Biopics: biopics.csv
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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 |
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133 | 133 | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103962/ | US/UK | 1992 | $8.25M | John Glen | 1 | Christopher Columbus | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Georges Corraface |
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 |
137 | 137 | Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/ | US/UK | 1963 | $57.8M | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Elizabeth Taylor |
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 |
140 | 140 | Communion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097100/ | US/UK | 1989 | $1.92M | Philippe Mora | 1 | Whitley Strieber | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Christopher Walken | |
143 | 143 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270288/ | US/Canada | 2002 | - | George Clooney | 1 | Chuck Barris | Actor | Unknown | 0 | Male | Sam Rockwell | |
144 | 144 | Control | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421082/ | US/UK | 2007 | $872K | Anton Corbijn | 1 | Ian Curtis | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Sam Riley | |
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 |
148 | 148 | Creation | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974014/ | UK | 2009 | $341K | Jon Amiel | 1 | Charles Darwin | Academic | Unknown | 0 | Male | Paul Bettany | |
149 | 149 | Cromwell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065593/ | UK | 1970 | - | Ken Hughes | 1 | Oliver Cromwell | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Harris |
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 | |
152 | 152 | Cry Freedom | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092804/ | UK | 1987 | $5.9M | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Steve Biko | Activist | Known | African | 1 | Male | Denzel Washington |
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 | |
156 | 156 | Dance with a Stranger | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088987/ | UK | 1985 | $138K | Mike Newell | 1 | Ruth Ellis | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Miranda Richardson | |
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 |
159 | 159 | De-Lovely | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352277/ | US/UK | 2004 | $13.3M | Irwin Winkler | 1 | Cole Porter | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kevin Kline |
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 |
161 | 161 | Desert Dancer | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403393/ | UK | 2014 | $144K | Richard Raymond | 1 | Afshin Ghaffarian | Artist | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Reece Ritchie |
162 | 162 | Desert Flower | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054580/ | UK | 2009 | $44.3K | Sherry Hormann | 1 | Waris Dirie | Activist | Known | African | 1 | Female | Soraya Omar-Scego (young) and Liya Kebede (older) |
171 | 171 | Diana | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758595/ | UK | 2013 | $332K | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 1 | Princess Diana | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Naomi Watts |
172 | 172 | Digging Up the Marrow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1991031/ | US | 2014 | - | Adam Green | 1 | Adam Green | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Adam Green | |
173 | 173 | Dillinger | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037644/ | US | 1945 | $4M | Max Nosseck | 1 | John Dillinger | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Lawrence Tierney |
174 | 174 | Dillinger | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069976/ | US | 1973 | - | John Milius | 1 | John Dillinger | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Warren Oates | |
175 | 175 | Disraeli | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019823/ | US | 1929 | - | Alfred E. Green | 1 | Benjamin Disraeli | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | George Arliss |
176 | 176 | Domino | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421054/ | US/UK | 2005 | $10.1M | Tony Scott | 1 | Domino Harvey | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Keira Knightley |
177 | 177 | Donnie Brasco | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119008/ | US | 1997 | $42M | Mike Newell | 1 | Joe Pistone (alias Donnie Brasco) | Government | Known | White | 0 | Male | Johnny Depp |
178 | 178 | Downtown 81 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208993/ | US | 1981 | $100K | Edo Bertoglio | 1 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | Artist | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Jean Michel Basquiat |
179 | 179 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032413/ | US | 1940 | - | William Dieterle | 1 | Paul Ehrlich | Medicine | Known | White | 0 | Male | Edward G. Robinson |
180 | 180 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106770/ | US | 1993 | $35.1M | Rob Cohen | 1 | Bruce Lee | Athlete | Known | Asian American | 1 | Male | Jason Scott Lee |
181 | 181 | Dreamchild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089052/ | UK | 1985 | - | Gavin Millar | 1 | Alice Liddell Hargreaves | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Coral Browne | |
182 | 182 | Ed Gein | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230169/ | US/UK | 2000 | $5.71K | Chuck Parello | 1 | Ed Gein | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Steve Railsback | |
183 | 183 | Ed Wood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109707/ | US | 1994 | $5.89M | Tim Burton | 1 | Edward D. Wood | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Johnny Depp | |
184 | 184 | Edison, the Man | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032432/ | US | 1940 | - | Clarence Brown | 1 | Thomas Edison | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Spencer Tracy |
185 | 185 | Eichmann | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901481/ | UK | 2007 | - | Robert Young | 1 | Adolf Eichmann | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Thomas Kretschmann |
