20 Best Music Movies on AMC+ 2026
Find standout AMC+ music movies, from Footloose and Born to Be Blue to Heavy Trip, plus romance, comedy, drama, and horror picks.
If you’re hunting for the best music movies on AMC+, this lineup mixes crowd-pleasers, cult favorites, and offbeat gems that bring sound, performance, and personality to the screen. You can start with the dance-floor energy of Footloose (1984), then shift into the moody, dreamlike rhythm of Song to Song (2017) or the raw, funny band chemistry of Band Aid (2017). For something stranger, Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) and Heavy Trip (2018) prove music stories can be wild, messy, and unforgettable. The collection also includes soulful drama like Born to Be Blue (2015), sharp romance in Please Baby Please (2022), and the heartfelt spark of Dandelion (2024), with more picks across drama, music, romance, comedy, and horror.
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Song to Song
drama · music · romance
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
Directed by Terrence MalickCast Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Cate BlanchettAmazon Prime VideoAMC+ -
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Band Aid
comedy · drama · music · romance
A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.
Directed by Zoe Lister-JonesCast Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, Susie Essman, Retta, Hannah SimoneAMC+Paramount Plus -
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Slumber Party Massacre II
comedy · horror · musical
Courtney is tormented by dreams of the infamous Driller Killer returning to wreak havoc... only to find that the murderous monster is reincarnated as an evil rocker.
Directed by Deborah BrockCast Crystal Bernard, Jennifer Rhodes, Kimberly McArthur, Patrick Lowe, Juliette CumminsAMC+Freevee -
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Heavy Trip
comedy · music
Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.
Directed by Juuso Laatio, Jukka VidgrenCast Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen, Max Ovaska, Minka KuustonenAMC+ -
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Born to Be Blue
biography · drama · music · romance
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
Directed by Robert BudreauCast Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Tony Nappo, Stephen McHattieAMC+ -
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Please Baby Please
drama · musical
After witnessing a murder in the gritty streets of 1950s Manhattan, newlyweds Suze and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple's sexual identity.
Directed by Amanda KramerCast Andrea Riseborough, Harry Melling, Demi Moore, Karl Glusman, Ryan SimpkinsAmazon Prime VideoAMC+ -
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Dandelion
drama · musical · romance
It follows a singer-songwriter in a downward spiral as she takes a last effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where she meets Casey, a guitarist who walked away from his dream long ago.
Directed by Nicole RiegelCast Thomas Doherty, KiKi Layne, Melanie Nicholls-King, Cliff Cash, Visionz2turntHuluAMC+ -
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Her Smell
drama · music & musical
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Directed by Alex Ross PerryCast Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Agyness Deyn, Gayle RankinAMC+ -
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Last Days Here
documentary · music
Documentary follows Bobby Liebling, lead singer of seminal hard rock/heavy metal band Pentagram, as he battles decades of hard drug addiction and personal demons to try and get his life back.
Directed by Don Argott, Demian FentonCast Jeremy Blessing, Bob Sweeney, Chad Pfeiffer, Sean-Paul Fenton, Derrick HansAMC+ -
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Bad Girl Boogey
drama · horror · music
A wearer of a parasitic mask with black magic sheds blood on Halloween. 16 years later, a killer with the same profile slaughters Angel's friend, who then must fight fear, overcome personal struggles and unmask the murderer before someone else dies.
Directed by Alice Maio MackayCast Lisa Fanto, Prudence Cassar, Steven Thai Hoa, Toshiro Glenn, Lewi DawsonAMC+ -
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Scare Package
animation · comedy · drama · fantasy · horror · music & musical · mystery & thriller
Chad, the owner of Rad Chad's Horror Emporium, recounts a series of bone-chilling, blood-splattered tales to illustrate the rules of the horror genre to his newest employee.
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Farewell Amor
drama · music · romance
Reunited after a 17-year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the emotional distance between them.
Directed by Ekwa MsangiCast Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee, Nana MensahAMC+ -
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This is Gwar
documentary · music
The powerful story of the most iconic heavy metal/art collective/monster band in the universe, as told by the humans who have fought to keep it alive for over thirty years. The feature documentary includes interviews with the band members, both past and present, as well as other artists including Weird Al Yankovic, Thomas Lennnon, Alex Winter, Bam Margera, and Ethan Embry, including never before seen footage of legendary GWAR frontman Dave Brockie.
Directed by Scott BarberCast Alex Winter, Bam Margera, Dave Brockie, Ethan Embry, Hunter JacksonAMC+ -
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Camp
comedy · musical · drama
Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every two weeks. Several personal stories come to the fore.
Directed by Todd GraffCast Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus, Steven Cutts, Vince RimoldiAMC+ -
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Len and Company
comedy · drama · music
A successful music producer quits the industry and exiles himself in upstate New York, but the solitude he seeks is shattered when his estranged son and the pop star he's created come looking for answers.
Directed by Tim GodsallCast Rhys Ifans, Juno Temple, Jack Kilmer, Keir Gilchrist, Kathryn HahnAMC+ -
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Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
comedy · drama · music & musical · romance
A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.
Directed by Christian PapierniakCast Mackenzie Davis, Dolly Wells, Alex Russell, LaKeith Stanfield, Robyn S. ClarkAMC+ -
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The Nowhere Inn
comedy · drama · music · thriller
When St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music, the goal is to both reveal and revel in the unadorned truth behind her on-stage persona. But when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre.
Directed by Bill BenzCast St. Vincent, Ezra Buzzington, Toko Yasuda, Chris Aquilino, Drew ConnickAMC+ -
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Seymour: An Introduction
documentary · biography · music
Ethan Hawke directs this intimate documentary portrait of classical pianist, composer, author, teacher and sage Seymour Bernstein.
Directed by Ethan HawkeCast Seymour Bernstein, Ethan HawkeAMC+ -
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Soul Boys of the Western World
documentary · biography · music
A journey through the 1980s and beyond; the story of a band, an era and how one small gathering of outsiders in London shaped the entire world’s view of music and fashion. The film is not only a fascinating, often hard-hitting social and cultural document of the time, but a brutally honest story of how friendships can be won, lost and ultimately regained.
Directed by George HenckenCast Band Aid, Beggar & Co, Duran Duran, The Human League, KraftwerkAMC+ -
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Biggie & Tupac
documentary · biography · crime · music
In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop's infamous east-west rivalry. Nick Broomfield's film introduces Russell Poole, an ex-cop with damning evidence that suggests the LAPD deliberately fumbled the case to conceal connections between the police, LA gangs and Death Row Records, the label run by feared rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight.
Directed by Nick BroomfieldCast Tupac Shakur, Nick Broomfield, The Notorious B.I.G., Russell Poole, Voletta WallaceAMC+
Wrapping Up
This selection gives you an easy way to find music-driven movies that fit different moods, from nostalgic and romantic to funny, edgy, and a little bizarre. Whether you want a classic like Footloose, a character study like Born to Be Blue, or something riskier like Heavy Trip, there’s plenty here to queue up next. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you want a fresh watchlist. We update it regularly, so the lineup stays useful as the AMC+ library changes over time.
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Do I need a AMC+ subscription to watch these?
Yes — every title on this list is currently available on AMC+. Availability can change, so we recommend checking the streaming link on each title before you start watching.
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Last updated: September 11, 2026