100 Greatest Biography Films

Biography is a genre of film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. These films are ranked according to their historical accuracy, character portrayal, direction, story/script, cinematography, acting, music, editing, creativity, and originality, along with its general success and impact/influence in the film industry. While the film’s general success is important, this list emphasizes the success and importance in the specified film genre more strongly.

C* : Critics votes, V* : Viewers votes. The release dates for each movie may depend upon country. Only registred users are allowed to vote. Every 5 votes caste, makes the entity go up one in the list.

C*	V*	Cover	Title	Genre	Director (d) / Writer (w)	Cast	Explanation	Year
39	39		127 Hours	Adventure Drama Thriller	Danny Boyle (d) Simon Beaufoy (w) Danny Boyle (w)	James Franco Kate Mara Amber Tamblyn	Aron Ralston	2010
18	18		A Beautiful Mind	Drama Romance Thriller	Ron Howard (d) Sylvia Nasar (w) Akiva Goldsman (w)	Russell Crowe Ed Harris Jennifer Connelly	John Nash	2001
45	45		A Man for All Seasons	Drama Foreign History	Fred Zinnemann (d) Robert Bolt (w)	Paul Scofield Wendy Hiller Leo McKern	Sir Thomas More	1966
52	52		Alexander Nevsky	Drama History Foreign	Sergei M. Eisenste.. (d) Sergei M. Eisenste.. (w)	Nikolai Cherkasov Nikolai Okhlopkov Andrei Abrikosov	Alexander Nevsky	1938
5	5		Amadeus	Drama History Music	Milos Forman (d) Peter Shaffer (w)	F. Murray Abraham Tom Hulce Elizabeth Berridge..	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	1984
94	94		Anastasia	Comedy Drama Indie Romance		Ingrid Bergman Yul Brynner Helen Hayes	Anna Koreff	1956
100	100		Basquiat	Drama History Indie	Julian Schnabel (d)	Jeffrey Wright Michael Wincott Benicio Del Toro	Jean Michel Basquia	1996
21	21		Becket	Drama History	Peter Glenville (d) Edward Anhalt (w)	Richard Burton Peter O'Toole John Gielgud	Thomas Becket	1964
72	72		Bird	Drama Music	Clint Eastwood (d)	Forest Whitaker Diane Venora Keith David	Charlie 'Bird' Parker	1988
16	16		Bonnie and Clyde	Action Adventure Crime Drama Road Movie	Arthur Penn (d) David Newman (w) Robert Benton (w)	Warren Beatty Faye Dunaway Michael J. Pollard..	Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow	1967
90	90		Born on the Fourth of July	Drama History	Oliver Stone (d) Oliver Stone (w) Ron Kovic (w)	Tom Cruise Raymond J. Barry Caroline Kava	Ron Kovic	1989
81	81		Bound for Glory	Drama		Hal Ashby	Woody Guthrie	1976
11	11		Braveheart	Action Adventure Drama History War	Mel Gibson (d) Randall Wallace (w)	Mel Gibson Catherine McCormac.. Sophie Marceau	William Wallace	1995
82	82		Bugsy	Adventure Drama Action Crime Romance	Barry Levinson (d) James Toback (w)	Warren Beatty Annette Bening Harvey Keitel	Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel	1991
34	34		Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Action Adventure Comedy Drama Western	George Roy Hill (d) William Goldman (w)	Paul Newman Robert Redford Katharine Ross	Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid	1969
31	31		Capote	Drama	Bennett Miller (d) Dan Futterman (w)	Philip Seymour Hof.. Allie Mickelson Craig Archibald	Truman Capote	2005
