 | A Hard Day's Night
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $6.80 Not only a great rock and roll movie but one of the greatest films ever made. Transcendant moment: The moptops cavort in a field to the strains of "Can't Buy Me Love".
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 | Almost Famous
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.61 A celebration of the culture, lifestyle and, most of all, music of the 1960's. Transcendant moment: A tense and angry bus ride turns into a love fest to the beat of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer".
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 | The Last Waltz (Special Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.00 Part of the genius of this film is that they put Neil Diamond and Joni Mitchell back to back right in the middle of the film, giving you plenty of time to go take a leak. Transcendant moment: Clapton tears it up on "Further On Up the Road"
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 | Standing In The Shadows of Motown
Buy new: $6.49 / Used from: $1.99 Both a moving documentary about Motown's heyday and a tribute to the magnificent music that emerged from that era. Transcendant moment: The final and very sad moments of James Jamerson's life.
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 | The Buddy Holly Story
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $4.93 It was a stroke of genius to have the music performed live by the more than capable cast--with Gary Busey in a brilliant performance as Buddy. Transcendant moment: For me, it comes in the very first scene of the film as Buddy and the Crickets knock out "Rock Around with Ollie Vee" at a roller rink.
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 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $3.93 "A Hard Day's Night" from the point of view of the fans. Transcendant moment: the cleverly assembled Ed Sullivan show montage.
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 | That Thing You Do! - Tom Hank's Extended Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $14.01 The brilliance of this film lies with the soundtrack itself--the songs, especially the joyous title track, really capture the essence of mid-60's pop-rock. Transcendant moment: the band members and girlfriend Liv Tyler dance like lunatics around an appliance store while listening to their song on the radio.
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 | La Bamba
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.70 A rare combination of rock and roll film and complex family drama. Transcendant moment: "La Bamba" of course.
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 | School of Rock (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $0.01 Another fun film that just LOVES rock and roll music! Transcendant moment: when the band finally gets to play at the battle of the bands show.
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 | Backbeat (Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $5.50 I wish the filmmaker's could have made this great and dramatic story more, well, great and dramatic. Transcendant moment: This film is on the list because of the killer performance sequences in Hamburg, the closest the rest of us will ever get to actually being there.
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