Underrated Music Movies
Music films our TML Score rates highly that never found a big audience: critically strong, commercially overlooked. Ranked by our TML Score, a transparent blend of IMDb and Metascore, and filtered to titles with modest box office.
30 Underrated Music Films
- 1
This Is Spinal Tap
Rob Reiner·1984·ComedyTML 88★ 7.9$189K box officeStarring
Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Kimberly Stringer
- 2
The Producers
Mel Brooks·1967·ComedyTML 87★ 7.5$329K box officeStarring
Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars
- 3
Andhadhun
Sriram Raghavan·2018·CrimeTML 87★ 8.3$1.4M box officeStarring
Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu, Radhika Apte, Anil Dhawan
- 4
Three Colors: Blue
Krzysztof Kieslowski·1993·DramaTML 86★ 7.8$1.3M box officeStarring
Juliette Binoche, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Benoît Régent
- 5
Trois couleurs: Bleu
Krzysztof Kieslowski·1993·DramaTML 85★ 7.9$1.3M box officeStarring
Juliette Binoche, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Benoît Régent
- 6
La double vie de Véronique
Krzysztof Kieslowski·1991·DramaTML 85★ 7.8$2.0M box officeStarring
Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik
- 7
The Double Life of Véronique
Krzysztof Kieslowski·1991·DramaTML 84★ 7.6$2.0M box officeStarring
Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik
- 8
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
John Cameron Mitchell·2001·ComedyTML 84★ 7.7$3.0M box officeStarring
John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski
- 9
A Night at the Opera
Sam Wood·1935·ComedyTML 83★ 7.9$2.5M box officeStarring
Edmund Goulding, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
- 10
Phoenix
Christian Petzold·2014·DramaTML 83★ 7.3$3.2M box officeStarring
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter
- 11
Sing Street
John Carney·2016·ComedyTML 83★ 7.9$3.2M box officeStarring
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor
- 12
You, the Living
Roy Andersson·2007·ComedyTML 81★ 7.4$21K box officeStarring
Elisabeth Helander, Jörgen Nohall, Jan Wikbladh, Björn Englund
- 13
We Are the Best!
Lukas Moodysson·2013·DramaTML 81★ 7.1$181K box officeStarring
Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, Johan Liljemark
- 14
Control
Anton Corbijn·2007·BiographyTML 81★ 7.7$872K box officeStarring
Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson, Alexandra Maria Lara
- 15
Rockstar
Imtiaz Ali·2011·DramaTML 81★ 7.7$986K box officeStarring
Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor, Kumud Mishra
- 16
The Piano Teacher
Michael Haneke·2001·DramaTML 81★ 7.5$1.0M box officeStarring
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
- 17
The Band's Visit
Eran Kolirin·2007·ComedyTML 81★ 7.5$3.1M box officeStarring
Sasson Gabay, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour
- 18
Okuribito
Yôjirô Takita·2008·DramaTML 80★ 8.1$1.5M box officeStarring
Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
- 19
As It Is in Heaven
Kay Pollak·2004·ComedyTML 79★ 7.5$10K box officeStarring
Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjöholm, Lennart Jähkel
- 20
Wild Rose
Tom Harper·2018·DramaTML 79★ 7.1$1.6M box officeStarring
Jessie Buckley, Matt Costello, Jane Patterson, Lesley Hart
- 21
Babyteeth
Shannon Murphy·2019·ComedyTML 78★ 7.2$5K box officeStarring
Eliza Scanlen, Michelle Lotters, Toby Wallace, Sora Wakaki
- 22
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Shunji Iwai·2001·CrimeTML 78★ 7.5$26K box officeStarring
Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa
- 23
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Felix van Groeningen·2012·DramaTML 78★ 7.7$175K box officeStarring
Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg
- 24
Joyeux Noël
Christian Carion·2005·DramaTML 78★ 7.7$1.1M box officeStarring
Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay
- 25
Joyeux Noel
Christian Carion·2005·DramaTML 78★ 7.6$1.1M box officeStarring
Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay
- 26
Bird
Clint Eastwood·1988·BiographyTML 78★ 7.1$2.2M box officeStarring
Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright
- 27
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Jacques Audiard·2005·CrimeTML 77★ 7.2$1.0M box officeStarring
Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos, Niels Arestrup
- 28
La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
Giuseppe Tornatore·1998·DramaTML 76★ 8.1$259K box officeStarring
Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry, Bill Nunn
- 29
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Aditya Chopra·2008·ComedyTML 76★ 7.2$2.1M box officeStarring
Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak, M.K. Raina
- 30
Sid and Nancy
Alex Cox·1986·BiographyTML 76★ 7.0$2.8M box officeStarring
Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop