Best biography movies of all time filmaffinity - Page 4
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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61. The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman is a slow, elegiac crime drama in which Frank Sheeran recalls a life of loyalty, violence and regret—rising in the mob, tied to Jimmy Hoffa—Scorsese’s reflective, patient epic. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.2
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94
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7.8
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8.1
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62. The Fighter (2010)
The Fighter: boxer "Irish" Micky Ward battles a drug‑addicted brother and domineering mother. With a steady girlfriend and new trainer he rebuilds his career and ultimately finds redemption. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
7.2
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79
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7.8
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7.6
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63. The Insider (1999)
The Insider dramatizes whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand and 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman fighting Big Tobacco, legal and corporate pressure; intense performances and moral urgency. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Thriller
7.2
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85
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7.8
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7.8
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64. The Wind Rises (2013)
The Wind Rises is a lyrical animated biopic about Jiro Horikoshi, a visionary aircraft designer whose dreams and genius span 1920s–WWII, blending exquisite animation, tender romance, and moral unease as his planes serve war. read more
Genres: Animation, Biography, Drama
7.2
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83
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7.8
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7.8
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65. 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
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7.5
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66. Grizzly Man (2005)
Grizzly Man (2005) uses Timothy Treadwell’s own footage and Herzog’s commentary to depict his 13 summers living with Alaskan grizzlies, his obsession, the 2003 tragic deaths, and the ethical tensions. read more
Genres: Biography, Documentary
7.2
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87
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7.8
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7.9
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67. Pride (2014)
Pride (2014) is a warm, funny true-story about London LGBT activists who ally with striking Welsh miners in 1984. Against Thatcherism they build solidarity, blending comedy, politics and heart. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
7.2
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79
/100
7.8
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7.6
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68. Argo (2012)
Argo (2012) follows CIA specialist Tony Mendez's audacious ruse to rescue six Americans during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis by posing as a Canadian film crew, blending tense espionage, human drama and Hollywood satire. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Thriller
7.2
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86
/100
7.7
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7.8
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69. Changeling (2008)
Changeling (2008): In 1928 Los Angeles, Christine Collins refuses an impostor returned as her son, igniting a grim, personal fight against police corruption as horrific crimes emerge. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.2
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63
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7.7
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7.1
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70. Finding Neverland (2004)
Finding Neverland: J.M. Barrie befriends a widowed mother and her four boys in 1903; their imaginative play inspires Peter Pan. A tender, bittersweet story of creativity, loss and healing. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Family
7.2
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67
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7.7
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7.2
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71. 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
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7.7
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7.5
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72. 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
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7.6
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7.4
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73. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Boys Don't Cry (1999): True-story drama about Brandon Teena, a transgender man in rural Nebraska whose identity's exposure leads to escalating hostility, assault and tragic violence; intense performances and critique of transphobia. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.2
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86
/100
7.5
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7.8
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74. Hunger (2008)
Hunger (2008) is a stark, immersive drama about life in Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison before the 1981 hunger strike. Michael Fassbender excels; Steve McQueen’s austere style renders brutal physical and moral extremes. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
7.2
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82
/100
7.5
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7.6
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75. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) is a biographical sports drama about Milkha Singh — from Partition trauma and family loss to his rise as an Olympian. A moving tale of pain, discipline, redemption. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
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7.7
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76. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale is a true, tearjerking drama about a music professor and his Akita, Hachi, who loyally waits at the train station after his owner’s death. Framed as a grandson’s report, it’s moving and uplifting. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Family
7.1
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8.1
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7.6
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77. 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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78. 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
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7.6
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7.4
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79. The Favourite (2018)
The Favourite (early-18th-century England) is a darkly comic, claustrophobic power struggle: Queen Anne, Sarah Churchill and Abigail vie for intimacy, influence and survival in a brutal, often absurd court battle. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
7.1
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91
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7.5
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7.9
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80. Richard Jewell (2019)
Richard Jewell dramatizes the 1996 Olympic Park bombing aftermath: a hero security guard becomes a media and FBI suspect. The film examines smear campaigns, institutional failure and personal cost. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.1
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68
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7.5
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7.1
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