Best Music Film

The Grammy Award for Best Music Film recognizes excellence in concert/performance films or music documentaries. Eligible films include music-focused documentaries and visual albums comprised of individual music videos packaged together as one cohesive film.

60th Annual Grammy Awards • 2018

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2016 and Aug 30, 2017

Various Artists won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Music Film with "The Defiant Ones"

Winners & Nominees 2018

Winner

Nominees

The Defiant Ones

Allen Hughes, Sarah Anthony, Fritzi Horstman, Broderick Johnson, Gene Kirkwood, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Michael Lombardo, Jerry Longarzo, Doug Pray, Steven Williams
One More Time With Feeling

Nick Cave
Long Strange Trip

Amir Bar-Lev, Alex Blavatnik, Ken Dornstein, Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff, Justin Kreutzmann

Soundbreaking

Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre, Joshua Bennett, Julia Marchesi, Sam Pollard, Sally Rosenthal, Amy Schewel, Warren Zanes
Two Trains Runnin'

Sam Pollard, Benjamin Hedin

Previous Winners

Year	Winner	Work
2026	John Williams	Music By John Williams	All Nominees
2025	Jon Batiste	American Symphony	All Nominees
2024	Brett Morgen	Moonage Daydream	All Nominees
2023	Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern, Sean Stuart	Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story	All Nominees
2022	Questlove, David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel	Summer Of Soul	All Nominees
2021	Linda Ronstadt	Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice	All Nominees
2020	Beyoncé Knowles	Homecoming	All Nominees
2019	Quincy Jones	Quincy	All Nominees
2018	Allen Hughes, Sarah Anthony, Fritzi Horstman, Broderick Johnson, Gene Kirkwood, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Michael Lombardo, Jerry Longarzo, Doug Pray, Steven Williams	The Defiant Ones	All Nominees
2017	Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Scott Pascucci, Nigel Sinclair	The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years	All Nominees
2016	Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees	Amy	All Nominees
2015	Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill	20 Feet From Stardom	All Nominees
2014	Paul McCartney	Live Kisses	All Nominees
2013	Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show	Big Easy Express	All Nominees
2012	Foo Fighters	Foo Fighters: Back And Forth	All Nominees
2011	Tom Dicillo, John Beug, Jeff Jampol, Peter Jankowski, Dick Wolf	When You're Strange	All Nominees
2010	Adrian Wills, Martin Bolduc, Jonathan Clyde	The Beatles Love - All Together Now	All Nominees
2009	Tom Petty	Runnin' Down A Dream	All Nominees
2008	Madonna	The Confessions Tour	All Nominees
2007	Bruce Springsteen	Wings For Wheels: The Making Of Born To Run	All Nominees
2006	Martin Scorsese, Margaret Bodde, Susan Lacy, Jeff Rosen, Nigel Sinclair, Anthony Wall	No Direction Home	All Nominees
2005	David Leland, Ray Cooper, Olivia Harrison, Jon Kamen	Concert For George	All Nominees
2004	Mick Gochanour, Robin Klein, Mary Wharton	Legend	All Nominees
2003	The Clash	Westway To The World	All Nominees
2002	Mel Brooks	Recording The Producers - A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks	All Nominees
2001	Andrew Solt, Yoko Ono, Leslie Tong, Greg Vines	Gimme Some Truth - The Making Of John Lennon's Imagine Album	All Nominees
2000	Bob Smeaton, Neil Aspinall, Chips Chipperfield	Band Of Gypsys - Live At Fillmore East	All Nominees
1999	Lou Reed	American Masters - Lou Reed: Rock And Roll Heart	All Nominees
1998	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill - Live	All Nominees
1997	The Beatles	The Beatles Anthology	All Nominees
1996	Peter Gabriel	Secret World Live	All Nominees
1995	U2	Zoo TV - Live From Sydney	All Nominees
1994	Sting	Ten Summoner's Tales	All Nominees
1993	Annie Lennox	Diva	All Nominees
1992	Madonna	Madonna - Blonde Ambition World Tour Live	All Nominees
1991	M.C. Hammer	Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - The Movie	All Nominees
1990	Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation 1814	All Nominees
1987	Sting	Bring On The Night	All Nominees
1986	Huey Lewis	Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock 'n' Roll	All Nominees
1985	Michael Jackson	Making Michael Jackson's Thriller	All Nominees
1984	Duran Duran	Duran Duran	All Nominees