Biopics: biopics.csv

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This table contains the data behind the story 'Straight Outta Compton' Is The Rare Biopic Not About White Dudes.

biopics.csv contains the following variables:

Variable Definition
title Title of the film.
site URL from IMDB.
country Country of origin.
year_released Year of release.
box_office Gross earnings at U.S. box office.
director Director of film.
number_of_subjects The number of subjects featured in the film.
subject The actual name of the featured subject.
type_of_subject The occupation of subject or reason for recognition.
race_known Indicates whether the subject’s race was discernible based on background of self, parent, or grandparent.
subject_race Race of the subject.
person_of_color Dummy variable that indicates person of color.
subject_sex Sex of subject.
lead_actor_actress The actor or actress who played the subject.

Source: IMDb.

Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette

761 rows sorted by person_of_color

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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
1 1 10 Rillington Place http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066730/ UK 1971 - Richard Fleischer 1 John Christie Criminal Unknown   0 Male Richard Attenborough
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
4 4 1987 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2833074/ Canada 2014 - Ricardo Trogi 1 Ricardo Trogi Other Known White 0 Male Jean-Carl Boucher
5 5 20 Dates http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138987/ US 1998 $537K Myles Berkowitz 1 Myles Berkowitz Other Unknown   0 Male Myles Berkowitz
7 7 24 Hour Party People http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274309/ UK 2002 $1.13M Michael Winterbottom 1 Tony Wilson Musician Known White 0 Male Steve Coogan
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
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
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
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
14 14 A Dangerous Method http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571222/ Canada/UK 2011 $5.7M David Cronenberg 3 Sigmund Freud Academic Known White 0 Male Viggo Mortensen
15 15 A Dangerous Method http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571222/ Canada/UK 2011 $5.7M David Cronenberg 3 Sabina Spielrein Academic Known White 0 Female Keira Knightley
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
18 18 A Man for All Seasons http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060665/ UK 1966 - Fred Zinnemann 1 Thomas More Historical Known White 0 Male Paul Scofield
19 19 A Matador's Mistress http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491046/ US/UK 2008 - Menno Meyjes 2 Lupe Sino Actress Known Hispanic (White) 0 Female Pen̩lope Cruz
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
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
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
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
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
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
35 35 Amazing Grace http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454776/ US/UK 2006 $21.2M Michael Apted 1 William Wilberforce Other Known White 0 Male Ioan Gruffudd
36 36 Amelia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129445/ US/Canada 2009 $14.2M Mira Nair 1 Amelia Earhart Other Known White 0 Female Hilary Swank
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
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
44 44 Anastasia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048947/ US 1956 - Anatole Litvak 1 Anna Anderson / Anastasia Other Known White 0 Female Ingrid Bergman
45 45 Anna and the King of Siam http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038303/ US 1946 - John Cromwell 1 Anna Leonowens Other Known Multi racial 0 Female Irene Dunne
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
48 48 Another Country http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086904/ UK 1984 - Marek Kanievska 1 Guy Burgess Military Unknown   0 Male Rupert Everett
50 50 Auto Focus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298744/ US 2002 $2.06M Paul Schrader 1 Robert Edward "Bob" Crane Actor Known White 0 Male Greg Kinnear
51 51 Awakenings http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099077/ US 1990 $52.1M Penny Marshall 1 Oliver Sacks Medicine Known White 0 Male Robin Williams
53 53 Baader http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309320/ UK 2002 - Christopher Roth 1 Andreas Baader Military Known White 0 Male Frank Giering
54 54 Backbeat http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106339/ UK 1994 $2.39M Iain Softley 2 John Lennon Musician Known White 0 Male Ian Hart
55 55 Backbeat http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106339/ UK 1994 $2.39M Iain Softley 2 Stuart Sutcliffe Musician Known White 0 Male Stephen Dorff
57 57 Barabbas http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055774/ US 1961 - Richard Fleischer 1 Barabbas Historical Known White 0 Male Anthony Quinn
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
60 60 Battle Hymn http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050171/ US 1957 - Douglas Sirk 1 Dean Hess Military Unknown   0 Male Rock Hudson
61 61 Beau Brummell http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046759/ US 1954 - Curtis Bernhardt 1 George Brummell Other Known White 0 Male Stewart Granger
62 62 Becket http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/ US/UK 1964 - Peter Glenville 2 King Henry II Historical Known White 0 Male Peter O'Toole
63 63 Becket http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/ US/UK 1964 - Peter Glenville 2 Thomas Becket Historical Known White 0 Male  
