Movies where the character is obessed with listening to music?

High fidelity

American Psycho

Guardians of the Galaxy

Pump Up the Volume.

A Clockwork Orange… lovely, lovely Ludwig Van!

Almost Famous.

William doesn’t just write about music. He is also swept away in it. IMO.

Empire Records

Muriel's Wedding -early 90s aussie chick flick

The Killer

American Psycho

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Amedeus

The Commitments

Purple Rain

24 Hour Party People

(500) Days of Summer

I wouldn't say obsessed, but it features quite a lot

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Dr Gonzo tries to top himself to White Rabbit. Duke ties everything into music, even hangovers.

Pirate Radio maybe?

Almost Famous

In midnight cowboy the main character is constantly listening to a radio he brings around everywhere

August Rush. Haven’t seen that movie in years but the magic it displays with music is phenomenal.

"The Sound of Metal" might be worth looking at.

High Fidelity (2000)

School of Rock (2003)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010).

The best example I know of has already been mentioned (High Fidelity) but one that a little different but may also be of interest is Iron Eagle. It's about a teenage pilot who needs to listen to rock music in order to keep his rhythm.

Baby Driver. And he sees the music EVERYWHERE

8 Mile

Straight Outta Compton

Coco

Guardians of the Galaxy

Doctor Strange

Newer David Fincher film on Netflix, The Killer. Protagonist is constantly listening to The Smiths.

The greatest hits (2024)...enjoyed it more than I thought I would

Chungking Express

Michael Burry - The Big Short

The killer with Michael fassbender. He only listens to the smiths tho lol

Whiplash

Mr. Holland's Opus

Begin Again…. GREAT MOVIE

High Fidelity with John Cusack

Leon the Professional - Stansfield is big on the old classics.

Dunno if it counts, but Blade Trinity was unapologetic with its iPod placement.

Swarm!! Its a series :) I loved it

Stranger than Paradise

The Music Never Stopped with JK Simmons

Highly recommend

Shine (1996)

Garden State

Rudderless ( 2014 )

Selena Gomez was in it, great movie

starlord in guardians of the galaxy

August Rush

Nick and Norahs infinite playlist?

Wayne’s World, School of Rock, Shine

Do The Right Thing 

"Quadrophenia"

You might enjoy High Fidelity (2000)

did anyone say sing street

The Royal Tenembaums

Perks of being a wallflower! Garden state

I love you man

Sing Street. It is a musical but the storyline is all about music

Well Terry, I think it all began when I first watched

The Commitments.

American Psycho was the first one which crossed my mind and it's a good one that had a great plot. 

Gran Turismo, good movie too!

Reign over me

High Fidelity is the right answer.

Hardball

High Fidelity

Amadeus

The killer

9 Songs - 2004, Alex Winterbottom

My first introduction to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, thank you Alex

How do you feel about musicals?

Bro start producing music or playing sum or singing i swear you can become great because if you are addicted to music and you start creating it you will be doing it a lot and you get the point

Iron Eagle

The killer

The killer

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Wackness

The Music Never Stopped

American Pop - 5 generations loving music

All about lily chou chou

The Original Soundtrack (2009) although i think it’s more of a tv special than a full feature

Wayne's World!

Faye Wong listening to California Dreaming in Chungking Express. Great use of diegetic sound.

August Rush

Perfect Days

Baby Diver with Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jamie Foxx and Jon Hamm

If you have Spotify can you share your liked songs please

The Killer, hitman loves the smiths

Metal Lords.

The Boondock Saints - Willem Dafoe’s character

Diner - Daniel Stern's character obsessed with keeping his vinyls in a particular order. (YouTube - Don't touch my records)

The Sound of Metal

School of Rock

Just rewatched Ghost World last night and weirdly it fits this criteria

Spider Man: Into the Spider Verse

Beats (2019)

Black Sun (1964)

Split

Baby, I have no idea what name of movie is he was a get away driver with a Walkman

Hardball has a kid that I relate to. He listens to one song over and over on his Walkman. He’s not the main character though

Boondock Saints. It’s been a while since I saw it, but I recall Willem Dafoe’s character listens to classical music while investigating crime scenes

Spiderman into the spider verse

Diner - Daniel Stern’s “Shrevie” character

500 Days of Summer

We Are Your Friends with Zac Efron and Wes Bentley playing DJs

I don't have a movie to recommend, but I do have a band. Royel Otis is my new obsession. Think indie rock with breezy beach vibes and a hint of early MGMT.

Música (2024)

Hudson Hawk? 

Guardians Of The Galaxy ....kinda...

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) kinda fits. he's more obsessed with making music though. also incredibly funny

Also Bandslam

Baby Driver

Straight Out of Compton

Chungking Express (even though it’s just one song)

Heart Beats Loud (2018)

Blinded by the Light (2019)

The Commitments (1991)

Leon ,The Professional ; the corrupt DEA Agent ,Stansfield ,played by the great Gary Oldman was crazy for the classics !

Baby Driver

High Fidelity

Trick or Treat

Rock n Roll High School

Detroit Rock City

Spike Island

Play Misty for Me

The Sonata

Nocturne

The Perfectionist

Iron Eagle (1986)

The Sound of Metal might be what you're looking for.

The Pick of Destiny by Tenacious D. Though, they’re more obsessed with playing music than listening to it I guess. But, it’s hilarious and worth a watch!

August Rush!

Baby Driver.

August Rush maybe? Almost Famous?

Begin again. Maybe?

Sing Street?

Hudson Hawk (1991)

Almost Famous.

The Big Lebowski

Nick and Norah’s Infinite plsylist

The Whackness

Diva

Diva

Would Transpotting be a good suggestion?

Baby Driver (2017)

Baby Driver