Movies about country singers lives

While music gives its audience a glimpse into the artistic journey, a film can go beyond the carefully constructed mysticism and peek behind the curtain at the inner workings of the process.

Country music is filled with stories of artists with a “higher calling”, drawn to pursue the act of creation.

As such their stories are filled with all the heartbreak, humor, struggles and longed-for triumphs that we as fans love to revel in.

Here, we take a look back at some of the best movies about country music – a few widely known classics mixed in with a few off the beaten path B-sides. Grab a whiskey, kick those boots up and enjoy.

From the heartwarming screenplay to the incredible cast, there is much to adore from this 2005 film about the legendary Johnny Cash – but the pulsing heart of the movie is undeniably Joaquin Phoenix’s revolutionary portrayal of the man in black himself.

His range of emotion from desperation to redemption is remarkable (Reese TOP 30 FILMS BASED ON A TRUE STORY ABOUT MUSICIANS.... - IMDb GEJ