Best biographical comedies - Charts
Best biographical comedies
1. The Intouchables (2011)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Cast: François Cluzet, Omar Sy
2. Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Biography
Directed by: Ladislav Smoljak
Cast: Zdeněk Svěrák, Valerie Kaplanová
3. Green Book (2018)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Peter Farrelly
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali
4. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill
5. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
France, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
6. My Mother's Castle (1990)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Yves Robert
Cast: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel
8. Man on the Moon (1999)
USA / UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Cast: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito
9. Eddie the Eagle (2016)
UK / USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Dexter Fletcher
Cast: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman
10. The Dirt (2019)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine
Cast: Daniel Webber, Douglas Booth
11. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker
12. The Two Popes (2019)
UK / Italy, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce
14. The Damned United (2009)
UK / USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Cast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall
15. Private Parts (1997)
USA, Comedy / Biography
Directed by: Betty Thomas
Cast: Howard Stern, Mary McCormack
16. American Made (2017)
USA / Japan, Biography / Action
Directed by: Doug Liman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson
17. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
UK, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson
19. The Big Short (2015)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Adam McKay
Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Carell
20. I, Tonya (2017)
USA, Biography / Sports
Directed by: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan
21. Philomena (2013)
UK / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Cast: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan
26. Music Within (2007)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Steven Sawalich
Cast: Ron Livingston, Melissa George
27. Eight Miles High! (2007)
Germany, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: AKIZ
Cast: Natalia Avelon, David Scheller
28. Il postino (1994)
France / Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Michael Radford
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi
29. One Chance (2013)
UK / USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: David Frankel
Cast: James Corden, Colm Meaney
30. The Sea That Thinks (2000)
Netherlands, Fantasy / Drama
Directed by: Gert de Graaff
Cast: Bart Klever, Devika Strooker
31. The British Guide to Showing Off (2011)
UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Jes Benstock
Cast: Brian Eno, Jenny Runacre
32. The Madness of King George (1994)
UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren
33. Lautrec (1998)
Spain / France, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Roger Planchon
Cast: Régis Royer, Elsa Zylberstein
34. Intervista (1987)
Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Cast: Sergio Rubini, Antonella Ponziani
35. BlackBerry (2023)
Canada, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Matt Johnson
Cast: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton
36. The Disaster Artist (2017)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: James Franco
Cast: James Franco, Dave Franco
37. The Twentieth Century (2019)
Canada, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Matthew Rankin
Cast: Dan Beirne, Catherine St-Laurent
38. Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Finland, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Aleksi Mäkelä
Cast: Jasper Pääkkönen, Elina Hietala
39. Find Me Guilty (2006)
Germany / USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Vin Diesel, Alex Rocco
40. American Splendor (2003)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar
41. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Cast: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts
42. Stan & Ollie (2018)
UK / USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Jon S. Baird
Cast: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly
43. Made in Dagenham (2010)
UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Nigel Cole
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough
44. Becoming Bond (2017)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Josh Greenbaum
Cast: Josh Lawson, Kassandra Clementi
45. Dumb Money (2023)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson
46. Gentleman Jim (1942)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith
47. Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
USA / UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson
48. Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975)
Italy, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Mario Morra
Cast: Renato Pozzetto, Marisa Allasio
50. The Secret of a Great Narrator (1971)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Biography
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Cast: Martin Štěpánek, Petr Štěpánek
51. Topsy-Turvy (1999)
UK, Drama / Music
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Cast: Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher
53. The Favourite (2018)
Ireland / UK, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz
54. Patch Adams (1998)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Robin Williams, Daniel London
55. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
Cast: Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers
56. Fighting with My Family (2019)
UK / USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Stephen Merchant
Cast: Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden
57. Sixty Six (2006)
UK, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Paul Weiland
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Marsan
58. Dear Diary (1993)
Italy / France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Nanni Moretti
Cast: Nanni Moretti, Jennifer Beals
59. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
USA / Canada, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: George Clooney
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore
60. Tokyo Fiancée (2014)
Belgium / France, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Stefan Liberski
Cast: Pauline Etienne, Taichi Inoue
61. The Long Gray Line (1955)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: John Ford
Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara
62. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Mexico / Netherlands, Romance / Biography
Directed by: Peter Greenaway
Cast: Elmer Bäck, Stelio Savante
63. Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: David Frankel
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening
64. The Duke (2020)
UK, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Roger Michell
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren
65. Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012)
UK / Netherlands, Historical / Biography
Directed by: Peter Greenaway
Cast: Vincent Riotta, F. Murray Abraham
66. Loro 2 (2018)
Italy / France, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci
67. The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933)
UK, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Alexander Korda
Cast: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat
68. Loro 1 (2018)
Italy / France, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Riccardo Scamarcio
69. Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
USA, Comedy / Biography
Directed by: Art Linson
Cast: Peter Boyle, Bill Murray
70. Bank of Dave (2023)
UK, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Chris Foggin
Cast: Joel Fry, Rory Kinnear
71. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill
72. Potato Dreams of America (2021)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Wes Hurley
Cast: Hersh Powers, Tyler Bocock
73. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
UK, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Cast: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant
74. Loro (2018)
Italy / France, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci
75. Bernard and Doris (2006)
USA / UK, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Bob Balaban
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes
76. Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Craig Brewer
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Da'Vine Joy Randolph
77. Les Saveurs du Palais (2012)
France, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Christian Vincent
Cast: Catherine Frot, Hippolyte Girardot
78. Age of Consent (1969)
Australia, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Michael Powell
Cast: James Mason, Helen Mirren
79. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Eric Appel
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood
80. Nena (2014)
Netherlands / Germany, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Saskia Diesing
Cast: Abbey Hoes, Uwe Ochsenknecht
81. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Cast: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie
82. The Great Vazquez (2010)
Spain, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Óscar Aibar
Cast: Santiago Segura, Álex Angulo
83. Joy (2015)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: David O. Russell
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
84. The Boy Needs Some Fresh Air (2018)
Germany, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Caroline Link
Cast: Julius Weckauf, Luise Heyer
85. I Am a Sex Addict (2005)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Caveh Zahedi
Cast: Rebecca Lord, Emily Morse
86. The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: David Lowery
Cast: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck
87. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Marielle Heller
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant
89. Poslední bohém (1931)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Svatopluk Innemann
Cast: Saša Rašilov st., Radola Renský
90. Blinded by the Light (2019)
UK, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir
91. The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Sidney Sheldon
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Ann Blyth
93. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Penny Marshall
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn
94. Battle of the Sexes (2017)
USA / UK, Biography / Sports
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell
95. Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry (2022)
UK, Documentary / Comedy
Directed by: Roxane Schlumberger
Cast: Robin Williams, Hank Azaria
96. Casino Jack (2010)
Canada, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kelly Preston
97. Aren't You Happy? (2019)
Germany, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Susanne Heinrich
Cast: Marie Rathscheck, Yann Grouhel
98. Welcome to Marwen (2018)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Steve Carell, Merritt Wever
99. Bernie (2011)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey
