For much of his career, gay filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has written original screenplays for the movies he’s directed.

Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama, director and co-writer Tim Fehlbaum’s “September 5” (Paramount) is a dramatization of the tragedy that unfolded at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.

Music bio pics, such as “Rocket Man” and “Bohemian Rhapsody,” about Elton John and Freddy Mercury, respectively, continue to be popular among moviegoers. Even though Robbie Williams, the subject of “Better Man” (Paramount), may not have achieved the same level of fame as John or Mercury (stateside, at least), his story still got the cinematic treatment.

Movies about the abuse suffered by teens in correctional institutions are nothing new. Ireland’s repulsive Magdalene Laundries alone has been the subject of at least three dramatizations, as well as a documentary.

If you’re looking for an alternative to all the feel-good movie entertainment this holiday season, and you want something that will make you want to take a long Silkwood shower after watching it, I suggest “Babygirl” (A24). A depressing blend of sexual compulsion, infidelity, inappropriate workplace behavior, abuse of power, degradation, and heterosexual horror. The best thing that can be said about “Babygirl” is that the queer character far outshines her straight counterparts.

The world of the music biopic is littered with as many failures (“Back To Black,” “Jersey Boys,” “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “Respect,” and “Stardust”) as successes (“What’s Love Got To Do With It?”, “Get On Up,” “Ray,” “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Rocketman,” and “Control”).