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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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326 | 326 | La Vie en Rose | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450188/ | Canada/UK | 2007 | $10.3M | Olivier Dahan | 1 | Ìädith Piaf. | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Marion Cotillard |
378 | 378 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089603/ | US | 1985 | $450K | Paul Schrader | 1 | Yukio Mishima | Author | Known | Asian | 1 | Male | Ken Ogata |
590 | 590 | The Happy Hooker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073091/ | US | 1975 | - | Nicholas Sgarro | 1 | Xaviera Hollander | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Lynn Redgrave |
643 | 643 | The Pianist | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253474/ | UK | 2002 | $32.5M | Roman Polanski | 1 | Wâadysâaw Szpilman | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Adrien Brody |
753 | 753 | Wyatt Earp | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111756/ | US | 1994 | $25.1M | Lawrence Kasdan | 1 | Wyatt Earp | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kevin Costner |
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 |
745 | 745 | Wilson | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037465/ | US | 1944 | $2M | Henry King | 1 | Woodrow Wilson | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Alexander Knox |
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 |
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 |
746 | 746 | Winnie Mandela | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551641/ | Canada | 2011 | - | Darrell Roodt | 1 | Winnie Mandela | Government | Known | African | 1 | Female | Jennifer Hudson |
419 | 419 | Pandaemonium | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210217/ | UK | 2000 | - | Julien Temple | 2 | William Wordsworth | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Hannah | |
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 |
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 |
734 | 734 | Walker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096409/ | US | 1987 | $257K | Alex Cox | 1 | William Walker | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ed Harris |
414 | 414 | One Foot in Heaven | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033980/ | US | 1941 | - | Irving Rapper | 1 | William Spence | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Fredric March |
715 | 715 | Topsy-Turvy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151568/ | US/UK | 1999 | $6.2M | Mike Leigh | 2 | William Schwenck Gilbert | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jim Broadbent |
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 |
626 | 626 | The Magic Box | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043769/ | UK | 1951 | - | John Boulting | 1 | William Friese-Greene | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Robert Donat | |
576 | 576 | The Gallant Hours | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053849/ | US | 1960 | - | Robert Montgomery | 1 | William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr. | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Cagney |
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 |
693 | 693 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056700/ | US | 1961 | - | Henry Levin, George Pal | 2 | Wilhelm Grimm | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Laurence Harvey |
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 |
743 | 743 | Wild Bill | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114938/ | US | 1995 | $2.17M | Walter Hill | 1 | Wild Bill Hickok | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jeff Bridges |
140 | 140 | Communion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097100/ | US/UK | 1989 | $1.92M | Philippe Mora | 1 | Whitley Strieber | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Christopher Walken | |
238 | 238 | Greased Lightning | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076106/ | US | 1977 | - | Michael Schultz | 1 | Wendell Scott | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Richard Pryor |
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) |
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 |
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 |
583 | 583 | The Great Moment | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036880/ | US | 1944 | - | Preston Sturges | 1 | W.T. Morton | Medicine | Unknown | 0 | Male | Joel McCrea | |
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 |
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 |
349 | 349 | Lust for Life | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049456/ | US | 1956 | - | Vincente Minnelli | 1 | Vincent van Gogh | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kirk Douglas |
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 |
288 | 288 | Invincible | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445990/ | US | 2006 | $57.8M | Ericson Core | 1 | Vince Papale | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Mark Wahlberg | |
389 | 389 | Mrs Brown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119280/ | US/UK | 1997 | $9.22M | John Madden | 1 | Victoria | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Judi Dench |
695 | 695 | The Young Victoria | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962736/ | US/UK | 2009 | $11M | Jean-Marc Vall̩e | 1 | Victoria | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emily Bunt |
723 | 723 | Veronica Guerin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312549/ | US/UK | 2003 | $1.57M | Joel Schumacher | 1 | Veronica Guerin | Media | Known | White | 0 | Female | Cate Blanchett |
157 | 157 | Dangerous Beauty | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118892/ | US | 1998 | $4.53M | Marshall Herskovitz | 1 | Veronica Franco | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Catherine McCormack |
675 | 675 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031983/ | US | 1939 | $1.12M | H.C. Potter | 2 | Vernon Castle | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Fred Astaire | |
577 | 577 | The Gaul | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199481/ | Canada | 2001 | - | Jacques Dorfmann | 1 | Vercingetorix | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Christopher Lambert |
523 | 523 | Testament of Youth | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441953/ | UK | 2014 | $671K | James Kent | 1 | Vera Brittain | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Alicia Vikander | |
270 | 270 | I Shot Andy Warhol | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116594/ | US/UK | 1996 | $1.81M | Mary Harron | 1 | Valerie Solanas | Activist | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Female | Lil Taylor |
199 | 199 | Fair Game | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0977855/ | US | 2010 | $9.53M | Doug Liman | 1 | Valerie Plame | Government | Known | White | 0 | Female | Naomi Watts |
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 |
402 | 402 | Nicholas and Alexandra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/ | UK | 1971 | - | Franklin J. Schaffner | 2 | Tsarina Alexandra (Feodorovna) | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Janet Suzman |
403 | 403 | Nicholas and Alexandra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/ | UK | 1971 | - | Franklin J. Schaffner | 2 | Tsar Nicholas II | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Jayston |
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 | |
282 | 282 | Infamous | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420609/ | US | 2006 | $1.15M | Douglas McGrath | 1 | Truman Capote | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Toby Jones | |
