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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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 |
394 | 394 | My Childhood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068983/ | UK | 1972 | - | Bill Douglas | 1 | Bill Douglas | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Stephen Archibald | |
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 |
402 | 402 | Nicholas and Alexandra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/ | UK | 1971 | - | Franklin J. Schaffner | 2 | Tsarina Alexandra (Feodorovna) | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Janet Suzman |
403 | 403 | Nicholas and Alexandra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/ | UK | 1971 | - | Franklin J. Schaffner | 2 | Tsar Nicholas II | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Jayston |
407 | 407 | Nora | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158033/ | UK | 2000 | $12.3K | Pat Murphy | 2 | James Joyce | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ewan McGregor |
408 | 408 | Nora | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158033/ | UK | 2000 | $12.3K | Pat Murphy | 2 | Nora Barnacle | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Susan Lynch | |
409 | 409 | Nostradamus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110689/ | UK | 1994 | $364K | Roger Christian | 1 | Nostradamus | Historical | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tch̩ky Karyo | |
419 | 419 | Pandaemonium | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210217/ | UK | 2000 | - | Julien Temple | 2 | William Wordsworth | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Hannah | |
420 | 420 | Pandaemonium | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210217/ | UK | 2001 | - | Julien Temple | 2 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | Linus Roache | |
434 | 434 | Prick Up Your Ears | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093776/ | UK | 1987 | $1.65M | Stephen Frears | 2 | Joe Orton | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | Gary Oldman | |
435 | 435 | Prick Up Your Ears | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093776/ | UK | 1987 | $1.65M | Stephen Frears | 2 | Kenneth Halliwell | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Alfred Molina | |
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 |
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 | |
453 | 453 | Rembrandt | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028167/ | UK | 1936 | - | Alexander Korda | 1 | Rembrandt | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
460 | 460 | Richard III | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049674/ | UK | 1955 | - | Laurence Olivier | 1 | Richard III of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Laurence Olivier |
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 | |
473 | 473 | Savage Messiah | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069225/ | UK | 1972 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Henri Gaudier-Brzeska | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Scott Antony | |
477 | 477 | Scott of the Antarctic | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040761/ | UK | 1948 | - | Charles Frend | 1 | Robert Falcon Scott | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Mills |
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 |
486 | 486 | Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1393020/ | UK | 2010 | - | Mat Whitecross | 1 | Ian Dury | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Andy Serkis | |
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 |
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 |
489 | 489 | Sid and Nancy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954/ | UK | 1986 | $2.83M | Alex Cox | 2 | Sid Vicious | Singer | Unknown | 0 | Male | Gary Oldman | |
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 | |
493 | 493 | Sixty Six | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493450/ | UK | 2006 | $225K | Paul Weiland | 1 | Paul Weiland | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Gregg Sulkin | |
494 | 494 | Skin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964586/ | UK | 2008 | - | Anthony Fabian | 1 | Sandra Laing | Other | Known | African | 1 | Female | Sophie Okonedo |
499 | 499 | Spitfire | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034734/ | UK | 1942 | - | Leslie Howard | 1 | R. J. Mitchell | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Leslie Howard |
508 | 508 | Stoned | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426627/ | UK | 2005 | - | Stephen Woolley | 1 | Brian Jones | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Leo Gregory |
510 | 510 | Strauss' Great Waltz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024747/ | UK | 1934 | - | Alfred Hitchcock | 2 | Johann Strauss I | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Edmund Gwenn |
511 | 511 | Strauss' Great Waltz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024747/ | UK | 1934 | - | Alfred Hitchcock | 2 | Johann Strauss II | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Esmond Knight |
518 | 518 | Sylvia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325055/ | UK | 2003 | $1.3M | Christine Jeffs | 2 | Sylvia Plath | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Female | Gwyneth Paltrow |
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 |
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 |
523 | 523 | Testament of Youth | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441953/ | UK | 2014 | $671K | James Kent | 1 | Vera Brittain | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Alicia Vikander | |
531 | 531 | The Assassination of Trotsky | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068226/ | UK | 1972 | - | Joseph Losey | 1 | Leon Trotsky | Activist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Burton |
543 | 543 | The Best Intentions | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104350/ | UK | 1992 | $1.3M | Bille August | 2 | Erik Bergman | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | With: Samuel FrÌÄå¦ler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow | |
544 | 544 | The Best Intentions | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104350/ | UK | 1992 | $1.3M | Bille August | 2 | Karin ÌÉkerblom | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | ||
552 | 552 | The Color of Freedom | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438859/ | UK | 2007 | - | Bille August | 1 | James Gregory | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Joseph Fiennes |
