Biopics: biopics.csv
Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette
489 rows where country = "US"
This data as json, copyable, CSV (advanced)
Suggested facets: number_of_subjects, type_of_subject, race_known, subject_race, person_of_color, subject_sex
Link | rowid ▼ | title | site | country | year_release | box_office | director | number_of_subjects | subject | type_of_subject | race_known | subject_race | person_of_color | subject_sex | lead_actor_actress |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 5 | 20 Dates | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138987/ | US | 1998 | $537K | Myles Berkowitz | 1 | Myles Berkowitz | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Myles Berkowitz | |
6 | 6 | 21 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/ | US | 2008 | $81.2M | Robert Luketic | 1 | Jeff Ma | Other | Known | Asian American | 1 | Male | Jim Sturgess |
8 | 8 | 42 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562/ | US | 2013 | $95M | Brian Helgeland | 1 | Jackie Robinson | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Chadwick Boseman |
9 | 9 | 8 Seconds | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109021/ | US | 1994 | $19.6M | John G. Avildsen | 1 | Lane Frost | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Luke Perry | |
12 | 12 | A Beautiful Mind | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/ | US | 2001 | $171M | Ron Howard | 1 | John Nash | Academic | Unknown | 0 | Male | Russell Crowe | |
16 | 16 | A Home of Our Own | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107130/ | US | 1993 | $1.7M | Tony Bill | 1 | Frances Lacey | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Kathy Bates | |
17 | 17 | A Man Called Peter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048337/ | US | 1955 | - | Henry Koster | 1 | Peter Marshall | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Todd |
23 | 23 | A Song to Remember | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038104/ | US | 1945 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Frederic Chopin | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Cornel Wilde |
24 | 24 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032181/ | US | 1940 | - | John Cromwell | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Raymond Massey |
25 | 25 | Above and Beyond | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044324/ | US | 1952 | - | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | 1 | Paul Tibbets | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Robert Taylor | |
26 | 26 | Abraham Lincoln | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020620/ | US | 1930 | - | D.W. Griffith | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Walter Huston |
27 | 27 | Against the Ropes | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312329/ | US | 2004 | $5.88M | Charles S. Dutton | 1 | Jackie Kallen | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Female | Meg Ryan | |
28 | 28 | Al Capone | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052543/ | US | 1959 | - | Richard Wilson | 1 | Al Capone | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Rod Steiger |
30 | 30 | Alexander the Great | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048937/ | US | 1956 | - | Robert Rossen | 1 | Alexander the Great | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Burton |
31 | 31 | Ali | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248667/ | US | 2001 | $58.2M | Michael Mann | 1 | Muhammad Ali | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Will Smith |
32 | 32 | Alpha Dog | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426883/ | US | 2006 | $15.2M | Nick Cassavetes | 1 | Jesse James Hollywood | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Emile Hirsch | |
33 | 33 | Amadeus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/ | US | 1984 | $366K | Milos Forman | 2 | Antonio Salieri | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | F. Murray Abraham |
34 | 34 | Amadeus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/ | US | 1984 | $366K | Milos Forman | 2 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tom Hulce |
38 | 38 | American Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103671/ | US | 1992 | $13.1M | Edward James Olmos | 1 | Rodolfo Cadena | Criminal | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Edward James Olmos |
39 | 39 | American Sniper | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/ | US | 2014 | $350M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Chris Kyle | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Bradley Cooper | |
40 | 40 | American Splendor | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/ | US | 2003 | $6M | Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | 1 | Harvey Pekar | Comedian | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Giamatti |
41 | 41 | An American Crime | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/ | US | 2007 | - | Tommy O'Haver | 2 | Gertrude Baniszewski | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Female | Catherine Keener |
42 | 42 | An American Crime | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/ | US | 2007 | - | Tommy O'Haver | 2 | Sylvia Likens | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Ellen Page | |
44 | 44 | Anastasia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048947/ | US | 1956 | - | Anatole Litvak | 1 | Anna Anderson / Anastasia | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
