
Movies that feel likeThe Last Waltz (1978)
If you loved The Last Waltz, the closest films we have are Gimme Shelter (1970), Stop Making Sense (1984) and The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988). All three share The Last Waltz's contemplative and stylish feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988).
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If The Last Waltz hit the spot, these will too

One thread runs through both: rock 'n' roll

Both keep coming back to the same thing: rock 'n' roll

Contemplative where it counts, stylish underneath

Contemplative documentary in both cases

Music built on style, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Last Waltz does

Documentary with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft


Both are documentary through and through

Music of the same temperament

Cut from the same music cloth

Both working the same music territory

Music approached the same way
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics
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