Best music biopics - Charts
Best music biopics
1. Amadeus (1984)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
2. The Pianist (2002)
France / Poland, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox
3. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
UK / USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Bryan Singer, Dexter Fletcher
Cast: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton
4. Green Book (2018)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Peter Farrelly
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali
5. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
Sweden / UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Malik Bendjelloul
Cast: Rodriguez, Malik Bendjelloul
6. Lemmy (2010)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Greg Olliver, Wes Orshoski
Cast: Lemmy, Alice Cooper
7. When You're Strange (2009)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
Cast: Johnny Depp, John Densmore
8. The Glance of Music (2021)
Italy / Belgium, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Ennio Morricone, Quentin Tarantino
9. Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Andrew Solt
Cast: John Lennon, David Bowie
11. Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Lili Fini Zanuck
Cast: Eric Clapton, John Mayall
13. Control (2007)
UK / USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton
14. Walk the Line (2005)
USA / Germany, Drama / Music
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon
15. Hilary and Jackie (1998)
UK, Drama / Music
Directed by: Anand Tucker
Cast: Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths
16. Nightwish: End of Innocence (2003)
Finland, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Arto Halonen, Timo Halonen
Cast: Tarja Turunen, Tuomas Holopainen
17. Marley (2012)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff
18. Shine (1996)
Australia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Scott Hicks
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Sonia Todd
19. Almost Famous (2000)
USA, Music / Drama
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand
20. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
Ireland / UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Julien Temple
Cast: Bono, John Cusack
21. Crossfire Hurricane (2012)
UK / USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Brett Morgen
Cast: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
22. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
USA, Biography / Music
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins
23. La Vie en rose (2007)
France / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud
24. God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (2011)
UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Mike Fleiss, Mike Piscitelli
Cast: Ozzy Osbourne, Jack Osbourne
25. Pavarotti (2019)
UK / USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Ron Howard
Cast: Luciano Pavarotti, Bono
26. Amy (2015)
UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Asif Kapadia
Cast: Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson
27. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Brian Gibson
Cast: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne
28. The Dirt (2019)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine
Cast: Daniel Webber, Douglas Booth
29. Leto (2018)
Russia / France, Biography / Music
Directed by: Kirill Serebrennikov
Cast: Yoo Teo, Irina Starshenbaum
30. La Bamba (1987)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Luis Valdez
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales
31. This Is Elvis (1981)
USA, Biography / Music
Directed by: Andrew Solt, Malcolm Leo
Cast: Elvis Presley, Steve Allen
32. David Gilmour: Wider Horizons (2015)
UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Kieran Evans
Cast: David Gilmour
33. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson
34. Elvis (2022)
USA / Australia, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks
35. Super Duper Alice Cooper (2014)
Canada, Biography / Documentary
Directed by: Sam Dunn, Reg Harkema
Cast: Alice Cooper, Elton John
36. Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams
39. Notorious (2009)
USA, Biography / Music
Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Cast: Jamal Woolard, Mohamed Dione
40. The Sparks Brothers (2021)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Cast: Ron Mael, Russell Mael
41. Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Jim McBride
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder
42. Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! (2008)
Austria / Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Thomas Roth
Cast: Manuel Rubey, Patricia Aulitzky
43. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
UK, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson
44. Chuck Berry (2018)
UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Jon Brewer
Cast: Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis
45. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Michael Apted
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
46. Divine Ema (1979)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jiří Krejčík
Cast: Božidara Turzonovová, Juraj Kukura
47. The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld
Cast: John Lennon, Yoko Ono
48. Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens (2006)
USA, Documentary / Experimental
Directed by: Barbara Leibovitz
Cast: Annie Leibovitz, George Clooney
49. Milli Vanilli (2023)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Luke Korem
Cast: Diane Warren, Timbaland
