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1. One Tree Hill (2003–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Half-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small, but not so quiet town of Tree Hill, North Carolina.
Stars: Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz
Votes: 87,570
2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
In a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick
Votes: 466,833 | Gross: $31.49M
3. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023)
TV-MA | 28 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.
Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha, Kieran Culkin
Votes: 17,391
4. Gypsy (2017)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Thriller
Therapist Jean Holloway becomes too immersed in the lives of her patients.
Stars: Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson, Karl Glusman
Votes: 18,795
5. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
R | 117 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Lennie James, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell
Votes: 39,803 | Gross: $1.13M
6. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Two newly acquainted music-lovers spend the night scouting the streets of New York City in search of their favourite band's surprise secret show. All the while, they're both being chased after by their tempting but devious exes.
Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Aaron Yoo, Rafi Gavron
Votes: 95,485 | Gross: $31.49M
7. Brock Wilbur: 28 Years Later (2012)
76 min | Comedy
Zombies, literary allusions, unrepentant alcoholism, mental illness, esoteric pop-culture references, cocaine-fueled indie-rock dance moves, and more.
Director: Joe Filipas | Star: Brock Wilbur
Votes: 34
8. Grojband (2012–2015)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The story about 12 year old Corey that emotionally torments his sister so that she will write the ultimate lyrics for his garage band.
Stars: Bryn McAuley, Sergio Di Zio, Lyon Smith, Graeme Cornies
Votes: 1,501
9. Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation (2010 TV Special)
4 min | Animation, Short, Action
High school student Scott Pilgrim starts a band with Lisa Miller and battles Simon Lee to rescue, romance and recruit drummer Kim Pine.
Stars: Georgette Perna, Steve Blum, Michael Cera, Alison Pill
Votes: 1,279
10. Year of the Carnivore (2009)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A romantic comedy about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more "experience".
Director: Sook-Yin Lee | Stars: Cristin Milioti, Mark Rendall, Ali Liebert, Kevin McDonald
Votes: 667
11. Medicine for Melancholy (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins, John Thurgood, Brent Weinbach
Votes: 2,630 | Gross: $0.11M
12. Don't Go in the Woods (2010)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Musical
A young band heads to the woods in order to focus on writing new songs. Hoping to emerge with new music that will score them their big break, they instead find themselves in the middle of a nightmare beyond comprehension.
Director: Vincent D'Onofrio | Stars: Bo Boddie, Eric Bogosian, Gwynn Galitzer, Tim Lajcik
Votes: 1,113
13. Red Rover (2018)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
After feeling he has nothing left to live for on earth, a lonely geologist tries to qualify for a one-way mission to Mars with the help of an offbeat musician who is just as lost as he is.
Director: Shane Belcourt | Stars: Kristian Bruun, Cara Gee, Meghan Heffern, Morgan David Jones
Votes: 285
14. Mistaken for Strangers (2013)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Tom Berninger chronicles his time spent on the road as a member of the tour crew for The National, the rock & roll band fronted by his brother, Matt.
Director: Tom Berninger | Stars: Tom Berninger, Matt Berninger, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf
Votes: 4,609 | Gross: $0.14M
15. Taylor Swift: Cardigan (2020 Music Video)
5 min | Fantasy, Music
Official music video for "cardigan" by Taylor Swift.
Director: Taylor Swift | Star: Taylor Swift
Votes: 643
16. No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
106 min | Drama, Music
Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert - and the visas that allow them to leave Tehran to do so.
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad, Babak Mirzakhani
Votes: 7,488 | Gross: $0.08M
17. No Way Jose (2015)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Jose Stern, an erstwhile indie-rocker relegated to playing children's birthday parties, is on the verge of turning 40 and at a crossroads in his life.
Director: Adam Goldberg | Stars: Emily Osment, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Goldberg, Brendan Hines
Votes: 786
18. Scenes from the Suburbs (2011)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Music
A resident of a suburban dystopia tries to reassemble his fragmented memories of life as a teen.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Sam Dillon, Paul Pluymen, Zoe Graham, Ashlin Williamson
Votes: 2,332
19. Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Talking Heads perform in the music video "Wild Wild Life" from the album "True Stories" recorded for Sire Records. On a club stage in front of a band and a wall of televisions, a variety of... See full summary »
Director: David Byrne | Stars: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, John Goodman, Jerry Harrison
Votes: 237
20. Silversun Pickups: Lazy Eye (2006 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Silversun Pickups performs in the music video "Lazy Eye" from the album "Carnavas" recorded for Dangerbird Records. The music video features the band playing on stage at a bar. As they play... See full summary »
Director: Suzie Vlcek | Stars: Silversun Pickups, Filippo Almonde, Brian Aubert, Elvira Gonzalez
Votes: 31
21. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game (2010 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Scott Pilgrim, his girlfriend Ramona, and his bandmates Kim and Steven must fight their way through Toronto to battle Ramona's seven evil exes.
