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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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349 | 349 | Lust for Life | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049456/ | US | 1956 | - | Vincente Minnelli | 1 | Vincent van Gogh | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kirk Douglas |
381 | 381 | Modigliani | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367188/ | UK | 2004 | $195K | Mick Davis | 1 | Amedeo Modigliani | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Andy Garcia |
386 | 386 | Moulin Rouge | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044926/ | UK | 1952 | - | John Huston | 1 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jos̩ Ferrer | |
388 | 388 | Mr. Turner | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473794/ | UK | 2014 | $3.96M | Mike Leigh | 1 | J.M.W. Turner | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Timothy Spall |
397 | 397 | My Left Foot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097937/ | UK | 1989 | $14.7M | Jim Sheridan | 1 | Christy Brown | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Day-Lewis |
405 | 405 | Nightwatching | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446750/ | Canada/UK | 2007 | - | Peter Greenaway | 1 | Rembrandt | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Martin Freeman |
432 | 432 | Pollock | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183659/ | US | 2000 | $8.6M | Ed Harris | 1 | Jackson Pollock | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ed Harris |
453 | 453 | Rembrandt | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028167/ | UK | 1936 | - | Alexander Korda | 1 | Rembrandt | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
473 | 473 | Savage Messiah | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069225/ | UK | 1972 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Henri Gaudier-Brzeska | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Scott Antony | |
513 | 513 | Surviving Picasso | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117791/ | US | 1996 | $1.99M | James Ivory | 1 | Francoise Gilot | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Female | Natascha McElhone |
674 | 674 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031983/ | US | 1939 | $1.12M | H.C. Potter | 2 | Irene Castle | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Female | Ginger Rogers | |
675 | 675 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031983/ | US | 1939 | $1.12M | H.C. Potter | 2 | Vernon Castle | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Fred Astaire | |
702 | 702 | Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0999872/ | US | 2008 | - | Michael Campus | 1 | Thomas Kinkade | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jared Padalecki |
725 | 725 | Vincent & Theo | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100873/ | UK | 1990 | $2.23M | Robert Altman | 2 | Vincent Van Gogh | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tim Roth |
3 | 3 | 127 Hours | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/ | US/UK | 2010 | $18.3M | Danny Boyle | 1 | Aron Ralston | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Franco | |
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 | |
20 | 20 | A Matador's Mistress | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491046/ | US/UK | 2008 | - | Menno Meyjes | 2 | Manuel RodrÌ_guez SÌÁnchez | Athlete | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Male | Adrien Brody |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
69 | 69 | Best | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181311/ | UK | 2000 | - | Mary McGuckian | 1 | George Best | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Lynch |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
147 | 147 | Counterpunch | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2051850/ | US | 2013 | - | Kenneth Castillo | 1 | Alvaro Orlando | Athlete | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Alvaro Orlando |
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 |
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 |
202 | 202 | Fear Strikes Out | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050383/ | US | 1957 | - | Robert Mulligan | 1 | Jimmy Piersall | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Anthony Perkins | |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
285 | 285 | Into the Wild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/ | US | 2007 | $18.4M | Sean Penn | 1 | Christopher McCandless | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Emile Hirsch | |
287 | 287 | Invictus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/ | US | 2009 | $37.5M | Clint Eastwood | 2 | Fran̤ois Pienaar | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Matt Damon |
288 | 288 | Invincible | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445990/ | US | 2006 | $57.8M | Ericson Core | 1 | Vince Papale | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Mark Wahlberg | |
295 | 295 | Jappeloup | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2018079/ | Canada | 2013 | - | Christian Duguay | 1 | Pierre Durand, Jr. | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Guillaume Canet |
303 | 303 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043687/ | US | 1951 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Jim Thorpe | Athlete | Known | Native American | 1 | Male | Burt Lancaster |
322 | 322 | Knute Rockne All American | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032676/ | US | 1940 | - | Lloyd Bacon | 1 | Knute Rockne | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Pat O'Brien |
338 | 338 | Lords of Dogtown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355702/ | US | 2005 | $11M | Catherine Hardwicke | 3 | Jay Adams | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Emile Hirsch | |
339 | 339 | Lords of Dogtown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355702/ | US | 2005 | $11M | Catherine Hardwicke | 3 | Tony Alva | Athlete | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Victor Rasuk |
340 | 340 | Lords of Dogtown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355702/ | US | 2005 | $11M | Catherine Hardwicke | 3 | Stacy Peralta | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Robinson | |
341 | 341 | Louis Cyr | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657513/ | Canada | 2013 | - | Daniel Roby | 1 | Louis Cyr | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Antoine Bertrand |
368 | 368 | Men of Honor | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203019/ | US | 2000 | $48.8M | George Tillman Jr. | 1 | Carl Brashear | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Cuba Gooding Jr |
375 | 375 | Million Dollar Arm | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1647668/ | US | 2014 | $36.4M | Craig Gillespie | 1 | J. B. Bernstein | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jon Hamm |
376 | 376 | Million Dollar Mermaid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044903/ | US | 1952 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 1 | Annette Kellerman | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Esther Williams |
377 | 377 | Miracle | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349825/ | US | 2004 | $64.4M | Gavin O'Connor | 1 | Herb Brooks | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Kurt Russell | |
383 | 383 | Moneyball | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/ | US | 2011 | $75.6M | Bennett Miller | 1 | Billy Beane | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Brad Pitt |
428 | 428 | Phantom Punch | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131747/ | US | 2008 | - | Robert Townsend | 1 | Sonny Liston | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Ving Rhames |
433 | 433 | Prefontaine | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119937/ | US | 1997 | $532K | Steve James | 1 | Steve Prefontaine | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jared Leto |
444 | 444 | Radio | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316465/ | US | 2003 | $52.3M | Michael Tollin | 2 | James Robert "Radio" Kennedy | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Cuba Gooding Jr |
445 | 445 | Radio | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316465/ | US | 2003 | $52.3M | Michael Tollin | 2 | Harold Jones | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Ed Harris | |
447 | 447 | Raging Bull | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398/ | US | 1980 | $45.2K | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Jake LaMotta | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert De Niro |
454 | 454 | Remember the Titans | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210945/ | US | 2000 | $116M | Boaz Yakin | 1 | Herman Boone | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Denzel Washington |
467 | 467 | Rudy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108002/ | US | 1993 | $22.8M | David Anspaugh | 1 | Rudy Ruettiger | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Sean Astin | |
468 | 468 | Rush | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/ | US/UK | 2013 | $26.9M | Ron Howard | 2 | James Hunt | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Chris Hemsworth |
469 | 469 | Rush | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/ | US/UK | 2013 | $26.9M | Ron Howard | 2 | Niki Lauda | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel BrÌ_hl |
495 | 495 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049778/ | US | 1956 | - | Robert Wise | 1 | Rocky Graziano | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Newman |
497 | 497 | Soul Surfer | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596346/ | US | 2011 | $43.9M | Sean McNamara | 1 | Bethany Hamilton | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Female | AnnaSophia Robb | |
515 | 515 | Swimming Upstream | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326664/ | US | 2003 | $47.2K | Russell Mulcahy | 1 | Tony Fingleton | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Geoffrey Rush | |
524 | 524 | The 5th Quarter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130964/ | US | 2010 | $400K | Rick Bieber | 1 | Jon Abbate | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Ryan Merriman | |
533 | 533 | The Babe | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103747/ | US | 1992 | $17.5M | Arthur Hiller | 1 | Babe Ruth | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Goodman |
534 | 534 | The Babe Ruth Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040142/ | US | 1948 | - | Roy Del Ruth | 1 | Babe Ruth | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | William Bendix |
546 | 546 | The Blind Side | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0878804/ | US | 2009 | $256M | John Lee Hancock | 1 | Michael Oher | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Quinton Aaron |
547 | 547 | The Boy in Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090769/ | Canada | 1986 | $275K | Charles Jarrott | 1 | Ned Hanlan | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Nicolas Cage |
558 | 558 | The Damned United | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226271/ | UK | 2009 | $450K | Tom Hooper | 1 | Brian Clough | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Michael Sheen | |
