Best biopics 1941 – 1950 - Charts
Best biopics 1941 – 1950
1. Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1945)
Soviet Union, Historical / Biography
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Cast: Nikolai Cherkasov, Mikhail Zharov
2. Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Irving Rapper
Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie
3. Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1945)
Soviet Union, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
4. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Henry King
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford
5. The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
USA, War / Drama
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum
6. Young Man with a Horn (1950)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall
7. The Stratton Story (1949)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sam Wood
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson
8. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
France, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Maurice Cloche
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond
9. The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)
UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks
10. Madame Curie (1943)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
11. The Sullivans (1944)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell
12. Gentleman Jim (1942)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith
13. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
USA, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Sam Wood
Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright
14. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
USA, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie
15. The Baron of Arizona (1950)
USA, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Vincent Price, Ellen Drew
16. Spitfire (1942)
UK, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Leslie Howard
Cast: Leslie Howard, David Niven
17. Night and Day (1946)
USA, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith
18. Buffalo Bill (1944)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara
19. Posel úsvitu (1950)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Václav Krška
Cast: Vladimír Ráž, Hana Kavalírová
20. Sergeant York (1941)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
21. Billy the Kid (1941)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: David Miller, Frank Borzage
Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy
22. Housle a sen (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Václav Krška
Cast: Jaromír Spal, Vlasta Fabianová
23. Joan of Arc (1948)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Victor Fleming
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer
24. Uncle Kruger (1941)
German Empire, War / Biography
Directed by: Hans Steinhoff, Karel Anton
Cast: Emil Jannings, Werner Hinz