Biopics Films - Examples

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Biopics Films
Part 1 | Examples

Selection of Greatest Biopic Films:

Greatest Early Biopic Films:
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
Jesse James (1927; remade 1939)
Disraeli (1929)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Queen Christina (1933)
Cleopatra (1934)
The Great Ziegfeld (1934)
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Juarez (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Knute Rockne, All-American (1940)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Madame Curie (1943)
The Great Moment (1944)
Wilson (1944)
The Jolson Story (1946)
Night and Day (1946)
Madame Bovary (1949)
The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Machine Gun Kelly (1958)
Al Capone (1959)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Sunrise at Campobello (1960)

Greatest Recent Biopic Films:
El Cid (1961)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
PT 109 (1963)
Becket (1964)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964, It.)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Born Free (1966)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Funny Girl (1968)
Patton (1970)
The Music Lovers (1971)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Lenny (1974)
Give 'Em Hell, Harry (1975)
Bound for Glory (1976)
Julia (1977)
MacArthur (1977)
Norma Rae (1979)
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Reds (1981)
Frances (1982)
Gandhi (1982, UK)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Silkwood (1983)
Amadeus (1984)
La Bamba (1987)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
My Left Foot (1989)
An Angel At My Table (1990, NZ)
Bugsy (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Chaplin (1992)
Malcolm X (1992)
Schindler's List (1993)
Shadowlands (1993)
What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)
Ed Wood (1994)
Immortal Beloved (1994)
Tom and Viv (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Shine (1996)
Kundun (1997)
Selena (1997)
Elizabeth (1998, UK)
Hilary & Jackie (1998)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
The Hurricane (1999)
The Insider (1999)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Pollock (2000)
Thirteen Days (2000)
Ali (2001)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Iris (2001)
8 Mile (2002)
Frida (2002)
Downfall (2004, Germ.)
Ray (2004)
Kinsey (2004)
Capote (2005)
Walk the Line (2005)
The Queen (2006)
Che (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Milk (2008)
W. (2008)
Notorious (2009)
The Conspirator (2010)
The King's Speech (2010)
The Social Network (2010)
The Iron Lady (2011)
J. Edgar (2011)
Argo (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
American Sniper (2014)
Big Eyes (2014)
Foxcatcher (2014)
The Imitation Game (2014)
Selma (2014)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Wild (2014)
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Hidden Figures (2016)
Darkest Hour (2017)
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)