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Film Class: Biopic [feature]
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The list Film Class: Biopic [feature] includes
Caligula, La Bamba, Cleopatra, The Social Network and Gia.
The list consists of 822 members.
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La Bamba
1987 biographical film by Luis Valdez
Overview: La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical film written and directed by Luis Valdez that follows the life and career of Chicano rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as ...
Release date: 1 May 1987Genre: Biography, Drama, MusicDirector: Luis ValdezCast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe PantolianoProducer: Stuart Benjamin, Bill BordenWriter: Luis ValdezBiographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big ...
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Cleopatra
1963 historical drama film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Overview: Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the 1957 book The Life and Times ...
Release date: 12 June 1963Genre: Biography, Drama, History, RomanceDirector: Joseph L. MankiewiczProducer: Peter Levathes, Walter WangerWriter: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougallQueen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome. 0
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The Social Network
2010 film by David Fincher
Overview: The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, it portrays the f ...
Release date: 24 September 2010Genre: Drama, History, BiographyDirector: David FincherProducer: Dana Brunetti, Ceán ChaffinWriter: Aaron Sorkin, Ben MezrichHarvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he ... 0
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Gia
1998 American biographical drama television film
Overview: Gia is a 1998 biographical HBO film about the life and times of one of America's first supermodels, Gia Marie Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with ...
Release date: 31 January 1998Genre: Drama, Biography, RomanceDirector: Michael CristoferCast: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Louis Giambalvo, John ConsidineProducer: James D. Brubaker, Tina L. FortenberryWriter: Jay McInerney, Michael CristoferThe story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her ... 0
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Wyatt Earp
1994 film starring Kevin Costner directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Overview: Wyatt Earp is a 1994 American biographical Western film directed, produced, and co-written by Lawrence Kasdan, with Dan Gordon. It stars Kevin Costner in the title role as the lawman of the same name ...
Release date: 24 June 1994Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Romance, WesternDirector: Lawrence KasdanProducer: Kevin Costner, Dan GordonWriter: Dan Gordon, Lawrence KasdanWyatt Earp is a movie about a man and his family. The movie shows us the good times and the bad times of one of the West's most famous individuals ... 0
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What's Love Got to Do with It
1993 film by Brian Gibson
Overview: What's Love Got to Do with It (marketed as Tina: What's Love Got to Do with It in some territories) is a 1993 American biographical film directed by Brian Gibson, based on the life of American-born singer ...
Release date: 9 June 1993Genre: Biography, Drama, MusicDirector: Brian GibsonCast: RaéVen Kelly, Virginia Capers, Dororthy Thorton, Demetrice Cheathon, Nita Woods Allen, Helen Marie LovelaceProducer: Doug Chapin, Roger DaviesWriter: Tina Turner, Kurt LoderThe story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner. 0
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Walking Tall
1973 film by Phil Karlson
Overview: Walking Tall is a 1973 American semi-biographical action film of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a professional wrestler-turned-lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee, played by Joe Don Baker. The film was directed ...
Release date: 22 February 1973Genre: Crime, Drama, ActionDirector: Phil KarlsonProducer: Joel Briskin, Mort BriskinWriter: Mort Briskin, Sean BainBased on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser, who almost single-handedly cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost ... 0
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Walk the Line
2005 film by James Mangold
Overview: Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical musical romantic drama film directed by James Mangold. The screenplay, written by Mangold and Gill Dennis, is based on two autobiographies authored by sin ...
Release date: 4 September 2005Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, RomanceDirector: James MangoldCast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John MillerProducer: Alan C. Blomquist, John Carter CashWriter: Johnny Cash, Gill DennisA 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 ... 0
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Selena
1997 film by Gregory Nava
Overview: Selena is a 1997 American biographical musical drama film written and directed by Gregory Nava. The film is about the life and career of Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez before she was murdered ...
Release date: 21 March 1997Genre: Biography, Drama, MusicDirector: Gregory NavaProducer: Carolyn Caldera, Moctesuma EsparzaWriter: Gregory NavaThe true story of Selena, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on ... 0
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Schindler's List
1993 film by Steven Spielberg
Overview: Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 non-fiction novel Schindler's Ark by Au ...
Release date: 30 November 1993Genre: Biography, Drama, History, WarDirector: Steven SpielbergProducer: Irving Glovin, Kathleen KennedyWriter: Thomas Keneally, Steven ZaillianIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their ... 0
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Private Parts
1997 American film
Overview: Private Parts is a 1997 American biographical comedy film produced by Ivan Reitman and directed by Betty Thomas. The film is an adaptation of the autobiographical chapters from the best selling 1993 book ...
