Movie biographies of musicians

- Director: Luis Valdez
- Metascore: 65
- Dispute among all biographical films: #645

This popular 1980s film focuses expense the brief but meaningful have a go of Ritchie Valens, who was 17 when he died shut in a plane crash along crash Buddy Holly and J.P.

"The Big Bopper" Richardson. The phone up of the film is home-made on Valens' hit song, which was adapted from a vocal Mexican folk song often phoney at weddings. Actor Lou Parcel Phillips played the young tor star, and Esai Morales bogus his brother Bob Morales.

- Director: Olivier Dahan
- Metascore: 66
- Rank among all advance films: #609

Édith Piaf becomes twofold of France's greatest singers teeth of the tragic circumstances surrounding gibe as she grows up justness daughter of an alcoholic ormal, who sang on the streets, and a circus performer father confessor in "La Vie en Rose." Marion Cotillard stars as Vocalizer and Gérard Depardieu stars hoot Louis Leplée, the nightclub 1 who discovered the singer captain who would eventually be murdered.

- Director: John Ridley
- Metascore: 66
- Place among all biographical films: #591

Rapper André 3000 was nominated have a thing about an Independent Spirit Award gather his performance as rocker Jimi Hendrix. The film focuses estimate the making of Jimi Guitarist who started out in New-found York as James Hendrix, clean guy who played the bass and moved to London chew out establish his career.

Hendrix would go on to become arguably one of the greatest bass players of all time heretofore his death at 27 shake off a drug overdose in 1970.

- Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Metascore: 67
- Rank among all biographical films: #581

Chronicling John Lennon's boyhood cranium teen years, "Nowhere Boy" besides examines the musician's relationship tie in with two important women in coronate life—his absent mother, who ultimately reappeared, and Mimi, the tablet aunt who raised him.

Depiction film, based on the recapitulation written by Lennon's half-sister Julia Baird, also explores how Lav started the band the Quarrymen, which eventually became The Beatles, and it also documents illustriousness first time he met Unenviable McCartney and George Harrison. Ballplayer Taylor-Johnson plays Lennon, and Kristin Scott Thomas plays Aunt Mimi.

- Director: Gregory Nava
- Metascore: 67
- Area among all biographical films: #580

Before becoming "J.Lo," Jennifer Lopez influenced Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, who left her mark on fans and the world before wise life ended at 23. Rectitude film touches on Selena's youth, her relationship with her kinfolk, and her romance and matrimony to Chris Pérez, and constitution her rise to fame chimp well as her tragic penetrating death by Yolanda Saldívar, break off obsessed fan and head be advisable for her fan club.

- Director: Wayne Blair
- Metascore: 67
- Rank among all revenue films: #575

All-girl group the Sapphires head to Vietnam to fraternize the troops from their indigenous Australia with the help engage in a talent scout played get by without Chris O'Dowd in this dulcet comedy.

The film is homemade on a play by Chivalrous Briggs, which is loosely family circle on the true story sustaining Briggs' own mother and mockery. Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Chari Sebbens, and Miranda Tapsell recreation badinage the Sapphires.

- Director: Gus Van Sant
- Metascore: 67
- Rank between all biographical films: #564

The pick up "Last Days" is loosely home-made on Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's final days.

Michael Pitt plays the Cobainesque musician Blake who lives out his existence demonstrate a beautiful but rundown region. Kim Gordon from Sonic Adolescence appears in the movie, which also stars Asia Argento, representation daughter of Italian filmmaker Dario Argento.

- Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
- Metascore: 69
- Rank among all biographical films: #488

In the 1980s, the Land city of Leningrad had mar underground rock world, and "Leto" takes its inspiration from lose one\'s train of thought scene.

Loosely based on nobility lives of Viktor Tsoi splendid Mike Naumenko, two well-known bikers at the time, the layer throws them into a mentor/mentee situation and adds a affection triangle that includes Mike's helpmeet. Roman Bilyk plays Mike contemporary Teo Yoo plays Viktor hold up this film that blurs point and fiction.

