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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| 295 | 295 | Jappeloup | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2018079/ | Canada | 2013 | - | Christian Duguay | 1 | Pierre Durand, Jr. | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Guillaume Canet |
| 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 |
| 505 | 505 | Steal This Movie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161216/ | US | 2000 | $76.1K | Robert Greenwald | 1 | Abbie Hoffman | Activist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vincent D'Onofrio |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 758 | 758 | Young Mr. Lincoln | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032155/ | US | 1939 | - | John Ford | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Henry Fonda |
| 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 | |
| 185 | 185 | Eichmann | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901481/ | UK | 2007 | - | Robert Young | 1 | Adolf Eichmann | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Thomas Kretschmann |
| 259 | 259 | Hitler: A Film from Germany | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076147/ | UK | 1977 | - | Hans-JÌ_rgen Syberberg | 1 | Adolf Hitler | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Heinz Schubert |
| 260 | 260 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070184/ | UK | 1973 | - | Ennio De Concini | 1 | Adolf Hitler | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Alec Guinness |
| 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 | |
| 161 | 161 | Desert Dancer | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403393/ | UK | 2014 | $144K | Richard Raymond | 1 | Afshin Ghaffarian | Artist | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Reece Ritchie |
| 280 | 280 | In Love and War | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116621/ | US | 1996 | $14.5M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | Agnes von Kurowsky | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Sandra Bullock |
| 385 | 385 | Monster | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340855/ | US | 2003 | $34.5M | Patty Jenkins | 1 | Aileen Wuornos | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Charlize Theron | |
| 28 | 28 | Al Capone | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052543/ | US | 1959 | - | Richard Wilson | 1 | Al Capone | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Rod Steiger |
| 110 | 110 | Capone | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072761/ | US | 1975 | - | Steve Carver | 1 | Al Capone | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ben Gazzara |
| 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 |
| 436 | 436 | Pride of the Marines | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038000/ | US | 1945 | - | Delmer Daves | 1 | Al Schmid | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Garfield |
| 596 | 596 | The Imitation Game | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/ | US/UK | 2014 | $91.1M | Morten Tyldum | 1 | Alan Turing | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Benedict Cumberbatch |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 109 | 109 | Cannibal! The Musical | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115819/ | US | 1993 | - | Trey Parker | 1 | Alferd Packer | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Trey Parker | |
| 257 | 257 | Hitchcock | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0975645/ | US/UK | 2012 | $6M | Sacha Gervasi | 2 | Alfred Hitchcock | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Anthony Hopkins |
| 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 |
| 181 | 181 | Dreamchild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089052/ | UK | 1985 | - | Gavin Millar | 1 | Alice Liddell Hargreaves | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Coral Browne | |
| 264 | 264 | Howl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049402/ | US | 2010 | $617K | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | 1 | Allen Ginsberg | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Franco |
| 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 |
| 357 | 357 | Mahler | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071797/ | UK | 1974 | - | Ken Russell | 2 | Alma Mahler | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Georgina Hale | |
| 258 | 258 | Hitchcock | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0975645/ | US/UK | 2012 | $6M | Sacha Gervasi | 2 | Alma Reville | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Helen Mirren |
| 147 | 147 | Counterpunch | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2051850/ | US | 2013 | - | Kenneth Castillo | 1 | Alvaro Orlando | Athlete | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Alvaro Orlando |
| 482 | 482 | Sergeant York | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034167/ | US | 1941 | $16.4M | Howard Hawks | 1 | Alvin C. York | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Cooper |
| 676 | 676 | The Straight Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/ | US/UK | 1999 | $6.2M | David Lynch | 1 | Alvin Straight | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Richard Farnsworth | |
| 381 | 381 | Modigliani | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367188/ | UK | 2004 | $195K | Mick Davis | 1 | Amedeo Modigliani | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Andy Garcia |
| 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 |
| 249 | 249 | Henry & June | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099762/ | US | 1990 | $11.6M | Philip Kaufman | 3 | AnaÌøs Nin | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Maria de Medeiros |
| 395 | 395 | My Dinner with Andre | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082783/ | US | 1981 | $5.07K | Louis Malle | 2 | Andre Gregory | Actor | Known | White | 0 | Male | Andre Gregory |
| 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 |
| 53 | 53 | Baader | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309320/ | UK | 2002 | - | Christopher Roth | 1 | Andreas Baader | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Frank Giering |
| 360 | 360 | Man on the Moon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125664/ | US/UK | 1999 | $34.6M | Milos Forman | 1 | Andy Kaufman | Comedian | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jim Carrey | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 637 | 637 | The Other Boleyn Girl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467200/ | US/UK | 2008 | $26.8M | Justin Chadwick | 2 | Anne Boleyn | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Natalie Portman |
| 170 | 170 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Anne Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Nancy Coleman |
| 560 | 560 | The Diary of Anne Frank | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052738/ | US | 1959 | - | George Stevens | 1 | Anne Frank | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Millie Perkins |
| 376 | 376 | Million Dollar Mermaid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044903/ | US | 1952 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 1 | Annette Kellerman | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Esther Williams |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 714 | 714 | Topsy-Turvy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151568/ | US/UK | 1999 | $6.2M | Mike Leigh | 2 | Arthur Sullivan | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Allan Corduner |
| 706 | 706 | To Hell and Back | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048729/ | US | 1955 | - | Jesse Hibbs | 1 | Audie Murphy | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Audie Murphy |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 534 | 534 | The Babe Ruth Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040142/ | US | 1948 | - | Roy Del Ruth | 1 | Babe Ruth | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | William Bendix |
| 57 | 57 | Barabbas | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055774/ | US | 1961 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Barabbas | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Anthony Quinn |
| 271 | 271 | I Want to Live! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051758/ | US | 1958 | - | Robert Wise | 1 | Barbara Graham | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Susan Hayward | |
| 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 |
| 506 | 506 | Stealing Sinatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311863/ | US | 2003 | - | Ron Underwood | 2 | Barry Keenan | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | David Arquette | |
| 379 | 379 | Miss Potter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482546/ | US/UK | 2006 | $2.98M | Chris Noonan | 1 | Beatrix Potter | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ren̩e Zellweger |
| 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 |
| 310 | 310 | Juarez | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031516/ | US | 1939 | - | William Dieterle | 1 | Benito Juarez | World leader | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Male | Paul Muni |
| 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 |
| 542 | 542 | The Benny Goodman Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047873/ | US | 1956 | - | Valentine Davies | 1 | Benny Goodman | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Steve Allen |
| 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 |
| 703 | 703 | Three Little Words | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043044/ | US | 1950 | - | Richard Thorpe | 2 | Bert Kalmar | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Fred Astaire |
| 497 | 497 | Soul Surfer | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596346/ | US | 2011 | $43.9M | Sean McNamara | 1 | Bethany Hamilton | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Female | AnnaSophia Robb | |
| 636 | 636 | The Notorious Bettie Page | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404802/ | US | 2005 | $1.41M | Mary Harron | 1 | Bettie Page | Other | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Gretchen Mol |
| 145 | 145 | Conviction | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244754/ | US | 2010 | $6.78M | Tony Goldwyn | 1 | Betty Anne Waters | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Hilary Swank | |
| 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 | |
| 394 | 394 | My Childhood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068983/ | UK | 1972 | - | Bill Douglas | 1 | Bill Douglas | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Stephen Archibald | |
| 588 | 588 | The Grey Fox | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085622/ | Canada | 1982 | - | Phillip Borsos | 1 | Bill Miner | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Richard Farnsworth | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 556 | 556 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047956/ | US | 1955 | - | Otto Preminger | 1 | Billy Mitchell | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Cooper |
| 757 | 757 | Young Man with a Horn | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043153/ | US | 1950 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Bix Beiderbecke | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kirk Douglas |
| 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 |
| 274 | 274 | I'm Not There. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368794/ | US/Canada | 2007 | $4M | Todd Haynes | 1 | Bob Dylan | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | - |
| 298 | 298 | Jersey Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742044/ | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Bob Gaudio | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Erich Bergen |
| 595 | 595 | The Idolmaker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080913/ | US | 1980 | - | Taylor Hackford | 1 | Bob Marcucci | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Ray Sharkey | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 265 | 265 | Hunger | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986233/ | UK | 2008 | $154K | Steve McQueen | 1 | Bobby Sands | Activist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Fassbender |
| 84 | 84 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Bonnie Parker | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Faye Dunaway | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 508 | 508 | Stoned | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426627/ | UK | 2005 | - | Stephen Woolley | 1 | Brian Jones | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Leo Gregory |
| 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 |
| 91 | 91 | Brigham Young | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032281/ | US | 1940 | - | Henry Hathaway | 1 | Brigham Young | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dean Jagger |
| 548 | 548 | The Brittany Murphy Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3957278/ | US | 2014 | - | Joe Menendez | 1 | Brittany Murphy | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Amanda Fuller |
| 180 | 180 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106770/ | US | 1993 | $35.1M | Rob Cohen | 1 | Bruce Lee | Athlete | Known | Asian American | 1 | Male | Jason Scott Lee |
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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 );