Bob Dylan has been ane of the nigh pop and acclaimed musicians in the world for more half a century. Having sold over 100 million records, Dylan is one of the highest-selling artists of all time. He'due south too the recipient of a ton of prestigious accolades, including ten Grammys, the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Dylan'south music has been used in all kinds of contexts throughout moving-picture show history. Todd Haynes directed a movie about unlike facets of Dylan's personality, while Sam Peckinpah tapped him to write the entire soundtrack of his anti-western Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.

10 "The Times They Are A-Changin'" In Watchmen

Zack Snyder's moving-picture show accommodation of Watchmen somewhat missed the point of the seminal Alan Moore comic, considering it has all the graphic R-rated content but glorifies the superheroes whose facade it's supposed to deconstruct.

Still, Dylan'southward "The Times They Are a-Changin'" sets the platonic tone for the opening titles as a montage fills in the audience on the Watchmen universe's signature alternate history.

ix "Most Of The Time" In High Fidelity

Since High Fidelity is about a record store owner, there are a ton of classics in its soundtrack, but few of them are as crucial to the Rob grapheme as Bob Dylan's '80s carol "Almost of the Time."

It plays equally he sits on a motorbus bench in the rain and breaks the quaternary wall to vent his romantic frustrations directly to the camera. Dylan's lyrics perfectly capture everything Rob is going through at this point in the picture show.

viii "It's Alright, Ma (I'1000 Only Bleeding)" In Easy Rider

Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda ushered in the New Hollywood era with their counterculture masterpiece Piece of cake Passenger. They play a pair of drug-addled bikers tearing around America with the money from a major narcotics deal.

The producers initially wanted to use the original Dylan recording of "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," but couldn't secure the rights, so they asked Roger McGuinn to record a cover instead.

7 Nigh Of The Soundtrack Of I'one thousand Not There

Directed past Todd Haynes, I'm Not There is an unconventional biopic of Bob Dylan. Instead of telling his life story, it focuses on 6 original characters who each embody a role of Dylan's personality. These six characters are played by Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw.

Well-nigh the unabridged soundtrack is made up of Dylan songs. In that location are only a couple of non-Dylan songs in the picture, like the Monkees' "(I'one thousand Not Your) Steppin' Rock," which plays during a political party scene.

6 "Farewell" In Inside Llewyn Davis

In the terminal scene of Within Llewyn Davis, the titular folk singer gives one last functioning at The Gaslight before stepping off the phase to make mode for the new guy.

As Llewyn goes outside and gets beaten in an aisle by an aroused husband, it's revealed that this newcomer is really a young Bob Dylan, playing "Farewell."

five "Wigwam" In The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson is one of the directors like Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese who are renowned for their soundtracks. Anderson'south movies contain songs by such beloved artists equally David Bowie, the Kinks, and the Rolling Stones. The Purple Tenenbaums, one of the managing director'due south finest films, includes a track by Bob Dylan.

When Purple shows off his sweet side for the first time as he gets to know his grandkids and shows them how to have fun away from their safety-witting dad, Dylan'south "Wigwam" plays on the soundtrack.

iv "Hurricane" In Dazed And Confused

Richard Linklater used a bunch of rock classics in recapturing the youthful spirit of the last day of school in Dazed and Confused. The soundtrack contains such iconic rock artists every bit Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Bob Dylan'southward "Hurricane" plays during the iconic scene in which Matthew McConaughey's character Wooderson walks into the bar. It's i of the most memorable moments in the whole movie.

iii "Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Once again" In Fearfulness And Loathing In Las Vegas

Bob Dylan's wordily titled "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" plays in the drug-fueled cult classic Fright and Loathing in Las Vegas as Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo are driving across the desert.

The vocal was really name-dropped in the original Hunter S. Thompson novel, so it was a no-brainer for Terry Gilliam to include information technology on the soundtrack of his movie adaptation.

2 "The Homo In Me" In The Large Lebowski

Another Coen brothers movie, The Big Lebowski plays Bob Dylan'due south "The Man in Me" twice. Commencement, information technology plays over the opening credits that segue from the Dude existence attacked by nihilist home invaders to the Dude bowling with Walter and Donny.

Later, it plays when the Dude is knocked out by a different group of home invaders and hallucinates that he's flying over L.A., chasing after his missing carpet.

1 "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" In Pat Garrett And Baton The Kid

Bob Dylan's soundtrack for Sam Peckinpah'southward revisionist western Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid — which he also appeared in every bit an player — is 1 of the few soundtrack albums that's likewise a groovy album on its own.

The movie features not one, not 2, but 10 incredible Dylan tracks. There isn't a weak song in the whole picture show, but "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is the obvious standout.

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