73	73		Changeling	Drama Mystery Thriller	Clint Eastwood (d) J. Michael Straczy.. (w)	Angelina Jolie Jeffrey Donovan John Malkovich	Christine Collins	2008
70	70		Chaplin	Drama	Richard Attenborou.. (d) William Boyd (w) Bryan Forbes (w) William Goldman (w)	Robert Downey Jr Geraldine Chaplin Anthony Hopkins	Charles Chaplin	1992
75	75		Cinderella Man	Drama Romance Sport	Ron Howard (d) Cliff Hollingswort.. (w)	Russell Crowe Renée Zellweger Paul Giamatti	James Braddock	2005
74	74		Control	Drama Foreign Indie	Anton Corbijn (d) Matt Greenhalgh (w)	Sam Riley Samantha Morton Alexandra Maria La..	Joy Division	2007
33	33		Downfall	Drama Foreign History War	Oliver Hirschbiege.. (d) Bernd Eichinger (w)	Bruno Ganz Alexandra Maria La.. Corinna Harfouch	Adolf Hitler	2004
51	51		Ed Wood	Comedy Drama	Tim Burton (d) Scott Alexander (w) Larry Karaszewski (w)	Johnny Depp Martin Landau Sarah Jessica Park..	Ed Wood	1994
79	79		Elizabeth	Drama Foreign History	Shekhar Kapur (d) Michael Hirst (w)	Cate Blanchett Geoffrey Rush Christopher Eccles..	Elizabeth I of England	1998
84	84		Erin Brockovich	Crime Drama	Steven Soderbergh (d) Susannah Grant (w)	Julia Roberts David Brisbin Dawn Didawick	Erin Brockovich	2000
63	63		Finding Neverland	Drama	Marc Forster (d) Allan Knee (w) David Magee (w)	Johnny Depp Kate Winslet Julie Christie	James Barrie	2004
85	85		Frida	Drama Romance	Julie Taymor (d) Clancy Sigal (w) Diane Lake (w) Gregory Nava (w) Anna Thomas (w)	Salma Hayek Alfred Molina Mía Maestro	Frida Kahlo	2002
43	43		Frost/Nixon	Drama	Ron Howard (d) Peter Morgan (w)	Michael Sheen Frank Langella Kevin Bacon	David Frost, Richard Nixon	2008
4	4		Gandhi	Drama Foreign History	Richard Attenborou.. (d) John Briley (w)	Ben Kingsley Rohini Hattangadi Candice Bergen	Mahatma Gandhi	1982
40	40		Good Night, and Good Luck.	Drama History Thriller	George Clooney (d) George Clooney (w) Grant Heslov (w)	David Strathairn George Clooney Robert Downey Jr	Edward R. Murrow	2005
19	19		Goodfellas	Crime Drama	Martin Scorsese (d) Nicholas Pileggi (w) Martin Scorsese (w)	Robert De Niro Ray Liotta Joe Pesci	Henry Hill	1990
67	67		Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey	Drama	Michael Apted (d) Anna Hamilton Phel.. (w)	Sigourney Weaver Bryan Brown Julie Harris	Dian Fossey	1988
64	64		Hurricane	Drama	Norman Jewison (d) Dan Gordon (w) Armyan Bernstein (w)	Denzel Washington Vicellous Reon Sha.. Deborah Kara Unger..	Rubin "Hurricane" Carter	1999
41	41		Immortal Beloved	Drama History Music Romance Foreign	Bernard Rose (d)	Gary Oldman Jeroen Krabbé Isabella Rossellin..	Ludwig van Beethoven	1994
88	88		Invictus	Drama History Sports Film	Clint Eastwood (d) Anthony Peckham (w)	Morgan Freeman Tony Kgoroge Patrick Mofokeng	Nelson Mandela, François Pienaar	2009
65	65		Ivan the Terrible, Part One	Drama	Sergei Eisenstein (d)	Nikolai Cherkasov Lyudmila Tselikovs.. Serafima Birman	Ivan the Terrible	1944
28	28		Ivan the Terrible, Part Two		Sergei Eisenstein (d)	Nikolai Cherkasov Serafima Birman Pavel Kadochnikov	Ivan the Terrible	1958