186 | 186 | El cantante | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458522/ | US | 2006 | $7.56M | Leon Ichaso | 1 | HÌ©ctor Lavoe | Musician | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Male | Marc Anthony |
187 | 187 | El Cid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054847/ | US | 1961 | $26.6M | Anthony Mann | 1 | Rodrigo Diaz | Historical | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Male | Charlton Heston |
188 | 188 | Elizabeth | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/ | US/UK | 1998 | $30M | Shekhar Kapur | 1 | Elizabeth I of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Cate Blanchett |
189 | 189 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414055/ | US/UK | 2007 | $16.3M | Shekhar Kapur | 1 | Elizabeth I of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Cate Blanchett |
190 | 190 | Erin Brockovich | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195685/ | US | 2000 | $126M | Steven Soderbergh | 1 | Erin Brockovich | Activist | Unknown | 0 | Female | Julia Roberts | |
194 | 194 | Evel Knievel | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067069/ | US | 1971 | - | Marvin J. Chomsky | 1 | Evel Knievel | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | George Hamilton |
195 | 195 | Everyman's War | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1209319/ | US | 2009 | - | Thad T. Smith | 1 | Don Smith | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Cole Carson | |
196 | 196 | Evita | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116250/ | US | 1996 | $50M | Alan Parker | 1 | Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron | Actress / activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Female | Madonna |
197 | 197 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/ | UK | 2014 | $65M | Ridley Scott | 1 | Moses | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Christian Bale |
198 | 198 | Factory Girl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432402/ | US | 2006 | $1.65M | George Hickenlooper | 1 | Edie Sedgwick | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Sienna Miller |
199 | 199 | Fair Game | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0977855/ | US | 2010 | $9.53M | Doug Liman | 1 | Valerie Plame | Government | Known | White | 0 | Female | Naomi Watts |
202 | 202 | Fear Strikes Out | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050383/ | US | 1957 | - | Robert Mulligan | 1 | Jimmy Piersall | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Anthony Perkins | |
203 | 203 | Fellini's Casanova | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074291/ | US | 1976 | - | Federico Fellini | 1 | Giacomo Casanova | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Donald Sutherland |
204 | 204 | Find Me Guilty | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419749/ | US | 2006 | $1.17M | Sidney Lumet | 1 | Jackie DiNorscio | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vin Diesel |
205 | 205 | Finding Graceland | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120026/ | US | 1998 | - | David Winkler | 1 | Elvis Presley | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Harvey Keitel |
206 | 206 | Finding Neverland | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308644/ | US/UK | 2004 | $51.7M | Marc Forster | 1 | J.M. Barrie | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Johnny Depp |
207 | 207 | Fire in the Sky | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106912/ | US | 1993 | $20.1M | Robert Lieberman | 1 | Travis Walton | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | D.B. Sweeney | |
208 | 208 | Flash of Genius | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054588/ | US/Canada | 2008 | $4.23M | Marc Abraham | 1 | Robert Kearns | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Greg Kinnear | |
209 | 209 | Foxcatcher | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100089/ | US | 2014 | $12.1M | Bennett Miller | 1 | Mark Schultz | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Channing Tatum |
210 | 210 | Frances | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083967/ | US | 1982 | $5M | Graeme Clifford | 1 | Frances Farmer | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jessica Lange |
211 | 211 | Francis of Assisi | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054892/ | US | 1961 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Francis Bernardone | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Bradford Dillman |
214 | 214 | Frankie & Alice | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1221208/ | Canada | 2010 | $693K | Geoffrey Sax | 1 | Frankie Murdoch | Other | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Halle Berry |
215 | 215 | Freedom Writers | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463998/ | US | 2007 | $36.6M | Richard LaGravenese | 1 | Erin Gruwell | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Hilary Swank |
216 | 216 | Freud | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055998/ | US | 1962 | - | John Huston | 1 | Sigmund Freud | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Montgomery Clift |
217 | 217 | Frida | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120679/ | US/Canada | 2002 | $25.8M | Julie Taymor | 1 | Frida Kahlo | Artist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Female | Salma Hayek |
218 | 218 | Fruitvale Station | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2334649/ | US | 2013 | $16.1M | Ryan Coogler | 1 | Oscar Grant III | Other | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Michael B. Jordan |
219 | 219 | Funny Girl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062994/ | US | 1968 | $223K | William Wyler | 1 | Fanny Brice | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Barbra Streisand |
220 | 220 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422295/ | US | 2006 | $221K | Steven Shainberg | 1 | Diane Arbus | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Nicole Kidman |
221 | 221 | Gandhi | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/ | UK | 1982 | - | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Mahatma Gandhi | Activist | Known | Indian | 1 | Male | Ben Kingsley |
