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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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
353 | 353 | Machine-Gun Kelly | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051887/ | US | 1958 | - | Roger Corman | 1 | George Kelly | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Charles Bronson | |
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 |
453 | 453 | Rembrandt | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028167/ | UK | 1936 | - | Alexander Korda | 1 | Rembrandt | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
650 | 650 | The Private Life of Henry VIII. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024473/ | UK | 1933 | - | Alexander Korda | 1 | Henry VIII | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
70 | 70 | Beyond the Law | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/ | US | 1993 | - | Larry Ferguson | 1 | Dan Black | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Charlie Sheen | |
385 | 385 | Monster | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340855/ | US | 2003 | $34.5M | Patty Jenkins | 1 | Aileen Wuornos | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Charlize Theron | |
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 |
678 | 678 | The Ten Commandments | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/ | US | 1956 | $80M | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Moses | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Charlton Heston |
427 | 427 | Persepolis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808417/ | US | 2007 | $4.44M | Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | 1 | Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi | Activist | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Chiara Mastroianni |
2 | 2 | 12 Years a Slave | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/ | US/UK | 2013 | $56.7M | Steve McQueen | 1 | Solomon Northup | Other | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Chiwetel Ejiofor |
490 | 490 | Sid and Nancy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954/ | UK | 1986 | $2.83M | Alex Cox | 2 | Nancy Spungen | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Chloe Webb | |
90 | 90 | Breach | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401997/ | US | 2007 | $33M | Billy Ray | 1 | Robert Hanssen | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Chris Cooper |
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 |
279 | 279 | In Love and War | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116621/ | US | 1996 | $14.5M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | Ernest Hemingway | Media | Known | White | 0 | Male | Chris O'Donnell |
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 |
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 |
639 | 639 | The Other Side of Heaven | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250371/ | US | 2001 | $4.72M | Mitch Davis | 1 | John Groberg | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Christopher Gorham | |
577 | 577 | The Gaul | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199481/ | Canada | 2001 | - | Jacques Dorfmann | 1 | Vercingetorix | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Christopher Lambert |
305 | 305 | Jinnah | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183306/ | UK | 1998 | - | Jamil Dehlavi | 1 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah | Other | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Christopher Lee |
448 | 448 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059635/ | UK | 1966 | - | Don Sharp | 1 | Grigori Rasputin | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Christopher Lee |
614 | 614 | The Last Station | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0824758/ | UK | 2009 | $6.62M | Michael Hoffman | 1 | Leo Tolstoy | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Christopher Plummer |
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 | |
223 | 223 | Geronimo | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056016/ | US | 1962 | - | Arnold Laven | 1 | Geronimo | Military | Known | Native American | 1 | Male | Chuck Connors |
750 | 750 | Wittgenstein | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108583/ | UK | 1993 | - | Derek Jarman | 1 | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Academic (Philosopher) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Clancy Chassay |
106 | 106 | Caesar and Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/ | UK | 1945 | - | Gabriel Pascal | 2 | Julius Caesar | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Claude Rains |
136 | 136 | Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024991/ | US | 1934 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Claudette Colbert |
438 | 438 | PT 109 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057393/ | US | 1963 | - | Leslie H. Martinson | 1 | John F. Kennedy | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Cliff Robertson |
504 | 504 | Stars and Stripes Forever | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045187/ | US | 1952 | - | Henry Koster | 1 | John Philip Sousa | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Clifton Webb |
192 | 192 | Escape from Alcatraz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/ | US | 1979 | $36.5M | Don Siegel | 3 | Frank Morris | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Clint Eastwood | |
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 | |
29 | 29 | Alexander | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346491/ | US/UK | 2004 | $34.3M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Alexander the Great | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Colin Farrell |
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 |
606 | 606 | The King's Speech | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/ | US/UK | 2010 | $139M | Tom Hooper | 1 | King George VI | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Colin Firth |
656 | 656 | The Railway Man | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2058107/ | UK | 2013 | $4.44M | Jonathan Teplitzky | 1 | Eric Lomax | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Colin Firth | |
738 | 738 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829098/ | UK | 2007 | $1.07M | Anand Tucker | 1 | Blake Morrison | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Colin Firth |
699 | 699 | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108328/ | Canada | 1993 | $1.57M | Fran̤ois Girard | 1 | Glenn Gould | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Colm Feore |
522 | 522 | Telstar: The Joe Meek Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068669/ | UK | 2008 | - | Nick Moran | 1 | Joe Meek | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Con O'Neill |
181 | 181 | Dreamchild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089052/ | UK | 1985 | - | Gavin Millar | 1 | Alice Liddell Hargreaves | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Coral Browne | |
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 |
516 | 516 | Swoon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105508/ | US | 1992 | $340K | Tom Kalin | 2 | Nathan Leopold Jr. | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Craig Chester |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
519 | 519 | Sylvia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325055/ | UK | 2003 | $1.3M | Christine Jeffs | 2 | Ted Hughes | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Craig |
281 | 281 | In the Name of the Father | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107207/ | US/UK | 1993 | $25M | Jim Sheridan | 1 | Gerry Conlon | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Day-Lewis |
333 | 333 | Lincoln | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/ | US | 2012 | $182M | Steven Spielberg | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Day-Lewis |
