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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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641 | 641 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117318/ | US | 1996 | $20.2M | Milos Forman | 1 | Larry Flynt | Activist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Woody Harrelson |
323 | 323 | Korczak | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099949/ | UK | 1990 | - | Andrzej Wajda | 1 | Janusz Korczak | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Wojciech Pszoniak |
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 | |
228 | 228 | Glory Road | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385726/ | US | 2006 | $42.6M | James Gartner | 1 | Don Haskins | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | With: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols | |
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 |
645 | 645 | The Plainsman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028108/ | US | 1936 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Wild Bill Hickok | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | With: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison |
227 | 227 | Girl, Interrupted | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/ | US | 1999 | $28.9M | James Mangold | 1 | Susanna Kaysen | Author | Unknown | 0 | Female | Winona Ryder | |
585 | 585 | The Great Ziegfeld | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027698/ | US | 1936 | - | Robert Z. Leonard | 1 | Florenz Ziegfeld | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | William Powell |
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 |
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 |
718 | 718 | Triumph of the Spirit | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098513/ | US | 1989 | $409K | Robert M. Young | 1 | Salamo Arouch | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Willem Dafoe |
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 |
654 | 654 | The Pursuit of Happyness | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454921/ | US | 2006 | $163M | Gabriele Muccino | 1 | Christopher Gardner | Other | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Will Smith |
174 | 174 | Dillinger | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069976/ | US | 1973 | - | John Milius | 1 | John Dillinger | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Warren Oates | |
451 | 451 | Reds | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/ | US | 1981 | - | Warren Beatty | 1 | John Reed | Media | Known | White | 0 | Male | Warren Beaty |
83 | 83 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Clyde Barrow | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Warren Beatty | |
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 |
649 | 649 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028141/ | US | 1936 | - | John Ford | 1 | Samuel Mudd | Medicine | Known | White | 0 | Male | Warner Baxter |
354 | 354 | Madame Curie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036126/ | US | 1943 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Pierre Curie | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Walter Pidgeon |
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 |
396 | 396 | My Dinner with Andre | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082783/ | US | 1981 | $5.07K | Louis Malle | 2 | Wallace Shawn | Actor | Known | White | 0 | Male | Wallace Shawn |
728 | 728 | Viva Villa! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025948/ | US | 1934 | $1.11M | Jack Conway | 1 | Pancho Villa | Military | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Male | Wallace Beery |
726 | 726 | VIPs | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235548/ | US | 2010 | - | Toniko Melo | 1 | Marcelo Nascimento da Rocha | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Wagner Moura |
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 |
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 |
428 | 428 | Phantom Punch | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131747/ | US | 2008 | - | Robert Townsend | 1 | Sonny Liston | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Ving Rhames |
301 | 301 | Jersey Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742044/ | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Tommy DeVito | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vincent Piazza |
461 | 461 | Ricky 6 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156020/ | US | 2000 | - | Peter Filardi | 1 | Richard "Ricky" Kasso | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Vincent Kartheiser | |
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 |
686 | 686 | The Whole Wide World | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118163/ | US | 1996 | $137K | Dan Ireland | 2 | Robert Howard | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vincent D'Onofrio |
370 | 370 | Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259014/ | Canada | 2008 | $552K | Jean-Fran̤ois Richet | 1 | Jacques Mesrine | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vincent Cassel |
371 | 371 | Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411272/ | Canada | 2008 | $275K | Jean-Fran̤ois Richet | 1 | Jacques Mesrine | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vincent Cassel |
204 | 204 | Find Me Guilty | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419749/ | US | 2006 | $1.17M | Sidney Lumet | 1 | Jackie DiNorscio | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vin Diesel |
562 | 562 | The Doors | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101761/ | US | 1991 | $35.2M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Jim Morrison | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | Vil Kilmer |
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 |
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 |
290 | 290 | Isadora | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063141/ | UK | 1968 | - | Karel Reisz | 1 | Isadora Duncan | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Female | Vanessa Redgrave | |
365 | 365 | Mary, Queen of Scots | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067402/ | UK | 1971 | - | Charles Jarrott | 1 | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Vanessa Redgrave |
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 |
250 | 250 | Henry & June | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099762/ | US | 1990 | $11.6M | Philip Kaufman | 3 | June Miller | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Uma Thurman |
302 | 302 | Jesse James | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031507/ | US | 1939 | - | Henry King | 1 | Jesse James | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tyrone Power |
564 | 564 | The Eddy Duchin Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049170/ | US | 1956 | - | George Sidney | 1 | Eddy Duchin | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tyrone Power | |
621 | 621 | The Long Gray Line | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048312/ | US | 1955 | - | John Ford | 1 | Marty Maher | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tyrone Power |
109 | 109 | Cannibal! The Musical | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115819/ | US | 1993 | - | Trey Parker | 1 | Alferd Packer | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Trey Parker | |
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 | |
263 | 263 | Houdini | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045886/ | US | 1953 | - | George Marshall | 1 | Harry Houdini | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tony Curtis |
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 |
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 |
94 | 94 | Bronson | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172570/ | UK | 2008 | $105K | Nicolas Winding Refn | 1 | Charles Bronson | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tom Hardy | |
113 | 113 | Captain Phillips | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/ | US | 2013 | $107M | Paul Greengrass | 1 | Richard Phillips | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tom Hanks | |
