According to Esquire, which 25 musical biopics actually rock? Points for the film, musician(s) and director

• Amadeus (1984, Milos Forman) Mozart

• Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980, Michael Apted) Loretta Lynn

• I’m Not There (2007, Todd Haynes) Bob Dylan

• What’s Love got to do with it? (1993, Brian Gibson), Tina Turner

• La Bamba (1987, Luis Valdez) Richey Valens

• Sid and Nancy (1986, Alex Cox) Sid Vicious

• Walk the Line (2005, James Mangold) Johnny Cash

• Straight Outta Compton (2015, F Gary Gray) NWA

• Ray (2004, Taylor Hackford) Ray Charles

• 8 Mile (2002, Curtis Hanson) Eminen

• Bird (1988, Clint Eastwood) Charlie Parker

• Selena (1997, Gregory Nava) Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

• Velvet Goldmine (1998, Todd Haynes) Iggy and Bowie

• La Vie en Rose (2007, Olivier Dahan) Edith Piaf

• Control (2007, Anton Corbijn) Ian Curtis

• 24 Hour Party People (2002, Michael Winterbottom) Tony Wilson

• Lady Sings the Blues (1972, Sidney J Furie) Billie Holliday

• Blaze (2018, Ethan Hawke) Blaze Foley

• The Buddy Holly Story (1978, Steve Rash) Buddy Holly

• Bound for Glory (1976, Hal Ashby) Woody Guthrie

• Get on Up (2014, Tate Taylor) James Brown

• Love and Mercy (2014, Bill Pohlad) Brian Wilson

• Nowhere Boy (2009, Sam Taylor-Wood) John Lennon

• The Doors (1991, Oliver Stone) – The Doors

• The Runaways (2010, Floria Sigismondi) The Runaways