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This Playlist is where real-life stories come alive on screen. Explore our handpicked collection of captivating biography movies, where real-life stories com...
Jul 4, 2023 · Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist. Drama, Music, Thriller (1h 46m) 8.5 on IMDb — 94% on RT. Watch on Amazon. Whether fictional or based on true stories, these amazing movies about musicians and bands will inspire, enlighten, or even terrify.
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3 days ago · From 8 Mile and Straight Outta Compton to Selena and Walk the Line: The best-reviewed movies about musicians!
- Jersey Boys
- Miles Ahead
- Nowhere Boy
- Get on Up
- Great Balls of Fire!
- The Doors
- 24 Hour Party People
- The Runaways
- Love & Mercy
- 8 Mile
Directed by Clint Eastwood, Jersey Boysis adapted from the Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name, which first debuted in 2005. In both cases, the subject is the story of New Jersey rock and pop troupe The Four Seasons, with original members Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio serving as executive producers, and Gaudio composing the film’s musi...
First released in 2017, Miles Ahead was something of a labor of love for Don Cheadle, who co-wrote the script, and co-produced and made his directorial debut with the movie, not to mention while also playing the lead, the colossal jazz legend Miles Davis. Cheadle’s herculean efforts failed to win over some of the critics, but he did a great job cap...
First released in the UK in 2009 and then granted a US cinema release to coincide with what should have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, on 9 October 2010, Nowhere Boy revisits the future Beatle’s early years in Liverpool, taking in the creation of his first band, The Quarrymen, and their gradual transition into The Beatles. Unlike Ian Hart in Bac...
Tate Taylor’s James Brown biopic, Get On Up, is a rollercoaster ride for the viewer as the action jumps around from the 80s to the 60s and the 30s, connecting events through thematic links rather than chronology. If you can keep up, however, there’s plenty to savor here, not least because Chadwick Boseman puts in a superlative performance in the le...
Jerry Lee Lewis’ reputation as one of rock’n’roll’s greatest hellraisers will always precede him. However, Jim McBride’s 1989 biopic leans more towards the positive, concentrating on The Killer’s irresistible rise to rock’n’roll stardom, which may have seen him overtake Elvis Presley if it hadn’t been for his controversial marriage to his 13-year-o...
The Doors should perhaps simply have been titled The Jim Morrison Movie, as director Oliver Stone (Midnight Express, Wall Street, Natural Born Killers) homes in almost exclusively on the life and times of the band’s iconic frontman, often pushing the contributions of his bandmates off into the sidelines in this big-budget biopic from 1991. However,...
Director Michael Winterbottom’s 24 Hour Party People follows the seismic – and sometimes surreal – career arc of Factory Records boss Tony Wilson through the decades. It takes in his work with Joy Division, including the memorable scene where Wilson (his dry-witted persona captured beautifully by Steve Coogan) inks their recording contract in his o...
Based on lead singer Cherie Currie’s book, Neon Angel: A Memoir Of A Runaway, this self-explanatory 2010 biopic covers the rise and fall of groundbreaking all-girl 70s rock sensations The Runaways. Primarily centering around the relationship between the band’s two prime movers, Currie (played by Dakota Fanning) and Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart), but ...
Director Bill Pohlad and writers Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman cast The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson in an honest light in 2015’s Love & Mercy. The iconic singer-songwriter’s story is tailor-made for cinema, with Love & Mercy homing in on the pivotal mid-60s period during which the group created their masterpiece, Pet Sounds, and the struggles ...
You could argue that 8 Mile isn’t truly a biopic, as Eminem’s Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith is a fictional character. However, you could just as easily feel it deserves a high ranking on any self-respecting list of the best music biopics for providing genuine insight into Detroit’s millennial hip-hop scene through the superstar rapper’s early career in th...
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3. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, Music. 7.9. Rate. 49 Metascore. The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985). Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy.
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Feb 21, 2023 · Where to watch: Rent it on Prime Video, Google Play and more. From rock and roll renegades to soul sensations – trust us, you need to see these 50 music biopics before you die.
