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A wartime drama, an erotic thriller, a sci-fi spectacle... and they're not even movies! Check out our favorite music videos that tell tales, from Green Day, Madonna, A-Ha, and others
By Michael Slezak
| Sep 30, 2005
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Green Day

'Wake Me Up When September Ends' (2005)

GENRE Wartime drama

PLOT A pair of present-day lovers (top) are torn apart by the young man's decision to join the military (bottom).

LYRICAL TIE-IN ''Summer has come and passed/The innocent can never last.''

SCENE STEALERS Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) and Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen) give a heartbreaking performance as the star-crossed couple.

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT Wood's response to Bell's enlistment (middle) — a tearful repetition of the line ''Tell me you didn't do it!'' — packs more drama into a few seconds than some films do in two hours.

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