10 Movies To Watch If You Love Bohemian Rhapsody
10 Movies To Watch If You Love Bohemian Rhapsody
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From Walk the Line to Flash Gordon, here are some movie suggestions for fans of Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie Mercury and Queen to check out next.
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Movies that mix great rock and roll with a compelling story or concert are almost as gratifying an experience as listening to an amazing album in the first place. Late last year, the story of Freddie Mercury and Queen was told in the acclaimed movie Bohemian Rhapsody. Actor Rami Malek gave an Oscar winning performance as Mercury, and the way the story is told has become something of a standard for rock biopics: a rags-to-riches story, complete with the downfalls and pitfalls of fame and fortune, before the star finds their way back to success and wins the world over.
This is Queen we’re talking about. Up there with legends like The Beatles, they’re one of the greatest bands to have ever played. Kicking off from their early beginnings as Smile and culminating with a near perfect recreation of their mythic performance at Live Aid, Bohemian Rhapsody is as magnetic and electric as Freddie Mercury was. For everyone who enjoyed the film and story of Queen, here are some more movies you’re sure to appreciate.
10 Walk The Line
Before he was getting rave reviews for the upcoming Joker film, Joaquin Phoenix long ago showcased his ability to play just about any role. His (up until now) standout performance was The Man In Black himself, Johnny Cash, in Walk The Line.
While Phoenix was electric as the genre-transcending star, Reese Witherspoon as the love of Johnny’s life, June Carter, was equally magnetic. Both actors learned to sing for their roles and were nominated for Academy Awards, which Witherspoon won.
9 Ray
Watching TV star and funny man Jamie Foxx morph into Ray Charles in Taylor Hackford’s Ray is nothing short of iconic. His performance as the legendary singer and pianist was rightly heralded by a whole array of awards and accolades.
From losing his sight at the age of seven to learning how to play the piano and becoming a global megastar, this really is Charles’ life story, complete with all of the ugliness and happiness in between. if you’re only going to watch one (other) biopic ever, it should probably be Ray.
8 Eddie And The Cruisers
Freddie Mercury and Queen had a unique vision that could not be compromised. So did Eddie Wilson and the Parkway Cruisers in Eddie And The Cruisers.
The movie features the fictional account of a New Jersey band, whose lead singer didn’t want to just be ordinary, so he took drastic action to ensure his memory would live on. Or did he? This movie is a cult classic among rock and roll fans, featuring the instant classic “On The Dark Side” by John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band.
7 Queen: Live At Wembley 1986
The Live Aid set is widely regarded as one of the greatest sets in rock history. That was only 20 minutes, though. It was a mere fraction of what any band could do, much less Queen. When they came back to Wembley in 1986 for their Live Magic tour, it was a transcendent fever dream that lasted almost two hours.
From the opening song, “One Vision” to just about all of the band’s hits, watching Freddie own the stage and own the sea of humanity in London that night is truly awesome. You get to see just how much the crowd loved him, and vice-versa.
6 Freddie Mercury Tribute Show 1992
After Freddie died, the band wanted to pay tribute to their friend and raise money for AIDS awareness and research at the same time. It took only three hours to sell out 72,000 tickets for the massive collaboration of talent to perform at Wembley. There are seldom shows like this any more – bands from all over rocked the show, playing songs by Queen and their own hits too.
Stand-out performances from Queen + Elton John and Axl Rose, along with performances from George Michael and a stirring rendition of “Under Pressure” with Annie Lennox helped to make this show a stirring reminder of how much the world loved Queen.
5 I’m Not There
For over fifty years, Bob Dylan has confounded even his most die-hard fans. Just when someone thinks they know all there is to know about music’s own poet laureate, he switches something up about his persona.
Naturally, the movie inspired and based on his life would also be as unconventional as he is. In Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There, several actors (Christian Bale, Marcus Franklin, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, and Heath Ledger) all play a character that it reminiscent of Dylan at various points in his life.
4 Flash Gordon
Some groups during the late seventies and early eighties popularized the “Rock Opera” movement. The Who had Tommy and Quadrophenia, Pink Floyd had The Wall. Unofficially, Queen had Flash Gordon.
The B-movie take on the comic strips seemed like a riff on Star Wars, and was elevated ten-fold thanks to Queen creating the soundtrack to the film. Thanks to the songs like the pulsing “Flash’s Theme” and anthems like “My Hero,” the movie has become a bona fide cult classic.
3 Wayne’s World
If you realized that Mike Myers was under a bunch of makeup as EMI record executive Ray Foster, then you caught a pretty funny inside joke. While playing him “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Foster bemoans that no-one will want to listen to this song while rocking out in their car. Anyone who has seen Wayne’s World will get the joke.
That movie featured the memorable scene of Myers as Wayne and all of his friends doing exactly what Ray Foster said no kid would want to do.
2 The Doors
In modern movie history, Oliver Stone’s biopic of The Doors was one of the first films of its kind. Joaquin Phoenix, Jamie Foxx, Rami Malek and Taron Egerton have all defined how to play a rock legend lately (let’s not forget Johnny Flynn as David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust), but Val Kilmer was there first.
For some fans, Kilmer’s star turn as Jim Morrison is some of his finest work to date. As with some of the other musical icons on this list, that’s a tough part to do justice to.
1 Almost Famous
Cameron Crowe might have made his bones with Jerry Maguire, but his real claim to fame is the grand sweeping love letter to rock and roll, Almost Famous.
This semi-autobiographical movie features William Miller as an ambitious teenager, starting to follow his dreams as a writer for Rolling Stone. Just imagine being a teenager and following your favorite bands around, getting caught up in all the trappings of rock and roll and life on the road!
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