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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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 |
551 | 551 | The Chameleon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1359553/ | US | 2010 | - | Jean-Paul Salom̩ | 1 | Fr̩d̩ric Fortin | Criminal | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Marc-Andr̩ Grondin |
545 | 545 | The Better Angels | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316868/ | US | 2014 | - | A.J. Edwards | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jason Clarke |
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 |
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 | |
430 | 430 | Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462477/ | US/UK | 2005 | $21.8K | Adrian Shergold | 1 | Albert Pierrepoint | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Timothy Spall |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
373 | 373 | Midnight Express | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077928/ | US/UK | 1978 | $35M | Alan Parker | 1 | Billy Hayes | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Brad Davis | |
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 |
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 | |
734 | 734 | Walker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096409/ | US | 1987 | $257K | Alex Cox | 1 | William Walker | Other | 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 |
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 |
81 | 81 | Blue Caprice | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2027064/ | US | 2013 | $86.7K | Alexandre Moors | 1 | John Allen Muhammad | Criminal | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Isaiah Washington |
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 |
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 |
603 | 603 | The Jolson Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038661/ | US | 1946 | - | Alfred E. Green | 1 | Al Jolson | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Larry Parks |
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 |
591 | 591 | The House of Rothschild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025272/ | US | 1934 | - | Alfred L. Werker | 1 | Mayer Rothschild | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | George Arliss |
262 | 262 | Hollywoodland | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427969/ | US | 2006 | $14.4M | Allen Coulter | 1 | George Reeves | Actor | Unknown | 0 | Male | Ben Affleck | |
254 | 254 | Hilary and Jackie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150915/ | UK | 1998 | $4.87M | Anand Tucker | 2 | Jacqueline du Pr̩ | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emily Watson |
255 | 255 | Hilary and Jackie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150915/ | UK | 1998 | $4.87M | Anand Tucker | 2 | Hilary du Pr̩-Finzi | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Female | Rachel Griffiths |
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 |
44 | 44 | Anastasia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048947/ | US | 1956 | - | Anatole Litvak | 1 | Anna Anderson / Anastasia | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
291 | 291 | Isn't She Great | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141399/ | US/UK | 2000 | $2.95M | Andrew Bergman | 1 | Jacqueline Susann | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Bette Midler |
528 | 528 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443680/ | US/UK/Canada | 2007 | $3.9M | Andrew Dominik | 2 | Jesse James | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Brad Pitt |
529 | 529 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443680/ | US/UK/Canada | 2007 | $3.9M | Andrew Dominik | 2 | Robert Ford | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Casey Affleck | |
132 | 132 | Chisum | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065547/ | US | 1970 | $6M | Andrew V. McLaglen | 1 | John Chisum | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Wayne | |
323 | 323 | Korczak | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099949/ | UK | 1990 | - | Andrzej Wajda | 1 | Janusz Korczak | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Wojciech Pszoniak |
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 |
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 |
494 | 494 | Skin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964586/ | UK | 2008 | - | Anthony Fabian | 1 | Sandra Laing | Other | Known | African | 1 | Female | Sophie Okonedo |
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 |
580 | 580 | The Glenn Miller Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047030/ | US | 1954 | - | Anthony Mann | 1 | Glenn Miller | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Stewart |
384 | 384 | Monsieur N. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308595/ | UK | 2003 | $16.8K | Antoine de Caunes | 1 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Philippe Torreton |
144 | 144 | Control | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421082/ | US/UK | 2007 | $872K | Anton Corbijn | 1 | Ian Curtis | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Sam Riley | |
526 | 526 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029842/ | US | 1938 | - | Archie Mayo | 1 | Marco Polo | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Cooper |
594 | 594 | The Iceman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1491044/ | US | 2012 | $1.94M | Ariel Vromen | 1 | Richard Kuklinski | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Shannon |
223 | 223 | Geronimo | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056016/ | US | 1962 | - | Arnold Laven | 1 | Geronimo | Military | Known | Native American | 1 | Male | Chuck Connors |
739 | 739 | Where the Buffalo Roam | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081748/ | US | 1980 | - | Art Linson | 1 | Hunter S. Thompson | Media | Unknown | 0 | Male | Bill Murray | |
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 |
83 | 83 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Clyde Barrow | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Warren Beatty | |
84 | 84 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Bonnie Parker | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Faye Dunaway | |
617 | 617 | The Left Handed Gun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051849/ | US | 1958 | - | Arthur Penn | 1 | Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid) | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Newman |
630 | 630 | The Miracle Worker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056241/ | US | 1962 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Helen Keller | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Patty Duke |
