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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550 | 550 | The Buddy Holly Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077280/ | US | 1978 | - | Steve Rash | 1 | Buddy Holly | Singer | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Male | Gary Busey |
735 | 735 | Walking Tall Part II | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073880/ | US | 1975 | - | Earl Bellamy | 1 | Buford Pusser | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Bo Svenson | |
392 | 392 | Murder, Inc. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054102/ | US | 1960 | - | Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg | 1 | Burton Turkus | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Henry Morgan | |
100 | 100 | Buster | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094819/ | UK | 1988 | $540K | David Green | 1 | Buster Edwards | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Phil Collins | |
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 |
487 | 487 | Shadowlands | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/ | UK | 1993 | $25.8M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | C.S. Lewis | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Anthony Hopkins |
553 | 553 | The Color of Time | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2133333/ | US | 2012 | - | Edna Luise Biesold, Sarah-Violet Bliss | 1 | CK Williams | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Franco | |
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 |
13 | 13 | A Dangerous Method | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571222/ | Canada/UK | 2011 | $5.7M | David Cronenberg | 3 | Carl Gustav Jung | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Fassbender |
668 | 668 | The Soul Keeper | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349995/ | UK | 2002 | - | Roberto Faenza | 2 | Carl Gustav Jung | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Iain Glen |
317 | 317 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113542/ | US | 1995 | $65.7K | Tim Metcalfe | 1 | Carl Panzram | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Woods |
463 | 463 | Rise of the Footsoldier | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901507/ | UK | 2007 | - | Julian Gilbey | 1 | Carlton Leach | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Ricci Harnett | |
121 | 121 | Cass | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954981/ | UK | 2008 | - | Jon S. Baird | 1 | Cass Pennant | Other | Known | Caribbean | 1 | Male | Nonso Anozie |
698 | 698 | Thirteen | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/ | US | 2003 | $4.6M | Catherine Hardwicke | 2 | Catherine Hardwicke | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Holly Hunter | |
268 | 268 | I Am a Sex Addict | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428649/ | US | 2005 | $113K | Caveh Zahedi | 1 | Caveh Zahedi | Actor | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Caveh Zahedi |
331 | 331 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327773/ | US | 2013 | $117M | Lee Daniels | 1 | Cecil Gaines | Other | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Forest Whitaker |
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 |
671 | 671 | The Spirit of St. Louis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051003/ | US | 1957 | - | Billy Wilder | 1 | Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Stewart |
94 | 94 | Bronson | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172570/ | UK | 2008 | $105K | Nicolas Winding Refn | 1 | Charles Bronson | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tom Hardy | |
148 | 148 | Creation | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974014/ | UK | 2009 | $341K | Jon Amiel | 1 | Charles Darwin | Academic | Unknown | 0 | Male | Paul Bettany | |
599 | 599 | The Invisible Woman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700845/ | UK | 2013 | $1.23M | Ralph Fiennes | 1 | Charles Dickens | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ralph Fiennes |
456 | 456 | Restoration | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114272/ | US/UK | 1995 | $4.1M | Michael Hoffman | 1 | Charles II | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Sam Neill |
348 | 348 | Lucky Luciano | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071782/ | US | 1973 | - | Francesco Rosi | 1 | Charles Luciano | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gian Maria Volont̩ |
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. |
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 |
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 | |
168 | 168 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Charlotte Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Olivia de Havilland |
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 |
632 | 632 | The Motorcycle Diaries | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318462/ | US/UK | 2004 | $16.8M | Walter Salles | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Male | Gael GarcÌ_a Bernal |
660 | 660 | The Runaways | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/ | US | 2010 | $3.57M | Floria Sigismondi | 2 | Cherie Currie | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Female | Dakota Fanning | |
742 | 742 | Wild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/ | US | 2014 | $37.9M | Jean-Marc Vall̩e | 1 | Cheryl Strayed | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Reese Witherspoon | |
39 | 39 | American Sniper | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/ | US | 2014 | $350M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Chris Kyle | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Bradley Cooper | |
440 | 440 | Queen Christina | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024481/ | US | 1933 | - | Rouben Mamoulian | 1 | Christina, queen of Sweden | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Greta Garbo |
569 | 569 | The Falcon and the Snowman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087231/ | US/UK | 1985 | $17.1M | John Schlesinger | 1 | Christopher Boyce | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Timothy Hutton | |
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 |
654 | 654 | The Pursuit of Happyness | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454921/ | US | 2006 | $163M | Gabriele Muccino | 1 | Christopher Gardner | Other | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Will Smith |
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 | |
410 | 410 | Notorious | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472198/ | US | 2009 | $36.8M | George Tillman Jr. | 1 | Christopher Wallace (Biggie Smalls) | Musician | Known | Caribbean | 1 | Male | Jamal Woolard |
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 |
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 | |
191 | 191 | Escape from Alcatraz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/ | US | 1979 | $36.5M | Don Siegel | 3 | Clarence Anglin | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jack Thibeau | |
457 | 457 | Reversal of Fortune | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100486/ | US/UK | 1990 | $15.4M | Barbet Schroeder | 2 | Claus von BÌ_low | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jeremy Irons |
107 | 107 | Caesar and Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/ | UK | 1945 | - | Gabriel Pascal | 2 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Vivien Leigh |
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 |
83 | 83 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Clyde Barrow | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Warren Beatty | |
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 |