45 | 45 | Anna and the King of Siam | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038303/ | US | 1946 | - | John Cromwell | 1 | Anna Leonowens | Other | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Irene Dunne |
46 | 46 | Annie Get Your Gun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042200/ | US | 1950 | $8M | George Sidney | 1 | Annie Oakley | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Betty Hutton |
47 | 47 | Annie Oakley | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026073/ | US | 1935 | - | George Stevens | 1 | Annie Oakley | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Barbara Stanwyck |
49 | 49 | Antwone Fisher | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168786/ | US | 2002 | $21.1M | Denzel Washington | 1 | Antwone Fisher | Military | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Derek Luke |
50 | 50 | Auto Focus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298744/ | US | 2002 | $2.06M | Paul Schrader | 1 | Robert Edward "Bob" Crane | Actor | Known | White | 0 | Male | Greg Kinnear |
51 | 51 | Awakenings | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099077/ | US | 1990 | $52.1M | Penny Marshall | 1 | Oliver Sacks | Medicine | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robin Williams |
52 | 52 | Baadasssss! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367790/ | US | 2003 | $365K | Mario Van Peebles | 1 | Melvin Van Peebles | Actor | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Mario Van Peebles |
57 | 57 | Barabbas | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055774/ | US | 1961 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Barabbas | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Anthony Quinn |
58 | 58 | Basquiat | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115632/ | US | 1996 | $2.96M | Julian Schnabel | 1 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | Artist | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Jeffrey Wright |
60 | 60 | Battle Hymn | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050171/ | US | 1957 | - | Douglas Sirk | 1 | Dean Hess | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Rock Hudson | |
61 | 61 | Beau Brummell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046759/ | US | 1954 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | George Brummell | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Stewart Granger |
65 | 65 | Before Night Falls | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247196/ | US | 2000 | $4.22M | Julian Schnabel | 1 | Reinaldo Arenas | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Male | Javier Bardem |
67 | 67 | Bernard and Doris | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470732/ | US | 2006 | - | Bob Balaban | 2 | Bernard Lafferty | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ralph Fiennes |
70 | 70 | Beyond the Law | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/ | US | 1993 | - | Larry Ferguson | 1 | Dan Black | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Charlie Sheen | |
73 | 73 | Billy the Kid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033389/ | US | 1941 | - | David Miller | 1 | Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid) | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Taylor |
74 | 74 | Bird | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094747/ | US | 1988 | $2.18M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Charlie "Bird" Parker | Musician | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Forest Whitaker |
75 | 75 | Birdman of Alcatraz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055798/ | US | 1962 | - | John Frankenheimer | 1 | Robert Franklin Stroud | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Burt Lancaster | |
76 | 76 | Blaze | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096943/ | US | 1989 | $19.1M | Ron Shelton | 1 | Earl Long | Politician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Newman |
77 | 77 | Bloodsport | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092675/ | US | 1988 | $11.8M | Newt Arnold | 1 | Frank Dux | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jean-Claude Van Damme | |
78 | 78 | Blossoms in the Dust | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033407/ | US | 1941 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 1 | Edna Gladney | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Greer Garson | |
79 | 79 | Blow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221027/ | US | 2001 | $52.9M | Ted Demme | 1 | George Jung | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Johnny Depp |
81 | 81 | Blue Caprice | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2027064/ | US | 2013 | $86.7K | Alexandre Moors | 1 | John Allen Muhammad | Criminal | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Isaiah Washington |
82 | 82 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375104/ | US | 2004 | $2.69M | Rowdy Herrington | 1 | Bobby Jones | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jim Caviezel | |
83 | 83 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Clyde Barrow | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Warren Beatty | |
84 | 84 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Bonnie Parker | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Faye Dunaway | |