87	87		King of Kings	Drama History	Cecil B. DeMille (d)	H.B. Warner Dorothy Cumming Jacqueline Logan	Jesus Christ	1927
91	91		Kundun	Drama	Martin Scorsese (d) Melissa Mathison (w)	Tenzin Thuthob Tsa.. Tencho Gyalpo Tsewang Migyur Kha..	Dalai Lama	1997
76	76		La Bamba	Drama Musical	Luis Valdez (d)	Lou Diamond Philli.. Danielle von Zerne.. Elizabeth Peña	Ritchie Valens	1987
7	7		La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc	Drama Foreign	Carl Theodor Dreye.. (d) Carl Theodor Dreye.. (w) Joseph Delteil (w)	Maria Falconetti Eugene Silvain André Berley	Joan of Arc	1929
69	69		La Vie en Rose	Drama Foreign Musical	Olivier Dahan (d) Isabelle Sobelman (w)	Marion Cotillard Sylvie Testud Clotilde Courau	Édith Piaf	2007
2	2		Lawrence of Arabia	Action Adventure Drama Foreign History	David Lean (d) Robert Bolt (w) Michael Wilson (w)	Peter O'Toole Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn	Thomas E. Lawrence	1962
38	38		Lenny	Drama	Bob Fosse (d) Julian Barry (w)	Dustin Hoffman Valerie Perrine	Lenny Bruce	1974
99	99		Lola Montès	Drama Foreign Romance	Max Ophüls (d)	Martine Carol Peter Ustinov Anton Walbrook	Lola Montès	1955
24	24		Lust for Life	Drama Musical		Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn	Vincent Van Gogh	1956
80	80	[NO IMAGE]	Madame Curie	Drama Romance	Mervyn LeRoy (d)	Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon	Marie Curie	1943
9	9		Malcolm X	Drama History	Spike Lee (d) Arnold Perl (w) Spike Lee (w)	Denzel Washington Angela Bassett Albert Hall	Malcolm X (born: Malcolm Little)	1992
97	97		Man on the Moon	Comedy Drama Romance	Milos Forman (d) Scott Alexander (w) Larry Karaszewski (w)	Jim Carrey Courtney Love Bob Zmuda	Andy Kaufman	1999
59	59		Mary, Queen of Scots	Drama Foreign History	Charles Jarrott (d) John Hale (w)	Vanessa Redgrave Glenda Jackson Patrick McGoohan	Queen Elizabeth I of England, Mary, Queen of Scots.	1971
53	53		Mask	Drama	Peter Bogdanovich (d) Anna Hamilton Phel.. (w)	Sam Elliott Eric Stoltz Estelle Getty	Rocky Dennis	1985
44	44		Midnight Express	Drama Thriller Foreign	Alan Parker (d) William Hoffer (w) Billy Hayes (w) Oliver Stone (w)	Brad Davis Irene Miracle Bo Hopkins	Billy Hayes	1978
37	37		Milk	Drama Indie	Gus Van Sant (d)	Sean Penn Emile Hirsch James Franco	Harvey Milk	2008
71	71		Mommie Dearest	Drama	Frank Perry (d)	Faye Dunaway Diana Scarwid	Joan Crawford	1981
32	32		Moneyball	Drama	Bennett Miller (d)	Brad Pitt Jonah Hill Robin Wright	Billy Beane	2011
66	66		Monster	Action Comedy Crime Drama Indie	Patty Jenkins (d) Patty Jenkins (w)	Charlize Theron Christina Ricci Bruce Dern	Aileen Wuornos	2003
46	46		My Left Foot	Drama Foreign	Jim Sheridan (d) Shane Connaughton (w) Jim Sheridan (w)	Daniel Day-Lewis Brenda Fricker Alison Whelan	Christy Brown	1989
8	8		Napoleon	Drama History	Abel Gance (d)	Albert Dieudonné Antonin Artaud Abel Gance	Napoleon Bonaparte	1927
98	98		Nicholas and Alexandra	Romance Drama War	Franklin Schaffner.. (d) James Goldman (w)	Michael Jayston Janet Suzman Roderic Noble	Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra.	1971
