The Top 25 Music DVDs of All Time

9. Purple Rain (Warner Home Video)

Prince's first movie is rock-hero mythmaking, right down to his purple motorcycle. But the plot has emotional kick: Can the lonely genius come out of his private world and write more songs? He gets help from fabulously sleazy Morris Day ("Your lips would make a lollipop too happy") and Day's valet, Jerome, who are hilarious just putting on their shades and doing double takes. Plus, there's Apollonia, who dares to purify herself in Lake Minnetonka. But the highlight is Prince onstage, writhing in agony as he wails through a wrenching "The Beautiful Ones."

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