Biographical film
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A biographical film or biopic is a film about a particular person or group of people, based on events that actually happened. These may present the events as they actually happened, or may alter the truth for other purposes.
Biographical films often single out the most important events of the lives involved to focus on. They may also cross over between genres, such as drama, comedy and action.
Significant biopics
- Pride of the Yankees (1942)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- The Glenn Miller Story (1953)
- Houdini (1953)
- Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) (Lon Chaney)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (T.E. Lawrence)
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
- Julia (1977)
- McVicar
- Raging Bull (1980) (Jack La Motta)
- Gandhi (1982) (Mahatma Gandhi)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- Hoffa (1992)
- Malcolm X (1992)
- Rudy (1993)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993) (Tina Turner)
- Michael Collins (1996)
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
- Donnie Brasco (1997)
- Elizabeth (1998) (Elizabeth I)
- Patch Adams (1998)
- Boys Don't Cry (1999)
- The Hurricane (1999)
- Man on the Moon (1999) (Andy Kaufman)
- Topsy-Turvy (1999) (Gilbert and Sullivan)
- Erin Brockovich (2000)
- Men of Honor (2000)
- The Cat's Meow (2001)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- Antwone Fisher (2002)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- Frida (2002)
- Lumumba (2002)
- 24 Hour Party People (2002)
- The Pianist (2002)
- The Rookie (2002)
- Monster (2003)
- Radio (2003)
- Owning Mahowny (2003)
- Sylvia (2003) (Sylvia Plath)
- Veronica Guerin (2003)
- The Aviator (2004) (Howard Hughes)
- De-Lovely (2004) (Cole Porter)
- Finding Neverland (2004) (J.M. Barrie)
- Hidalgo (2004)
- Kinsey (2004)
- Mar adentro (2004)
- Miracle (2004)
- The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) (Che Guevara)
- Ray (2004) (Ray Charles)