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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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 |
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 |
266 | 266 | Hyde Park on Hudson | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477855/ | UK | 2012 | $6.37M | Roger Michell | 2 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Bill Murray |
286 | 286 | Invictus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/ | US | 2009 | $37.5M | Clint Eastwood | 2 | Nelson Mandela | World leader | Known | African | 1 | Male | Morgan Freeman |
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 |
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 |
361 | 361 | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2304771/ | UK | 2013 | $8.32M | Justin Chadwick | 1 | Nelson Mandela | World leader | Known | African | 1 | Male | Idris Elba |
406 | 406 | Nixon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113987/ | US | 1995 | $13.6M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Richard Milhous Nixon | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Anthony Hopkins |
512 | 512 | Sunrise at Campobello | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054354/ | US | 1960 | - | Vincent J. Donehue | 1 | Franklin Roosevelt | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ralph Bellamy |
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 |
600 | 600 | The Iron Lady | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1007029/ | UK | 2011 | $30M | Phyllida Lloyd | 1 | Margaret Thatcher | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Female | Meryl Streep |
610 | 610 | The Last Emperor | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093389/ | UK | 1987 | $109K | Bernardo Bertolucci | 1 | Henry Pu Yi | World leader | Known | Asian | 1 | Male | John Lone |
732 | 732 | W. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1175491/ | US | 2008 | $25.5M | Oliver Stone | 1 | George W. Bush | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Josh Brolin |
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 |
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 |
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 |
158 | 158 | Dangerous Minds | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112792/ | US | 1995 | $84.9M | John N. Smith | 1 | Louanne Johnson | Teacher | Known | White | 0 | Female | Michelle Pfeiffer |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
224 | 224 | Get on Up | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473602/ | US/UK | 2014 | $30.5M | Tate Taylor | 1 | James Brown | Singer | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Chadwick Boseman |
225 | 225 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430308/ | US/Canada | 2005 | $31M | Jim Sheridan | 1 | Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson | Singer | Known | African American | 1 | Male | 50 Cent |
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 |
284 | 284 | Interrupted Melody | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048210/ | US | 1955 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | Marjorie Lawrence | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Eleanor Parker |
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 |
345 | 345 | Love Me or Leave Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048317/ | US | 1955 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Ruth Etting | Singer | Unknown | 0 | Female | Doris Day | |
446 | 446 | Ragamuffin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2412568/ | US | 2014 | - | David Schultz | 1 | Rich Mullins | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | David Schultz |
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 |
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 | |
514 | 514 | Sweet Dreams | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090110/ | US | 1985 | - | Karel Reisz | 1 | Patsy Cline | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jessica Lange |
550 | 550 | The Buddy Holly Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077280/ | US | 1978 | - | Steve Rash | 1 | Buddy Holly | Singer | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Male | Gary Busey |
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 |
635 | 635 | The Night We Called It a Day | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320159/ | US | 2003 | - | Paul Goldman | 1 | Frank Sinatra | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dennis Hopper |
670 | 670 | The Sound of Music | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/ | US | 1965 | $163M | Robert Wise | 1 | Maria von Trapp | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Julie Andrews |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
5 | 5 | 20 Dates | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138987/ | US | 1998 | $537K | Myles Berkowitz | 1 | Myles Berkowitz | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Myles Berkowitz | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
61 | 61 | Beau Brummell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046759/ | US | 1954 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | George Brummell | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Stewart Granger |
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 |
70 | 70 | Beyond the Law | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/ | US | 1993 | - | Larry Ferguson | 1 | Dan Black | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Charlie Sheen | |
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 | |
80 | 80 | Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106438/ | UK | 1993 | $1.72M | Derek Jarman | 1 | Derek Jarman | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Derek Jarman | |
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 |
91 | 91 | Brigham Young | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032281/ | US | 1940 | - | Henry Hathaway | 1 | Brigham Young | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dean Jagger |
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 | |
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 |
