True Story: An Epic List of BioPics

Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

Saxophone player Charlie "Bird" Parker (Forest Whitaker) comes to New York City in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. Despite becoming a drug addict, his loving wife Chan (Diane Venora) tries to help him through his personal issues.

This biographical movie is about the life and rise of rock and roll legend Elvis Presley, ending in 1970 and omitting the later years leading up to his death in 1977. While providing an in-depth look at Presley's career, the narrative touches on a moment of discontinuity, specifically featuring a song, "An American Trilogy," that Presley did not release or perform until 1972.

In 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 Sid Vicious (Oldman) is forced by his band mates and their manager to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen (Webb), who will meet him in New York only after a traumatic event. 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 and co-dependency, a last journey with no return.

The musical career of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou", a song about his first girlfriend, to the meteoric run of "That'll Be the Day" up the charts, to his marriage, breakup with the Crickets, reunion with the Crickets, and untimely death.

Experience the rise of N.W.A, a groundbreaking hip-hop group from California, in this biographical drama directed by F. Gary Gray. Follow Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella as they navigate challenges in the hip-hop scene. The cast, including O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, and Paul Giamatti, delivers authentic performances in this immersive journey through the era's struggles and triumphs.

Step into the tumultuous world of Johnny Cash, portrayed with unparalleled brilliance by Joaquin Phoenix. This biographical drama unveils the raw, unfiltered story of his life and relationship with June Carter. Experience the melodies that defined a generation in this profound tribute to his musical legacy.

"8 Mile" is a gritty and emotional film that highlights the struggles and triumphs of a young man chasing his dreams. The film accurately portrays the unfiltered emotion and intensity of Eminem's formative years as a rapper by drawing on his own experiences growing up in Detroit. Jimmy Smith Jr. (played by Eminem) faces his fears and finds the courage to follow his passion for music through rap battles and personal challenges. The movie's powerful themes of perseverance, self-discovery, and triumph over adversity resonate with audiences and make it a captivating and inspiring story.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a talented, brilliant, and flamboyant musician, Antonio Salieri is a mediocre composer who envies, and detests him, to the point of conspiring against him and sabotaging his career. You will see an unbridled battle of egos, reproaches, envy and ambition, wrapped up in the greatest musical talent in history.

This film is an excellent biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, and discovered the suffering and strength of America's working class.

At only 13, Loretta Webb marries Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn and is soon responsible for a large family. She appears destined to a life of homemaking, but Doolittle recognizes her musical talent, and buys her a guitar as an anniversary present one year. At 18, the busy mother of four children still finds time to write and sing songs at small fairs and local honky tonks. This gift sets Loretta Lynn on the grueling, tumultuous path to superstardom and country music greatness.

In 'Round Midnight, real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner, a musician slowly losing the battle with alcoholism, estranged from his family, and hanging on by a thread in the 1950's New York jazz world. Dale gets an offer to play in Paris, where, like many other black American musicians at the time, he enjoys a respect for his humanity that is not based upon the color of his skin. A Parisian man who is obsessed with Turner's music befriends him and attempts to save Turner from himself. Although for Dale the damage is already done, his poignant relationship with the man and his young daughter re-kindles his spirit and his music as the end draws near.

This biographical drama recounts the rise to fame of legendary musician Ray Charles, from his impoverished childhood and struggle with blindness to becoming one of the most influential figures on the music scene. While he could fuse jazz, rhythm & blues, rock & roll, gospel and country, he also dealt with drug addiction and childhood traumas. The film highlights his timeless hits, played by Jamie Foxx, who took home every award in existence including the Oscar for best actor.

Scott Thorson, a young bisexual man raised in foster homes, is introduced to flamboyant entertainment giant Liberace and quickly finds himself in a romantic relationship with the legendary pianist. Swaddled in wealth and excess, Scott and Liberace have a long affair, one that Scott eventually begins to find suffocating. Kept away from the outside world by his flashily effeminate yet deeply closeted partner, and submitting to extreme makeovers and even plastic surgery at the behest of his lover, Scott eventually rebels. When Liberace finds himself a new lover, Scott is tossed onto the street. He then seeks legal redress for what he feels he has lost. But throughout, the bond between the young man and the star never completely tears.

The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father discovers the kids have an extraordinary musical talent they form a band. Winning talent show after talent show they soon hit it big when Motown calls. From there they become the now famous Jackson 5. But along the way their success brings trouble and turmoil

Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad lad who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, of which the name in the meantime has been changed to Joy Division, gets more and more successful. Even though Debbie and he become parents, their relationship is going downhill rapidly and Ian starts an affair with Belgium Annik whom he met after one of the gigs and he's almost never at home. Ian also suffers from epilepsy and has no-good medication for it. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him.