Release date: 7 March 1997Genre: Biography, Comedy, DramaDirector: Betty ThomasProducer: Celia D. Costas, Daniel GoldbergWriter: Howard Stern, Len BlumThe autobiographical story of Howard Stern, the radio rebel who is now also a TV personality, an author and a movie star. 0
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The Runaways
2010 film by Floria Sigismondi
Overview: The Runaways is a 2010 American biographical drama film about the 1970s rock band of the same name written and directed by Floria Sigismondi. It is based on the book Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway by ...
Release date: 24 January 2010Genre: Music, Drama, BiographyDirector: Floria SigismondiCast: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve, Scout Taylor-Compton, Alia ShawkatProducer: Carianne Laguna, David GraceWriter: Floria Sigismondi, Cherie CurrieA coming-of-age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan ... 0
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Ned Kelly
2003 film
Overview: Ned Kelly is a 2003 Australian bushranger film based on Robert Drewe's 1991 novel Our Sunshine. Directed by Gregor Jordan, the film's adapted screenplay was written by John Michael McDonagh. The film ...
Release date: 22 March 2003Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Crime, History, Western, RomanceDirector: Greg JordanProducer: Tim Bevan, Catherine BishopWriter: Robert Drewe, John Michael McDonaghAn innocent man becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known. 0
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Mask
1985 film by Peter Bogdanovich
Overview: Mask is a 1985 American biographical drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cher, Sam Elliott, and Eric Stoltz with supporting roles played by Dennis Burkley, Laura Dern, Estelle Getty, and ...
Release date: 8 March 1985Genre: Biography, DramaDirector: Peter BogdanovichProducer: Howard P. Alston, Lew GradeWriter: Anna Hamilton PhelanA teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances. 0
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Lean on Me
1989 film by John G. Avildsen
Overview: Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama film written by Michael Schiffer, directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Morgan Freeman. Lean on Me is loosely based on the story of Joe Louis Clark ...
Release date: 3 March 1989Genre: DramaDirector: John G. AvildsenProducer: John G. Avildsen, Michael SchifferWriter: Michael SchifferThe dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means. 0
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Jarhead
2005 film directed by Sam Mendes
Overview: Jarhead is a 2005 American biographical war drama film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of the same name. The film was directed by Sam Mendes, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford with ...
Release date: 4 November 2005Genre: Biography, Drama, War, ActionDirector: Sam MendesProducer: Bobby Cohen, Lucy FisherWriter: William Broyles Jr., Anthony SwoffordA psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom ... 0
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In the Realm of the Senses
1976 film
Overview: In the Realm of the Senses (French: L'Empire des sens, Japanese: 愛のコリーダ, Ai no korīda, "Bullfight of Love") is a 1976 pornographic art film written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It is a fictionalised ...Release date: 15 May 1976Genre: Drama, Romance, Biography, HistoryDirector: Nagisa ÔshimaProducer: Anatole DaumanWriter: Kôji Wakamatsu, Nagisa ÔshimaA passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship ... 0
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Henry & June
1990 film by Philip Kaufman
Overview: Henry & June is a 1990 American biographical drama film directed by Philip Kaufman, and starring Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, and Maria de Medeiros. It is loosely based on the posthumously published 1986 Anaïs ...
Release date: 28 September 1990Genre: Biography, Drama, RomanceDirector: Philip KaufmanCast: Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Richard E. Grant, Kevin Spacey, Jean-Philippe ÉcoffeyProducer: Peter Kaufman, Yannoulla WakefieldWriter: Anaïs Nin, Philip KaufmanAnaïs Nin meets the American writer, Henry Miller, in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening which includes Henry and his wife, June ... 0
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Gypsy
1962 musical comedy-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Overview: Gypsy is a 1962 American musical comedy-drama film produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass is based on the book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur ...
Release date: 1 November 1962Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, MusicalDirector: Mervyn LeRoyProducer: Mervyn LeRoyWriter: Arthur Laurents, Gypsy Rose LeeBased on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose. 0
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Dangerous Minds
1995 American drama film directed by John N. Smith
Overview: Dangerous Minds is a 1995 American drama film directed by John N. Smith and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It is based on the autobiography My Posse Don't Do Homework by retired U.S. Marine ...
Release date: 11 August 1995Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, BiographyDirector: John N. SmithCast: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance, Robin Bartlett, Beatrice Winde, John NevilleProducer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Lucas FosterWriter: LouAnne Johnson, Ron BassAn ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school. 0
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