Biographical film

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A biographical film or biopic (from biographical picture) 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

• The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935)
• The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
• Marie Antoinette (1938)
• Juarez (1939)
• The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
• Edison the Man (1940) (Thomas Edison)
• Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
• Pride of the Yankees (1942) (Lou Gehrig)
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) (George M. Cohan)
• Wilson (1944) (Woodrow Wilson)
• The Desert Fox (1951) (Erwin Rommel)
• The Glenn Miller Story (1953)
• Houdini (1953)
• To Hell and Back (1955) (Audie Murphy)
• Lust for Life (1956) (Vincent van Gogh)
• The Charles Lindbergh Story (1957)
• Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) (Lon Chaney)
• Al Capone (1959)
• Sunrise at Campobello (1960) (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (T.E. Lawrence)
• The Lion in Winter (1968) (Eleanor of Aquitaine)
• Patton (1970) (George S. Patton)
• Lenny (1974) (Lenny Bruce)
• Mahler (1974) (Gustav Mahler)
• Julia (1977)
• The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
• Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) (Loretta Lynn)
• Raging Bull (1980) (Jake La Motta)
• Gandhi (1982) (Mahatma Gandhi)
• Amadeus (1984) (Mozart)
• Sweet Dreams (1985) (Patsy Cline)
• Sid & Nancy (1986) (Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen)
• La Bamba (1987) (Ritchie Valens)
• Great Balls of Fire (1989) (Jerry Lee Lewis)
• My Left Foot (1989) (Christy Brown)
• Goodfellas (1990) (Henry Hill)
• White Hunter, Black Heart (1990) (John Huston)
• Bugsy (1991) (Bugsy Siegel)
• The Doors (1991) (Jim Morrison)
• Chaplin (1992) (Charlie Chaplin)
• Hoffa (1992) (Jimmy Hoffa)
• Malcolm X (1992)
• Rudy (1993) (Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger)
• Schindler's List (1993)
• What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993) (Tina Turner)
• Ed Wood (1994)
• Immortal Beloved (1994) (Ludwig Von Beethoven)
• Nixon (1995)
• Evita (1996) (Eva Perón)
• Michael Collins (1996)
• The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
• Surviving Picasso (1996) (Pablo Picasso)
• Donnie Brasco (1997)
• Selena (1997)
• Wilde (1997) (Oscar Wilde)
• Elizabeth (1998) (Elizabeth I)
• Patch Adams (1998)
• Boys Don't Cry (1999) (Brandon Teena)
• The Hurricane (1999) (Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter)
• Man on the Moon (1999) (Andy Kaufman)
• Topsy-Turvy (1999) (Gilbert and Sullivan)
• Erin Brockovich (2000)
• Men of Honor (2000)
• Ali (2001) (Muhammad Ali)
• The Cat's Meow (2001) (William Randolph Hearst)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001) (John Nash)
• Antwone Fisher (2002)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002) (Frank Abagnale Jr.)
• Frida (2002) (Frida Kahlo)
• Lumumba (2002)
• 24 Hour Party People (2002) (Tony Wilson)
• The Pianist (2002) (Władysław Szpilman)
• The Rookie (2002) (Jim Morris)
• Luther (2003) (Joseph Fiennes)
• Monster (2003) (Aileen Wuornos)
• Radio (2003)
• Owning Mahowny (2003)
• Sylvia (2003) (Sylvia Plath)
• Veronica Guerin (2003)
• Wonderland (2003) (John Holmes)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2003) (Chuck Barris)
• Alexander (Alexander the Great)
• The Aviator (2004) (Howard Hughes)
• Beyond the Sea (2004) (Bobby Darin)
• De-Lovely (2004) (Cole Porter)
• Finding Neverland (2004) (J.M. Barrie)
• Hidalgo (2004)
• Kinsey (2004) (Alfred Kinsey)
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
• Mar adentro (2004)
• Miracle (2004)
• The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) (Che Guevara)
• Ray (2004) (Ray Charles)
• Walk the Line (2005) (Johnny Cash)
• Capote (2005) (Truman Capote)

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