A biographical film or biopic (/ˈbaɪoʊˌpɪk/) is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or group of people. Such films show the life of a historical...

This is a list of biographical films. Film portal List of composers depicted on film Credited as Ellen Page "Velikiy Voin Albanii Skanderbeg (1953) - Sergei...

Michael is an upcoming American biographical musical drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan, based on the life of the American...

Tamil-language biographical action war film directed by Rajkumar Periasamy and produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, together with Sony Pictures Films India...

Better Man is a 2024 semi-biographical film about British pop singer Robbie Williams. It was co-written, co-produced and directed by Michael Gracey. Williams...

fiction film Pacific Rim Uprising (2018). She followed this appearing in the neo-noir film Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), the biographical films On the...

Putin is an upcoming biographical film to be released on 10 January 2025, directed by Polish director Patryk Vega, known as Besaleel, which is about the...

Swiped is an upcoming American biographical drama film written and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg that is inspired by the story of Whitney Wolfe Herd...

The Apprentice is a 2024 biographical film that examines Donald Trump's career as a real estate businessman in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, as...

Biographical novels are frequently the foundation for film adaptations into the filmographic genre of biographical film. In such novels and films, there...

Desert Flower is a 2009 biographical film directed by Sherry Hormann. It stars Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins and Craig Parkinson, and is based on the Somali-born...

Elvis is a 2022 epic biographical drama film co-produced and directed by Baz Luhrmann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, and...

King Cobra is a 2016 American biographical film about the life and early career of gay pornographic film actor Sean Paul Lockhart. It was directed by Justin...

Shirley is a 2024 American biographical drama film written and directed by John Ridley. It depicts the 1972 presidential run of Shirley Chisholm, who...

Joy is a 2024 British biographical drama film starring Bill Nighy, Thomasin McKenzie and James Norton. Directed by Ben Taylor, it is the true story of...

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film is a reference book written by film critic David Thomson, originally published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd...

Oppenheimer is a 2023 biographical film written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American...

The Smashing Machine is an upcoming American biographical sports drama film written and directed by Benny Safdie. It stars Dwayne Johnson as former wrestler...

Madame Claude is a 2021 biographical film created and released by Netflix about the infamous French brothel-keeper Madame Claude. Madame Claude is the...

to the 44th Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir. His biographical film in Tamil, Amaran, was released on the occasion of Diwali, 31 October...

Queen of the Ring is a 2024 American biographical sports drama film written and directed by Ash Avildsen. It is about Mildred Burke, and stars Emily Bett...

Wildcat is a 2023 American biographical drama film about American novelist Flannery O'Connor struggling to publish her first novel. Also based on O'Connor's...

Tolkien is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. It is about the early life of...

Srikanth is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language biographical film on the life of Srikanth Bolla, a visually-impaired industrialist and the founder of Bollant...

Gandhi is a 1982 epic biographical film based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, a major leader in the Indian independence movement against the British Empire...

The untitled Christy Martin film is an upcoming American biographical sports drama film about the former professional boxer Christy Martin, who will be...

Shooting Stars is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film about the high school sports career of LeBron James. Directed by Chris Robinson, and starring...

politician. He is the trainer and father of the Phogat sisters. The Hindi biographical film Dangal is loosely based on his life. Mahavir Singh Phogat was awarded...

compress separate events or illustrate a broader factual narrative. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single...

Harriet is a 2019 American biographical film directed by Kasi Lemmons, who also wrote the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard. It stars Cynthia Erivo...