When it comes to historical biopics, especially the ones about famous musicians, there are a lot of stinkers. Maybe the greatness of the music alone is enough of a crutch to get even the most mediocre of these films made — and, look, the music in Bohemian Rhapsody is the best part of that movie — but at a certain point these movies became awkward star vehicles for actors to chase award nominations, with plots lifted straight from their Wikipedia pages, and not much else.

Still, in even the dullest genre there are some standouts, and there are plenty of biopics about musicians we know and love that are great. Even aside from the music, which is always guaranteed to be a good enough reason to at least get a ticket, the really good examples of this kind of movie give something new to the b

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