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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4 | 4 | 1987 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2833074/ | Canada | 2014 | - | Ricardo Trogi | 1 | Ricardo Trogi | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jean-Carl Boucher |
39 | 39 | American Sniper | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/ | US | 2014 | $350M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Chris Kyle | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Bradley Cooper | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
197 | 197 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/ | UK | 2014 | $65M | Ridley Scott | 1 | Moses | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Christian Bale |
209 | 209 | Foxcatcher | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100089/ | US | 2014 | $12.1M | Bennett Miller | 1 | Mark Schultz | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Channing Tatum |
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 |
236 | 236 | Grace of Monaco | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2095649/ | US | 2014 | - | Olivier Dahan | 1 | Grace Kelly | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Male | Nicole Kidman |
294 | 294 | Jamesy Boy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673734/ | US | 2014 | - | Trevor White | 1 | James Burns | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Spencer Lofranco | |
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 |
299 | 299 | Jersey Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742044/ | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Frankie Valli | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Lloyd Young |
300 | 300 | Jersey Boys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742044/ | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Nick Massi | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Lomenda |
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 |
313 | 313 | Kid Cannabis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780548/ | US | 2014 | $5.57K | John Stockwell | 1 | Nate Norman | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jonathan Daniel Brown | |
315 | 315 | Kill the Messenger | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216491/ | US | 2014 | $2.45M | Michael Cuesta | 1 | Gary Webb | Media | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jeremy Renner | |
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 |
347 | 347 | Low Down | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1864405/ | US | 2014 | $44.5K | Jeff Preiss | 1 | Joe Albany | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Hawkes |
375 | 375 | Million Dollar Arm | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1647668/ | US | 2014 | $36.4M | Craig Gillespie | 1 | J. B. Bernstein | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jon Hamm |
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 |
446 | 446 | Ragamuffin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2412568/ | US | 2014 | - | David Schultz | 1 | Rich Mullins | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Male | David Schultz |
466 | 466 | Rosewater | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2752688/ | US | 2014 | $3.09M | Jon Stewart | 1 | Maziar Bahari | Media | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Gael GarcÌ_a Bernal |
481 | 481 | Selma | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/ | US/UK | 2014 | $52.1M | Ava DuVernay | 1 | Martin Luther King, Jr | Activist | Known | African American | 1 | Male | David Oyelowo |
484 | 484 | Set Fire to the Stars | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3455740/ | UK | 2014 | $3.27K | Andy Goddard | 1 | Dylan Thomas | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Celyn Jones |
496 | 496 | Son of God | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3210686/ | US | 2014 | $59.7M | Christopher Spencer | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Diogo Morgado |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
720 | 720 | Unbroken | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809398/ | US | 2014 | $116M | Angelina Jolie | 1 | Louis Zamperini | Athlete / military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jack O'Connell |
742 | 742 | Wild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/ | US | 2014 | $37.9M | Jean-Marc Vall̩e | 1 | Cheryl Strayed | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Reese Witherspoon | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
113 | 113 | Captain Phillips | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/ | US | 2013 | $107M | Paul Greengrass | 1 | Richard Phillips | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tom Hanks | |
147 | 147 | Counterpunch | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2051850/ | US | 2013 | - | Kenneth Castillo | 1 | Alvaro Orlando | Athlete | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Alvaro Orlando |
155 | 155 | Dallas Buyers Club | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790636/ | US | 2013 | $27.3M | Jean-Marc VallÌÄå©e | 1 | Ron Woodroof | Activist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Matthew McConaughey | |
165 | 165 | Devil's Knot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/ | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Damien Echols | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Hamrick | |
166 | 166 | Devil's Knot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/ | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Jason Baldwin | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Seth Meriwether | |
167 | 167 | Devil's Knot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/ | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Jessie Misskelley, Jr. | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Kristopher Higgins | |
171 | 171 | Diana | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758595/ | UK | 2013 | $332K | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 1 | Princess Diana | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Naomi Watts |
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 |
292 | 292 | iSteve | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2782834/ | US | 2013 | - | Ryan Perez | 1 | Steve Jobs | Other | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Justin Long |
295 | 295 | Jappeloup | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2018079/ | Canada | 2013 | - | Christian Duguay | 1 | Pierre Durand, Jr. | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Guillaume Canet |
304 | 304 | Jimi: All Is by My Side | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402085/ | US/UK | 2013 | $323K | John Ridley | 1 | Jimi Hendrix | Musician | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Andr̩ Benjamin |
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 |
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 |