48	48		Papillon	Action Crime Drama Thriller	Franklin J. Schaff.. (d) Dalton Trumbo (w) Lorenzo Semple Jr... (w)	Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman Woodrow Parfrey	Henri 'Papillon' Charriere	1973
6	6		Patton	Action Drama History War	Franklin J. Schaff.. (d) Francis Ford Coppo.. (w) Edmund H. North (w)	George C. Scott Karl Malden Stephen Young	George S. Patton	1970
89	89		Pollock	Drama Indie Romance	Ed Harris (d) Barbara Turner (w) Susan Emshwiller (w)	Ed Harris Marcia Gay Harden Tom Bower	Jackson Pollock	2000
86	86		Queen Christina	Drama Romance	Rouben Mamoulian (d)	Greta Garbo John Gilbert Ian Keith	Queen Christina of Sweden	1933
96	96		Quills	Drama History Romance Foreign	Philip Kaufman (d) Doug Wright (w)	Geoffrey Rush Kate Winslet Joaquin Phoenix	The Marquis de Sade	2000
3	3		Raging Bull	Drama Sports Film	Martin Scorsese (d) Paul Schrader (w)	Robert De Niro Joe Pesci Cathy Moriarty	Jake LaMotta	1980
35	35		Ray	Drama Musical	Taylor Hackford (d) James L. White (w)	Jamie Foxx Kerry Washington Regina King	Ray Charles	2004
58	58		Reds	Drama Romance	Warren Beatty (d)	Diane Keaton Warren Beatty Jack Nicholson	John Reed	1981
1	1		Schindler's List	Drama History	Steven Spielberg (d) Steven Zaillian (w)	Liam Neeson Ben Kingsley Ralph Fiennes	Oskar Schindler	1993
23	23		Sergeant York	Action Drama History	Howard Hawks (d)	Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Joan Leslie	Alvin C. York	1941
55	55		Serpico	Crime Drama Thriller	Sidney Lumet (d) Waldo Salt (w) Norman Wexler (w)	Al Pacino John Randolph Jone.. Jack Kehoe	Frank Serpico	1973
42	42		Shine	Drama Foreign		Geoffrey Rush Noah Taylor Armin Mueller-Stah..	David Helfgott	1996
57	57		Sid and Nancy	Drama Music Romance Foreign	Alex Cox (d) Alex Cox (w) Abbe Wool (w)	Gary Oldman Chloe Webb David Hayman	Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungen	1986
68	68		Silkwood	Drama Thriller	Mike Nichols (d) Nora Ephron (w) Alice Arlen (w)	Meryl Streep Kurt Russell Craig T. Nelson	Karen Silkwood	1983
12	12		Spartacus	Action Drama History	Stanley Kubrick (d) Dalton Trumbo (w)	Kirk Douglas Laurence Olivier Jean Simmons	Spartacus	1960
29	29		The Agony and the Ecstasy	Drama	Carol Reed (d)	Charlton Heston Rex Harrison Diane Cilento	Michelangelo	1965
83	83		The Aviator	Drama	Martin Scorsese (d) John Logan (w)	Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett John C. Reilly	Howard Hughes	2004
92	92		The Buddy Holly Story	Drama	Steve Rash (d)	Gary Busey Don Stroud Charles Martin Smi..	Buddy Holly	1978
54	54		The Diary of Anne Frank	Comedy Drama History Romance	George Stevens (d) Albert Hackett (w) Frances Goodrich (w)	Millie Perkins Joseph Schildkraut.. Shelley Winters	Anne Frank	1959
25	25		The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Drama Foreign Indie	Julian Schnabel (d) Ronald Harwood (w)	Mathieu Amalric Emmanuelle Seigner.. Marie-Josée Croze..	Jean-Dominique Bauby	2007
93	93		The Doors	Drama Musical	Oliver Stone (d) Oliver Stone (w) Randall Jahnson (w)	Val Kilmer Kyle MacLachlan Kevin Dillon	Jim Morrison	1991
13	13		The Elephant Man	Drama	David Lynch (d) David Lynch (w)	Anthony Hopkins John Hurt Anne Bancroft	The Elephant Man (born: John Merrick)	1980
