Folk Music Movies
- 1991
Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday7.3561991HD
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her...
- 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis7.22013HD
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.
- 2014
Song of the Sea
Song of the Sea8.0112014HD
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the...
- 1984
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth7.21984HD
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small...
- 2019
Fisherman's Friends
Fisherman's Friends6.7092019HD
Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life...
- 1992
Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts6.5321992HD
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a...
- 2022
Tough Cowgirls
Tough Cowgirls22022HD
A couple of tough girls from the Brazilian countryside race their pickup truck to win a bet and prove that they're better than the boys.
- 1976
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory6.8031976HD
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering...
- 1981
American Pop
American Pop6.8031981HD
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing...
- 2006
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Neil Young: Heart of Gold7.32006HD
In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville,...
- 1993
Latcho Drom
Latcho Drom7.51993HD
Latcho Drom is a vista of the music, culture, and journey of the Romani people—from their homeland of India, to Europe and Southwest Asia.
- 1976
Heartworn Highways
Heartworn Highways8.11976HD
The music speaks for itself in this performance documentary that highlights some of the biggest names within the country-folk scene in Texas and...
- 2008
Fleisch ist mein Gemüse
Fleisch ist mein Gemüse5.62008HD
- 2024
Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All
Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All02024HD
An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Girls. With never-before-seen archival and intimate...
- 2024
Invaders From Within!
Invaders From Within!02024HD
July 7, 1977. Tormented by tinnitus and fiending for fame, folk musician Paul Cody has isolated himself at a remote cabin in the sweltering summer...
- 2011
The National Parks Project
The National Parks Project52011HD
In an increasingly urban nation, Canada’s national parks are a treasured escape into extraordinary beauty and rugged wilderness. If the Group...
- 2018
American Folk
American Folk5.72018HD
Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11. A story about the kindness of...
- 2007
Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song6.22007HD
The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will honor either a songwriter, interpreter, or singer/songwriter whose career reflects...
- 2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time6.752021HD
Blues and folk singer Karen Dalton was a prominent figure in 1960s New York. Idolized by Bob Dylan and Nick Cave, Karen discarded the traditional...
- 2007
Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival - The Other Side of the Mirror
Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival - The Other Side of the Mirror8.12007HD
An unvarnished chronicle of Bob Dylan's metamorphosis from folk to rock musician via appearances at the Newport Folk Festival between 1963 and 1965.