331 | 331 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327773/ | US | 2013 | $117M | Lee Daniels | 1 | Cecil Gaines | Other | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Forest Whitaker |
337 | 337 | Lone Survivor | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091191/ | US | 2013 | $125M | Peter Berg | 1 | Marcus Luttrell | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Mark Wahlberg | |
341 | 341 | Louis Cyr | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657513/ | Canada | 2013 | - | Daniel Roby | 1 | Louis Cyr | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Antoine Bertrand |
346 | 346 | Lovelace | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1426329/ | US | 2013 | $355K | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | 1 | Linda Lovelace | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Amanda Seyfried |
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 |
413 | 413 | One Chance | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196956/ | US/UK | 2013 | $89.7K | David Frankel | 1 | Paul Potts | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Corden | |
429 | 429 | Philomena | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2431286/ | US/UK | 2013 | $37.7M | Stephen Frears | 1 | Philomena Lee | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Judi Dench |
468 | 468 | Rush | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/ | US/UK | 2013 | $26.9M | Ron Howard | 2 | James Hunt | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Chris Hemsworth |
469 | 469 | Rush | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/ | US/UK | 2013 | $26.9M | Ron Howard | 2 | Niki Lauda | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel BrÌ_hl |
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 |
475 | 475 | Saving Mr. Banks | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140373/ | US/UK | 2013 | $83.3M | John Lee Hancock | 2 | P.L. Travers | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emma Thompson |
570 | 570 | The Fifth Estate | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837703/ | US | 2013 | $3.25M | Bill Condon | 1 | Julian Assange | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Benedict Cumberbatch |
574 | 574 | The Frozen Ground | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005374/ | US | 2013 | - | Scott Walker | 2 | Jack Halcombe | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Nicolas Cage | |
575 | 575 | The Frozen Ground | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005374/ | US | 2013 | - | Scott Walker | 2 | Robert Hansen | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Cusack |
599 | 599 | The Invisible Woman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700845/ | UK | 2013 | $1.23M | Ralph Fiennes | 1 | Charles Dickens | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ralph Fiennes |
612 | 612 | The Last of Robin Hood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2450440/ | US | 2013 | $270K | Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | 1 | Errol Flynn | Actor | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kevin Kline |
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 | |
656 | 656 | The Railway Man | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2058107/ | UK | 2013 | $4.44M | Jonathan Teplitzky | 1 | Eric Lomax | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Colin Firth | |
691 | 691 | The Wolf of Wall Street | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/ | US | 2013 | $117M | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Jordan Belfort | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Leonardo DiCaprio | |
127 | 127 | Chasing Mavericks | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1629757/ | US | 2012 | $6M | Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson | 1 | Jay Moriarity | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jonny Weston | |
230 | 230 | Goltzius and the Pelican Company | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1851006/ | UK | 2012 | - | Peter Greenaway | 1 | Hendrik Goltzius | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ramsey Nasr |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
553 | 553 | The Color of Time | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2133333/ | US | 2012 | - | Edna Luise Biesold, Sarah-Violet Bliss | 1 | CK Williams | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Franco | |
594 | 594 | The Iceman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1491044/ | US | 2012 | $1.94M | Ariel Vromen | 1 | Richard Kuklinski | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Michael Shannon |
613 | 613 | The Last Ride | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605803/ | US | 2012 | - | Harry Thomason | 1 | Hank Williams | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Henry Thomas | |
661 | 661 | The Sessions | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866249/ | US | 2012 | $6M | Ben Lewin | 1 | Mark O'Brien | Medicine | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Hawkes | |
711 | 711 | To Write Love on Her Arms | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1850418/ | US | 2012 | - | Nathan Frankowski | 1 | Renee Yohe | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Kat Dennings | |
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 |
293 | 293 | J. Edgar | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1616195/ | US | 2011 | $37.3M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | J. Edgar Hoover | Government | Known | White | 0 | Male | Leonardo DiCaprio |
314 | 314 | Kill the Irishman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1416801/ | US | 2011 | $1.19M | Jonathan Hensleigh | 1 | Danny Greene | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ray Stevenson |
352 | 352 | Machine Gun Preacher | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586752/ | US | 2011 | $538K | Marc Forster | 1 | Sam Childers | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gerard Butler |
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 |
400 | 400 | My Week with Marilyn | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655420/ | US/UK | 2011 | $14.6M | Simon Curtis | 1 | Marilyn Monroe | Actress | Unknown | 0 | Female | Michelle Williams | |
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 | |
549 | 549 | The Broken Tower | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756791/ | US | 2011 | - | James Franco | 1 | Harold Hart Crane | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Franco | |
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 |
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 |
746 | 746 | Winnie Mandela | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551641/ | Canada | 2011 | - | Darrell Roodt | 1 | Winnie Mandela | Government | Known | African | 1 | Female | Jennifer Hudson |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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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 );