Best Music Plot in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These music films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Plot, ranked by their overall Q score.

  1. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) — Q 9
  2. Break the Silence: The Movie (2020) — Q 8.5
  3. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) — Q 8.5
  4. Amadeus (1984) — Q 8.5
  5. Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (2010) — Q 8.5
  6. Queen: Days of Our Lives (2011) — Q 8.5
  7. Avicii - I'm Tim (2024) — Q 8
  8. Music by John Williams (2024) — Q 8
  9. The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (2019) — Q 8
  10. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) — Q 8
  11. Searching for Sugar Man (2012) — Q 8
  12. Thriller 40 (2023) — Q 8
  13. End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003) — Q 8
  14. Muscle Shoals (2013) — Q 8
  15. The Greatest Night in Pop (2024) — Q 8
  16. TÁR (2022) — Q 8
  17. TINA (2021) — Q 8
  18. Lemmy (2010) — Q 8
  19. Supersonic (2016) — Q 8
  20. Pearl Jam Twenty (2011) — Q 8
  21. Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011) — Q 8
  22. Bad 25 (2012) — Q 8
  23. The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020) — Q 8
  24. Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012) — Q 8
  25. Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) — Q 8
  26. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) — Q 8
  27. The Chorus (2004) — Q 8
  28. Sound City (2013) — Q 8
  29. Autumn Sonata (1978) — Q 8
  30. Mistaken for Strangers (2013) — Q 7.5

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