Music films on The Criterion Channel 2026

Updated September 14, 2026Checked September 14, 2026

1. All Night Long (1962)
2. Always for Pleasure (1978)
3. Amadeus (1984)
4. The American Ruling Class (2005)
5. And the Ship Sails On (1983)
6. Appalachian Spring (1959)
7. Autumn Sonata (1978)
8. A Band Called Death (2013)
9. Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)
10. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
11. Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2019)
12. Benjamin Smoke (2000)
13. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
14. Black Roots (1970)
15. Black Sun (1964)
16. Blaze (2018)
17. The Blood of Jesus (1941)
18. The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1968)
19. The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
20. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
21. The Burmese Harp (1956)
22. The Captive (2000)
23. Charlie Is My Darling (1966)
24. Chulas Fronteras (1976)
25. Clean (2004)
26. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
27. Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
28. Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements (2011)
29. Control (2007)
30. The Cry of Jazz (1959)
31. Dance in the Sun (1953)
32. A Dancer's World (1957)
33. The Darktown Revue (1931)
34. Del mero corazón (1979)
35. Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)
36. Dizzy Gillespie (1964)
37. The Doors (1991)
38. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
39. Dry Wood (1973)
40. Emperor Jones (1933)
41. Farewell Amor (2020)
42. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
43. The Fat and the Lean (1961)
44. Festival (1967)
45. Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three (1978)
46. Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (2021)
47. Gimme Shelter (1970)
48. God is Good (2024)
49. God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance (1968)
50. Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017)
51. Grace of My Heart (1996)
52. The Harder They Come (1972)
53. Hot Pepper (1973)
54. The Hours and Times (1991)
55. I Went to the Dance (1989)
56. I'm Not There (2007)
57. In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)
58. Instrument (1999)
59. Intermezzo (1936)
60. Intimate Lighting (1965)
61. Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
62. Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
63. Kalpana (1948)
64. Keeping Time (2023)
65. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
66. Lambert & Co. (1964)
67. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
68. Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
69. Let's Get Lost (1988)
70. Limelight (1952)
71. Linda Linda Linda (2005)
72. Lisztomania (1975)
73. Louie Bluie (1985)
74. Love & Mercy (2015)
75. Lovedolls Superstar (1986)
76. Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait (1997)
77. The Magic Flute (1975)
78. Mahler (1974)
79. Marc and Ann (1991)
80. Monterey Pop (1968)
81. The Music Room (1958)
82. The Musicians (1960)
83. New Wave (2024)
84. Nico, 1988 (2017)
85. No Ordinary Man (2021)
86. Nowhere Boy (2009)
87. Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
88. Ornette: Made in America (1986)
89. Phoenix (2014)
90. The Piano Teacher (2001)
91. A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974)
92. Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)
93. Quadrophenia (1979)
94. Queens of the Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs (2025)
95. The Red Shoes (1948)
96. Restless City (2012)
97. Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (2024)
98. Rockers (1979)
99. Rocky VI (1986)
100. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996)
101. Rouge (1987)
102. The Runaways (2010)
103. Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023)
104. Sanders of the River (1935)
105. Say Amen, Somebody (1983)
106. The Seventh Veil (1945)
107. Shadows (1960)
108. Shadows in Paradise (1986)
109. Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987)
110. Smithereens (1982)
111. Space Is the Place (1974)
112. Spend It All (1972)
113. Sprout Wings and Fly (1983)
114. Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995)
115. Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
116. Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
117. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
118. Times Square (1980)
119. Total Balalaika Show (1994)
120. Trances (1982)
121. Turning (2012)
122. Variety Lights (1950)
123. Velvet Goldmine (1998)
124. A Well Spent Life (1971)
125. When It Rains (1995)
126. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)