115 | 115 | Carbine Williams | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044480/ | US | 1952 | - | Richard Thorpe | 1 | David Marshall Williams | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Stewart | |
120 | 120 | Casino Jack | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194417/ | Canada | 2010 | $1.04M | George Hickenlooper | 1 | Jack Abramoff | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Kevin Spacey | |
121 | 121 | Cass | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954981/ | UK | 2008 | - | Jon S. Baird | 1 | Cass Pennant | Other | Known | Caribbean | 1 | Male | Nonso Anozie |
132 | 132 | Chisum | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065547/ | US | 1970 | $6M | Andrew V. McLaglen | 1 | John Chisum | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Wayne | |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
171 | 171 | Diana | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758595/ | UK | 2013 | $332K | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 1 | Princess Diana | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Naomi Watts |
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 | |
176 | 176 | Domino | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421054/ | US/UK | 2005 | $10.1M | Tony Scott | 1 | Domino Harvey | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Keira Knightley |
181 | 181 | Dreamchild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089052/ | UK | 1985 | - | Gavin Millar | 1 | Alice Liddell Hargreaves | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Coral Browne | |
183 | 183 | Ed Wood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109707/ | US | 1994 | $5.89M | Tim Burton | 1 | Edward D. Wood | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Johnny Depp | |
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 | |
208 | 208 | Flash of Genius | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054588/ | US/Canada | 2008 | $4.23M | Marc Abraham | 1 | Robert Kearns | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Greg Kinnear | |
214 | 214 | Frankie & Alice | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1221208/ | Canada | 2010 | $693K | Geoffrey Sax | 1 | Frankie Murdoch | Other | Known | African American | 1 | Female | Halle Berry |
215 | 215 | Freedom Writers | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463998/ | US | 2007 | $36.6M | Richard LaGravenese | 1 | Erin Gruwell | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Hilary Swank |
218 | 218 | Fruitvale Station | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2334649/ | US | 2013 | $16.1M | Ryan Coogler | 1 | Oscar Grant III | Other | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Michael B. Jordan |
220 | 220 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422295/ | US | 2006 | $221K | Steven Shainberg | 1 | Diane Arbus | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Nicole Kidman |
229 | 229 | Gods and Monsters | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120684/ | US/UK | 1998 | $6.39M | Bill Condon | 1 | James Whale | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ian McKellen |
240 | 240 | Grey Owl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128239/ | Canada/UK | 1999 | $315K | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) | Other | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Pierce Brosnan |
242 | 242 | Gypsy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056048/ | US | 1962 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Rose Thompson Hovick | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Rosalind Russell |
246 | 246 | Heaven & Earth | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107096/ | US | 1993 | $5.86M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Le Ly Hayslip | Other | Known | Asian American | 1 | Female | Hiep Thi Le |
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 |
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 |
256 | 256 | His Majesty O'Keefe | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045876/ | US | 1954 | - | Byron Haskin | 1 | David Dion O'Keefe | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Burt Lancaster |
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 |
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 |
263 | 263 | Houdini | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045886/ | US | 1953 | - | George Marshall | 1 | Harry Houdini | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tony Curtis |
267 | 267 | Hyde Park on Hudson | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477855/ | UK | 2012 | $6.37M | Roger Michell | 2 | Margaret Suckley | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Laura Linney | |
278 | 278 | Impromptu | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102103/ | UK | 1991 | $4.08M | James Lapine | 2 | George Sand / Aurore | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Judy Davis |
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 |
281 | 281 | In the Name of the Father | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107207/ | US/UK | 1993 | $25M | Jim Sheridan | 1 | Gerry Conlon | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Day-Lewis |
282 | 282 | Infamous | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420609/ | US | 2006 | $1.15M | Douglas McGrath | 1 | Truman Capote | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Toby Jones | |
292 | 292 | iSteve | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2782834/ | US | 2013 | - | Ryan Perez | 1 | Steve Jobs | Other | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Justin Long |
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 |
305 | 305 | Jinnah | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183306/ | UK | 1998 | - | Jamil Dehlavi | 1 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah | Other | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Christopher Lee |
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 |
311 | 311 | Julie & Julia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/ | US | 2009 | $94.1M | Nora Ephron | 2 | Julia Child | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Meryl Streep |
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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 );