From concert films to artist profiles, Paramount+ is a home to a deep library of music documentaries. Whether your taste leans towards rock, pop, soul, or country, here are 11 tune-filled docs you can stream right now.
Top music documentaries to stream on Paramount+:
- Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live)
- EPiC: Elvis Presley Live in Concert
- Bon Jovi Forever: A Tony Robbins Special
- Madame X
- Whitney: Can I Be Me*
- Stans
- Ozzy: No Escape From Now
- Hitsville: The Making of Motown*
- Let the Canary Sing
- Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback
- June
*Title requires a subscription to the Paramount+ Premium plan to stream.
Concert films on Paramount+
1. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live)
What it’s about: Filmed during Billie Eilish’s sold-out Hit Me Hard and Soft world tour, this 2026 theatrically released concert film features performances and behind-the-scenes footage. Billie Eilish co-directed the film with fellow Oscar® winner James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar). Featuring live performances of multi-platinum records from Eilish’s eclectic, Grammy® and Academy Award-winning discography, including “bad guy,” “What Was I Made For?,” “Happier Than Ever,” “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” and” “when the party’s over.”
Why you should watch it: The film documents one of the past year’s most-sought-after concert experiences, and features songs from Hit Me Hard and Soft alongside fan favorites. It also captures moments on and off the stage throughout the tour. Variety calls it “a concert film that doesn’t look and feel like other concert films. It’s a true experience, because of a combination of the show itself and the way that Cameron has filmed it.”
WATCH NOW: Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live)
2. EPiC: Elvis Presley Live in Concert
What it’s about: Long live the King! This stunning 2025 concert film from director Baz Luhrmann (of Elvis and Moulin Rouge! fame) features Elvis Presley performing many of his best-known songs, featuring long-lost footage from his legendary Las Vegas residency in the 1970s, alongside rare 16mm footage from 1972’s Elvis on Tour, treasured 8mm film from the Graceland archive, and unheard recordings that offer an unprecedented look at the King of Rock and Roll in concert.
Why you should watch it: Baz Luhrmann is a visionary filmmaker, whose love of the King was evident in his 2021 musical biopic Elvis (which earned eight Academy Award® nominations). This concert film garnered ever more acclaim, by offering an equally fitting tribute, and a chance to see Presley perform on stage, while telling his story through his own words, in rare archival footage that highlights different stages of his career. Variety hailed it as “one of the most exciting concert films you’ve ever seen.”
WATCH NOW: EPiC: Elvis Presley Live in Concert
3. Bon Jovi Forever: A Tony Robbins Special
What it’s about: Bon Jovi Forever: A Tony Robbins Special is a unique concert film, with both an exclusive performance by the New Jersey rock band, and a revealing interview with Jon Bon Jovi himself conducted by author and motivational speaker Tony Robbins. It offers a look back at the band’s career, from its early albums through decades of touring, hit songs, and major milestones.
Why you should watch it: Bon Jovi is one of the most iconic bands still touring, and Tony Robbins is a world-renowned motivational speaker and life strategist. Together, they offer fans a startlingly intimate, career-long documentary tracing the band’s career-long evolution, with stories touching on such topics as longevity, leadership, and resilience across four decades in rock and roll.
WATCH NOW: Bon Jovi Forever
4. Madame X
What it’s about: Filmed in Lisbon and Paris, Madame X captures Madonna’s acclaimed, sold-out 2019-2020 tour performance inspired by her Madame X album. In this 2021 concept film, Madonna is Madame X, a secret agent traveling around the world, changing identities, fighting for freedom, and bringing light to dark places. On stage during the production, Madonna is joined by a cast of nearly 50 performers, including her children, musicians and dancers from around the globe, and the all-female Orquestra Batukadeiras.
Why you should watch it: This unprecedented intimate streaming experience takes viewers on a journey as compelling and audacious as Madonna’s fearless persona. Hailed by sold-out theatrical audiences worldwide, Madame X has been called “impressive and willfully arty” by The Guardian and “a visual and aural tribute to the music and mystique of Madonna” by Decider. The film further solidified the pop icon as one of the most daring, unapologetic and thought-provoking artists of the 21st century.
WATCH NOW: Madame X
Music documentaries on Paramount+
5. Whitney: Can I Be Me
What it’s about: From acclaimed documentary director Nick Broomfield (Kurt & Courtney) and Rudi Dolezal, this 2017 film is a heartbreaking portrait of a talent whose life was by turns charmed and tragic. With never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes footage, candid interviews, and gripping performance footage – including many of Whitney Houston’s greatest hits – the doc offers a raw, uncensored look at the late, great diva.
Why you should watch it: Whitney: Can I Be Me explores its subject’s central dilemma: Despite all her gifts and success, Houston didn’t feel free to do what she really wanted to do, either professionally or in her personal life.