568 | 568 | The Express | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469903/ | US | 2008 | $9.59M | Gary Fleder | 1 | Ernie Davis | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Rob Brown |
571 | 571 | The Fighter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/ | US | 2010 | $93.6M | David O. Russell | 1 | Micky Ward | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Mark Wahlberg |
586 | 586 | The Greatest | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076111/ | US/UK | 1977 | - | Tom Gries | 1 | Muhammad Ali | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Muhammad Ali |
589 | 589 | The Hammer | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1094666/ | US | 2010 | - | Oren Kaplan | 1 | Matt Hamill | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Russell Harvard | |
593 | 593 | The Hurricane | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174856/ | US | 1999 | $50.7M | Norman Jewison | 1 | Rubin "Hurricane" Carter | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Denzel Washington |
601 | 601 | The Jackie Robinson Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042609/ | US | 1950 | - | Alfred E. Green | 1 | Jackie Robinson | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Jackie Robinson |
622 | 622 | The Longshots | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091751/ | US | 2008 | $11.5M | Fred Durst | 1 | Jasmine Plummer | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Keke Palmer |
640 | 640 | The Other Side of the Mountain | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073496/ | US | 1975 | - | Larry Peerce | 1 | Jill Kinmont | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Female | Marilyn Hassett | |
644 | 644 | The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102674/ | US | 1991 | - | Frank C. Schr̦der | 1 | Pete Maravich | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Adam Guier |
646 | 646 | The Pride of the Yankees | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035211/ | US | 1942 | - | Sam Wood | 1 | Lou Gehrig | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Cooper |
658 | 658 | The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460505/ | Canada | 2005 | - | Charles BinamÌÄå© | 1 | Maurice "The Rocket" Richard | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Roy Dupuis |
677 | 677 | The Stratton Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041928/ | US | 1949 | - | Sam Wood | 1 | Monty Stratton | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Stewart | |
689 | 689 | The Winning Team | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045332/ | US | 1952 | - | Lewis Seiler | 1 | Grover Cleveland Alexander | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ronald Reagan |
694 | 694 | The World's Fastest Indian | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412080/ | US | 2005 | $5.13M | Roger Donaldson | 1 | Herbert James "Burt" Munro | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Anthony Hopkins |
718 | 718 | Triumph of the Spirit | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098513/ | US | 1989 | $409K | Robert M. Young | 1 | Salamo Arouch | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Willem Dafoe |
727 | 727 | Viva Knievel! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076890/ | US | 1977 | - | Gordon Douglas | 1 | Evel Knievel | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Evel Knievel |
749 | 749 | Without Limits | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119934/ | US | 1998 | $777K | Robert Towne | 1 | Steve Prefontaine | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Billy Crudup |
720 | 720 | Unbroken | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809398/ | US | 2014 | $116M | Angelina Jolie | 1 | Louis Zamperini | Athlete / military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jack O'Connell |
10 | 10 | 84 Charing Cross Road | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/ | US/UK | 1987 | $1.08M | David Hugh Jones | 2 | Frank Doel | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | Anthony Hopkins | |
11 | 11 | 84 Charing Cross Road | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/ | US/UK | 1987 | $1.08M | David Hugh Jones | 2 | Helene Hanff | Author | Unknown | 0 | Female | Anne Bancroft | |
43 | 43 | An Angel at My Table | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099040/ | UK | 1990 | $1.1M | Jane Campion | 1 | Janet Frame | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Kerry Fox |
64 | 64 | Becoming Jane | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416508/ | UK | 2007 | $18.7M | Julian Jarrold | 1 | Jane Austen | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Anne Hathaway |
111 | 111 | Capote | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/ | US/Canada | 2005 | $28.7M | Bennett Miller | 1 | Truman Capote | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | Philip Seymour Hoffman | |
116 | 116 | Carrington | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ | UK | 1995 | $3.24M | Christopher Hampton | 2 | Lytton Strachey | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jonathan Pryce |
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 | |
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 |
168 | 168 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Charlotte Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Olivia de Havilland |
169 | 169 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Emily Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ida Lupino |
170 | 170 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Anne Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Nancy Coleman |
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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 );