207 | 207 | Fire in the Sky | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106912/ | US | 1993 | $20.1M | Robert Lieberman | 1 | Travis Walton | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | D.B. Sweeney | |
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 |
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 | |
515 | 515 | Swimming Upstream | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326664/ | US | 2003 | $47.2K | Russell Mulcahy | 1 | Tony Fingleton | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Geoffrey Rush | |
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 |
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 |
275 | 275 | If You Could See What I Hear | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084117/ | Canada | 1982 | - | Eric Till | 1 | Tom Sullivan | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | Marc Singer |
417 | 417 | Open Water | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/ | US | 2003 | $30.5M | Chris Kentis | 2 | Tom Lonergan | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Daniel Travis | |
700 | 700 | This Boy's Life | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108330/ | US | 1993 | $4.1M | Michael Caton-Jones | 1 | Tobias Wolff | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Leonardo DiCaprio | |
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 |
702 | 702 | Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0999872/ | US | 2008 | - | Michael Campus | 1 | Thomas Kinkade | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jared Padalecki |
297 | 297 | Jefferson in Paris | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113463/ | US | 1995 | $2.47M | James Ivory | 1 | Thomas Jefferson | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Nick Nolte |
708 | 708 | To Kill a King | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302436/ | UK | 2003 | - | Mike Barker | 2 | Thomas Fairfax | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dougray Scott |
330 | 330 | Lawrence of Arabia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/ | UK | 1962 | $342K | David Lean | 1 | Thomas Edward Lawrence | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Peter O'Toole |
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 |
759 | 759 | Young Tom Edison | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033289/ | US | 1940 | - | Norman Taurog | 1 | Thomas Edison | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Mickey Rooney |
63 | 63 | Becket | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/ | US/UK | 1964 | - | Peter Glenville | 2 | Thomas Becket | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | |
724 | 724 | Vincent & Theo | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100873/ | UK | 1990 | $2.23M | Robert Altman | 2 | Theo van Gogh | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Rhys |
232 | 232 | Good Vibrations | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1920945/ | UK | 2012 | - | Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn | 1 | Terri Hooley | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Richard Dormer | |
620 | 620 | The Long Day Closes | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104753/ | UK | 1992 | $22.8K | Terence Davies | 1 | Terence Davies | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Leigh McCormack |
554 | 554 | The Conqueror | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049092/ | US | 1956 | $4.5M | Dick Powell | 1 | Temujin (Genghis Khan) | Military | Known | Asian | 1 | Male | John Wayne |
519 | 519 | Sylvia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325055/ | UK | 2003 | $1.3M | Christine Jeffs | 2 | Ted Hughes | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Craig |
521 | 521 | Ted Bundy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284929/ | US | 2002 | - | Matthew Bright | 1 | Ted Bundy | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Reilly Burke |
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 |
518 | 518 | Sylvia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325055/ | UK | 2003 | $1.3M | Christine Jeffs | 2 | Sylvia Plath | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Female | Gwyneth Paltrow |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
269 | 269 | I Love You Phillip Morris | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045772/ | US | 2009 | $2.04M | Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | 1 | Steven Russell | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jim Carrey | |
679 | 679 | The Theory of Everything | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980516/ | UK | 2014 | $35.9M | James Marsh | 1 | Steven Hawking | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Eddie Redmayne |
433 | 433 | Prefontaine | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119937/ | US | 1997 | $532K | Steve James | 1 | Steve Prefontaine | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jared Leto |
749 | 749 | Without Limits | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119934/ | US | 1998 | $777K | Robert Towne | 1 | Steve Prefontaine | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Billy Crudup |
666 | 666 | The Soloist | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821642/ | US/UK | 2009 | $31.7M | Joe Wright | 2 | Steve Lopez | Media | Unknown | 0 | Male | Robert Downey, Jr. | |
292 | 292 | iSteve | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2782834/ | US | 2013 | - | Ryan Perez | 1 | Steve Jobs | Other | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Justin Long |
308 | 308 | Jobs | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357129/ | US | 2013 | $16.1M | Joshua Michael Stern | 1 | Steve Jobs | Other | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Ashton Kutcher |
152 | 152 | Cry Freedom | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092804/ | UK | 1987 | $5.9M | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Steve Biko | Activist | Known | African | 1 | Male | Denzel Washington |
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 | |
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 |
500 | 500 | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111271/ | US | 1994 | $3.34M | Xavier Koller | 1 | Squanto | Historical | Known | Native American | 1 | Male | Adam Beach |
498 | 498 | Spartacus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054331/ | US | 1960 | - | Stanley Kubrick | 1 | Spartacus | Historical | Unknown | 0 | Male | Kirk Douglas | |
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 |
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 |
216 | 216 | Freud | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055998/ | US | 1962 | - | John Huston | 1 | Sigmund Freud | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Montgomery Clift |
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 |
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 | |
245 | 245 | Heart Like a Wheel | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085656/ | US | 1983 | - | Jonathan Kaplan | 1 | Shirley Muldowney | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Female | Bonnie Bedelia |
479 | 479 | Selena | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120094/ | US | 1997 | $35.4M | Gregory Nava | 1 | Selena Quintanilla-Perez | Singer | Known | Hispanic (Latina) | 1 | Female | Jennifer Lopez |
756 | 756 | Young Cassidy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059930/ | UK | 1965 | - | Jack Cardiff | 1 | Sean O'Casey | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Rod Taylor |
494 | 494 | Skin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964586/ | UK | 2008 | - | Anthony Fabian | 1 | Sandra Laing | Other | Known | African | 1 | Female | Sophie Okonedo |
420 | 420 | Pandaemonium | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210217/ | UK | 2001 | - | Julien Temple | 2 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | Linus Roache |
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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 );