WATCH NOW: Whitney: Can I Be Me (via the Paramount+ Premium plan)
6. Stans
What it’s about: Helmed by Emmy®-winning director Steven Leckart, Stans explores the relationship between artists and their fans through the lens of Eminem’s iconic song “Stan.” Released in 2000, “Stan,” about an obsessive, unstable fan, remains iconic. So iconic that the term stan was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017. The song and its storyline serve as a guiding light for this unconventional and fully authorized feature, which follows a cast of real-life stans whose deep personal connections to Eminem mirror some of the many themes found throughout his lyrics. The documentary examines fandom, identity, and music culture.
Why you should watch it: More than an Eminem profile, this doc looks at how fan communities have evolved over time and how one song became a key part of popular culture. Moving, funny and revealing, Stans offers a raw and riveting exploration of Eminem’s legendary career through the eyes of his most devoted fans whose lives have been shaped by his music.
WATCH NOW: Stans
7. Ozzy: No Escape From Now
What it’s about: This 2025 Paramount+ original documentary, released a few months after Ozzy Osbourne’s death at the age of 76, follows its subject as he reflects on his life, health, and career after decades as a solo artist and Black Sabbath frontman. Directed by BAFTA® award winner Tania Alexander, Ozzy: No Escape from Now was produced in collaboration with the Osbourne family. Alongside Ozzy and Sharon, children Aimee, Kelly and Jack Osbourne speak candidly about Ozzy’s health struggles – and his planned farewell concert.
Why you should watch it: Ozzy: No Escape from Now offers a heartfelt look at the late legend. It’s an inspiring tale of resilience, highlighting how Ozzy’s ongoing chronic pain impacted his mental health and informed the music he made during this period, including “Take What You Want,” his collaboration with Post Malone.
WATCH NOW: Ozzy: No Escape From Now
8. Hitsville: The Making of Motown
What it’s about: Hitsville: The Making of Motown celebrates the 60th anniversary of the legendary Motown Records, telling the story of founder Berry Gordy and the artists who shaped the label’s ground-breaking soul music. Directed by Benjamin and Gabe Turner (Class of 92, I Am Bolt, One Direction: This Is Us), it offers new exclusive interviews with Gordy himself, along with many of the label’s superstar artists and creative figures.
Why you should watch it: Motown is one of America’s greatest labels, with legendary artists ranging from Diana Ross to Rick James. Hitsville: The Making of Motown is the first documentary about the company made with Berry Gordy’s participation.
WATCH NOW: Hitsville: The Making of Motown (Paramount+ Premium plan)
9. Let the Canary Sing
What it’s about: Directed by Emmy®-winning documentarian Alison Ellwood, Let the Canary Sing chronicles superstar songbird Cyndi Lauper’s career, from her meteoric ascent with her breakthrough album She’s So Unusual to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism, and tireless advocacy.
Why you should watch it: Lauper’s a pioneering artist and a true iconoclast, and this doc is a fitting testament to her remarkable legacy. It presents archival footage and interviews that trace her influence on pop music across five decades and counting.
WATCH NOW: Let the Canary Sing
10. Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback
What it’s about: Elvis Presley staged a massive career comeback with his self-titled 1968 television special. When Elvis aired on the night of Dec. 3, 1968, the special became the most-watched television event of the year. Audiences saw Elvis Presley, clad in an iconic black leather suit, deliver some of the greatest performances of his life, reinvigorating his career. Told from the perspective of Emmy®-winning television director Steve Binder, this documentary reveals what really happened behind the scenes of that mesmerizing hour of television.
Why you should watch it: Reinventing Elvis: The ‘68 Comeback features interviews with Elvis experts and recollections from those who attended the special in person, as well as all-new versions of iconic Elvis hits interpreted by contemporary musicians, including superstar Darius Rucker, Latin GRAMMY® winner Maffio, and America’s Got Talent finalist Drake Milligan (Sun Records). Here you can experience the special that changed the direction of Presley’s career, renewed his connection with audiences, and restored his reputation as the King of Rock and Roll.
WATCH NOW: Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback
11. June
What it’s about: Directed by Emmy®-winner Kristen Vaurio (Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief), this documentary features rare and never-before-seen archival material that reveals the extraordinary life work of June Carter Cash. Family, admirers, and friends are interviewed, including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Reese Witherspoon, who won an Oscar® for her portrayal of the superstar in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.
Why you should watch it: A five-time Grammy®-winner, and member of the landmark folk group the Carter Family, June Carter Cash was far more than the wife of Johnny Cash. This doc shines a long overdue spotlight on her achievements as a performer, songwriter, comedian, and member of one of music’s most influential families.
WATCH NOW: June
Why these music documentaries are worth watching
As the lifeblood of human culture, music unites us all. These films cover live concerts, recording sessions, personal stories, and music history. They feature a roster of artists who’ve enriched all of our lives, including Billie Eilish, Elvis Presley, Bon Jovi, Madonna, Eminem, Ozzy Osbourne, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston, and June Carter Cash.
Stream music documentaries on Paramount+
You can stream these music documentaries and concert films now on Paramount+. Whether you’re looking for a classic live performance or the true story behind an artist’s career, there’s something here for everyone to add to their watch list.
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