when an irresistible woman enters his life. Learn about Carmen: A Hip Hopera / IMDB / YouTube

A gang in a Volvo have staked out a flat; when its occupants leave to walk their dog, the six break into the place. One keeps his eyes on a stopwatch: they have only ten minutes before the couple returns. Instead of stealing things, the gang goes from room to room making fascinating percussive music with found objects: first in the kitchen, then the bedroom, the bathr. Learn about Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers / IMDB / YouTube

A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts. Learn about Things Behind the Sun / IMDB / YouTube

A video concert showing Madonna's Drowned World Tour in 2001. See more about Madonna: Drowned World Tour 2001 / IMDB / YouTube