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In the wake of Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, MOJO selects the greatest music biopics of all-time.<\/p>\n
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Compiled by Chris Catchpole, Fred Dellar, Danny Eccleston, Andrew Male<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/Timothee-Chalamet-Dylan-lead.jpg” title_text=”Timothee-Chalamet-Dylan-lead” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The music biopic is a notoriously difficult cinematic genre to nail. For every acclaimed portrayal of a music legend there\u2019s a dozen tone deaf misrepresentations that fall way short of the mark.<\/p>\n To be fair, using one medium to capture the magic of another isn\u2019t an easy task. The in-the-moment excitement of a live concert is incredibly hard to translate on screen (Baz Luhrmann did an excellent job in 2022\u2019s otherwise fanciful Elvis), and the pitfalls of clich\u00e9 are everywhere. Indeed, the moment Val Kilmer and co. pull a fully formed Light My Fire out of thin air in Oliver Stone\u2019s ponderous Doors film should have been enough to warn any film-maker off ever trying to depict the art of songwriting.<\/p>\n A compelling and believable central performance is key (honourable mentions to Jamie Foxx\u2019s Oscar-winning turn as Ray Charles in Ray and Andy Serkis\u2019s Ian Dury in 2010\u2019s Sex & Drugs & Rock And Roll). And while superfans might baulk at any liberties taken with the slightest of details (yes, we know that the fabled \u201cJudas\u201d heckle happened at Bob Dylan\u2019s concert at Manchester\u2019s Free Trade Hall in May 1966, not at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 as shown in A Complete Unknown), films such as Gus Van Sant\u2019s not-quite-Kurt Cobain character study in 2005\u2019s Last Days show that an unconventional approach to the subject matter can sometimes uncover a truth more effectively than a run of the mill rags to riches yarn. Let\u2019s not forget that these are movies after all, not documentaries.<\/p>\n Baring all of that in mind, MOJO have selected what we believe are 10 of the best music biopics out there\u2026<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n