The best music documentaries that you may have missed
Here are some of our favorite music documentaries that you may have missed or are definitely worth watching again!
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart chronicles the triumphs and hurdles of brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb, otherwise known as the Bee Gees. The iconic trio, who found early fame in the 1960s, went on to write over 1,000 songs and have 20 No. 1 hits throughout their career, transcending more than five decades of changing tastes and styles.
How to watch: HBO Max
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Dolly Parton leads a moving, musical journey in this documentary that details the people and places who have helped shape her iconic career.
How to watch: Netflix
Chasing Happiness
Chasing Happiness is a story of brotherhood. From humble roots as pastor's sons in New Jersey, through their meteoric rise to fame, the Jonas Brothers' bond was unshakeable—until a surprising and painful breakup led Joe, Kevin and Nick down very different paths.
How to watch: Amazon Prime
The GoGo’s
As the first multi-platinum-selling, all-female band to play their own instruments, write their own songs and soar to No. 1 on the album charts, the Go-Go's are the most successful female rock band of all time. Underpinned by candid testimonies from The Go-Go's past and present, this documentary chronicles the meteoric rise to fame of a band born of the LA punk scene that not only captured but created a zeitgeist.
How to watch: Showtime
Echo in the Canyon
An affectionate documentary looks back at the mid-1960s, when Hollywood’s Laurel Canyon was a creative nexus for young, innovative musicians.
How to watch: Netflix
Score
This 2016 documentary directed by Matt Schrader is about film scores, featuring Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Quincy Jones, Rachel Portman, Trent Reznor, and others.
How to watch: Amazon Prime
Duran Duran: There’s Something You Should Know
With exclusive access, the band opens up about their extraordinary career and talks candidly about the highs and lows they have endured together over four long decades. This is the band at their most relaxed, intimate and honest. We spend time with John at his LA home; Simon pays a visit to his former choirmaster; Roger goes back to where it all started in Birmingham and Nick dusts off some of the 10,000 fashion items that the band have meticulously cataloged and collected over the course of their career.
How to watch: Showtime
Searching for Sugar Man
This Oscar-winning documentary tells the almost unbelievable story of a Mexican-American songwriter whose two early Seventies albums bombed in America, but who wound up finding a huge audience in Apartheid-era South Africa. Sixto Rodriguez had no idea he was a legend there until a group of fans found him on the Internet and brought him to the country for a series of triumphant concerts.
History of the Eagles
Made in 2013, this two-part authorized documentary is about the career of the American rock group the Eagles, directed by Alison Ellwood and co-produced by Alex Gibney.
How to watch: Amazon Prime