The best music documentaries on HBO Max cover 20th century folk icons like Bob Dylan and Latin jazz legends like the Buena Vista Social Club. Here are 10 films we recommend.

There’s something electric about watching a great music documentary. You get the backstage pass, the messy breakdowns, the triumph, and all those unguarded moments that remind you why music matters in ...

It’s fun to live vicariously through musicians. They go to extremes so we don’t have to—but we love watching them do it. In recent years, music-focused films and series have inarguably cornered the ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: This year’s Tribeca Film Festival went all in on music, including documentaries on Billy Joel, Miley Cyrus and more. USA TODAY National Music Reporter ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Cypress Hill Music television is experiencing a renaissance in the form of documentaries ...

Go beyond the hits with these powerful, intimate and often jaw-dropping documentaries that spotlight the artists, scandals and moments that shaped music history. Courtesy of Magnolia Picture; Courtesy ...

One incredibly entertaining form of music journalism is the documentary. It has been and seemingly always will be a staple in the music business, as there is nothing more smile-evoking than seeing a ...

Music documentaries have been providing deeper insights into what happens in the life of a music artist and with streaming channels like Netflix and Disney+ collaborating with artists, documentaries ...

On Wednesday, one of the all-time greatest and most entertaining music documentaries will be made available in remastered and expanded form on Disney Plus. The Beatles Anthology originally aired on ...

Alex Ross Perry is no stranger to music documentaries, fictionalized or otherwise. The indie darling auteur has had the inverse career of the average director, who usually gets their foot in the ...

Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson and composer Jonny Greenwood have asked that music from “Phantom ...

Charli XCX’s Brat tour is one of the biggest music events in recent memory, but don’t expect a tour documentary to surface, because Charli shot the idea down. Why? She thinks the market for tour docs ...