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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650 | 650 | The Private Life of Henry VIII. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024473/ | UK | 1933 | - | Alexander Korda | 1 | Henry VIII | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
510 | 510 | Strauss' Great Waltz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024747/ | UK | 1934 | - | Alfred Hitchcock | 2 | Johann Strauss I | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Edmund Gwenn |
511 | 511 | Strauss' Great Waltz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024747/ | UK | 1934 | - | Alfred Hitchcock | 2 | Johann Strauss II | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Esmond Knight |
453 | 453 | Rembrandt | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028167/ | UK | 1936 | - | Alexander Korda | 1 | Rembrandt | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Charles Laughton |
499 | 499 | Spitfire | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034734/ | UK | 1942 | - | Leslie Howard | 1 | R. J. Mitchell | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Leslie Howard |
251 | 251 | Henry V | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036910/ | UK | 1944 | - | Laurence Olivier | 1 | Henry V of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Laurence Olivier |
106 | 106 | Caesar and Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/ | UK | 1945 | - | Gabriel Pascal | 2 | Julius Caesar | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Claude Rains |
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 |
477 | 477 | Scott of the Antarctic | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040761/ | UK | 1948 | - | Charles Frend | 1 | Robert Falcon Scott | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Mills |
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 | |
386 | 386 | Moulin Rouge | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044926/ | UK | 1952 | - | John Huston | 1 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jos̩ Ferrer | |
460 | 460 | Richard III | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049674/ | UK | 1955 | - | Laurence Olivier | 1 | Richard III of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Laurence Olivier |
450 | 450 | Reach for the Sky | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049665/ | UK | 1956 | - | Lewis Gilbert | 1 | Douglas Bader | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Kenneth More | |
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 |
681 | 681 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054403/ | UK | 1960 | - | Ken Hughes | 1 | Oscar Wilde | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Peter Finch |
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 |
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 |
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 |
448 | 448 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059635/ | UK | 1966 | - | Don Sharp | 1 | Grigori Rasputin | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Christopher Lee |
290 | 290 | Isadora | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063141/ | UK | 1968 | - | Karel Reisz | 1 | Isadora Duncan | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Female | Vanessa Redgrave | |
149 | 149 | Cromwell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065593/ | UK | 1970 | - | Ken Hughes | 1 | Oliver Cromwell | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Harris |
633 | 633 | The Music Lovers | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066109/ | UK | 1970 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Chamberlain |
1 | 1 | 10 Rillington Place | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066730/ | UK | 1971 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | John Christie | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Richard Attenborough | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
394 | 394 | My Childhood | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068983/ | UK | 1972 | - | Bill Douglas | 1 | Bill Douglas | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Stephen Archibald | |
473 | 473 | Savage Messiah | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069225/ | UK | 1972 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Henri Gaudier-Brzeska | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Male | Scott Antony | |
531 | 531 | The Assassination of Trotsky | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068226/ | UK | 1972 | - | Joseph Losey | 1 | Leon Trotsky | Activist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Burton |
260 | 260 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070184/ | UK | 1973 | - | Ennio De Concini | 1 | Adolf Hitler | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Alec Guinness |
356 | 356 | Mahler | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071797/ | UK | 1974 | - | Ken Russell | 2 | Gustav Mahler | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Powell |
357 | 357 | Mahler | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071797/ | UK | 1974 | - | Ken Russell | 2 | Alma Mahler | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Georgina Hale | |
335 | 335 | Lisztomania | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073298/ | UK | 1975 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Franz Liszt | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Roger Daltrey |
259 | 259 | Hitler: A Film from Germany | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076147/ | UK | 1977 | - | Hans-JÌ_rgen Syberberg | 1 | Adolf Hitler | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Heinz Schubert |
628 | 628 | The Message | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074896/ | UK | 1977 | - | Moustapha Akkad | 1 | Muhammad | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Male | Anthony Quinn |
367 | 367 | Meetings with Remarkable Men | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079542/ | UK | 1979 | - | Peter Brook | 1 | G.I. Gurdjieff | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dragan Maksimovic |
221 | 221 | Gandhi | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/ | UK | 1982 | - | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Mahatma Gandhi | Activist | Known | Indian | 1 | Male | Ben Kingsley |
48 | 48 | Another Country | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086904/ | UK | 1984 | - | Marek Kanievska | 1 | Guy Burgess | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Rupert Everett | |
156 | 156 | Dance with a Stranger | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088987/ | UK | 1985 | $138K | Mike Newell | 1 | Ruth Ellis | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Miranda Richardson | |
181 | 181 | Dreamchild | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089052/ | UK | 1985 | - | Gavin Millar | 1 | Alice Liddell Hargreaves | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Coral Browne | |
114 | 114 | Caravaggio | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090798/ | UK | 1986 | $3.15K | Derek Jarman | 1 | Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Multiple |
327 | 327 | Lady Jane | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091374/ | UK | 1986 | $278K | Trevor Nunn | 1 | Lady Jane Grey | Historical | Unknown | 0 | Female | Helena Bonham Carter | |
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 | |
490 | 490 | Sid and Nancy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954/ | UK | 1986 | $2.83M | Alex Cox | 2 | Nancy Spungen | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Chloe Webb | |
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 |
434 | 434 | Prick Up Your Ears | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093776/ | UK | 1987 | $1.65M | Stephen Frears | 2 | Joe Orton | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | Gary Oldman | |
435 | 435 | Prick Up Your Ears | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093776/ | UK | 1987 | $1.65M | Stephen Frears | 2 | Kenneth Halliwell | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Alfred Molina | |
