Best biography movies of all time - Page 5
In the following page, you will see a ranking of the best biography movies of all time. We have gathered the ratings of Imdb, Metacritic, Filmaffinity and crafted our own algorithm and generated the following ratings.
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81. Awakenings (1990)
Awakenings (1990) follows Dr. Sayer in a 1969 Bronx hospital who awakens catatonic encephalitis patients with an experimental drug, exploring medicine, ethics, fragile recovery and empathy. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
7.3
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74
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7.8
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7.5
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82. Glory (1989)
Glory (1989) recounts Colonel Robert Gould Shaw leading the 54th Massachusetts, an all‑Black Union regiment. Facing prejudice, they train, bond, and bravely assault Fort Wagner, leaving a tragic, heroic legacy. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
7.0
/10
78
/100
7.8
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7.5
/10
83. Society of the Snow (2023)
Society of the Snow dramatizes the 1972 Andes crash of a Uruguayan rugby team: stranded survivors face cold, starvation, injury and harrowing moral choices in a raw, intense study of endurance and solidarity. read more
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama
72
/100
7.8
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7.5
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84. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God follows a 16th-century Spanish quest for El Dorado that, under the unhinged Aguirre, degenerates into greed, paranoia, violence and collapse. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Biography
7.2
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7.8
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7.5
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85. The Last Emperor (1987)
The Last Emperor traces Pu Yi's rise from child emperor to gardener: lavish Forbidden City life, wartime collaboration in Manchukuo, capture and imprisonment, and painful reintegration—an elegiac meditation on power and identity. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
7.2
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76
/100
7.7
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7.5
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86. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) follows 23-year-old Ernesto "Che" Guevara and friend Alberto on a 1952 motorcycle trip across South America that shifts from playful adventure to a profound moral and political awakening. read more
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama
7.3
/10
75
/100
7.7
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7.5
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87. 127 Hours (2010)
127 Hours: Aron Ralston is trapped by a boulder for 127 hours; a claustrophobic, sun‑bleached survival drama mixing memory, suffering and a graphic but ultimately triumphant act of self‑rescue. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
6.8
/10
82
/100
7.5
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7.5
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88. Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fruitvale Station follows 22‑year‑old Oscar Grant on the last day of 2008 as he reconnects with family and tries to change; the day ends in his fatal shooting by police, a moving critique of brutality. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
6.4
/10
85
/100
7.5
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7.5
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89. The Intouchables (2011)
Intouchables (2011) — true‑story dramedy about an aristocrat quadriplegic, Philippe, who hires Driss, a blunt young man. Their unlikely friendship brings humor, dignity, healing and hope. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
8.0
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57
/100
8.5
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7.4
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90. In the Name of the Father (1993)
In the Name of the Father is a true drama about Gerry Conlon, wrongly coerced after a 1974 pub bombing; his family's suffering and a long legal fight for justice led by lawyer Gareth Peirce. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
5.6
/10
84
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8.1
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7.4
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91. The Imitation Game (2014)
The Imitation Game follows Alan Turing and his Bletchley Park team as they build a machine to crack Enigma. It blends wartime suspense with Turing’s intellectual triumphs and tragic personal costs. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Thriller
7.2
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71
/100
8.0
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7.4
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92. Lion (2016)
Lion (2016) tells Saroo Brierley’s true story: lost as a child on a train in India, adopted in Australia, he grows up haunted by memories and obsessively uses modern tools to locate his birth family, finding an emotional reunion. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
7.3
/10
69
/100
8.0
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7.4
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93. Cinderella Man (2005)
Cinderella Man recounts boxer James J. Braddock’s Depression-era comeback. Facing poverty and injury, he fights to support his family, becoming a national symbol of perseverance and dignity. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
7.3
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69
/100
8.0
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7.4
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94. Hidden Figures (2016)
Hidden Figures (2016) tells how three African-American female mathematicians at NASA overcame racial and gender discrimination in 1960s Virginia to help send John Glenn into orbit. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
6.9
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74
/100
7.8
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7.4
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95. Ray (2004)
Ray is a music-driven biopic of Ray Charles—Jamie Foxx’s Oscar-winning portrayal—tracing his rise from a blinded, impoverished childhood to R&B stardom, amid racism, volatile relationships and heroin addiction. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music
7.1
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73
/100
7.7
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7.4
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96. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
The Last King of Scotland (2006) follows Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan as friendship with Uganda’s charismatic Idi Amin turns into manipulation, moral compromise and brutal political terror — a tense, powerful study of charisma masking cruelty. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
7.1
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74
/100
7.6
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7.4
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97. The Hurricane (1999)
The Hurricane is a true-story drama about boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, wrongfully convicted of a triple murder and jailed for decades. An impressionable teen and mentors reopen his case, exposing racial injustice and the fight for redemption. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
7.2
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74
/100
7.6
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7.4
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98. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman tells how Ron Stallworth, the first Black Colorado Springs cop, infiltrates the KKK by phone while a white officer poses for him — a darkly funny, tense true story exposing racism and linking past to present. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Crime
6.5
/10
83
/100
7.5
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7.4
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99. I, Tonya (2017)
I, Tonya is a darkly comic, raw biopic of Tonya Harding — her rise, first American triple axel, and the 1994 Kerrigan scandal — mixing satire, abuse, and unreliable narratives. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
7.0
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77
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7.5
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7.4
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100. The Imposter (2012)
The Imposter is a true-crime doc about a Spanish man claiming to be a Texas family's missing son; a seeming miracle that unravels into deception, identity crisis and grief. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Documentary
7.1
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77
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7.5
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7.4
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