1971: de glamrock-ster Brian Slade is op het toppunt van zijn roem. Talloze jongens en meisjes imiteren zijn extravagante stijl. Maar Slade kan niet omgaan met deze status en beraamt zijn eigen moord. Wanneer zijn fans erachter komen dat Slade niet echt vermoord is, valt zijn ster van de hemel en wordt hij vlug vergeten. 1984: Arthur, een journalist, krijgt de opdracht het verhaal van Brian Slade nog eens op te halen. Arthur was vroeger een zware fan van Brian Slade en aanvaardt de opdracht...
Nee, helaas is Velvet Goldmine nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Todd Haynes | Director |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | James Lyons | Editor |
| Production | Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Camera | Maryse Alberti | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandy Powell | Costume Design |
| Sound | Craig Wedren | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Swords King | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Amy Beth Silver | Art Direction |
| Sound | Peter Lindsay | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Michael W. Mitchell | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | David Novack | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Eliza Paley | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paul P. Soucek | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Eric Person | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Kitty Veevers | Digital Compositor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clare Spragge | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Daniel Falcone | Research Assistant |
| Sound | Randall Poster | Music Supervisor |
| Directing | June McDonald | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Annette Kudrak | Music Editor |
| Sound | Todd Kasow | Music Editor |
| Art | Christopher Hobbs | Production Design |
| Writing | Todd Haynes | Screenplay |
| Writing | Todd Haynes | Story |
| Writing | James Lyons | Story |
| Art | Marlene McCarty | Title Designer |
| Production | Christine Vachon | Producer |
| Production | Michael Stipe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Christopher Ball | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Scott Meek | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sandy Stern | Executive Producer |
| Production | Olivia Stewart | Co-Producer |
| Production | William Tyrer | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Art | Andrew Munro | Art Direction |
| Sound | Dan Korintus | Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | Simon Finney | Focus Puller |
| Editing | Myron Kerstein | Assistant Editor |
