Best drama biopics - Charts
Best drama biopics
1. Schindler's List (1993)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley
2. The Intouchables (2011)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Cast: François Cluzet, Omar Sy
3. Ford v Ferrari (2019)
USA / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: Matt Damon, Christian Bale
4. Rush (2013)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Ron Howard
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl
5. The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver (2002)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Martin Šulík
Cast: Marek Juráček, Edita Levá
6. Amadeus (1984)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
8. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Ron Howard
Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly
9. The Pianist (2002)
France / Poland, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox
10. Braveheart (1995)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
11. Papillon (1973)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman
12. Goodfellas (1990)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta
13. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
UK / USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Bryan Singer, Dexter Fletcher
Cast: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton
14. Awakenings (1990)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Penny Marshall
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams
15. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
USA / Canada, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks
16. American Gangster (2007)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
17. Green Book (2018)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Peter Farrelly
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali
18. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
UK / USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Terry George
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo
19. The Elephant Man (1980)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt
20. The King's Speech (2010)
UK / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Cast: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter
21. Cinderella Man (2005)
USA, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Ron Howard
Cast: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger
22. Ip Man (2008)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam
23. Into the Wild (2007)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Sean Penn
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden
25. One Life (2023)
UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: James Hawes
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn
26. Dangal (2016)
India, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Nitesh Tiwari
Cast: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar
27. Gandhi (1982)
UK / India, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen
28. Andrei Rublev (1966)
Soviet Union, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky
Cast: Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
29. Persepolis (2007)
France / USA, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
31. Raging Bull (1980)
USA, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty
32. Changeling (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
33. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
UK, Adventure / War
Directed by: David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness
34. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
New Zealand / USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
35. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain
36. The Sound of Music (1965)
USA, Musical / Family
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
37. Dersu Uzala (1975)
Soviet Union / Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin
38. My Left Foot (1989)
Ireland / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
39. Out of Africa (1985)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
40. Captain Phillips (2013)
USA, Biography / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener
41. Life Feels Good (2013)
Poland, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Maciej Pieprzyca
Cast: Dawid Ogrodnik, Arkadiusz Jakubik
42. The Promised Land (2023)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin
43. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
USA, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli
44. Maurice Richard (2005)
Canada, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Charles Binamé
Cast: Roy Dupuis, Julie LeBreton
45. Serpico (1973)
USA / Italy, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph
47. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Israel / France, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Ari Folman
Cast: Ari Folman, אורי סיון
48. Be Here Now (2015)
USA / Australia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Lilibet Foster
Cast: Andy Whitfield
49. Control (2007)
UK / USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton
50. Walk the Line (2005)
USA / Germany, Drama / Music
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon
51. Loving Vincent (2017)
UK / Poland, Animation / Biography
Directed by: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
Cast: Douglas Booth, Holly Earl
52. Finding Neverland (2004)
USA / UK, Drama / Family
Directed by: Marc Forster
Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet
53. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Australia / USA, Biography / War
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn
54. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill
55. The Miracle Worker (1962)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory
56. Oppenheimer (2023)
USA / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon
57. Hilary and Jackie (1998)
UK, Drama / Music
Directed by: Anand Tucker
Cast: Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths
58. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
France, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
59. Marathon (2005)
South Korea, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Yoon-cheol Jeong
Cast: Seung-woo Jo, Mi-sook Kim
60. My Mother's Castle (1990)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Yves Robert
Cast: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel
61. The Straight Story (1999)
USA / UK, Biography / Drama
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek
64. Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (2010)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang
65. Shine (1996)
Australia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Scott Hicks
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Sonia Todd
67. Chaplin (1992)
USA / Japan, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd
68. Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
70. Almost Famous (2000)
USA, Music / Drama
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand
71. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
France / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Julian Schnabel
74. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Germany / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Uli Edel
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu
75. Midnight Express (1978)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle
76. All the President's Men (1976)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
77. Fearless (2006)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Ronny Yu
Cast: Jet Li, Shidō Nakamura
78. My Father's Glory (1990)
France, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Yves Robert
Cast: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel
79. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto
80. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith
81. An American Crime (2007)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Tommy O'Haver
Cast: Elliot Page, Hayley McFarland
82. Spartacus (1960)
USA, War / Historical
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
83. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale
84. Marie's Story (2014)
France, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Améris
Cast: Isabelle Carré, Ariana Rivoire
86. The Sea Inside (2004)
Spain / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda
87. Only the Brave (2017)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Josh Brolin, Miles Teller
88. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
USA, Biography / Music
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins
89. Downfall (2004)
Germany / Austria, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara
90. Man on the Moon (1999)
USA / UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Cast: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito
91. The Keeper (2018)
Germany / UK, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Cast: David Kross, Freya Mavor
92. Lords of Dogtown (2005)
USA / Germany, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Cast: John Robinson, Emile Hirsch
93. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love
94. La Vie en rose (2007)
France / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud
95. Lust for Life (1956)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn
96. Cleopatra (1963)
UK / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
97. Coach Carter (2005)
USA / Germany, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Thomas Carter
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown
