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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Why this pick
Like Rude Boy, it turns British punk’s raw live energy and self-mythologising into a deliberately unruly blend of performance, backstage material and provocation.
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MOVIE1980 2h 13m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Jubilee
Why this pick
Its anarchic late-1970s London, punk performers and abrasive collage-like style share Rude Boy’s sense of a music scene spilling into social decay and fantasy.
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Sid & Nancy
Why this pick
For Rude Boy’s unvarnished view of punk-era London, this offers a similarly grimy, volatile character portrait with lived-in club culture and anti-glamour.
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The Filth and the Fury
Why this pick
A more reflective but still forceful return to British punk, combining extraordinary archival performance material with a clear-eyed feeling for the scene’s chaos and pressure.
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24 Hour Party People
Why this pick
Its playful semi-fictional music-history form and textured recreation of a regional underground scene echo the way Rude Boy blurs rock chronicle, myth and everyday life.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Joe Strummer
Rhythm Guitarist
Mick Jones
Lead Guitarist
Paul Simonon
Herself
Topper Headon
Herself