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
66 66 Behind the Lines http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120001/ Canada/UK 1997 $19.3K Gillies MacKinnon 1 Siegfried Loraine Sassoon Military Known Multi racial 0 Male James Wilby
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
69 69 Best http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181311/ UK 2000 - Mary McGuckian 1 George Best Athlete Known White 0 Male John Lynch
70 70 Beyond the Law http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/ US 1993 - Larry Ferguson 1 Dan Black Other Unknown   0 Male Charlie Sheen
71 71 Beyond the Sea http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363473/ US/UK 2004 $6.14M Kevin Spacey 1 Bobby Darin Musician Known White 0 Male Kevin Spacey
72 72 Big Eyes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126590/ US/Canada 2014 $14.5M Tim Burton 1 Margaret Keane Artist Known White 0 Female Amy Adams
73 73 Billy the Kid http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033389/ US 1941 - David Miller 1 Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid) Criminal Known White 0 Male Robert Taylor
75 75 Birdman of Alcatraz http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055798/ US 1962 - John Frankenheimer 1 Robert Franklin Stroud Criminal Unknown   0 Male Burt Lancaster
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
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
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
79 79 Blow http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221027/ US 2001 $52.9M Ted Demme 1 George Jung Criminal Known White 0 Male Johnny Depp
80 80 Blue http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106438/ UK 1993 $1.72M Derek Jarman 1 Derek Jarman Other Unknown   0 Male Derek Jarman
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
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
85 85 Born on the Fourth of July http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096969/ US 1989 $70M Oliver Stone 1 Ron Kovic Military / activist Unknown   0 Male Tom Cruise
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
87 87 Boys Don't Cry http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171804/ US 1999 $11.5M Kimberly Peirce 1 Brandon Teena Other Unknown   0 Male Hilary Swank
88 88 Boys Town http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029942/ US 1938 - Norman Taurog 1 Father Edward Flanagan Other Known White 0 Male Spencer Tracy
89 89 Braveheart http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112573/ US 1995 $75.6M Mel Gibson 1 William Wallace Military Known White 0 Male Mel Gibson
90 90 Breach http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401997/ US 2007 $33M Billy Ray 1 Robert Hanssen Criminal Known White 0 Male Chris Cooper
91 91 Brigham Young http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032281/ US 1940 - Henry Hathaway 1 Brigham Young Other Known White 0 Male Dean Jagger
92 92 Bright Star http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810784/ UK 2009 $4.44M Jane Campion 2 John Keats Author (poet) Known White 0 Male Ben Whishaw
93 93 Bright Star http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810784/ UK 2009 $4.44M Jane Campion 2 Fanny Brawne Other Unknown   0 Female Abbie Cornish
94 94 Bronson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172570/ UK 2008 $105K Nicolas Winding Refn 1 Charles Bronson Criminal Unknown   0 Male Tom Hardy
95 95 Brother Sun, Sister Moon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069824/ UK 1972 - Franco Zeffirelli 1 St. Francis of Assisi Historical Known White 0 Male Graham Faulkner
96 96 Bubble Boy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258470/ US 2001 $5M Blair Hayes 1 David Vetter Medicine Unknown   0 Male Jake Gyllenhaal
97 97 Buffalo Bill http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036677/ US 1944 - William A. Wellman 1 William Cody Other Known White 0 Male Joel McCrea
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
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
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
102 102 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/ US 1969 $102M George Roy Hill 2 Harry Longabaugh Criminal Known White 0 Male Robert Redford
105 105 Cadillac Records http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ US 2008 $8.13M Darnell Martin 3 Leonard Chess Musician Known White 0 Male Adrien Brody
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
108 108 Callas Forever http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274407/ UK 2002 $446K Franco Zeffirelli 1 Maria Callas Singer Known Mediterranean 0 Female Fanny Ardant
109 109 Cannibal! The Musical http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115819/ US 1993 - Trey Parker 1 Alferd Packer Criminal Unknown   0 Male Trey Parker
110 110 Capone http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072761/ US 1975 - Steve Carver 1 Al Capone Criminal Known White 0 Male Ben Gazzara
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
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
113 113 Captain Phillips http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/ US 2013 $107M Paul Greengrass 1 Richard Phillips Military Unknown   0 Male Tom Hanks
114 114 Caravaggio http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090798/ UK 1986 $3.15K Derek Jarman 1 Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio Artist Known White 0 Male Multiple
115 115 Carbine Williams http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044480/ US 1952 - Richard Thorpe 1 David Marshall Williams Other Unknown   0 Male James Stewart
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
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

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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
);