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 |
100 | 100 | Buster | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094819/ | UK | 1988 | $540K | David Green | 1 | Buster Edwards | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Phil Collins | |
252 | 252 | Henry V | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097499/ | UK | 1989 | $10.2M | Kenneth Branagh | 1 | Henry V of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kenneth Branagh |
397 | 397 | My Left Foot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097937/ | UK | 1989 | $14.7M | Jim Sheridan | 1 | Christy Brown | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Daniel Day-Lewis |
43 | 43 | An Angel at My Table | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099040/ | UK | 1990 | $1.1M | Jane Campion | 1 | Janet Frame | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Kerry Fox |
323 | 323 | Korczak | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099949/ | UK | 1990 | - | Andrzej Wajda | 1 | Janusz Korczak | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Wojciech Pszoniak |
607 | 607 | The Krays | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099951/ | UK | 1990 | $2.06M | Peter Medak | 2 | Reginald Kray | Criminal | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Male | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
277 | 277 | Impromptu | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102103/ | UK | 1991 | $4.08M | James Lapine | 2 | Fr̩d̩ric Fran̤ois Chopin | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Hugh Grant |
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 |
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 | |
544 | 544 | The Best Intentions | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104350/ | UK | 1992 | $1.3M | Bille August | 2 | Karin ÌÉkerblom | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | ||
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 |
624 | 624 | The Lover | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101316/ | UK | 1992 | $4.9M | Jean-Jacques Annaud | 1 | Marguerite Duras | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jane March |
80 | 80 | Blue | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106438/ | UK | 1993 | $1.72M | Derek Jarman | 1 | Derek Jarman | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Derek Jarman | |
487 | 487 | Shadowlands | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/ | UK | 1993 | $25.8M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | C.S. Lewis | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Anthony Hopkins |
488 | 488 | Shadowlands | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/ | UK | 1993 | $25.8M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | Joy Gresham | Author (poet) | Known | White | 0 | Female | Debra Winger |
750 | 750 | Wittgenstein | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108583/ | UK | 1993 | - | Derek Jarman | 1 | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Academic (Philosopher) | Known | White | 0 | Male | Clancy Chassay |
54 | 54 | Backbeat | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106339/ | UK | 1994 | $2.39M | Iain Softley | 2 | John Lennon | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ian Hart |
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 |
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 |
409 | 409 | Nostradamus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110689/ | UK | 1994 | $364K | Roger Christian | 1 | Nostradamus | Historical | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tch̩ky Karyo | |
625 | 625 | The Madness of King George | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110428/ | UK | 1994 | $15.2M | Nicholas Hytner | 1 | George III of UK | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Nigel Hawthorne |
116 | 116 | Carrington | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ | UK | 1995 | $3.24M | Christopher Hampton | 2 | Lytton Strachey | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jonathan Pryce |
117 | 117 | Carrington | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ | UK | 1995 | $3.24M | Christopher Hampton | 2 | Dora Carrington | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emma Thompson |
716 | 716 | Total Eclipse | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702/ | UK | 1995 | $340K | Agnieszka Holland | 2 | Arthur Rimbaud | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | Leonardo DiCaprio | |
717 | 717 | Total Eclipse | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702/ | UK | 1995 | $340K | Agnieszka Holland | 2 | Paul Verlaine | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | David Thewlis | |
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 |
254 | 254 | Hilary and Jackie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150915/ | UK | 1998 | $4.87M | Anand Tucker | 2 | Jacqueline du Pr̩ | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emily Watson |
255 | 255 | Hilary and Jackie | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150915/ | UK | 1998 | $4.87M | Anand Tucker | 2 | Hilary du Pr̩-Finzi | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Female | Rachel Griffiths |
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 |
578 | 578 | The General | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120706/ | UK | 1998 | $1.21M | John Boorman | 1 | Martin Cahill | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Brendan Gleeson |
69 | 69 | Best | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181311/ | UK | 2000 | - | Mary McGuckian | 1 | George Best | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | John Lynch |
407 | 407 | Nora | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158033/ | UK | 2000 | $12.3K | Pat Murphy | 2 | James Joyce | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ewan McGregor |
408 | 408 | Nora | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158033/ | UK | 2000 | $12.3K | Pat Murphy | 2 | Nora Barnacle | Other | Unknown | 0 | Female | Susan Lynch | |
419 | 419 | Pandaemonium | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210217/ | UK | 2000 | - | Julien Temple | 2 | William Wordsworth | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Hannah | |
629 | 629 | The Miracle Maker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208298/ | UK | 2000 | - | Derek W. Hayes, Stanislav Sokolov | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Ralph Fiennes |
722 | 722 | Vatel | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190861/ | UK | 2000 | $49.5K | Roland Joff̩ | 1 | Fran̤ois Vatel | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | G̩rard Depardieu |
420 | 420 | Pandaemonium | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210217/ | UK | 2001 | - | Julien Temple | 2 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Author (poet) | Unknown | 0 | Male | Linus Roache | |
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 |
53 | 53 | Baader | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309320/ | UK | 2002 | - | Christopher Roth | 1 | Andreas Baader | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Frank Giering |
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 |
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 |
668 | 668 | The Soul Keeper | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349995/ | UK | 2002 | - | Roberto Faenza | 2 | Carl Gustav Jung | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Iain Glen |
669 | 669 | The Soul Keeper | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349995/ | UK | 2002 | - | Roberto Faenza | 2 | Sabina Spielrein | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emilia Fox |
226 | 226 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335119/ | UK | 2003 | $11.6M | Peter Webber | 1 | Johannes Vermeer | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Colin Firth |
384 | 384 | Monsieur N. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308595/ | UK | 2003 | $16.8K | Antoine de Caunes | 1 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Philippe Torreton |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 );