To keep the rhythm in all circumstances, here are 4 musical films available on Netflix: Rocketman, Maestro, Angèle as well as Tick, Tick… Boom!.
Music stars have always inspired the seventh art, which readily devotes biopics or musical comedies to them, often highly appreciated by Oscars and other golden statuettes. So to go behind the scenes of the greatest hits or learn more about the childhood of your favorite musicians, here are 4 perfectly orchestrated films, to watch in streaming on Netflix.
Rocketman on Netflix, entry with fanfare by Elton John
To tell the life of the flamboyant Elton John, a biopic was just as colorful and explosive. Rocketman is all that and more, mischievously chronicling the rise of Reginald Dwight from a shy young pianist to become the acclaimed composer of Your Song Or I’m Still Standing. Sparing nothing of the artist’s dark phases, this film uses Elton John’s songs to perfection to tell the story of his tumultuous life, step by step.
In this eccentric role, probably the finest of his career, Taron Egerton (Kingsman) demonstrates his talents in singing and dancing in truly enjoyable musical sequences. We thus end this biopic with the sensation of knowing better this monument of pop and queer culture, while humming Rocket Man loudly for months. Successful bet.
- To see if you liked : Bohemian Rhapsody ; Elvis ; Walk the Line ; The Runaways; Love & Mercy; Nowhere Boy
- To see if you are looking for: biopic; drama ; musical comedy ; inspired by real events; LGBTQIA+ characters; golden casting; romance; inspiring; pop culture; a soundtrack to listen to again months after viewing (tested and approved); see Taron Egerton (literally) playing the piano while standing in mid-air
Maestro on Netflix, the heartstrings of Leonard Bernstein
You have probably already heard one of the hits of West Side Storyof Tonight has America. But you may not know the genius behind this score: Leonard Bernstein. Actor and filmmaker Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born) brings it back to life in Maestrowhich focuses less on the composer’s musical work, and more on his tumultuous marriage to actress Felicia Montealegre.
The result is a devastating portrait, which slides gracefully from black and white to color to better tell the inner torments of its main character. Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan (Gatsby the magnificent) here form a magnificent cinema couple, as intense as they are tragic. An already cult biopic, which was unfortunately ignored by the Oscars in 2024, despite 7 nominations.
- To see if you liked: West Side Story ; A Star is Born ; My life with Liberace; Priscilla; Fosse/Verdon
- To see if you are looking for: drama ; romance; biopic; world of music; true story ; composer; LGBTQIA+ characters; emotion; 1950s; golden casting; Bradley Cooper, at the peak of his career; a film co-produced by no less than Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese
Angela on Netflix, the tremolos in the voice
We often forget that behind the glitter and impressive shows, hides a personality and a skin-deep sensitivity. This is what is trying to say Angela about the Belgian pop superstar. Built like a sort of diary, the documentary allows us to discover the singer in a new light, much more personal than the immense stages where she usually performs.
We then follow her in March 2020, during the first confinement, deep in thought for a second album after the phenomenal success of Brol, his first album. She confides in particular about her dazzling fame, and the difficulty of taking care of her mental health in these extreme conditions.
A way for Angèle to regain control over her story and her image, often distorted by the media and notoriety. Touching and necessary.
- To see if you liked: Orelsan: Never show that to anyone ; Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me ; Miss Americana ; Gaga: Five Foot Two ; Homecoming : Britney vs. Spears ; Ed Sheeran: The Sum of All
- To see if you are looking for: documentary; music ; intimate; feminism; behind the scenes of artistic creation; success story ; sob out ; talking about mental health without taboo
Tick, Tick… Boom! on Netflix, when Jonathan Larson goes faster than music
As his 30th birthday quickly approaches, Jonathan Larson despairs of one day writing the grandiose work he has always dreamed of. At the dawn of the 1990s, he struggled to compose his futuristic musical comedy, Superbia. He juggles between love, friendship, artistic creation and paying bills, until the revelation: Rent.
Centered on a great American author, unfortunately forgotten, Tick, Tick… Boom! is a moving ode to the passing of time, to the importance of love in all its forms and to life. Behind the camera, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Encanto) addresses with great sensitivity the life of Jonathan Larson, a genius who died at just 35 years old, before even being able to benefit from the success of Rent on the scene.
Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) passionately embodies this idealistic composer, who revolutionized musical comedy at the height of the AIDS/HIV epidemic. An electric biopic, with a contagious lust for life.
- To see if you liked: Rent ; Maestro ; Hamilton ; The Greatest Showman ; Chicago
- To see if you are looking for: drama ; music ; biopic; golden casting; chills; 1990s; rock; Broadway; believe in one’s dreams ; importance of love and friendship; LGBTQIA+ characters; moving; inspiring; sob out ; see Andrew Garfield in the role of his life
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