62	62		The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser	Drama Foreign History	Werner Herzog (d) Werner Herzog (w) Jakob Wassermann (w)	Bruno S. Walter Ladengast Brigitte Mira	Kaspar Hauser	1974
47	47		The Fighter	Drama Sports Film	David O. Russell (d) Scott Silver (w) Paul Tamasy (w) Eric Johnson (w)	Mark Wahlberg Christian Bale Amy Adams	Micky Ward	2010
30	30		The King's Speech	Drama Foreign History	Tom Hooper (d) David Seidler (w)	Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Cart..		2010
26	26		The Last Emperor	Drama Foreign History	Bernardo Bertolucc.. (d) Mark Peploe (w) Bernardo Bertolucc.. (w) Enzo Ungari (w)	John Lone Peter O'Toole Joan Chen	Pu Yi	1987
22	22		The Miracle Worker	Drama	Arthur Penn (d)	Anne Bancroft Victor Jory Inga Swenson	Annie Sullivan	1962
36	36		The Passion of the Christ	Drama History	Mel Gibson (d) Mel Gibson (w) Benedict Fitzgeral.. (w)	James Caviezel Maia Morgenstern Christo Jivkov	Jesus Christ	2004
60	60		The People vs. Larry Flynt	Comedy Drama	Milos Forman (d) Scott Alexander (w) Larry Karaszewski (w)	Woody Harrelson Courtney Love Edward Norton	Larry Flynt	1996
15	15		The Pianist	Drama Foreign History	Roman Polanski (d) Ronald Harwood (w)	Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann.. Frank Finlay	Wladyslaw Szpilman	2002
17	17		The Pride of the Yankees	Drama Family	Sam Wood (d)	Gary Cooper Teresa Wright Babe Ruth	Lou Gehrig	1943
50	50		The Queen	Music	Saul Swimmer (d)	Freddie Mercury Brian May Roger Taylor	HM Queen Elizabeth II	2007
27	27		The Social Network	Drama	David Fincher (d) Aaron Sorkin (w)	Jesse Eisenberg Andrew Garfield Justin Timberlake	Mark Zuckerberg	2010
20	20		The Spirit of St. Louis	Action Drama History	Billy Wilder (d) Billy Wilder (w) Wendell Mayes (w)	James Stewart Murray Hamilton Patricia Smith	Charles Augustus Lindbergh	1957
10	10		The Ten Commandments	Drama History	Cecil B. DeMille (d) Fredric M. Frank (w) Jack Gariss (w) Æneas MacKenzie (w) Jesse Lasky Jr. (w)	Charlton Heston Anne Baxter Yul Brynner	Moses	1956
78	78		Topsy-Turvy	Comedy Drama Foreign Indie Music	Mike Leigh (d)	Allan Corduner Jim Broadbent Timothy Spall	Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert, Lesley Manville	1999
95	95		Viva Zapata!	Adventure Drama Western	Elia Kazan (d) John Steinbeck (w)	Marlon Brando Jean Peters Anthony Quinn	Emiliano Zapata	1951
77	77		Walk the Line	Drama Music Romance	James Mangold (d)	Joaquin Phoenix Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin	Johnny Cash	2005
56	56		What's Love Got to Do with It	Drama	Brian Gibson (d)	Angela Bassett Laurence Fishburne.. Vanessa Bell Callo..	Tina Turner	1993
49	49		Yankee Doodle Dandy	Drama Documentary Music	Michael Curtiz (d) Robert Buckner (w) Edmund Joseph (w) Julius J. Epstein (w) Philip G. Epstein (w)	James Cagney Joan Leslie Walter Huston	George M. Cohan	1942
61	61		Young Mr. Lincoln	Drama	John Ford (d)	Henry Fonda Alice Brady Marjorie Weaver	Abraham Lincoln	1939
14	14		Андрей Рублёв	Drama Foreign History Indie	Andrei Tarkovsky (d) Andrei Tarkovsky (w)	Anatoli Solonitsyn.. Ivan Lapikov Nikolai Grinko	Andrei Rublyov	1966

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