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Best Biography Movies

The 50 highest-rated biography movies among the 2,626 with at least 1,000 IMDb votes, ranked by IMDb rating and votes. Ratings are IMDb’s. Badges show the services that carry each title in your country; pick one to keep only its titles. Open a title for every way to watch it, or run it as a live search to see the badges on every card.

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1. 1
   Schindler's List(1993)

   ★ 9.0 · 1.6M votes · Biography, Drama, History, War · 196m

2. 2
   GoodFellas(1990)

   ★ 8.7 · 1.4M votes · Biography, Crime, Drama · 145m

3. 3
   The Pianist(2002)

   ★ 8.5 · 1M votes · Biography, Drama, Music, War · 150m

4. 4
   The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

   ★ 8.2 · 1.8M votes · Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama · 180m

5. 5
   Oppenheimer(2023)

   ★ 8.2 · 1.1M votes · Biography, Drama, History · 180m

6. 6
   A Beautiful Mind(2001)

   ★ 8.2 · 1.1M votes · Biography, Drama, Mystery, Romance · 135m

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   Amadeus(1984)

   ★ 8.4 · 476K votes · Biography, Drama, Music, History · 160m

8. 8
   Catch Me If You Can(2002)

   ★ 8.1 · 1.3M votes · Biography, Crime, Drama · 141m

9. 9
   Green Book(2018)

   ★ 8.2 · 711K votes · Biography, Comedy, Drama, History · 130m

10. 10
    12 Years a Slave(2013)

    ★ 8.1 · 798K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 134m

11. 11
    Lawrence of Arabia(1962)

    ★ 8.3 · 348K votes · Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War · 227m

12. 12
    Hacksaw Ridge(2016)

    ★ 8.1 · 703K votes · Biography, Drama, History, War · 139m

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    The Imitation Game(2014)

    ★ 8.0 · 889K votes · Biography, Drama, Thriller, History, War · 114m

14. 14
    Ford v Ferrari(2019)

    ★ 8.1 · 592K votes · Action, Biography, Drama, History · 152m

15. 15
    Downfall(2004)

    ★ 8.2 · 406K votes · Biography, Drama, History, War · 156m

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    Rush(2013)

    ★ 8.1 · 570K votes · Biography, Drama, Sport, Action · 123m

17. 17
    Spotlight(2015)

    ★ 8.1 · 543K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama, History · 129m

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    Dangal(2016)

    ★ 8.3 · 250K votes · Action, Biography, Drama, Family, Comedy · 161m

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    The King's Speech(2010)

    ★ 8.0 · 739K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 118m

20. 20
    Into the Wild(2007)

    ★ 8.0 · 702K votes · Adventure, Biography, Drama · 148m

21. 21
    The Pursuit of Happyness(2006)

    ★ 8.0 · 635K votes · Biography, Drama · 117m

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    Raging Bull(1980)

    ★ 8.1 · 416K votes · Biography, Drama, Sport, History · 129m

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    The Elephant Man(1980)

    ★ 8.2 · 286K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 124m

24. 24
    Hotel Rwanda(2004)

    ★ 8.1 · 396K votes · Biography, Drama, History, War · 121m

25. 25
    Hachi: A Dog's Tale(2009)

    ★ 8.1 · 350K votes · Biography, Drama, Family · 93m

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    Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)

    ★ 7.9 · 657K votes · Biography, Drama, Music · 134m

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    The Sound of Music(1965)

    ★ 8.1 · 297K votes · Biography, Drama, Family, Music, Romance · 174m

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    Hamilton(2020)

    ★ 8.3 · 144K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 160m

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    The Social Network(2010)

    ★ 7.8 · 835K votes · Biography, Drama · 120m

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    Dallas Buyers Club(2013)

    ★ 7.9 · 555K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 117m

31. 31
    You Can See Everything(2026)

    ★ 9.1 · 30K votes · Biography, Comedy, Crime, Documentary · 174m

32. 32
    David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet(2020)

    ★ 8.9 · 37K votes · Biography, Documentary, Drama · 83m

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    Dog Day Afternoon(1975)

    ★ 8.0 · 296K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller · 125m

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    In the Name of the Father(1993)

    ★ 8.1 · 206K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama · 133m

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    Senna(2010)

    ★ 8.4 · 85K votes · Biography, Documentary, Sport · 106m

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    Lion(2016)

    ★ 8.0 · 270K votes · Biography, Drama · 118m

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    The Big Short(2015)

    ★ 7.8 · 551K votes · Biography, Comedy, Drama · 130m

38. 38
    Captain Phillips(2013)

    ★ 7.8 · 525K votes · Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller · 134m

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    Gandhi(1982)

    ★ 8.0 · 248K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 191m

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    Ip Man(2008)

    ★ 8.0 · 246K votes · Action, Biography, Drama, History · 106m

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    I'm Still Here(2024)

    ★ 8.1 · 173K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 137m

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    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969)

    ★ 8.0 · 240K votes · Adventure, Biography, Crime, Western, Drama · 110m

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    American Gangster(2007)

    ★ 7.8 · 497K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama · 157m

44. 44
    The Irishman(2019)

    ★ 7.8 · 483K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama, History · 209m

45. 45
    Argo(2012)

    ★ 7.7 · 676K votes · Biography, Drama, History, Thriller · 120m

46. 46
    Cinderella Man(2005)

    ★ 8.0 · 212K votes · Biography, Drama, Romance, History · 144m

47. 47
    The Fighter(2010)

    ★ 7.8 · 413K votes · Action, Biography, Drama · 116m

48. 48
    The Theory of Everything(2014)

    ★ 7.7 · 512K votes · Biography, Drama, Romance · 123m

49. 49
    I Swear(2025)

    ★ 8.3 · 74K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 120m

50. 50
    Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father(2008)

    ★ 8.5 · 47K votes · Biography, Crime, Documentary · 95m