Best historical biopics - Charts
Best historical biopics
1. Schindler's List (1993)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley
2. Braveheart (1995)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
3. Cinderella Man (2005)
USA, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Ron Howard
Cast: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger
4. When You're Strange (2009)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
Cast: Johnny Depp, John Densmore
5. One Life (2023)
UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: James Hawes
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn
6. Andrei Rublev (1966)
Soviet Union, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky
Cast: Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
7. Changeling (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
8. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain
9. The Promised Land (2023)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin
10. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Israel / France, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Ari Folman
Cast: Ari Folman, אורי סיון
11. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Australia / USA, Biography / War
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn
12. Hitler: The Whole Story (1977)
West Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring
13. Oppenheimer (2023)
USA / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon
14. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
France, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
15. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
France / Italy, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
16. Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (2010)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang
18. All the President's Men (1976)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
19. Spartacus (1960)
USA, War / Historical
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
20. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
USA, Biography / Music
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins
21. Downfall (2004)
Germany / Austria, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara
22. Cleopatra (1963)
UK / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
24. Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Matthew Akers
Cast: David Blaine, James Franco
25. Nicky's Family (2011)
Slovakia / Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Matej Mináč
Cast: Nicholas Winton, Jana Kepková
26. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut
27. The Secret of Blood (1953)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Vladimír Ráž, Zdeněk Štěpánek
28. Michael Collins (1996)
UK / Ireland, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Ian Hart, Julia Roberts
29. Korczak (1990)
Poland / Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska
31. Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1945)
Soviet Union, Historical / Biography
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Cast: Nikolai Cherkasov, Mikhail Zharov
32. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Italy / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker
33. Lady Jane (1986)
UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes
34. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
West Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo
35. Tetris (2023)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jon S. Baird
Cast: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf
38. A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story (2020)
Argentina, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Francisco Macri
39. Becket (1964)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Peter Glenville
Cast: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole
40. The King (2019)
UK / Hungary, Drama / Historical
Directed by: David Michôd
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton
41. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton
42. Richard Jewell (2019)
USA, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell
43. Society of the Snow (2023)
Spain / Uruguay, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt
44. Man versus Ruin (1989)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Štěpán Skalský
Cast: Josef Abrhám, Hana Maciuchová
45. Henry V (1989)
UK, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh
46. Miracle (2004)
USA, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
Cast: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson
47. The Goebbels Experiment (2005)
Germany / UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Lutz Hachmeister
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Udo Samel
48. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
West Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast
49. Ark of Lights and Shadows (2018)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jan E. Svatoš
Cast: Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
50. Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
France / Italy, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard
51. Hidden Figures (2016)
USA, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Theodore Melfi
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer
52. Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1945)
Soviet Union, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
53. Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, 鶴田浩二
54. Anthropoid (2016)
UK / Czech Republic, Historical / Thriller
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan
55. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis
56. Royal Affair (2012)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen
57. Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen (1998)
UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush
60. Invictus (2009)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
61. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller
62. Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Japan, Historical / Adventure
Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Rentarô Mikuni
63. Cromwell (1970)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Ken Hughes
Cast: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness
64. Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Colombia / Venezuela, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Ciro Guerra
Cast: Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar
65. The Hitler Chronicles (2017)
Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Hermann Pölking
Cast: Adolf Hitler
66. Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
UK / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Adrian Shergold
Cast: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson
67. Quiz Show (1994)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Robert Redford
Cast: John Turturro, Rob Morrow
70. Afterimage (2016)
Poland, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Aleksandra Justa
71. Queen Margot (1994)
France / Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Patrice Chéreau
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil
72. Divine Ema (1979)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jiří Krejčík
Cast: Božidara Turzonovová, Juraj Kukura
73. Camille Claudel (1988)
France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Bruno Nuytten
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu
74. Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927)
France / Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Abel Gance
Cast: Albert Dieudonné, Antonin Artaud
75. Louis Cyr (2013)
Canada, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Daniel Roby
Cast: Antoine Bertrand, Guillaume Cyr
76. Rise and Fall of Versailles: Louis XIV (2008)
France, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Thierry Binisti
Cast: Samuel Theis, Eric Franquelin
77. Admiral (2015)
Netherlands, Action / Biography
Directed by: Roel Reiné
Cast: Frank Lammers, Egbert-Jan Weeber
78. Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Robert M. Young
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos
79. First Man (2018)
USA / Japan, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy
80. Darkest Hour (2017)
USA / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Joe Wright
Cast: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas
81. 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
France / Spain, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante
82. Run Milkha Run (2013)
India, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor
86. Popiełuszko. Wolność jest w nas (2009)
Poland, Historical / Biography
Directed by: Rafal Wieczynski
Cast: Adam Woronowicz, Józef Glemp
87. Ágora (2009)
Spain, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella
88. Outlaw King (2018)
UK / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: David Mackenzie
Cast: Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
89. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman
90. The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
Belgium / France, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Ray Müller
Cast: Ray Müller, Leni Riefenstahl
91. Korene budúcnosti (1995)
Slovakia / Italy, Documentary / Biography
Cast: Vladimír Štefuca, Alexander Dubček
92. Viva Zapata! (1952)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters
93. The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
Soviet Union, Drama / Poetic
Directed by: Sergei Parajanov
Cast: Sofiko Chiaurel, Melkon Alekyan
94. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu (2010)
Romania / Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Andrei Ujică
Cast: Nicolae Ceauşescu, Elena Ceauşescu
95. Quills (2000)
UK / Germany, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet
96. Testament of Youth (2014)
UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: James Kent
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Taron Egerton
98. Wilde (1997)
UK / Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Brian Gilbert
Cast: Stephen Fry, Jude Law
99. Fellini's Casanova (1976)
Italy / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont
100. The Dig (2021)
UK, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Simon Stone
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan