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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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 |
4 | 4 | 1987 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2833074/ | Canada | 2014 | - | Ricardo Trogi | 1 | Ricardo Trogi | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jean-Carl Boucher |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
22 | 22 | A Mighty Heart | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/ | US/UK | 2007 | $9.17M | Michael Winterbottom | 2 | Mariane Pearl | Journalist | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Female | Angelina Jolie |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
52 | 52 | Baadasssss! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367790/ | US | 2003 | $365K | Mario Van Peebles | 1 | Melvin Van Peebles | Actor | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Mario Van Peebles |
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 |
56 | 56 | Bandit Queen | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109206/ | UK | 1994 | $400K | Shekhar Kapur | 1 | Phoolan Devi | Criminal | Known | Indian | 1 | Female | Seema Biswas |
57 | 57 | Barabbas | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055774/ | US | 1961 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Barabbas | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Anthony Quinn |
58 | 58 | Basquiat | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115632/ | US | 1996 | $2.96M | Julian Schnabel | 1 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | Artist | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Jeffrey Wright |
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 |
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 |
65 | 65 | Before Night Falls | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247196/ | US | 2000 | $4.22M | Julian Schnabel | 1 | Reinaldo Arenas | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Male | Javier Bardem |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
103 | 103 | Cadillac Records | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Etta James | Singer | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Beyonc̩ Knowles |
104 | 104 | Cadillac Records | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Muddy Water | Musician | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Jeffrey Wright |
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 |
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 |
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 |
110 | 110 | Capone | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072761/ | US | 1975 | - | Steve Carver | 1 | Al Capone | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ben Gazzara |
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 |
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 |
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 |
118 | 118 | Carve Her Name with Pride | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051454/ | UK | 1958 | - | Lewis Gilbert | 1 | Violette Bushell Szabo | Military | Known | White | 0 | Female | Virginia McKenna |
121 | 121 | Cass | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954981/ | UK | 2008 | - | Jon S. Baird | 1 | Cass Pennant | Other | Known | Caribbean | 1 | Male | Nonso Anozie |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
135 | 135 | Cinderella Man | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352248/ | US | 2005 | $61.6M | Ron Howard | 1 | James Braddock | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Russell Crowe |
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 |
138 | 138 | Coal Miner's Daughter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080549/ | US | 1980 | $79.9M | Michael Apted | 1 | Loretta Lynn | Singer | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Female | Sissy Spacek |
139 | 139 | Cobb | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109450/ | US | 1994 | $1.01M | Ron Shelton | 1 | Ty Cobb | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tommy Lee Jones |
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 |
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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 );