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Many musicians secretly want to be actors — and most actors not-so-secretly want to be musicians. But the chance to belt out a greatest-hits collection of songs from rock stars, hip-hop legends and country-and-western crooners is too tempting to pass up for most folks. You may never be Elvis — but you can play him on TV. But for us, these 30 titles are the ones that stay on tune as much as possible.

Although more of a warts-free tribute than a realistic depiction of the singer's life, Selena served both as a worthy memorial her still-grieving fan base and a compelling introduction for those unaware of her massive impact. Directed by George Tillman Jr. But it gets too many small details wrong, whether it's Angela Bassett's wavering Jamaican accent as Violetta Wallace; or the scenes of Biggie's "Big Poppa" peaking at Number One on the Billboard charts before the infamous November 30th, , Quad Studios shooting of 2Pac, even though the reverse happened in real life.

More importantly, rapper and first-time actor Jamal "Gravy" Woolard isn't quite good enough to carry an entire film, although he does a decent job of evoking Biggie's legendary charisma.

Movies about famous singers

Biopics live or die on their performances, and Floria Sigismondi's take on the early days of the pioneering all-female rock band has two dynamite ones in Kristen Stewart's Joan Jett and Michael Shannon's Kim Fowley. The Runaways walked a thin line between exploitation and empowerment; Fowley assembled the group and gleefully played up their jailbait appeal, but Jett and her bandmates used success to wrest control from their Svengali's hands.

The movie was released before the band's latter-day bassist, Jacqueline Fuchs — a.