Votes: 429
22. Twenty One Pilots: Heathens (2016 Music Video)
G | 4 min | Crime, Music
Twenty One Pilots' music video for "Heathens" from the Suicide Squad (2016) soundtrack.
Director: Andrew Donoho | Stars: I. Elijah Baughman, Delorean Bijon Brandon, Jamil Dotson, Joshua Dun
Votes: 384
23. R.E.M.: Everybody Hurts (1993 Music Video)
6 min | Drama, Music
A promotional video for R.E.M.'s 1993 single "Everybody Hurts."
Director: Jake Scott | Stars: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, R.E.M., Michael Stipe
Votes: 754
24. Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements (2011)
Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary, Music
For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. This Minneapolis quartet took a teenage-punk attitude, threw it in a ... See full summary »
Director: Gorman Bechard | Stars: Robert Voedisch, Tommy Ramone, Tom Arnold, Dave Foley
Votes: 375
25. Eddie Reynolds y Los Ángeles de Acero (2014)
106 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
They are not wild and crazy anymore, or at least they think so. Now, thanks to an offer nobody can't refuse, they will try to recapture that old rock and roll magic and give themselves a second chance.
Director: Gustavo Moheno | Stars: Luis Alberti, Damián Alcázar, Alfonso Bravo, Lucía Carreras
Votes: 279
26. Riding in Vans with Boys (2003 Video)
85 min | Documentary, Music
In the summer of 2002, blink-182 invited the little-known band Kut U Up to accompany them on The Pop Disaster Tour. Kut U Up is not known primarily for their music. They are however, ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Beauchesne | Stars: Chris Cote, Brandon Parkhurst, Micah Mattson, Brendan Raasch
Votes: 268
27. Searching for Elliott Smith (2009)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
The unauthorized biography of the Patron Saint of Indie Rock.
Director: Gil Reyes | Stars: David Bailey, Jennifer Chiba, Christopher Cooper, Larry Crane
Votes: 63
28. Stadium Anthems (2018)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A female recording artist encounters the misogyny and outdated business practices of male record label executives.
Director: Scott Douglas Brown | Stars: Kayden Kross, Toddy Walters, Aeon Cruz, Shauna Earp
Votes: 229
29. Sharon Van Etten: Seventeen (2019 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The official page for the music video for the song Seventeen by Sharon Van Etten.
Director: Maureen Towey | Stars: Rachel Trachtenburg, Sharon Van Etten
Votes: 33
30. No Straight Roads (2020 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Start a rock band and end the EDM empire in NO STRAIGHT ROADS, a rockin' action-adventure that mashes together rhythm-infused third-person combat with a kick-ass soundtrack.
Directors: Daim Dziauddin, Wan Hazmer | Stars: Nabil Akram, Syed Hassan Algadrie, Azah Boemia Anuaral, Phraveen Arikiah
Votes: 45
31. R.E.M. by MTV (2014)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary
On April 5, 1980 four college pals-Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe-took the stage together for the first time to play at a friend's birthday party. The band they ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Young | Stars: Bill Berry, Jay Boberg, Peter Buck, Stephen Colbert
Votes: 353
32. The Get Lost Losers (2022)
93 min | Comedy, Musical
THE GET LOST LOSERS follows the most cantankerous rock band in Hollywood as it prepares for a super-clutch industry showcase and one last shot at fame.
Director: Chaz Moore | Stars: Jason Sereno, Anthony Marks, Christophe Zajac-Denek, Orly Gal
Votes: 26
33. Couldn't You Wait? (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Music
Couldn't You Wait chronicles the music and the history of the band Silkworm and their unique 17-year-long career on the fringe of "indie rock".
Director: Seth Pomeroy | Stars: Steve Albini, Greg Anderson, Ross Best, Bryan Brown
Votes: 10
34. Nuummioq (2009)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A love-struck man discovers he has an incurable illness shortly after meeting the woman of his dreams.
Directors: Torben Bech, Otto Rosing | Stars: Lars Rosing, Angunnguaq Larsen, Julie Berthelsen, Marius Olsen
Votes: 237
35. Bandeiji (2010)
119 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Four boys have their friendship and musical talents tested in the ever changing worlds of the music industry and real life in 1990s Japan.