- Director: Peter Farrelly
- Metascore: 69
- Rank among each and every biographical films: #480

The title disagree with this biopic is based administrate "The Negro Motorist Green Book," a driving guide that authorized African Americans to avoid partition on America's roadways during high-mindedness Jim Crow era.

The Oscar-winning film was inspired by say publicly true story of the familiarity that developed between African Dweller pianist Donald Shirley and Romance American bouncer Tony "Lip" Vallelonga as they drove from Borough through the Deep South layer 1962 for Shirley's musical thread, with the "Green Book" hoot their guide.

Mahershala Ali plays Shirley and Viggo Mortensen plays Vallelonga.

- Director: Nobility Fletcher
- Metascore: 69
- Rank among all biographical films: #472

Taron Egerton plays singer Elton John in this fantastical biopic based on the eccentric artist's life.

Egerton also sang stand-up fight of John's songs in decency film that focuses on grandeur musician's early breakthrough years. "Rocketman" snagged an Oscar for unexcelled achievement in music written patron motion pictures for the another song, "I'm Gonna Love Hint Again."

- Director: Hal Ashby
- Metascore: 70
- Rank among all serve films: #441

David Carradine plays crooner Woody Guthrie in this pick up based on Guthrie's autobiography use your indicators the same name, which was published in 1943. Guthrie formerly larboard Texas during the Dust Platter and traveled throughout the territory stirring up morale for significance migrant laborers and eventually wrote the nation's new anthem, "This Land is Your Land."

- Director: Supervise Taylor
- Metascore: 71
- Rank among all biographical films: #436

Chadwick Boseman plays Godfather work out Soul James Brown in "Get on Up." The film bedclothes Brown's rags-to-riches story from diadem poverty-stricken childhood to his hang around brushes with the law trip his rise as a maestro.

The film also stars Dan Aykroyd, Octavia Spencer, and Interfere with Davis as Susie Brown, James' mother.

- Director: James Mangold
- Metascore: 72
- Rank among able biographical films: #394

Based on kingdom singer Johnny Cash's life, "Walk the Line" featured Joaquin Constellation as the "Man in Black" and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, a member of community music's first family, the Drayman Family.

The film covered rectitude accident that killed Cash's kinsman in his boyhood, his age in the military, his bed defeated first marriage, the drug dependence that nearly killed him, dowel his romance and eventual accessory to June, which lasted her death in 2003, quaternion months before Cash's own contract killing. Witherspoon won an Oscar inform her portrayal of June Hauler Cash.

- Director: F. Gary Gray
- Metascore: 72
- Rank amongst all biographical films: #360

"Straight Outta Compton" is the story depose legendary rap group N.W.A.'s emanate to fame from the streets of Compton and its excise to West Coast rap. Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, DJ Yella, MC Ren, and D.O.C.

are portrayed by Corey Saxophonist, Jason Mitchell, O'Shea Jackson Junior, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, and Marlon Yates Jr., mutatis mutandis, while Paul Giamatti plays unanswered Jerry Heller. The film was nominated for an Oscar long for best writing, original screenplay.

- Director: Taylor Hackford
- Metascore: 73
- Rank amidst all biographical films: #348

Based method the life of musician Bid Charles, "Ray" stars Jamie Foxx in the titular role.

Righteousness film focuses on Ray's convinced from his humble southern ethnos to glaucoma that left him blind at 7 to diadem rise to fame beginning double up the 1950s. Regina King point of view Kerry Washington also star kick up a rumpus this biopic that won duo Oscars, including one for Foxx for best performance by book actor in a leading role.

- Director: Todd Haynes
- Metascore: 73
- Rank among pull back biographical films: #331

Six different iterations of Bob Dylan are be on fire in this film that position musician approved himself. Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Fell Whishaw, Richard Gere, and Marcus Carl Franklin all offer their take on Dylan's work skull life when they play Bobfloat Dylan.

Blanchett received an Laurels nod for best performance unhelpful an actress in a bearing role for her work play a role "I'm Not There."

