Best biopics 2001 – 2010 | Charts

1. Senna (2010)

UK / France, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Asif Kapadia

Cast: Ayrton Senna, Rubens Barrichello

88.8%

12,538 Ratings rating

2. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Ron Howard

Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly

88.6%

56,763 Ratings rating

3. The Pianist (2002)

France / Poland, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Roman Polański

Cast: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox

88.5%

58,076 Ratings rating

4. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

USA / Canada, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks

87.0%

82,359 Ratings rating

5. American Gangster (2007)

USA / UK, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe

86.7%

43,251 Ratings rating

6. Hotel Rwanda (2004)

UK / USA, Drama / War

Directed by: Terry George

Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo

86.3%

31,663 Ratings rating

7. The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton (2002)

Czech Republic / Slovakia, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Matej Mináč

Cast: Nicholas Winton, Karel Reisz

86.2%

8,146 Ratings rating

8. Lemmy (2010)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Greg Olliver, Wes Orshoski

Cast: Lemmy, Alice Cooper

86.2%

2,460 Ratings rating

9. The King's Speech (2010)

UK / USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Cast: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter

85.7%

54,502 Ratings rating

10. Cinderella Man (2005)

USA, Drama / Sports

Directed by: Ron Howard

Cast: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger

85.5%

21,586 Ratings rating

11. Ip Man (2008)

Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama

Directed by: Wilson Yip

Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam

85.4%

22,597 Ratings rating

12. Into the Wild (2007)

USA, Adventure / Drama

Directed by: Sean Penn

Cast: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden

85.3%

42,206 Ratings rating

13. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Jan Harlan

Cast: Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise

85.6%

3,564 Ratings rating

14. When You're Strange (2009)

USA, Documentary / Music

Directed by: Tom DiCillo

Cast: Johnny Depp, John Densmore

85.6%

2,828 Ratings rating

15. Persepolis (2007)

France / USA, Animation / Drama

Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve

84.6%

10,247 Ratings rating

16. Changeling (2008)

USA, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich

84.5%

31,491 Ratings rating

17. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

New Zealand / USA, Adventure / Drama

Directed by: Roger Donaldson

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Lawford

84.6%

9,820 Ratings rating

18. Rivers and Tides (2001)

Germany / Finland, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Thomas Riedelsheimer

Cast: Andy Goldsworthy, Anna Goldsworthy

86.2%

465 Ratings rating

19. Maurice Richard (2005)

Canada, Drama / Sports

Directed by: Charles Binamé

Cast: Roy Dupuis, Julie LeBreton

84.7%

1,389 Ratings rating

20. Ray (2004)

USA, Music / Drama

Directed by: Taylor Hackford

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington

84.0%

10,729 Ratings rating

21. Waltz with Bashir (2008)

Israel / France, Animation / Documentary

Directed by: Ari Folman

Cast: Ari Folman, אורי סיון

84.0%

6,702 Ratings rating

22. Control (2007)

UK / USA, Drama / Music

Directed by: Anton Corbijn

Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton

83.8%

5,932 Ratings rating

23. Walk the Line (2005)

USA / Germany, Drama / Music

Directed by: James Mangold

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon

83.6%

24,978 Ratings rating

24. Finding Neverland (2004)

USA / UK, Drama / Family

Directed by: Marc Forster

Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet

83.5%

23,551 Ratings rating

25. Nightwish: End of Innocence (2003)

Finland, Documentary / Music

Directed by: Arto Halonen, Timo Halonen

Cast: Tarja Turunen, Tuomas Holopainen

86.1%

294 Ratings rating

26. Marathon (2005)

South Korea, Drama / Sports

Directed by: Yoon-cheol Jeong

Cast: Seung-woo Jo, Mi-sook Kim

84.0%

919 Ratings rating

27. Daddy (2004)

Czech Republic, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Jan Svěrák, Martin Dostál

Cast: Zdeněk Svěrák, Jan Svěrák

82.9%

5,479 Ratings rating

28. Blow (2001)

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Ted Demme

Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz

82.7%

34,437 Ratings rating

29. Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (2010)

Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama

Directed by: Wilson Yip

Cast: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang

82.7%

10,588 Ratings rating

30. Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)

France / Canada, Action / Drama

Directed by: Jean-François Richet

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier

82.4%

8,900 Ratings rating

31. Milos Forman: What Doesn't Kill You... (2009)

Czech Republic, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Miloslav Šmídmajer

Cast: Miloš Forman, Petr Forman

82.6%

3,077 Ratings rating

32. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

France / USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Julian Schnabel

Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner

82.4%

6,083 Ratings rating

33. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)

