20 Best Rock and Roll Biopics of All Time!

Rock and Roll musicians always make interesting subjects for biopics, and often win Bohemian Rhapsody.'

We've already seen the release of biopics about Bob Dylan.

In honor of the new film, Moviefone is counting down the top 20 Rock and Roll biopics of all time.

Since the term "Rock and Roll" can cover several different genres of music, we are only including movies about musical artists who were known for performing popular music within the rock genre, including jazz, blues, country, rap, etc.

Without further ado, let's begin!

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20. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (2018)

Singer John Deacon (Joe Mazzello) take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

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19. 'La Bamba' (1987)

Los Angeles teenager Marshall Crenshaw).

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18. 'The Dirt' (2019)

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17. 'Bob Marley: One Love' (2024)

Jamaican singer-songwriter Kingsley Ben-Adir) overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

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16. 'The Runaways' (2010)

Michael Shannon), the band becomes a huge success.

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15. 'Get on Up' (2014)

A chronicle of Chadwick Boseman) rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

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14. 'Miles Ahead' (2016)

An exploration of the life and music of Don Cheadle).

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13. 'Jimi: All Is by My Side' (2014)

A drama based on André 3000) life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

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12. 'Control' (2007)

The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Sam Riley), from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.

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11. 'Ray' (2004)

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Jamie Foxx) went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

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10. 'Sid and Nancy' (1986)

January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Chloe Webb), who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.

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9. 'Love & Mercy' (2015)

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Elizabeth Banks).

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8. 'Rocketman' (2019)

The story of Jamie Bell).

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7. 'Elvis' (2022)

The life story of Tom Hanks).

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6. 'What's Love Got to Do with It' (1993)

Singer Laurence Fishburne).

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5. 'I'm Not There' (2007)

Six actors (Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.

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4. 'Walk the Line' (2005)

A chronicle of country music legend Carl Perkins.

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3. 'The Doors' (1991)

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Val Kilmer).

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2. 'Straight Outta Compton' (2015)

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Starring Jason Mitchell as Eric "Eazy-E" Wright.

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1. 'A Complete Unknown' (2024)

Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, 'A Complete Unknown' follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.