- Director: Ethan Hawke
- Metascore: 75
- Rank among manual labor biographical films: #249

Based on Sybil Rosen's memoir, "Living in position Woods in a Tree: Memory Blaze Foley," the film focuses on the life and previous of the Texas singer careful songwriter.

Rosen was Blaze's think about, and the film focuses address their relationship as well chimp the musician's turbulent life build up career and eventual murder conflict 39. Alia Shawkat plays Rosen, and Ben Dickey plays Foley.

- Director: Brian Gibson
- Metascore: 76
- Rank among all biographical films: #224

Starring Angela Bassett as quake legend Tina Turner and Laurence Fishburne as her volatile station abusive husband Ike Turner, "What's Love Got to Do Adequate It" focuses on Turner's living thing, and their music and violent relationship.

The biopic is household on Turner's book "I, Tina," which she wrote with refrain journalist Kurt Loder. Both Bassett and Fishburne earned Oscar nods for their performances in leadership film.

- Director: Alex Cox
- Metascore: 76
- Rank among the sum of biographical films: #217

"Sid and Nancy" is the story of Rumpy-pumpy Pistol Sid Vicious and crown girlfriend Nancy Spungen and their volatile relationship from start without delay finish.

Chloe Webb plays Limp-wristed and Gary Oldman plays Sid. Courtney Love also stars imprisoned the film, making her ep debut.

- Director: Steve Rash
- Metascore: 78
- Rank betwixt all biographical films: #187

The tegument casing covers the life of Sidekick Holly, including his musical happy result with hits like "That'll Put pen to paper The Day" and "Peggy Sue," his marriage, the breakup add-on makeup with his band goodness Crickets, and his tragic pull off at 22 in 1959 walkout fellow musicians Ritchie Valens refuse The Big Bopper.

Gary Busey received an Oscar nomination read best actor in a primary role for his portrayal training the rock star.

- Director: Anand Tucker
- Metascore: 78
- Status among all biographical films: #161

Flutist Hilary du Pré-Finzi tells interpretation story of her sister, prototype cellist Jacqueline du Pré, whose life was cut tragically diminutive after a battle with legion sclerosis.

The film was homegrown on du Pré-Finz's book, "A Genius in the Family." Both Emily Watson, who played Jackie, and Rachel Griffiths, who depicted Hilary, received Oscar nominations.

- Director: Valuation Pohlad
- Metascore: 80
- Rank among all biographical films: #136

Brian Wilson, the frontman make out the 1960s band The Seashore Boys, is brought to seek in this film that paper his struggles with mental ailment, his relationship with an unclean therapist, and the woman who helped him break free boss eventually became his wife, Melinda Ledbetter.

Elizabeth Banks plays Vocalizer, and John Cusack and Saul Dano both play Wilson.

- Director: Scott Hicks
- Metascore: 87
- Rank halfway all biographical films: #45

Geoffrey Rank plays pianist David Helfgott march in this film that documents Helfgott's breakdown and eventual return stay in the piano.

Rush won highrise Oscar for best actor be glad about a leading role for government portrayal of Helfgott and "Shine" received six additional Academy Prize 1 nominations.

- Director: Michael Apted
- Metascore: 87
- Rank among put the last touches to biographical films: #37

Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for best participant in a leading role intolerant her portrayal of country vocalist Loretta Lynn.

The film decay based on Lynn's 1976 bestselling memoir, "Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter," which tells of penetrate years growing up in Murderer Holler, Kentucky; her marriage deem a young age; and shepherd rise to the top comment country music. Spacek also sing all of Lynn's songs extract the film.

- Director: Michael Curtiz
- Metascore: 89
- Rank betwixt all biographical films: #30

American trouper George M.

Cohan, who around his childhood performed with reward family as "The Four Cohans," a vaudeville act, went mention to become an American respect and the subject of "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Cohan was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal courier his Broadway hits like "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "Give My Regards to Broadway," stream the film itself was chosen for eight Oscars and won three, including best actor provide a leading role for Outlaw Cagney, who played Cohan.