Best biography movies of all time imdb - 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. Captain Phillips (2013)
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. read more
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Crime
7.0
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82
/100
7.8
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7.7
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62. The Big Short (2015)
In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
6.8
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81
/100
7.8
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7.6
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63. American Gangster (2007)
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.6
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76
/100
7.8
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7.7
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64. The Irishman (2019)
Hitman Frank Sheeran looks back at the secrets he kept as a loyal member of the Bufalino crime family. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.2
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94
/100
7.8
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8.1
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65. The Fighter (2010)
Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
7.2
/10
79
/100
7.8
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7.6
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66. Changeling (2008)
Grief-stricken mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.2
/10
63
/100
7.8
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7.1
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67. Walk the Line (2005)
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music
7.0
/10
72
/100
7.8
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7.3
/10
68. Hidden Figures (2016)
The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
6.9
/10
74
/100
7.8
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7.4
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69. Remember the Titans (2000)
The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
6.9
/10
48
/100
7.8
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6.5
/10
70. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
7.0
/10
72
/100
7.8
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7.3
/10
71. Ed Wood (1994)
Ambitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams, despite his lack of talent. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
7.5
/10
70
/100
7.8
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7.4
/10
72. The Insider (1999)
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Thriller
7.2
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84
/100
7.8
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7.8
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73. Tombstone (1993)
A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating. read more
Genres: Action, Biography, Drama
6.4
/10
50
/100
7.8
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6.4
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74. Awakenings (1990)
The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
7.3
/10
74
/100
7.8
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7.5
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75. Glory (1989)
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
7.0
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78
/100
7.8
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7.5
/10
76. October Sky (1999)
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Family
6.9
/10
71
/100
7.8
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7.3
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77. My Left Foot (1989)
Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
7.6
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97
/100
7.8
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8.4
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78. Thirteen Lives (2022)
A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, Thriller
66
/100
7.8
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7.2
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79. The Right Stuff (1983)
The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred. read more
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama
6.8
/10
91
/100
7.8
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7.9
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80. Loving Vincent (2017)
In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh (Robert Gulaczyk) to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there. read more
Genres: Animation, Biography, Crime
7.4
/10
62
/100
7.8
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7.1
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