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Best Biography Movies

The 50 highest-rated biography movies among the 2,600 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 · 2M votes · Biography, Drama, History, War · 196m

2. 2
   GoodFellas(1990)

   ★ 8.7 · 1M 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 · 2M votes · Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama · 180m

5. 5
   Oppenheimer(2023)

   ★ 8.2 · 1M votes · Biography, Drama, History · 180m

6. 6
   A Beautiful Mind(2001)

   ★ 8.2 · 1M votes · Biography, Drama, Mystery, Romance · 135m

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   Amadeus(1984)

   ★ 8.4 · 473K votes · Biography, Drama, Music, History · 160m

8. 8
   Catch Me If You Can(2002)

   ★ 8.1 · 1M votes · Biography, Crime, Drama · 141m

9. 9
   Green Book(2018)

   ★ 8.2 · 704K votes · Biography, Comedy, Drama, History · 130m

10. 10
    12 Years a Slave(2013)

    ★ 8.1 · 795K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 134m

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    Lawrence of Arabia(1962)

    ★ 8.3 · 346K votes · Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War · 227m

12. 12
    Hacksaw Ridge(2016)

    ★ 8.1 · 697K votes · Biography, Drama, History, War · 139m

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    The Imitation Game(2014)

    ★ 8.0 · 885K votes · Biography, Drama, Thriller, History, War · 114m

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    Downfall(2004)

    ★ 8.2 · 404K votes · Biography, Drama, History, War · 156m

15. 15
    Ford v Ferrari(2019)

    ★ 8.1 · 587K votes · Action, Biography, Drama, History · 152m

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    Rush(2013)

    ★ 8.1 · 567K votes · Biography, Drama, Sport, Action · 123m

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    Spotlight(2015)

    ★ 8.1 · 541K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama, History · 129m

18. 18
    Dangal(2016)

    ★ 8.3 · 248K votes · Action, Biography, Drama, Family, Comedy · 161m

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    The King's Speech(2010)

    ★ 8.0 · 737K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 118m

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    Into the Wild(2007)

    ★ 8.0 · 700K votes · Adventure, Biography, Drama · 148m

21. 21
    The Pursuit of Happyness(2006)

    ★ 8.0 · 631K votes · Biography, Drama · 117m

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    Raging Bull(1980)

    ★ 8.1 · 414K votes · Biography, Drama, Sport, History · 129m

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    The Elephant Man(1980)

    ★ 8.2 · 284K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 124m

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    Hotel Rwanda(2004)

    ★ 8.1 · 395K votes · Biography, Drama, History, War · 121m

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

    ★ 8.1 · 348K votes · Biography, Drama, Family · 93m

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    Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)

    ★ 7.9 · 655K votes · Biography, Drama, Music · 134m

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    The Sound of Music(1965)

    ★ 8.1 · 295K votes · Biography, Drama, Family, Music, Romance · 174m

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    Hamilton(2020)

    ★ 8.3 · 143K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 160m

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    The Social Network(2010)

    ★ 7.8 · 829K votes · Biography, Drama · 120m

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    Dallas Buyers Club(2013)

    ★ 7.9 · 553K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 117m

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    David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet(2020)

    ★ 8.9 · 36K votes · Biography, Documentary, Drama · 83m

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    Dog Day Afternoon(1975)

    ★ 8.0 · 295K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller · 125m

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    In the Name of the Father(1993)

    ★ 8.1 · 205K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama · 133m

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    Senna(2010)

    ★ 8.4 · 84K votes · Biography, Documentary, Sport · 106m

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    Lion(2016)

    ★ 8.0 · 269K votes · Biography, Drama · 118m

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    The Big Short(2015)

    ★ 7.8 · 548K votes · Biography, Comedy, Drama · 130m

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    Captain Phillips(2013)

    ★ 7.8 · 523K votes · Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller · 134m

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    Gandhi(1982)

    ★ 8.0 · 247K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 191m

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    Ip Man(2008)

    ★ 8.0 · 245K votes · Action, Biography, Drama, History · 106m

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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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    I'm Still Here(2024)

    ★ 8.1 · 172K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 137m

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    American Gangster(2007)

    ★ 7.8 · 494K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama · 157m

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    The Irishman(2019)

    ★ 7.8 · 480K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama, History · 209m

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    Argo(2012)

    ★ 7.7 · 673K votes · Biography, Drama, History, Thriller · 120m

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    Cinderella Man(2005)

    ★ 8.0 · 211K votes · Biography, Drama, Romance, History · 144m

46. 46
    The Fighter(2010)

    ★ 7.8 · 411K votes · Action, Biography, Drama · 116m

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    The Theory of Everything(2014)

    ★ 7.7 · 511K votes · Biography, Drama, Romance · 123m

48. 48
    Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father(2008)

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

49. 49
    Hidden Figures(2016)

    ★ 7.8 · 294K votes · Biography, Drama, History · 127m

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    Papillon(1973)

    ★ 8.0 · 147K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama · 151m