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 | |
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 |
578 | 578 | The General | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120706/ | UK | 1998 | $1.21M | John Boorman | 1 | Martin Cahill | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Brendan Gleeson |
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 |
600 | 600 | The Iron Lady | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1007029/ | UK | 2011 | $30M | Phyllida Lloyd | 1 | Margaret Thatcher | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Female | Meryl Streep |
607 | 607 | The Krays | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099951/ | UK | 1990 | $2.06M | Peter Medak | 2 | Reginald Kray | Criminal | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Male | |
608 | 608 | The Krays | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099951/ | UK | 1990 | $2.06M | Peter Medak | 2 | Ronald Kray | Criminal | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Male | With: Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Billie Whitelaw |
609 | 609 | The Lady | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1802197/ | UK | 2011 | - | Luc Besson | 1 | Aung San Suu Kyi | Activist | Known | Asian | 1 | Female | Michelle Yeoh |
610 | 610 | The Last Emperor | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093389/ | UK | 1987 | $109K | Bernardo Bertolucci | 1 | Henry Pu Yi | World leader | Known | Asian | 1 | Male | John Lone |
611 | 611 | The Last King of Scotland | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455590/ | UK | 2006 | $17.6M | Kevin Macdonald | 1 | Idi Amin | Other | Known | African | 1 | Male | Forest Whitaker |
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 |
620 | 620 | The Long Day Closes | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104753/ | UK | 1992 | $22.8K | Terence Davies | 1 | Terence Davies | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Leigh McCormack |
624 | 624 | The Lover | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101316/ | UK | 1992 | $4.9M | Jean-Jacques Annaud | 1 | Marguerite Duras | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jane March |
625 | 625 | The Madness of King George | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110428/ | UK | 1994 | $15.2M | Nicholas Hytner | 1 | George III of UK | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Nigel Hawthorne |
626 | 626 | The Magic Box | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043769/ | UK | 1951 | - | John Boulting | 1 | William Friese-Greene | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Robert Donat | |
628 | 628 | The Message | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074896/ | UK | 1977 | - | Moustapha Akkad | 1 | Muhammad | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Anthony Quinn |
629 | 629 | The Miracle Maker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208298/ | UK | 2000 | - | Derek W. Hayes, Stanislav Sokolov | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Ralph Fiennes |
633 | 633 | The Music Lovers | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066109/ | UK | 1970 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Chamberlain |
643 | 643 | The Pianist | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253474/ | UK | 2002 | $32.5M | Roman Polanski | 1 | Wâadysâaw Szpilman | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Adrien Brody |
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 |
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 | |
657 | 657 | The Red Baron | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365675/ | UK | 2008 | $36.6K | Nikolai MÌÄå_llerschÌÄå¦n | 1 | Baron Manfred von Richthofen | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Matthias Schweigh̦fer |
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 |
669 | 669 | The Soul Keeper | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349995/ | UK | 2002 | - | Roberto Faenza | 2 | Sabina Spielrein | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emilia Fox |
679 | 679 | The Theory of Everything | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980516/ | UK | 2014 | $35.9M | James Marsh | 1 | Steven Hawking | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Eddie Redmayne |
681 | 681 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054403/ | UK | 1960 | - | Ken Hughes | 1 | Oscar Wilde | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Peter Finch |
707 | 707 | To Kill a King | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302436/ | UK | 2003 | - | Mike Barker | 2 | Oliver Cromwell | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tim Roth |
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 |
716 | 716 | Total Eclipse | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702/ | UK | 1995 | $340K | Agnieszka Holland | 2 | Arthur Rimbaud | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | Leonardo DiCaprio | |
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 | |
722 | 722 | Vatel | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190861/ | UK | 2000 | $49.5K | Roland Joff̩ | 1 | Fran̤ois Vatel | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | G̩rard Depardieu |
724 | 724 | Vincent & Theo | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100873/ | UK | 1990 | $2.23M | Robert Altman | 2 | Theo van Gogh | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Rhys |
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 |
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 |
740 | 740 | WhiteLightnin' | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034419/ | UK | 2009 | - | Dominic Murphy | 1 | Jesco White | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Edward Hogg | |
744 | 744 | Wilde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120514/ | UK | 1997 | $2.16M | Brian Gilbert | 1 | Oscar Wilde | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Stephen Fry |
750 | 750 | Wittgenstein | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108583/ | UK | 1993 | - | Derek Jarman | 1 | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Academic (Philosopher) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Clancy Chassay |
756 | 756 | Young Cassidy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059930/ | UK | 1965 | - | Jack Cardiff | 1 | Sean O'Casey | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Rod Taylor |
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 |
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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 );