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Best Biopics/Biographical Movies

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Ranking of the best Biographical (Fiction) Productions of all time

1

The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Maurice Schutz, Michel Simon, Antonin Artaud, André Berley

8.2

10,814
2

The Pianist The Pianist

2002

Roman Polanski

Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Ed Stoppard, Emilia Fox ...

8.2

155,432
3

In the Name of the Father In the Name of the Father

1993

Jim Sheridan

Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite, John Lynch, Beatie Edney ...

8.2

81,408
4

Raging Bull Raging Bull

1980

Martin Scorsese

Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto ...

8.1

55,751
5

The Elephant Man The Elephant Man

1980

David Lynch

John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller ...

8.1

44,771
6

Ivan the Terrible. Part II Ivan the Terrible. Part II

1958

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Ludmila Tselikovskaya, Mikhail Nazvanov, Pavel Kadochnikov ...

8.0

3,229
7

Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev

1966

Andrei Tarkovsky

Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Sergeyev, Nikolai Grinko, Irma Rausch ...

8.0

6,127
8

Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia

1962

David Lean

Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn ...

8.0

48,696
9

Napoleon Napoleon

1927

Abel Gance

Albert Dieudonné, Gina Manès, Edmond Van Daële, Antonin Artaud, Alexandre Koubitsky ...

8.0

3,082
10

Spartacus Spartacus

1960

Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton ...

8.0

70,229
11

Braveheart Braveheart

1995

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus MacFadyen, Catherine McCormack ...

8.0

155,766
12

Corleone Corleone

miniseries

2007

Alexis Cahill, Enzo Monteleone

Claudio Gioè, Salvatore Lazzaro, Alessio Manno, Pier Luigi Misasi, Vincent Riotta ...

7.9

2,896
13

Narcos Narcos

tv series

2015

Chris Brancato (Creator), Carlo Bernard (Creator) ...

Wagner Moura, Pedro Pascal, Boyd Holbrook, Damián Alcázar, Paulina Gaitan ...

7.9

42,678
14

The Eternal Breasts The Eternal Breasts

1955

Kinuyo Tanaka

Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryoji Hayama, Junkichi Orimoto, Hiroko Kawasaki, Shirô Ôsaka ...

7.9

700
15

Ivan The Terrible. Part I Ivan The Terrible. Part I

1944

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Ludmila Tselikovskaya, Mikhail Nazvanov, Pavel Kadochnikov ...

7.9

4,016
16

Persepolis Persepolis

2007

Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud

Animation, Voice: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites

7.8

44,851
17

Edvard Munch Edvard Munch

TV

1974

Peter Watkins

Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Ragnvald Caspari, Inger-Berit Oland, Amund Berge ...

7.8

447
18

I, Addict I, Addict

miniseries

2024

Javier Giner (Creator), Aitor Gabilondo (Creator) ...

Oriol Pla, Nora Navas, Marina Salas, Itziar Lazkano, Ramón Barea ...

7.7

4,160
19

Feud: Bette and Joan Feud: Bette and Joan

miniseries

2017

Ryan Murphy (Creator), Ryan Murphy ...

Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Alfred Molina, Judy Davis, Stanley Tucci ...

7.7

4,896
20

The Crown The Crown

tv series

2016

Peter Morgan (Creator), Stephen Daldry ...

Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith, John Lithgow ...

7.7

14,620
21

Amadeus Amadeus

1984

Milos Forman

Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice ...

7.7

78,210
22

Somebody Up There Likes Me Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956

Robert Wise

Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo ...

7.6

4,451
23

The Miracle Worker The Miracle Worker

1962

Arthur Penn

Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Andrew Prine, Inga Swenson, Victor Jory ...

7.6

5,974
24

American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson

miniseries

2016

Scott Alexander (Creator), Larry Karaszewski (Creator) ...

Cuba Gooding Jr., John Travolta, Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown ...

7.6

11,469
25

Julius Caesar Julius Caesar

1953

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Marlon Brando, Louis Calhern, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Greer Garson ...

7.6

6,662
26

A Wanderer's Notebook A Wanderer's Notebook

1962

Mikio Naruse

Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada, Daisuke Kato, Keiju Kobayashi, Kinuyo Tanaka ...

7.6

150
27

Gentleman Jim Gentleman Jim

1942

Raoul Walsh

Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, John Loder ...

7.6

1,874
28

Pablo Escobar, the Drug Lord Pablo Escobar, the Drug Lord

tv series

2012

Carlos Moreno, Laura Mora Ortega

Andrés Parra, Angie Cepeda, Nicolás Montero, Chichila Navia, Marcela Vargas ...

7.6

2,365
29

The Wolf of Wall Street The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

Martin Scorsese

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Kyle Chandler, Cristin Milioti ...

7.6

105,888
30

Queen Christina Queen Christina

1933

Rouben Mamoulian

Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young ...

7.5

2,839

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