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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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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
506 | 506 | Stealing Sinatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311863/ | US | 2003 | - | Ron Underwood | 2 | Barry Keenan | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | David Arquette | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
735 | 735 | Walking Tall Part II | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073880/ | US | 1975 | - | Earl Bellamy | 1 | Buford Pusser | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Bo Svenson | |
392 | 392 | Murder, Inc. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054102/ | US | 1960 | - | Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg | 1 | Burton Turkus | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Henry Morgan | |
101 | 101 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/ | US | 1969 | $102M | George Roy Hill | 2 | Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Newman |
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 | |
368 | 368 | Men of Honor | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203019/ | US | 2000 | $48.8M | George Tillman Jr. | 1 | Carl Brashear | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Cuba Gooding Jr |
317 | 317 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113542/ | US | 1995 | $65.7K | Tim Metcalfe | 1 | Carl Panzram | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Woods |
698 | 698 | Thirteen | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/ | US | 2003 | $4.6M | Catherine Hardwicke | 2 | Catherine Hardwicke | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Holly Hunter | |
268 | 268 | I Am a Sex Addict | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428649/ | US | 2005 | $113K | Caveh Zahedi | 1 | Caveh Zahedi | Actor | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Caveh Zahedi |
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 |
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 |
671 | 671 | The Spirit of St. Louis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051003/ | US | 1957 | - | Billy Wilder | 1 | Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Stewart |
348 | 348 | Lucky Luciano | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071782/ | US | 1973 | - | Francesco Rosi | 1 | Charles Luciano | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gian Maria Volont̩ |
125 | 125 | Chaplin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103939/ | US | 1992 | $9.49M | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Charles Spencer Chaplin | Comedian | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Downey Jr. |
74 | 74 | Bird | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094747/ | US | 1988 | $2.18M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Charlie "Bird" Parker | Musician | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Male | Forest Whitaker |
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 | |
168 | 168 | Devotion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038474/ | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Charlotte Bronte | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Olivia de Havilland |
129 | 129 | Che: Part One | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892255/ | US | 2008 | $1.73M | Steven Soderbergh | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Male | Benicio Del Toro |
130 | 130 | Che: Part Two | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374569/ | US | 2008 | - | Steven Soderbergh | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Male | DemiÌÁn Bichir |
131 | 131 | Che! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064158/ | US | 1969 | $2M | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Male | Omar Sharif |
660 | 660 | The Runaways | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/ | US | 2010 | $3.57M | Floria Sigismondi | 2 | Cherie Currie | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Female | Dakota Fanning | |
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 | |
39 | 39 | American Sniper | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/ | US | 2014 | $350M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Chris Kyle | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Bradley Cooper | |
440 | 440 | Queen Christina | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024481/ | US | 1933 | - | Rouben Mamoulian | 1 | Christina, queen of Sweden | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Greta Garbo |
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 |
285 | 285 | Into the Wild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/ | US | 2007 | $18.4M | Sean Penn | 1 | Christopher McCandless | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Emile Hirsch | |
410 | 410 | Notorious | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472198/ | US | 2009 | $36.8M | George Tillman Jr. | 1 | Christopher Wallace (Biggie Smalls) | Musician | Known | Caribbean | 1 | Male | Jamal Woolard |
191 | 191 | Escape from Alcatraz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/ | US | 1979 | $36.5M | Don Siegel | 3 | Clarence Anglin | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jack Thibeau | |
136 | 136 | Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024991/ | US | 1934 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Claudette Colbert |
83 | 83 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Clyde Barrow | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Warren Beatty | |
404 | 404 | Night and Day | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038776/ | US | 1946 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Cole Porter | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Cary Grant | |
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 | |
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 |
165 | 165 | Devil's Knot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804463/ | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Damien Echols | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | James Hamrick | |
70 | 70 | Beyond the Law | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/ | US | 1993 | - | Larry Ferguson | 1 | Dan Black | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Charlie Sheen |
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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 );