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.

  • Awakenings (1990) Cover

    Awakenings (1990)

    Penny Marshall's 1990 Oliver Sacks biopic. Robin Williams as the doctor, De Niro as encephalitic patient. L-Dopa breakthrough.
    Biopic • Medical Drama
    May 19, '26
  • Reds (1981) Cover

    Reds (1981)

    Warren Beatty's 1981 John Reed biopic. American journalist who covered the Russian Revolution. Beatty directed, produced, starred, co-wrote.
    Biopic • Historical • Romance
    May 19, '26
  • The Last Emperor (1987) Cover

    The Last Emperor (1987)

    Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 Pu Yi biopic. First Western film granted Forbidden City access. Won nine Academy Awards.
    Biopic • Drama • Historical
    May 19, '26
  • American Made (2017) Cover

    American Made (2017)

    2017 Doug Liman crime biopic with Tom Cruise as TWA pilot Barry Seal, drug runner and CIA asset in the 1980s.
    Biopic • Crime
    May 18, '26
  • Gotti (2018) Cover

    Gotti (2018)

    2018 Kevin Connolly biopic with Travolta as Gambino crime family boss John Gotti. Notorious zero-percent Rotten Tomatoes score.
    Biopic • Crime
    May 18, '26
  • Kill the Irishman (2011) Cover

    Kill the Irishman (2011)

    2011 Jonathan Hensleigh crime biopic with Ray Stevenson as 1970s Cleveland mob enforcer Danny Greene. Christopher Walken supports.
    Biopic • Crime
    May 18, '26
  • Domino (2005) Cover

    Domino (2005)

    2005 Tony Scott action with Keira Knightley as real-life model turned bounty hunter Domino Harvey. Hyperkinetic style.
    Action • Biopic
    May 18, '26
  • JFK (1991) Cover

    JFK (1991)

    1991 Oliver Stone conspiracy drama with Kevin Costner as New Orleans DA Jim Garrison prosecuting Clay Shaw for the Kennedy assassination.
    Biopic • Courtroom Drama
    May 18, '26
  • Bronson (2008) Cover

    Bronson (2008)

    Refn's 2008 British prison biopic. Tom Hardy as Charles Bronson. Theatrical address-to-camera framing, real-time violence sequences. The film that announced Hardy.
    Biopic • Drama • Prison
    May 17, '26
  • Black Mass (2015) Cover

    Black Mass (2015)

    Scott Cooper's 2015 Whitey Bulger biopic. Johnny Depp's strongest dramatic performance since the 1990s. FBI corruption as central subject.
    Biopic • Crime
    May 16, '26
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