Germany / France, Action / Drama

Directed by: Uli Edel

Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu

82.3%

6,360 Ratings rating

34. Fearless (2006)

Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama

Directed by: Ronny Yu

Cast: Jet Li, Shidō Nakamura

82.2%

10,413 Ratings rating

35. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Gabriele Muccino

Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith

82.0%

20,417 Ratings rating

36. An American Crime (2007)

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Tommy O'Haver

Cast: Elliot Page, Hayley McFarland

82.0%

10,206 Ratings rating

37. Autumn Gold (2010)

Germany / Austria, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Jan Tenhaven

85.2%

241 Ratings rating

38. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)

Ireland / UK, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Julien Temple

Cast: Bono, John Cusack

85.0%

255 Ratings rating

39. The Sea Inside (2004)

Spain / France, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar

Cast: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda

81.8%

4,751 Ratings rating

40. Downfall (2004)

Germany / Austria, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara

81.6%

24,067 Ratings rating

41. Lords of Dogtown (2005)

USA / Germany, Drama / Sports

Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke

Cast: John Robinson, Emile Hirsch

81.6%

14,046 Ratings rating

42. La Vie en rose (2007)

France / UK, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Olivier Dahan

Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud

81.4%

14,937 Ratings rating

43. Coach Carter (2005)

USA / Germany, Drama / Sports

Directed by: Thomas Carter

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown

81.3%

15,470 Ratings rating

44. Gabin intime, aristocrate et paysan (2006)

France, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Serge Korber

Cast: Francis Huster, Françoise Arnoul

86.7%

150 Ratings rating

45. Když kámen promluví (2010)

Czech Republic, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Viliam Poltikovič

Cast: Jaroslav Dušek, Iveta Dušková

82.0%

876 Ratings rating

46. The Express (2008)

USA / Germany, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Gary Fleder

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Clancy Brown

81.3%

2,597 Ratings rating

47. The Social Network (2010)

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: David Fincher

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake

80.8%

49,430 Ratings rating

48. 127 Hours (2010)

USA / UK, Adventure / Drama

Directed by: Danny Boyle

Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn

80.7%

35,529 Ratings rating

49. The Blind Side (2009)

USA, Drama / Sports

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw

80.5%

21,782 Ratings rating

50. Frost/Nixon (2008)

USA / UK, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Ron Howard

Cast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen

80.5%

7,365 Ratings rating

51. Frida (2002)

USA / Canada, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Julie Taymor

Cast: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina

80.3%

15,934 Ratings rating

52. Einstein (2008)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Philip Shane

Cast: Albert Einstein, Michio Kaku

82.8%

308 Ratings rating

53. Last King of Scotland (2006)

UK, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Kevin Macdonald

Cast: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy

80.2%

13,923 Ratings rating

54. Time You Change (2010)

Germany, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Uli Edel

Cast: Bushido, Elyas M'Barek

81.4%

625 Ratings rating

55. Man on Wire (2008)

UK, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: James Marsh, Idir Serghine

Cast: Ahcen Titi, Akim Isker

80.5%

1,910 Ratings rating

56. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

Germany, Drama / War

Directed by: Marc Rothemund

Cast: Julia Jentsch, Alexander Held

80.3%

2,539 Ratings rating

57. Monster (2003)

USA / Germany, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Patty Jenkins

Cast: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci

80.0%

14,358 Ratings rating

58. Generał Nil (2009)

Poland, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Ryszard Bugajski

Cast: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Alicja Jachiewicz

81.8%

381 Ratings rating

59. Desert Flower (2009)

UK / Germany, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Sherry Hormann

Cast: Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins

79.9%

8,399 Ratings rating

60. Jarhead (2005)

USA / UK, Drama / War

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx

79.5%

25,193 Ratings rating

61. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)

France / Canada, Action / Drama

Directed by: Jean-François Richet

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France

79.6%

10,218 Ratings rating

62. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Tamra Davis

Cast: Rene Ricard, Jean-Michel Basquiat

89.5%

74 Ratings rating

63. Nowhere in Africa (2001)

Germany, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Caroline Link

Cast: Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze

79.6%

1,744 Ratings rating

64. Thieves by Law (2010)

Germany / Israel, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Alexander Gentelev

79.3%

1,388 Ratings rating

65. Miracle (2004)

USA, Drama / Sports

Directed by: Gavin O'Connor

Cast: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson

78.8%

8,771 Ratings rating

66. Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

UK, Action / Crime

Directed by: Julian Gilbey

Cast: Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone

78.9%

2,966 Ratings rating

67. 20 Seconds of Joy (2007)

Germany, Documentary / Sports

Directed by: Jens Hoffmann

Cast: Jeb Corliss

81.4%

251 Ratings rating

68. The Goebbels Experiment (2005)

Germany / UK, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Lutz Hachmeister

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Udo Samel

80.0%

474 Ratings rating

69. The Great Debaters (2007)

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Denzel Washington

Cast: Denzel Washington, Nate Parker

78.4%

2,295 Ratings rating

70. Freedom Writers (2007)

USA / Germany, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Richard LaGravenese

Cast: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey

78.1%

7,411 Ratings rating

71. Notorious (2009)

USA, Biography / Music

Directed by: George Tillman Jr.