50. Farinelli (1994)
France / Belgium, Drama / Music
Directed by: Gérard Corbiau
Cast: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso
51. Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Canada / Finland, Drama / Music
Directed by: François Girard
Cast: Colm Feore, Don McKellar
53. The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
Soviet Union, Drama / Poetic
Directed by: Sergei Parajanov
Cast: Sofiko Chiaurel, Melkon Alekyan
55. My Way (2012)
France, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Florent-Emilio Siri
Cast: Jérémie Renier, Benoît Magimel
56. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Joann Sfar
Cast: Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon
57. Viva Joe Strummer: The Clash and Beyond (2005)
UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Mike Parkinson
Cast: Joe Strummer, Glen Matlock
58. Bound for Glory (1976)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox
59. Good Vibrations (2012)
UK, Biography / Music
Directed by: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Cast: Richard Dormer, Jodie Whittaker
60. Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Germany / Austria, Drama / Music
Directed by: Joseph Vilsmaier
Cast: Ben Becker, Heino Ferch
61. I'm Gilda (2016)
Argentina / Uruguay, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Lorena Muñoz
Cast: Natalia Oreiro, Roly Serrano
62. Bird (1988)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora
65. Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Chris Moukarbel
Cast: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson
66. Crock of Gold (2020)
UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Julien Temple
Cast: Shane MacGowan, Johnny Depp
67. Music Within (2007)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Steven Sawalich
Cast: Ron Livingston, Melissa George
68. Whitney (2018)
UK / USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Whitney Houston, Kevin Costner
69. Eight Miles High! (2007)
Germany, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: AKIZ
Cast: Natalia Avelon, David Scheller
70. Young Man with a Horn (1950)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall
71. The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Canada / Germany, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Larry Weinstein
72. Rocketman (2019)
UK / Canada, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Dexter Fletcher
Cast: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell
73. Bluesman (2019)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Michal Rákosník
Cast: Peter Jurkovič, Ivan Hlas
74. Scorpions - Forever and a Day (2015)
Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Katja von Garnier
Cast: Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker
75. One Chance (2013)
UK / USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: David Frankel
Cast: James Corden, Colm Meaney
76. The Runaways (2010)
USA, Music / Drama
Directed by: Floria Sigismondi
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning
77. Taylor Swift: Miss Americana (2020)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Lana Wilson
Cast: Taylor Swift, Brendon Urie
78. Born to Be Blue (2015)
USA, Music / Biography
Directed by: Robert Budreau
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo
79. Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017)
UK / USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal
Cast: Whitney Houston, Johnny Carson
80. My Paparotti (2013)
South Korea, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Jong-chan Yoon
Cast: Suk-kyu Han, Je-hoon Lee
82. Bee Gees: Everlasting Words (2019)
UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Piers Garland
Cast: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
83. Nasha Natasha (2016)
Uruguay, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Martín Sastre
Cast: Natalia Oreiro, Facundo Arana
85. I'm Not There (2007)
USA / Germany, Drama / Music
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Cast: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett
86. Immortal Beloved (1994)
UK / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Bernard Rose
Cast: Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé
87. Callas Forever (2002)
Italy / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons
88. Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Charles Vidor
Cast: Doris Day, James Cagney
89. Backbeat (1994)
UK / Germany, Drama / Music
Directed by: Iain Softley
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Sheryl Lee
91. Falco - Hoch wie nie (1998)
Canada / UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Rudi Dolezal, Hannes Rossacher
Cast: Falco, Rudi Dolezal
92. To byl český muzikant (1940)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Vladimír Slavínský
Cast: Otomar Korbelář, Jaroslav Vojta
93. The Gift Horse (2009)
Germany, Drama / Music
Directed by: Kai Wessel
Cast: Heike Makatsch, Dan Stevens
94. Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
USA / UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson
96. Bunch of Kunst (2017)
Germany / UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Christine Franz
Cast: Sleaford Mods
97. Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (1998)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Cast: Lou Reed, David Bowie
99. Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall (2019)
UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Alfred George Bailey
Cast: Anton Corbijn, Michael Douglas
100. Back to Black (2024)
UK / USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Cast: Marisa Abela, Jack O'Connell