Director: Takeshi Kobayashi | Stars: Jin Akanishi, Kie Kitano, Kengo Kôra, Ayumi Ito
Votes: 470
36. The Cure: Lullaby (1989 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Robert Smith plays both the cannibalistic "spiderman" mentioned in the lyrics and his intended victim lying in bed. The rest of the band sporadically appear as tin soldiers. It ends with what appears to be a giant spider swallowing Smith.
Director: Tim Pope | Stars: The Cure, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Robert Smith
Votes: 83
37. Never Get Tired (2014)
91 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Never Get Tired is the story of underground musician Jeff Rosenstock, who put his songs online for free and redefined punk rock for the internet age.
Director: Sara Crow | Stars: Bomb the Music Industry!, Jeff Rosenstock
Votes: 70
38. The New Pornographers: The Laws Have Changed (2003 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Stars: The New Pornographers, Neko Case, John Collins, Kurt Dahle
39. The Weathered Underground (2010)
310 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A Groundbreaking interactive DVD that plays like a video version of the "Choose Your Own Adventure Books" as the story follows 21 Year old Eric (the character whom the audience makes ... See full summary »
Director: David N. Donihue | Stars: Michael Ciriaco, Brea Grant, Hollis McLachlan, David N. Donihue
Votes: 65 | Gross: $0.14M
40. Muse: Pressure (2018 Music Video)
5 min | Action, Horror, Music
Music video by Muse. Homecoming dance '84 turns into 80s horror movie when mutated man-eating fuzzballs escape their cages in the science lab and start devouring everyone present. The principal and the hired band try to stop them.
Director: Lance Drake | Stars: Matt Bellamy, Terry Crews, Javier Luna, Michelle Mao
Votes: 50
41. Junk (II) (1999)
85 min | Sci-Fi
In a decaying world of aberrant weather patterns, lifeless landscapes and mundane objects, Max r. and Christina meet on the day she has decided to end her life. Writer/Director Roddy ... See full summary »
Director: Roddy Bogawa | Stars: Sarah Adler, Jim Fletcher, Tara Milutis, William Schefferine
42. East West (2016)
86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ezequiel, a former professional car racer, returns to his hometown after 15 years to compete in his last race. He finds Stela, an old affair; Angelo, the family patriarch, as well as Pedro, a 16 year-old boy who dreams of being a driver.
Director: Rodrigo Grota | Stars: Felipe Kannenberg, Simone Iliescu, Bruno Silva, José Maschio
Votes: 443
43. Snail Mail: Heat Wave (2018 Music Video)
5 min | Music, Sport
Official music video for "Heat Wave" by Snail Mail.
Director: Brandon Herman | Star: Lindsey Jordan
Votes: 10
44. Thinking Speed (2014)
Unrated | 111 min | Horror
A Reader becomes trapped in an evolving autobiography of an executed killer.
Director: Lisa Menzel | Stars: Lisa Menzel, Patrick Doran, Adam Fallon, Nick Doetsch
Votes: 8
45. The Cruel Sea: Anybody But You (1995 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Stars: The Cruel Sea, James Cruickshank, Jim Elliott, Ken Gormly
46. Dayglow: Can I Call You Tonight? (2018 Video)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Probably the best use of green screen ever conceived.
Director: Sloan Struble | Stars: Reece Myers, Sloan Struble
Votes: 7
47. The La's: There She Goes (1988 Music Video)
3 min | Music
It shows the band performing in an alleyway and on a hill, as well as footage from their concerts. The band are also seen in a park.
Director: Jeff Baynes | Star: The La's
Votes: 14
48. Good Clean Fun (2009)
79 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The inspiring, slightly fictionalized true story of a young woman's struggle to get through college, fall in love, and book a band.
Director: Issa Diao | Stars: Lauren Billingsley, Joshua David Blum, Karl Buechner, CJ Celeste
Votes: 13
49. Mitski: Your Best American Girl (2016 Music Video)
4 min | Drama, Music
Official music video for "Your Best American Girl" by Mitski.
Director: Zia Anger | Stars: Candace Bryant, Tyler Gardella, Mitski
Votes: 32
50. Southern Backtones Forever (2008)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Music
The Southern Backtones explore the meaning of life in this surreal and sometimes sexy trip to the Foodarama. Along the way they meet people from all walks of life and turn them on to the concept of forever.
Director: W. Ross Wells | Stars: Hank Schyma, John Griffin, Todd Sommer, John Evans
Votes: 33