85 | 85 | Born on the Fourth of July | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096969/ | US | 1989 | $70M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Ron Kovic | Military / activist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tom Cruise | |
86 | 86 | Bound for Glory | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074235/ | US | 1976 | - | Hal Ashby | 1 | Woody Guthrie | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | David Carradine |
87 | 87 | Boys Don't Cry | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171804/ | US | 1999 | $11.5M | Kimberly Peirce | 1 | Brandon Teena | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Hilary Swank | |
88 | 88 | Boys Town | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029942/ | US | 1938 | - | Norman Taurog | 1 | Father Edward Flanagan | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Spencer Tracy |
89 | 89 | Braveheart | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112573/ | US | 1995 | $75.6M | Mel Gibson | 1 | William Wallace | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Mel Gibson |
90 | 90 | Breach | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401997/ | US | 2007 | $33M | Billy Ray | 1 | Robert Hanssen | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Chris Cooper |
91 | 91 | Brigham Young | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032281/ | US | 1940 | - | Henry Hathaway | 1 | Brigham Young | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dean Jagger |
96 | 96 | Bubble Boy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258470/ | US | 2001 | $5M | Blair Hayes | 1 | David Vetter | Medicine | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jake Gyllenhaal | |
97 | 97 | Buffalo Bill | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036677/ | US | 1944 | - | William A. Wellman | 1 | William Cody | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Joel McCrea |
98 | 98 | Bugsy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101516/ | US | 1991 | $49.1M | Barry Levinson | 1 | Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Warren Beatty |
99 | 99 | Burning Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1811307/ | US | 2013 | - | D.M.W. Greer With: Trent Ford, Tammy Blanchard, Morgan Spector | 1 | DMW Greer | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Trent Ford | |
101 | 101 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/ | US | 1969 | $102M | George Roy Hill | 2 | Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Newman |
102 | 102 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/ | US | 1969 | $102M | George Roy Hill | 2 | Harry Longabaugh | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Redford |
103 | 103 | Cadillac Records | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Etta James | Singer | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Beyonc̩ Knowles |
104 | 104 | Cadillac Records | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Muddy Water | Musician | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Jeffrey Wright |
105 | 105 | Cadillac Records | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Leonard Chess | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Adrien Brody |
109 | 109 | Cannibal! The Musical | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115819/ | US | 1993 | - | Trey Parker | 1 | Alferd Packer | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Trey Parker | |
110 | 110 | Capone | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072761/ | US | 1975 | - | Steve Carver | 1 | Al Capone | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ben Gazzara |
112 | 112 | Captain Kidd | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037576/ | US | 1945 | - | Rowland V. Lee | 1 | William Kidd | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
113 | 113 | Captain Phillips | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/ | US | 2013 | $107M | Paul Greengrass | 1 | Richard Phillips | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tom Hanks | |
115 | 115 | Carbine Williams | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044480/ | US | 1952 | - | Richard Thorpe | 1 | David Marshall Williams | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Stewart | |
119 | 119 | Casino | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112641/ | US | 1995 | $42.4M | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Robert De Niro | |
124 | 124 | Cesar Chavez | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621046/ | US | 2014 | $5.55M | Diego Luna | 1 | Cesar Chavez | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Michael Pe̱a |
125 | 125 | Chaplin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103939/ | US | 1992 | $9.49M | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Charles Spencer Chaplin | Comedian | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Downey Jr. |
126 | 126 | Charlie Wilson's War | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/ | US | 2007 | $66.6M | Mike Nichols | 1 | Charlie Wilson | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tom Hanks | |
127 | 127 | Chasing Mavericks | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1629757/ | US | 2012 | $6M | Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson | 1 | Jay Moriarity | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jonny Weston | |
