A Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration: A Rundown of His Greatest Film Work

· "You Belong to Me" from Natural Born Killers

This cover of a '50s pop ballad didn't end up on Dylan's 1992 album Good As I Been to You, but it showed up two years later with wrenching resonance in Natural Born Killers. The weary anthem served as an emblem of love and lonesome solidarity between serial killers Mickey and Mallory Knox.

· "Things Have Changed" in Wonder Boys

Just in case you forgot that Katie Holmes co-starred in a Bob Dylan video, here's your evidence. Dylan's Wonder Boys contribution garnered him the Academy Award for Best Original Song and furthered his exhilarating late-'90s/early-'00s arc. It serves as a vibrant midway point between his blockbuster albums Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft.

· Closing Performance and "I'm Not There (1956)" in I'm Not There

In Todd Haynes's strange (and misguided?) Dylan biopic I'm Not There, Dylan was famous portrayed by several actors, including Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, Christian Bale, and Cate Blanchett. While the soundtrack is chockablock with Dylan covers, the only real bit of Dylan screentime in I'm Not There occurs at film's end with a delicate harmonica performance, a refreshing end to a confounding cinematic experience. Dylan's sole performance on the soundtrack, "I'm Not There (1956)," is a collaboration with The Band from his recording sessions in 1967 for The Basement Tapes.

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