A biopic is a biographical film. Several musical entertainers and songwriters have had biopics made about them. If you love music, you might be interested in some of these:
The Jazz Singer 1927 – Al Jolson
Harmony Lane 1935 – Stephen Foster
The Great Ziegfeld 1936 – Florenz “Flo” Ziegfeld, Jr.
The Great Victor Herbert 1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939
Swanee River 1939 – Stephen Foster
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 – George M. Cohan
Rhapsody in Blue 1945 – George Gershwin
The Jolson Story 1946 – Al “Jolie” Jolson
Night and Day 1946 – Cole Porter
Till the Clouds Roll By 1947 – Jerome Kern
Jolson Sings Again 1949 – Al Jolson
Oh You Beautiful Doll 1949 – Fred Fisher
Three Little Words 1950 – Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
I’ll See You In My Dreams 1951 – Gus Kahn and Grace LeBoy
I Dream of Jeanie 1952 – Stephen Foster
Stars and Stripes Forever 1952 – John Philip Sousa
The Eddie Cantor Story 1954
The Glenn Miller Story 1954
The Benny Goodman Story 1956
The Best Things in Life are Free 1956 – DeSylva, Brown and Henderson
The Eddie Duchin Story 1956
Both Ends of the Candle 1957 – Helen Morgan Story
St. Louis Blues 1958 – W. C. Handy
Funny Girl 1968 – Fanny Brice
Lady Sings the Blues 1972 – Billie Holliday
Funny Lady 1975 – Fanny Brice
Bound for Glory 1976 – Woody Guthrie
The Buddy Holly Story 1978
Coal Miner’s Daughter 1980 – Loretta Lynn
Honkytonk Man 1982 – Jimmie Rodgers
Crossroads 1986 – Robert Johnson
La Bamba 1987 – Ritchie Valens
Great Balls Of Fire 1989 – Jerry Lee Lewis
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story 1990
The Doors 1991 – Jim Morrison
What’s Love Got to Do With It 1993 – Tina Turner
Shine 1996 – David Helfgott
Selena 1997
The Temptations 1998
And the Beat Goes On 1999 – Sonny and Cher
Take Me Home 2000 – John Denver
Standing in the Shadows of Motown 2002 – The Funk Brothers
De-Lovely 2004 – Cole Porter
Ray 2004 – Ray Charles
Walk the Line 2005 – Johnny Cash
Nowhere Boy 2009 – John Lennon
Get On Up 2014 – James Brown
Jersey Boys 2014 – The Four Seasons
I Saw the Light 2015 – Hank Williams, Sr.
Love and Mercy 2015 – The Beach Boys
The Greatest Showman 2017 – P. T. Barnum
Miles Ahead 2017 – Miles Davis
Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 – Freddie Mercury and Queen
I Can Only Imagine 2018 – Bart Millard
Judy 2019 – Judy Garland
Madonna and the Breakfast Club 2019
Rocketman 2019 – Elton John
Respect 2021 – Aretha Franklin
Elvis 2022 – Elvis Presley
I Wanna Dance With Somebody 2022 – Whitney Houston
One Love 2024 – Bob Marley
Amadeus (1984)
Copying Beethoven (2006)
Verdi (1982)
In Search of Haydn (2012)
Puccini (1953, 2009)
Song Without End (1960) — Franz Liszt
Lisztomania (1975) — Franz Liszt
In Search of Chopin (2014)
A Song to Remember (1945) — Chopin
Franz Schubert (1953)
Symphony of Love (1954) — Schubert
Maestro (2023) — Leonard Bernstein
Casta Diva (1954) — Vincenzo Bellini
The Magic Bow (1946) — Paganini
Paganini (1989)
Song of Love (1947) — Clara & Robert Schumann
La Vie en Rose (2007) — Edith Piaf
The Pianist (2002) –Wladyslaw Sziplman
8 Mile (2002) — Eminem
Bird (1988) — Charlie Parker
Young Man with a Horn (1950 ) –Bix Beiderbeck
I’m Not There (2007) — Bob Dylan
Born to Be Blue (2015) — Chet Baker
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) — Jerome Kern
Words & Music (1948) — Rogers & Hart
My Wild Irish Rose (1947) — Chauncey Olcott
Sweet Dreams (1985) — Patsy Cline
Cadillac Records (2008) — Muddy Waters, Etta James, Chuck Berry et al
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) — Dorsey brothers
Leadbelly (1976)
Ring of Fire (2013) — Johnny Cash & June Carter
Many others are out there. Your additions and opinions are welcome here.