126 | 126 | Charlie Wilson's War | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/ | US | 2007 | $66.6M | Mike Nichols | 1 | Charlie Wilson | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tom Hanks | |
474 | 474 | Saving Mr. Banks | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140373/ | US/UK | 2013 | $83.3M | John Lee Hancock | 2 | Walt Disney | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tom Hanks |
752 | 752 | Words and Music | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040976/ | US | 1948 | - | Norman Taurog | 2 | Richard Rogers | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tom Drake |
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 | |
282 | 282 | Infamous | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420609/ | US | 2006 | $1.15M | Douglas McGrath | 1 | Truman Capote | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Toby Jones | |
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 |
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 |
569 | 569 | The Falcon and the Snowman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087231/ | US/UK | 1985 | $17.1M | John Schlesinger | 1 | Christopher Boyce | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Timothy Hutton | |
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 |
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 |
415 | 415 | One Night with the King | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430431/ | US | 2006 | $13.4M | Michael O. Sajbel | 1 | Hadassah (Esther) | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Female | Tiffany Dupont |
185 | 185 | Eichmann | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901481/ | UK | 2007 | - | Robert Young | 1 | Adolf Eichmann | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Thomas Kretschmann |
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 |
615 | 615 | The Last Time I Committed Suicide | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119502/ | US | 1997 | $12.8K | Stephen Kay | 1 | Neal Cassady | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | Thomas Jane | |
507 | 507 | Stealing Sinatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311863/ | US | 2003 | - | Ron Underwood | 2 | Frank Sinatra, Jr. | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Thomas Ian Nicholas |
324 | 324 | Kundun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119485/ | US | 1997 | $5.53M | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Dalai Lama | Activist | Known | Asian | 1 | Male | Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong |
409 | 409 | Nostradamus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110689/ | UK | 1994 | $364K | Roger Christian | 1 | Nostradamus | Historical | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tch̩ky Karyo | |
538 | 538 | The Bang Bang Club | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173687/ | Canada | 2010 | - | Steven Silver | 4 | Kevin Carter | Media | Known | White | 0 | Male | Taylor Kitsch |
380 | 380 | Mockingbird Don't Sing | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273822/ | US | 2001 | - | Harry Bromley Davenport | 1 | Genie (pseudonym) | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Tarra Steele | |
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 |
408 | 408 | Nora | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158033/ | UK | 2000 | $12.3K | Pat Murphy | 2 | Nora Barnacle | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Susan Lynch | |
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 | |
272 | 272 | I'll Cry Tomorrow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048191/ | US | 1955 | - | Daniel Mann | 1 | Lillian Roth | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Susan Hayward |
748 | 748 | With a Song in My Heart | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045333/ | US | 1952 | - | Walter Lang | 1 | Jane Froman | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Female | Susan Hayward | |
61 | 61 | Beau Brummell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046759/ | US | 1954 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | George Brummell | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Stewart Granger |
182 | 182 | Ed Gein | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230169/ | US/UK | 2000 | $5.71K | Chuck Parello | 1 | Ed Gein | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Steve Railsback | |
421 | 421 | Papillon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/ | US | 1973 | $53.3M | Franklin J. Schaffner | 1 | Henri "Papillon" Charri̬re | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Steve McQueen |
592 | 592 | The Hunter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080907/ | US | 1980 | - | Buzz Kulik | 1 | Ralph "Papa" Thorson | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Steve McQueen | |
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 |
623 | 623 | The Look of Love | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951216/ | US/UK | 2013 | $10.4K | Michael Winterbottom | 1 | Paul Raymond | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Steve Coogan | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
394 | 394 | My Childhood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068983/ | UK | 1972 | - | Bill Douglas | 1 | Bill Douglas | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Stephen Archibald | |
235 | 235 | Goya's Ghosts | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455957/ | US | 2006 | $1M | Milos Forman | 1 | Francisco Goya | Artist | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Male | Stellan SkarsgÌ´rd |
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 |
184 | 184 | Edison, the Man | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032432/ | US | 1940 | - | Clarence Brown | 1 | Thomas Edison | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Spencer Tracy |
294 | 294 | Jamesy Boy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673734/ | US | 2014 | - | Trevor White | 1 | James Burns | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Spencer Lofranco | |
162 | 162 | Desert Flower | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054580/ | UK | 2009 | $44.3K | Sherry Hormann | 1 | Waris Dirie | Activist | Known | African | 1 | Female | Soraya Omar-Scego (young) and Liya Kebede (older) |
494 | 494 | Skin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964586/ | UK | 2008 | - | Anthony Fabian | 1 | Sandra Laing | Other | Known | African | 1 | Female | Sophie Okonedo |
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 |
760 | 760 | Young Winston | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069528/ | US | 1972 | - | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Winston Churchill | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Simon Ward |
234 | 234 | Gorillas in the Mist | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095243/ | US | 1988 | $24.7M | Michael Apted | 1 | Dian Fossey | Academic | Unknown | 0 | Female | Sigourney Weaver | |
198 | 198 | Factory Girl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432402/ | US | 2006 | $1.65M | George Hickenlooper | 1 | Edie Sedgwick | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Sienna Miller |
736 | 736 | What We Do Is Secret | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384683/ | US | 2007 | $58.8K | Rodger Grossman | 1 | Darby Crash | Singer | Unknown | 0 | Male | Shane West | |
166 | 166 | Devil's Knot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/ | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Jason Baldwin | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Seth Meriwether | |
296 | 296 | Jean Charles | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0989007/ | UK | 2009 | - | Henrique Goldman | 1 | Jean Charles de Menezes | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Selton Mello |
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 |
374 | 374 | Milk | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/ | US | 2008 | $31.8M | Gus Van Sant | 1 | Harvey Milk | Activist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Sean Penn |
530 | 530 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364961/ | US | 2004 | $698K | Niels Mueller | 1 | Samuel Byck | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Sean Penn |
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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 );