“A biographical film, or biopic, is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. They differ from films “based on a true story” or “historical films” in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives.”
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#1. WALK THE LINE – 2005

DIRECTOR: JAMES MANGOLD
STARRING: JOAQUIN PHOENIX, REESE WITHERSPOON, ROBERT PATRICK

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#2. MY LEFT FOOT – 1989

DIRECTOR: JIM SHERIDAN
STARRING: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, BRENDA FRICKER, RAY MCNALLY

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#3. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS – 1978

DIRECTOR: ALAN PARKER
STARRING: BRAD DAVIS, JOHN HURT, RANDY QUAID

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#4. CHAPLIN – 1992

DIRECTOR: RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH
STARRING: ROBERT DOWNEY JR, MORIA KELLY, ANTHONY HOPKINS, KEVIN KLINE,
GERALDINE CHAPLIN

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#5. THE SOCIAL NETWORK – 2010

DIRECTOR: DAVID FINCHER
STARRING: JESSE EISENBERG, ANDREW GARFIELD, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

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#6. MONSTER – 2003

DIRECTOR: PATTY JENKINS
STARRING: CHARLIZE THERON, CHRISTINA RICCI

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#7. RAY – 2004

DIRECTOR: TAYLOR HACKFORD
STARRING: JAMIE FOXX, KERRY WASHINGTON, TERENCE HOWARD

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#8. A BEAUTIFUL MIND – 2001

DIRECTOR: RON HOWARD
STARRING: RUSSELL CROWE, JENNIFER CONNOLLY, ED HARRIS

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#9. WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? -1993

DIRECTOR: BRIAN GIBSON
STARRING: ANGELA BASSETT, LAURENCE FISHBURNE

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#10. MY WEEK WITH MARILYN – 2011

DIRECTOR: SIMON CURTIS
STARRING: MICHELLE WILLIAMS, EDDIE REDMAYNE, KENNETH BRANAGH, JUDI DENCH,
EMMA WATSON

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This list does suffer from the absence of several films which have been more associated with a different genre e.g. Historical, Sport. However Walk the Line secures victory here with My Left Foot not far behind. Midnight Express and My Week with Marilyn are the newcomers to this group. The next list will be a special one, CHRISTMAS!