222 | 222 | Gentleman Jim | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034778/ | US | 1942 | - | Raoul Walsh | 1 | James J Corbett | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Errol Flynn |
223 | 223 | Geronimo | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056016/ | US | 1962 | - | Arnold Laven | 1 | Geronimo | Military | Known | Native American | 1 | Male | Chuck Connors |
224 | 224 | Get on Up | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473602/ | US/UK | 2014 | $30.5M | Tate Taylor | 1 | James Brown | Singer | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Chadwick Boseman |
225 | 225 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430308/ | US/Canada | 2005 | $31M | Jim Sheridan | 1 | Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson | Singer | Known | African American | 1 | Male | 50 Cent |
226 | 226 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335119/ | UK | 2003 | $11.6M | Peter Webber | 1 | Johannes Vermeer | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Colin Firth |
227 | 227 | Girl, Interrupted | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/ | US | 1999 | $28.9M | James Mangold | 1 | Susanna Kaysen | Author | Unknown | 0 | Female | Winona Ryder | |
228 | 228 | Glory Road | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385726/ | US | 2006 | $42.6M | James Gartner | 1 | Don Haskins | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | With: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols | |
229 | 229 | Gods and Monsters | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120684/ | US/UK | 1998 | $6.39M | Bill Condon | 1 | James Whale | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ian McKellen |
230 | 230 | Goltzius and the Pelican Company | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1851006/ | UK | 2012 | - | Peter Greenaway | 1 | Hendrik Goltzius | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ramsey Nasr |
231 | 231 | Good Morning, Vietnam | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093105/ | US | 1987 | $124M | Barry Levinson | 1 | Adrian Cronauer | Media | Unknown | 0 | Male | Robin Williams | |
232 | 232 | Good Vibrations | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1920945/ | UK | 2012 | - | Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn | 1 | Terri Hooley | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Richard Dormer | |
233 | 233 | Goodfellas | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/ | US | 1990 | $46.8M | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Henry Hill | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ray Liotta |
234 | 234 | Gorillas in the Mist | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095243/ | US | 1988 | $24.7M | Michael Apted | 1 | Dian Fossey | Academic | Unknown | 0 | Female | Sigourney Weaver | |
235 | 235 | Goya's Ghosts | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455957/ | US | 2006 | $1M | Milos Forman | 1 | Francisco Goya | Artist | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Male | Stellan SkarsgÌ´rd |
236 | 236 | Grace of Monaco | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2095649/ | US | 2014 | - | Olivier Dahan | 1 | Grace Kelly | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Male | Nicole Kidman |
237 | 237 | Gracie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441007/ | US | 2007 | $2.96M | Davis Guggenheim | 1 | Elisabeth Shue | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Carly Schroeder |
238 | 238 | Greased Lightning | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076106/ | US | 1977 | - | Michael Schultz | 1 | Wendell Scott | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Richard Pryor |
239 | 239 | Great Balls of Fire! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097457/ | US | 1989 | $13.7M | Jim McBride | 1 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Dennis Quaid | |
240 | 240 | Grey Owl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128239/ | Canada/UK | 1999 | $315K | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) | Other | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Pierce Brosnan |
243 | 243 | Hans Christian Andersen | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044685/ | US | 1952 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Hans Christian Andersen | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Danny Kaye |
244 | 244 | Harlow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059252/ | US | 1965 | - | Gordon Douglas | 1 | Jean Harlow | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Carroll Baker |
245 | 245 | Heart Like a Wheel | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085656/ | US | 1983 | - | Jonathan Kaplan | 1 | Shirley Muldowney | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Bonnie Bedelia |
246 | 246 | Heaven & Earth | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107096/ | US | 1993 | $5.86M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Le Ly Hayslip | Other | Known | Asian American | 1 | Female | Hiep Thi Le |
247 | 247 | Hell to Eternity | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053901/ | US | 1960 | - | Phil Karlson | 1 | Guy Gabaldon | Military | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Jeffrey Hunter |
251 | 251 | Henry V | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036910/ | UK | 1944 | - | Laurence Olivier | 1 | Henry V of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Laurence Olivier |
252 | 252 | Henry V | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097499/ | UK | 1989 | $10.2M | Kenneth Branagh | 1 | Henry V of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kenneth Branagh |
253 | 253 | High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338467/ | US | 2003 | - | A.W. Vidmer | 1 | Stu Ungar | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Imperioli |
256 | 256 | His Majesty O'Keefe | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045876/ | US | 1954 | - | Byron Haskin | 1 | David Dion O'Keefe | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Burt Lancaster |
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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 );