Cast: Jamal Woolard, Mohamed Dione

78.2%

2,636 Ratings rating

72. The Damned United (2009)

UK / USA, Drama / Comedy

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Cast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall

78.0%

5,416 Ratings rating

73. The Wildest Dream (2010)

USA, Biography / Documentary

Directed by: Anthony Geffen

Cast: Hugh Dancy, Ralph Fiennes

79.0%

555 Ratings rating

74. The Whistleblower (2010)

Canada / Germany, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Larysa Kondracki

Cast: Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave

77.9%

2,416 Ratings rating

75. The Fighter (2010)

USA, Drama / Sports

Directed by: David O. Russell

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale

77.7%

19,322 Ratings rating

76. The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Brett Morgen, Nanette Burstein

Cast: Robert Evans, Eddie Albert

80.9%

184 Ratings rating

77. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

USA / France, Drama / Historical

Directed by: George Clooney

Cast: David Strathairn, Robert John Burke

77.5%

4,252 Ratings rating

78. Invictus (2009)

USA, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon

77.3%

10,881 Ratings rating

79. Bill Cunningham New York (2010)

USA / France, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Richard Press

Cast: Bill Cunningham, Iris Apfel

85.6%

75 Ratings rating

80. Chico Xavier (2010)

Brazil, Biography

Directed by: Daniel Filho

Cast: Tony Ramos, Giovanna Antonelli

80.9%

161 Ratings rating

81. Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)

UK / USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Adrian Shergold

Cast: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson

77.4%

1,038 Ratings rating

82. Swimming Upstream (2003)

Australia, Drama / Sports

Directed by: Russell Mulcahy

Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis

77.6%

754 Ratings rating

83. Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! (2008)

Austria / Germany, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Thomas Roth

Cast: Manuel Rubey, Patricia Aulitzky

76.8%

3,079 Ratings rating

84. 24 Hour Party People (2002)

UK, Drama / Comedy

Directed by: Michael Winterbottom

Cast: Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson

76.9%

1,828 Ratings rating

85. American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009)

UK, Documentary / Animation

Directed by: Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas

Cast: Bill Hicks

85.5%

66 Ratings rating

86. I Killed My Mother (2009)

Canada, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Xavier Dolan

Cast: Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval

76.7%

2,162 Ratings rating

87. Il Divo (2008)

Italy / France, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino

Cast: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto

76.5%

2,023 Ratings rating

88. The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)

USA, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld

Cast: John Lennon, Yoko Ono

76.7%

855 Ratings rating

89. Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens (2006)

USA, Documentary / Experimental

Directed by: Barbara Leibovitz

Cast: Annie Leibovitz, George Clooney

76.3%

1,552 Ratings rating

90. SM-rechter (2009)

Belgium, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Erik Lamens

Cast: Gene Bervoets, Veerle Dobbelaere

78.7%

191 Ratings rating

91. The Beaches of Agnes (2008)

France, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Agnès Varda

Cast: Mathieu Demy, Agnès Varda

83.8%

69 Ratings rating

92. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)

China / France, Drama / Romance

Directed by: Sijie Dai

Cast: Xun Zhou, Ye Liu

76.8%

420 Ratings rating

93. Ip Man Zero (2010)

Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama

Directed by: Herman Yau

Cast: Dennis To, Terry Fan

75.6%

3,842 Ratings rating

94. Milk (2008)

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Gus Van Sant

Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch

75.5%

9,826 Ratings rating

95. Flash of Genius (2008)

Canada / USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Marc Abraham

Cast: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham

75.5%

2,559 Ratings rating

96. Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

India, Romance / Historical

Directed by: Ashutosh Gowariker

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

77.0%

291 Ratings rating

97. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

Australia, Adventure / Drama

Directed by: Phillip Noyce

Cast: David Gulpilil, Kenneth Branagh

75.6%

1,317 Ratings rating

98. Séraphine (2008)

France / Belgium, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Martin Provost

Cast: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur

75.9%

671 Ratings rating

99. Capote (2005)

USA / Canada, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Bennett Miller

Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener

75.1%

5,128 Ratings rating

100. Popiełuszko. Wolność jest w nas (2009)

Poland, Historical / Biography

Directed by: Rafal Wieczynski

Cast: Adam Woronowicz, Józef Glemp

77.9%

182 Ratings rating

Best biopics 2001 – 2010 - Charts

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