Genre: Biopic
Biopics dramatize a real person’s life on the page or screen, compressing years into a narrative that captures who they were and what they meant.
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
Morgan Neville's 2018 Fred Rogers doc. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and the man behind it. Made viewers cry in theaters. -
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Bryan Singer's 2018 Freddie Mercury biopic. Rami Malek won Best Actor. Queen's Live Aid recreation. Historical compression. -
The Theory of Everything (2014)
James Marsh's 2014 Stephen Hawking biopic. Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor. Hawking's first marriage perspective. -
Oppenheimer (2023)
Christopher Nolan's 2023 Manhattan Project biopic. Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer. Won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. -
Capote (2005)
Bennett Miller's 2005 Truman Capote biopic. Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor. In Cold Blood research period in Kansas. -
Walk the Line (2005)
James Mangold's 2005 Johnny Cash biopic. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Cash and June Carter. Witherspoon won Best Actress. -
The Social Network (2010)
David Fincher's 2010 Facebook origin drama. Aaron Sorkin screenplay. Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg, Garfield as Saverin. -
Schindler’s List (1993)
Spielberg's 1993 Holocaust drama. Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, Fiennes as Goeth. Black and white with the red coat. Won Best Picture. -
Gandhi (1982)
Richard Attenborough's 1982 Gandhi biopic. Ben Kingsley breakthrough. Won eight Academy Awards. Three-hour epic of nonviolent resistance. -
Something the Lord Made (2004)
Joseph Sargent's 2004 HBO film. Alan Rickman as Dr. Alfred Blalock, Mos Def as Vivien Thomas. Pediatric heart surgery pioneers.