The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown chronicles Dylan's meteoric rise to fame in the 1960s, leading to the backlash Dylan faced at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. A Complete Unknown features a great cast, led by Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, who portray the real people and circumstances important in the folk music scene in the early 1960s. While the film centers primarily on the true events of Bob Dylan's early years as a folk musician, it also focuses a lot of attention on Dylan's relationships with those closest to him, including one of his partners and musical collaborators, Joan Baez.

A Complete Unknown showcases the importance of Bob Dylan's relationship with a renaming of Dylan's real-life partner Suze Rotolo, Sylvie Russo, and its gradual dissolution as Dylan began to have an affair with Joan Baez. The biographical film explores how these women had an impact on his beliefs and musical style.