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  • The 50 Best Biography Movies of All Time

    by malthe-tuxen • Created 8 years ago • Modified 1 year ago

    My 50 personal favorite biography movies of all time.

    Honourable Mentions:

    Elvis (2022)
    Mank (2020)
    Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
    First Man (2018)
    The Disaster Artist (2017)
    The Danish Girl (2015)
    Trumbo (2015)
    127 Hours (2010)
    Hachi (2009)
    Hunger (2008)
    The Diving Bell & The Butterfly (2007)
    The Basketball Diaries (1995)
    Quiz Show (1994)
    Glory (1989)
    My Left Foot (1989)
    Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
    Midnight Express (1978)
    Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973)
    Funny Girl (1968)
    in Cold Blood (1967)

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  • List of biographical films

    Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress 1906The Story of the Kelly GangNed KellyFrank Mills1909The Origin of Beethoven's Moonlight SonataLudwig van BeethovenHarry BaurThe Life of MosesMosesPat HartiganEdgar Allen PoeEdgar Allan PoeHerbert YostSaul and DavidKing DavidMaurice CostelloKing SaulWilliam V. Ranous1910Pyotr VelikiyPeter the GreatPyotr Voinov1911Sweet Nell of Old DruryNell GwynNellie StewartCharles II of EnglandAugustus Neville1912Custer's Last FightGeorge Armstrong CusterFrancis FordCleopatraCleopatraHelen GardnerFrom the Manger to the CrossJesusRobert Henderson-Bland1913Adrienne LecouvreurAdrienne LecouvreurSarah BernhardtGiuseppe Verdi nella vita e nella gloriaGiuseppe VerdiEgisto Cecchi The Life and Works of Richard WagnerRichard WagnerGiuseppe BecceSixty Years a QueenQueen VictoriaBlanche Forsythe (younger)

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    1914Beating BackAl JenningsAl JenningsRichelieuCardinal RichelieuMurdock MacQuarrieThe Adventures of François Villon: The OublietteFrançois VillonThe Adventures of François Villon: The Higher LawTh

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