Best biography movies of all time metacritic
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. 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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2. 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
/10
3. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
7.3
/10
96
/100
8.1
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8.3
/10
4. The Social Network (2010)
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
6.8
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95
/100
7.8
/10
8.0
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5. 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
/10
94
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9.0
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9.0
/10
6. 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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7. Spotlight (2015)
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.3
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93
/100
8.1
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8.2
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8. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
7.4
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92
/100
8.0
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8.2
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9. Quiz Show (1994)
A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
6.9
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92
/100
7.5
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7.9
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10. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict. read more
Genres: Animation, Biography, Documentary
7.5
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91
/100
8.0
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8.2
/10
11. Patton (1970)
The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama, War
7.3
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91
/100
7.9
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8.1
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12. 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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13. The Favourite (2018)
In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
7.1
/10
91
/100
7.5
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7.9
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14. The Queen (2006)
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted. read more
Genres: Biography, Drama
6.4
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91
/100
7.3
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7.6
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15. 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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16. 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
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90
/100
8.3
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8.4
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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
/10
18. American Splendor (2003)
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar. read more
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
6.9
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90
/100
7.4
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7.8
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19. 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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20. Man on Wire (2008)
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century". read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Documentary
7.4
/10
89
/100
7.7
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8.0
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