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(Photo by Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection. BILLIE EILISH: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – THE TOUR LIVE IN 3D)

68 Best Concert Movies of All Time


The latest: Billie Eilish and James Cameron team up for a cinematic concert experience with the Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour. In theaters everywhere this weekend!


So you’re determined to somehow catch Taylor Swift and Talking Heads in concert in the same week. We hope you’re not thinking about shattering the fabric of time, when instead you can simply experience the power of the concert film with theatrical releases of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Stop Making Sense, on the big screen one after the other.

This concert-hopping was possible in the fall of 2023 when the two films were released in close succession, with Stop Making Sense on its 40th anniversary victory reunion and The Eras Tour bringing audiences together globally for Swift’s nearly 3-hour extravagant show. Both represent the musicians at the peak of their powers, and show off the concert film’s special ability to bring like-minded audiences for communal intimacy in theaters.

With that said, we’re ranking the best concert movies of all time, ranked by Tomatometer, with Certified Fresh films first. Here, you’ll find arena pop extravaganzas (with a little emotion – thanks Katy Perry: Part of Me); more intimate – but no less rousing – moments of music history (witness Aretha Franklin in Amazing Grace); an epic street party (remember those? Dave Chappelle does…); and some of the biggest festival events out there (from Beychella to Woodstock).

You’ll also find some of the biggest names in music: Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Janis Joplin, Springsteen, Wu-Tang Clan, and more. The majority of films included are pure concert docs – recordings of live shows with little fuss and extraneous material – but a handful do take a more traditional documentary format, with interviews and behind-the-scenes tour footage. We included those because of the amount of live concert footage they feature, Marley and Madonna: Truth or Dare among them.

#1 Stop Making Sense
#2 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
#3 Amazing Grace
#4 TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
#5 The Last Waltz
#6 Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
#7 David Byrne's American Utopia
#8 Festival Express
#9 Springsteen on Broadway
#10 Marley
#11 Dave Chappelle's Block Party
#12 Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
#13 Buena Vista Social Club
#14 Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
#15 Neil Young: Heart of Gold
#16 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
#17 Wattstax
#18 Neil Young Journeys
#19 Shine a Light
#20 Soul Power
#21 Metallica: Through the Never
#22 Michael Jackson's This Is It
#23 Let It Be
#24 Katy Perry: Part of Me
#25 Woodstock
#27 Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
#28 The Kids Are Alright
#30 Gaga Chromatica Ball
#31 Depeche Mode: Spirits in the Forest
#32 RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ
#33 Jazz on a Summer's Day
#34 Monterey Pop
#35 BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
#36 Gimme Shelter
#37 Elvis: That's the Way It Is
#38 The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
#39 Heima
#40 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
#41 Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
#42 Shut Up and Play the Hits
#43 Coachella
#44 Madonna: Truth or Dare
#45 Rock the Bells
#46 Queen: Live in Budapest
#47 Jesus Is King
#48 Sign 'o' the Times
#49 The Show
#50 Björk: Biophilia Live
#51 Awesome; I F... Shot That!
#52 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
#53 Gaga: Five Foot Two
#54 Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
#55 Madame X
#56 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
#57 One Direction: This Is Us
#58 Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl
#59 U2 Rattle and Hum
#60 Glee the Concert Movie
#61 Justin Bieber: Our World
#62 Justin Bieber's Believe
#63 ariana grande: excuse me, i love you
#64 Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
#65 Year of the Horse
#66 The Song Remains the Same
#67 9 Songs
#68 Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience