Best biography movies of all time filmaffinity
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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1. Schindler's List (1993)
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
8.6
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94
/100
9.0
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9.0
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2. Goodfellas (1990)
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
8.4
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90
/100
8.7
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8.7
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3. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
8.3
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8.1
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8.2
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4. The Pianist (2002)
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music
8.2
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85
/100
8.5
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8.4
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5. The Elephant Man (1980)
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
8.1
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78
/100
8.2
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8.0
/10
6. Raging Bull (1980)
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
8.1
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89
/100
8.1
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8.4
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7. The Intouchables (2011)
After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
8.0
/10
57
/100
8.5
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7.4
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8. Braveheart (1995)
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
8.0
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68
/100
8.3
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7.7
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9. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks. read more
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama
8.0
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100
/100
8.3
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8.8
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10. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. read more
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Music
8.0
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79
/100
8.2
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8.0
/10
11. Andrei Rublev (1966)
The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
8.0
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8.1
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8.1
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12. Spartacus (1960)
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising. read more
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama
8.0
/10
87
/100
7.9
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8.2
/10
13. The Cove (2009)
Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Documentary
7.9
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84
/100
8.4
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8.2
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14. Hamilton (2020)
The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
7.9
/10
90
/100
8.3
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8.4
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15. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.9
/10
66
/100
8.0
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7.5
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16. Senna (2010)
A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34. read more
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Sport
7.8
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79
/100
8.5
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8.1
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17. Persepolis (2007)
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution. read more
Genres: Animation, Biography, Drama
7.8
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90
/100
8.0
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8.3
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18. The Straight Story (1999)
An old man makes a long journey by lawnmower to mend his relationship with an ill brother. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
7.8
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86
/100
8.0
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8.1
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19. Amadeus (1984)
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music
7.7
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88
/100
8.4
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8.3
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20. Papillon (1973)
A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.7
/10
58
/100
8.0
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7.2
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