128 | 128 | Chattahoochee | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099242/ | US | 1989 | $259K | Mick Jackson | 1 | Emmett Foley | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Gary Oldman | |
129 | 129 | Che: Part One | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892255/ | US | 2008 | $1.73M | Steven Soderbergh | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Male | Benicio Del Toro |
130 | 130 | Che: Part Two | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374569/ | US | 2008 | - | Steven Soderbergh | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Male | DemiÌÁn Bichir |
131 | 131 | Che! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064158/ | US | 1969 | $2M | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Male | Omar Sharif |
132 | 132 | Chisum | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065547/ | US | 1970 | $6M | Andrew V. McLaglen | 1 | John Chisum | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Wayne | |
134 | 134 | Ciao Manhattan | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068379/ | US | 1972 | - | John Palmer, David Weisman | 1 | Edie Sedgwick | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Edie Sedgwick |
135 | 135 | Cinderella Man | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352248/ | US | 2005 | $61.6M | Ron Howard | 1 | James Braddock | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Russell Crowe |
136 | 136 | Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024991/ | US | 1934 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Claudette Colbert |
138 | 138 | Coal Miner's Daughter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080549/ | US | 1980 | $79.9M | Michael Apted | 1 | Loretta Lynn | Singer | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Female | Sissy Spacek |
139 | 139 | Cobb | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109450/ | US | 1994 | $1.01M | Ron Shelton | 1 | Ty Cobb | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tommy Lee Jones |
141 | 141 | Compulsion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052700/ | US | 1959 | - | Richard Fleischer | 2 | Nathan Leopold Jr. | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman |
142 | 142 | Compulsion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052700/ | US | 1959 | - | Richard Fleischer | 2 | Richard Loeb | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman |
145 | 145 | Conviction | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244754/ | US | 2010 | $6.78M | Tony Goldwyn | 1 | Betty Anne Waters | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Hilary Swank | |
146 | 146 | Copying Beethoven | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424908/ | US | 2006 | $353K | Agnieszka Holland | 1 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ed Harris |
147 | 147 | Counterpunch | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2051850/ | US | 2013 | - | Kenneth Castillo | 1 | Alvaro Orlando | Athlete | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Alvaro Orlando |
150 | 150 | Cross Creek | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085380/ | US | 1983 | $200K | Martin Ritt | 1 | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | Author | Unknown | 0 | Female | Mary Steenburgen | |
151 | 151 | Crutch | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422029/ | US | 2004 | - | Rob Moretti | 1 | Rob Moretti | Actor | Unknown | 0 | Male | Eben Gordon | |
153 | 153 | Custer of the West | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062844/ | US | 1967 | - | Robert Siodmak | 1 | George Armstrong Custer | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Shaw |
154 | 154 | Dahmer | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285728/ | US | 2002 | - | David Jacobson | 1 | Jeffrey Dahmer | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jeremy Renner |
155 | 155 | Dallas Buyers Club | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790636/ | US | 2013 | $27.3M | Jean-Marc VallÌÄå©e | 1 | Ron Woodroof | Activist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Matthew McConaughey | |
157 | 157 | Dangerous Beauty | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118892/ | US | 1998 | $4.53M | Marshall Herskovitz | 1 | Veronica Franco | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Catherine McCormack |
158 | 158 | Dangerous Minds | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112792/ | US | 1995 | $84.9M | John N. Smith | 1 | Louanne Johnson | Teacher | Known | White | 0 | Female | Michelle Pfeiffer |
160 | 160 | Death in Granada | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117106/ | US | 1996 | $226K | Marcos Zurinaga | 1 | Garcia Lorca | Author | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Male | Andy Garcia |
163 | 163 | D̩sir̩e | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ | US | 1954 | - | Henry Koster | 2 | D̩sir̩e Clary | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jean Simmons |
164 | 164 | D̩sir̩e | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ | US | 1954 | - | Henry Koster | 2 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Marlon Brando |
Advanced export
JSON shape: default, array, newline-delimited
CREATE TABLE "biopics/biopics" ( "title" TEXT, "site" TEXT, "country" TEXT, "year_release" INTEGER, "box_office" TEXT, "director" TEXT, "number_of_subjects" INTEGER, "subject" TEXT, "type_of_subject" TEXT, "race_known" TEXT, "subject_race" TEXT, "person_of_color" INTEGER, "subject_sex" TEXT, "lead_actor_actress" TEXT );