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 |
316 | 316 | Kill Your Darlings | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1311071/ | US | 2013 | $1.03M | John Krokidas | 1 | Allen Ginsberg | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Radcliffe |
517 | 517 | Swoon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105508/ | US | 1992 | $340K | Tom Kalin | 2 | Richard Loeb | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Schlachet |
417 | 417 | Open Water | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/ | US | 2003 | $30.5M | Chris Kentis | 2 | Tom Lonergan | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Daniel Travis | |
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 |
573 | 573 | The Five Pennies | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052809/ | US | 1959 | - | Melville Shavelson | 1 | Loring "Red" Nichols | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Danny Kaye | |
273 | 273 | I'll See You in My Dreams | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043669/ | US | 1951 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Gus Kahn | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Danny Thomas |
506 | 506 | Stealing Sinatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311863/ | US | 2003 | - | Ron Underwood | 2 | Barry Keenan | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | David Arquette | |
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 |
481 | 481 | Selma | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/ | US/UK | 2014 | $52.1M | Ava DuVernay | 1 | Martin Luther King, Jr | Activist | Known | African American | 1 | Male | David Oyelowo |
446 | 446 | Ragamuffin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2412568/ | US | 2014 | - | David Schultz | 1 | Rich Mullins | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | David Schultz |
717 | 717 | Total Eclipse | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702/ | UK | 1995 | $340K | Agnieszka Holland | 2 | Paul Verlaine | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | David Thewlis | |
91 | 91 | Brigham Young | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032281/ | US | 1940 | - | Henry Hathaway | 1 | Brigham Young | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dean Jagger |
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 |
663 | 663 | The Singing Nun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060983/ | US | 1966 | - | Henry Koster | 1 | Jeanne Deckers | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Female | Debbie Reynolds |
683 | 683 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058708/ | US | 1964 | - | Charles Walters | 1 | Molly Brown | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Debbie Reynolds |
442 | 442 | Quo Vadis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043949/ | US | 1951 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Lygia | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Deborah Kerr |
604 | 604 | The King and I | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049408/ | US | 1956 | - | Walter Lang | 1 | Anna Leonowens | Other | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Deborah Kerr |
488 | 488 | Shadowlands | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/ | UK | 1993 | $25.8M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | Joy Gresham | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Female | Debra Winger |
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 |
635 | 635 | The Night We Called It a Day | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320159/ | US | 2003 | - | Paul Goldman | 1 | Frank Sinatra | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dennis Hopper |
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 | |
37 | 37 | American Gangster | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/ | US/UK | 2007 | $130M | Ridley Scott | 1 | Frank Lucas | Criminal | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Denzel Washington |
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 |
358 | 358 | Malcolm X | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104797/ | US | 1992 | $48.2M | Spike Lee | 1 | Malcolm X | Activist | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Denzel Washington |
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 |
582 | 582 | The Great Debaters | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427309/ | US | 2007 | $30.2M | Denzel Washington | 1 | Melvin Tolson | Academic | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Denzel Washington |
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 |
344 | 344 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119577/ | US/UK | 1998 | $343K | John Maybury | 1 | Francis Bacon | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Derek Jacobi |
80 | 80 | Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106438/ | UK | 1993 | $1.72M | Derek Jarman | 1 | Derek Jarman | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Derek Jarman | |
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 |
122 | 122 | Catch a Fire | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437232/ | US/UK | 2006 | $4.29M | Phillip Noyce | 1 | Patrick Chamusso | Activist | Known | African | 1 | Male | Derek Luke |
328 | 328 | Lady Sings the Blues | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068828/ | US | 1972 | $9.6M | Sidney J. Furie | 1 | Billie Holiday | Musician | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Diana Ross |
496 | 496 | Son of God | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3210686/ | US | 2014 | $59.7M | Christopher Spencer | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Diogo Morgado |
672 | 672 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031981/ | US | 1939 | - | Irving Cummings | 1 | Alexander Graham Bell | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Don Ameche |
520 | 520 | Talk to Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796368/ | US | 2007 | $4.47M | Kasi Lemmons | 1 | Ralph "Petey" Greene | Activist | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Don Cheadle |
731 | 731 | Von Richthofen and Brown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067658/ | US | 1971 | - | Roger Corman | 2 | Roy Brown | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Don Stroud |
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 |
345 | 345 | Love Me or Leave Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048317/ | US | 1955 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Ruth Etting | Singer | Unknown | 0 | Female | Doris Day | |
708 | 708 | To Kill a King | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302436/ | UK | 2003 | - | Mike Barker | 2 | Thomas Fairfax | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dougray Scott |
367 | 367 | Meetings with Remarkable Men | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079542/ | UK | 1979 | - | Peter Brook | 1 | G.I. Gurdjieff | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dragan Maksimovic |
462 | 462 | Riding in Cars with Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200027/ | US | 2001 | $29.8M | Penny Marshall | 1 | Beverly Donofrio | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Drew Barrymore | |
332 | 332 | Lenny | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071746/ | US | 1974 | - | Bob Fosse | 1 | Lenny Bruce | Comedian | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dustin Hoffman |
201 | 201 | Fat Man and Little Boy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097336/ | US | 1989 | $3.56M | Roland JoffÌÄå© | 2 | Robert Oppenheimer | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dwight Schultz |
151 | 151 | Crutch | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422029/ | US | 2004 | - | Rob Moretti | 1 | Rob Moretti | Actor | Unknown | 0 | Male | Eben Gordon | |
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 |
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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 );