404 | 404 | Night and Day | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038776/ | US | 1946 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Cole Porter | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Cary Grant | |
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 |
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 | |
324 | 324 | Kundun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119485/ | US | 1997 | $5.53M | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Dalai Lama | Activist | Known | Asian | 1 | Male | Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong |
165 | 165 | Devil's Knot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/ | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Damien Echols | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Hamrick | |
70 | 70 | Beyond the Law | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/ | US | 1993 | - | Larry Ferguson | 1 | Dan Black | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Charlie Sheen | |
21 | 21 | A Mighty Heart | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/ | US/UK | 2007 | $9.17M | Michael Winterbottom | 2 | Daniel Pearl | Journalist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dan Futterman |
314 | 314 | Kill the Irishman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1416801/ | US | 2011 | $1.19M | Jonathan Hensleigh | 1 | Danny Greene | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ray Stevenson |
736 | 736 | What We Do Is Secret | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384683/ | US | 2007 | $58.8K | Rodger Grossman | 1 | Darby Crash | Singer | Unknown | 0 | Male | Shane West | |
318 | 318 | King David | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089420/ | US | 1985 | - | Bruce Beresford | 1 | David | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Richard Gere |
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 |
115 | 115 | Carbine Williams | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044480/ | US | 1952 | - | Richard Thorpe | 1 | David Marshall Williams | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Stewart | |
96 | 96 | Bubble Boy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258470/ | US | 2001 | $5M | Blair Hayes | 1 | David Vetter | Medicine | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jake Gyllenhaal | |
557 | 557 | The Cross and the Switchblade | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068428/ | US | 1970 | - | Don Murray | 1 | David Wilkerson | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Pat Boone | |
60 | 60 | Battle Hymn | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050171/ | US | 1957 | - | Douglas Sirk | 1 | Dean Hess | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Rock Hudson | |
398 | 398 | My Life So Far | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120899/ | US/UK | 1999 | $616K | Hugh Hudson | 1 | Denis Forman | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Norman |
80 | 80 | Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106438/ | UK | 1993 | $1.72M | Derek Jarman | 1 | Derek Jarman | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Derek Jarman | |
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 | |
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 |
455 | 455 | Rescue Dawn | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462504/ | US | 2006 | $5.48M | Werner Herzog | 1 | Dieter Dengler | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Christian Bale |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
117 | 117 | Carrington | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ | UK | 1995 | $3.24M | Christopher Hampton | 2 | Dora Carrington | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emma Thompson |
567 | 567 | The Entity | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082334/ | US | 1982 | - | Sidney J. Furie | 1 | Doris Bither | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Barbara Hershey | |
68 | 68 | Bernard and Doris | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470732/ | US/UK | 2006 | - | Bob Balaban | 2 | Doris Duke | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Susan Sarandon |
390 | 390 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110588/ | US/Canada | 1994 | $2.14M | Alan Rudolph | 1 | Dorothy Parker | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jennifer Jason Leigh |
502 | 502 | Star 80 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086355/ | US | 1983 | $6.5M | Bob Fosse | 1 | Dorothy Stratten | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Mariel Hemingway |
450 | 450 | Reach for the Sky | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049665/ | UK | 1956 | - | Lewis Gilbert | 1 | Douglas Bader | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Kenneth More | |
351 | 351 | MacArthur | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076342/ | US | 1977 | - | Joseph Sargent | 1 | Douglas MacArthur | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gregory Peck |
484 | 484 | Set Fire to the Stars | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3455740/ | UK | 2014 | $3.27K | Andy Goddard | 1 | Dylan Thomas | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Celyn Jones |
565 | 565 | The Edge of Love | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819714/ | UK | 2008 | $28.6K | John Maybury | 1 | Dylan Thomas | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Matthew Rhys |
163 | 163 | D̩sir̩e | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ | US | 1954 | - | Henry Koster | 2 | D̩sir̩e Clary | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jean Simmons |
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 |
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 | |
662 | 662 | The Seven Little Foys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048604/ | US | 1955 | - | Melville Shavelson | 1 | Eddie Foy, Sr. | Actor | Known | White | 0 | Male | Bob Hope |
564 | 564 | The Eddy Duchin Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049170/ | US | 1956 | - | George Sidney | 1 | Eddy Duchin | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tyrone Power | |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
416 | 416 | Open Water | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/ | US | 2003 | $30.5M | Chris Kentis | 2 | Eileen Lonergan | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Blanchard Ryan | |
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 |
539 | 539 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024865/ | US | 1934 | - | Sidney Franklin | 2 | Elizabeth Barrett | Author (poet) | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Norma Shearer |
59 | 59 | Bathory: Countess of Blood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469640/ | UK | 2008 | - | Juraj Jakubisko | 1 | Elizabeth Bathory | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Female | Anna Friel |
755 | 755 | Young Bess | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046564/ | US | 1953 | - | George Sidney | 1 | Elizabeth I | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jean Simmons |
651 | 651 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031826/ | US | 1939 | - | Michael Curtiz | 2 | Elizabeth I of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Bette Davis |
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 |
492 | 492 | Sister Kenny | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038948/ | US | 1946 | - | Dudley Nichols | 1 | Elizabeth Kenny | Medicine | Known | White | 0 | Female | Rosalind Russell |
205 | 205 | Finding Graceland | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120026/ | US | 1998 | - | David Winkler | 1 | Elvis Presley | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Harvey Keitel |
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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 );