631 | 631 | The Miracle Worker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056241/ | US | 1962 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Annie Sullivan | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Anne Bancroft |
165 | 165 | Devil's Knot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/ | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Damien Echols | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Hamrick | |
166 | 166 | Devil's Knot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/ | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Jason Baldwin | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Seth Meriwether | |
167 | 167 | Devil's Knot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/ | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Jessie Misskelley, Jr. | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Kristopher Higgins | |
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 |
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 |
458 | 458 | Reversal of Fortune | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100486/ | US/UK | 1990 | $15.4M | Barbet Schroeder | 2 | Sunny von BÌ_low | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Glenn Close |
98 | 98 | Bugsy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101516/ | US | 1991 | $49.1M | Barry Levinson | 1 | Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Warren Beatty |
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 | |
661 | 661 | The Sessions | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866249/ | US | 2012 | $6M | Ben Lewin | 1 | Mark O'Brien | Medicine | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Hawkes | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
276 | 276 | Immortal Beloved | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110116/ | US/UK | 1994 | $14.4M | Bernard Rose | 1 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Oldman |
387 | 387 | Mr. Nice | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183911/ | UK | 2010 | - | Bernard Rose | 1 | Howard Marks | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Rhys Ifans | |
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 |
437 | 437 | Private Parts | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119951/ | US | 1997 | $41.2M | Betty Thomas | 1 | Howard Stern | Media | Known | White | 0 | Male | Howard Stern |
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 |
320 | 320 | Kinsey | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362269/ | US | 2004 | $10.2M | Bill Condon | 1 | Alfred Kinsey | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Liam Neeson |
570 | 570 | The Fifth Estate | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837703/ | US | 2013 | $3.25M | Bill Condon | 1 | Julian Assange | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Benedict Cumberbatch |
394 | 394 | My Childhood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068983/ | UK | 1972 | - | Bill Douglas | 1 | Bill Douglas | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Stephen Archibald | |
342 | 342 | Love & Mercy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903657/ | US | 2014 | $9.26M | Bill Pohlad | 1 | Brian Wilson | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Cusack |
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 |
90 | 90 | Breach | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401997/ | US | 2007 | $33M | Billy Ray | 1 | Robert Hanssen | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Chris Cooper |
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 |
96 | 96 | Bubble Boy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258470/ | US | 2001 | $5M | Blair Hayes | 1 | David Vetter | Medicine | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jake Gyllenhaal | |
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 |
67 | 67 | Bernard and Doris | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470732/ | US | 2006 | - | Bob Balaban | 2 | Bernard Lafferty | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ralph Fiennes |
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 |
332 | 332 | Lenny | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071746/ | US | 1974 | - | Bob Fosse | 1 | Lenny Bruce | Comedian | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dustin Hoffman |
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 |
647 | 647 | The Prince of Egypt | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120794/ | US | 1998 | $101M | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner | 2 | Moses | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Val Kilmer |
648 | 648 | The Prince of Egypt | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120794/ | US | 1998 | $101M | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner | 2 | Ramses | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Ralph Fiennes |
737 | 737 | What's Love Got to Do with It | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108551/ | US | 1993 | $39.1M | Brian Gibson | 1 | Anna Mae Bullock (Tina Turner) | Singer | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Female | Angela Bassett |
712 | 712 | Tom & Viv | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111454/ | US/UK | 1994 | $539K | Brian Gilbert | 2 | T.S. Eliot | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Willem Dafoe |
713 | 713 | Tom & Viv | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111454/ | US/UK | 1994 | $539K | Brian Gilbert | 2 | Vivienne Haigh-Wood | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Miranda Richardson |
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 |
501 | 501 | Stander | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326208/ | Canada/UK | 2003 | $19.1K | Bronwen Hughes | 1 | Andre Stander | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Thomas Jane |
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 |
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 | |
592 | 592 | The Hunter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080907/ | US | 1980 | - | Buzz Kulik | 1 | Ralph "Papa" Thorson | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Steve McQueen | |
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 |
709 | 709 | To Walk with Lions | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132563/ | Canada/UK | 1999 | - | Carl Schultz | 2 | George Adamson | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Richard Harris | |
710 | 710 | To Walk with Lions | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132563/ | Canada/UK | 1999 | - | Carl Schultz | 2 | Tony Fitzjohn | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Michie | |
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 | |
697 | 697 | Thirteen | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/ | US | 2003 | $4.6M | Catherine Hardwicke | 2 | Nikki Reed | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Evan Rachel Wood |
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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 );