Biopics: biopics.csv

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This table contains the data behind the story 'Straight Outta Compton' Is The Rare Biopic Not About White Dudes.

biopics.csv contains the following variables:

Variable Definition
title Title of the film.
site URL from IMDB.
country Country of origin.
year_released Year of release.
box_office Gross earnings at U.S. box office.
director Director of film.
number_of_subjects The number of subjects featured in the film.
subject The actual name of the featured subject.
type_of_subject The occupation of subject or reason for recognition.
race_known Indicates whether the subject’s race was discernible based on background of self, parent, or grandparent.
subject_race Race of the subject.
person_of_color Dummy variable that indicates person of color.
subject_sex Sex of subject.
lead_actor_actress The actor or actress who played the subject.

Source: IMDb.

Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette

489 rows where country = "US"

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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
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
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
9 9 8 Seconds http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109021/ US 1994 $19.6M John G. Avildsen 1 Lane Frost Athlete Unknown   0 Male Luke Perry
12 12 A Beautiful Mind http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/ US 2001 $171M Ron Howard 1 John Nash Academic Unknown   0 Male Russell Crowe
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
23 23 A Song to Remember http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038104/ US 1945 - Charles Vidor 1 Frederic Chopin Musician Known White 0 Male Cornel Wilde
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
25 25 Above and Beyond http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044324/ US 1952 - Melvin Frank, Norman Panama 1 Paul Tibbets Military Unknown   0 Male Robert Taylor
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
27 27 Against the Ropes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312329/ US 2004 $5.88M Charles S. Dutton 1 Jackie Kallen Athlete Unknown   0 Female Meg Ryan
28 28 Al Capone http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052543/ US 1959 - Richard Wilson 1 Al Capone Criminal Known White 0 Male Rod Steiger
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
31 31 Ali http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248667/ US 2001 $58.2M Michael Mann 1 Muhammad Ali Athlete Known African American 1 Male Will Smith
32 32 Alpha Dog http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426883/ US 2006 $15.2M Nick Cassavetes 1 Jesse James Hollywood Criminal Unknown   0 Male Emile Hirsch
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
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
38 38 American Me http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103671/ US 1992 $13.1M Edward James Olmos 1 Rodolfo Cadena Criminal Known Hispanic (Latino) 1 Male Edward James Olmos
39 39 American Sniper http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/ US 2014 $350M Clint Eastwood 1 Chris Kyle Military Unknown   0 Male Bradley Cooper
40 40 American Splendor http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/ US 2003 $6M Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini 1 Harvey Pekar Comedian Known White 0 Male Paul Giamatti
41 41 An American Crime http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/ US 2007 - Tommy O'Haver 2 Gertrude Baniszewski Criminal Known White 0 Female Catherine Keener
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
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
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
50 50 Auto Focus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298744/ US 2002 $2.06M Paul Schrader 1 Robert Edward "Bob" Crane Actor Known White 0 Male Greg Kinnear
51 51 Awakenings http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099077/ US 1990 $52.1M Penny Marshall 1 Oliver Sacks Medicine Known White 0 Male Robin Williams
52 52 Baadasssss! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367790/ US 2003 $365K Mario Van Peebles 1 Melvin Van Peebles Actor Known African American 1 Male Mario Van Peebles
57 57 Barabbas http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055774/ US 1961 - Richard Fleischer 1 Barabbas Historical Known White 0 Male Anthony Quinn
58 58 Basquiat http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115632/ US 1996 $2.96M Julian Schnabel 1 Jean-Michel Basquiat Artist Known Multi racial 1 Male Jeffrey Wright
60 60 Battle Hymn http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050171/ US 1957 - Douglas Sirk 1 Dean Hess Military Unknown   0 Male Rock Hudson
61 61 Beau Brummell http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046759/ US 1954 - Curtis Bernhardt 1 George Brummell Other Known White 0 Male Stewart Granger
65 65 Before Night Falls http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247196/ US 2000 $4.22M Julian Schnabel 1 Reinaldo Arenas Activist Known Hispanic (Latin American) 1 Male Javier Bardem
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
70 70 Beyond the Law http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/ US 1993 - Larry Ferguson 1 Dan Black Other Unknown   0 Male Charlie Sheen
73 73 Billy the Kid http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033389/ US 1941 - David Miller 1 Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid) Criminal Known White 0 Male Robert Taylor
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
75 75 Birdman of Alcatraz http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055798/ US 1962 - John Frankenheimer 1 Robert Franklin Stroud Criminal Unknown   0 Male Burt Lancaster
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
77 77 Bloodsport http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092675/ US 1988 $11.8M Newt Arnold 1 Frank Dux Athlete Unknown   0 Male Jean-Claude Van Damme
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
79 79 Blow http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221027/ US 2001 $52.9M Ted Demme 1 George Jung Criminal Known White 0 Male Johnny Depp
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
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
83 83 Bonnie and Clyde http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ US 1967 - Arthur Penn 2 Clyde Barrow Criminal Unknown   0 Male Warren Beatty
84 84 Bonnie and Clyde http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ US 1967 - Arthur Penn 2 Bonnie Parker Criminal Unknown   0 Female Faye Dunaway
85 85 Born on the Fourth of July http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096969/ US 1989 $70M Oliver Stone 1 Ron Kovic Military / activist Unknown   0 Male Tom Cruise
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
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
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
90 90 Breach http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401997/ US 2007 $33M Billy Ray 1 Robert Hanssen Criminal Known White 0 Male Chris Cooper
91 91 Brigham Young http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032281/ US 1940 - Henry Hathaway 1 Brigham Young Other Known White 0 Male Dean Jagger
96 96 Bubble Boy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258470/ US 2001 $5M Blair Hayes 1 David Vetter Medicine Unknown   0 Male Jake Gyllenhaal
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
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
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
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
102 102 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/ US 1969 $102M George Roy Hill 2 Harry Longabaugh Criminal Known White 0 Male Robert Redford
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
104 104 Cadillac Records http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ US 2008 $8.13M Darnell Martin 3 Muddy Water Musician Known African American 1 Male Jeffrey Wright
105 105 Cadillac Records http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042877/ US 2008 $8.13M Darnell Martin 3 Leonard Chess Musician Known White 0 Male Adrien Brody
109 109 Cannibal! The Musical http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115819/ US 1993 - Trey Parker 1 Alferd Packer Criminal Unknown   0 Male Trey Parker
110 110 Capone http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072761/ US 1975 - Steve Carver 1 Al Capone Criminal Known White 0 Male Ben Gazzara
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
113 113 Captain Phillips http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/ US 2013 $107M Paul Greengrass 1 Richard Phillips Military Unknown   0 Male Tom Hanks
115 115 Carbine Williams http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044480/ US 1952 - Richard Thorpe 1 David Marshall Williams Other Unknown   0 Male James Stewart
119 119 Casino http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112641/ US 1995 $42.4M Martin Scorsese 1 Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal Criminal Unknown   0 Male Robert De Niro
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
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.
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
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
128 128 Chattahoochee http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099242/ US 1989 $259K Mick Jackson 1 Emmett Foley Military Unknown   0 Male Gary Oldman
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
132 132 Chisum http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065547/ US 1970 $6M Andrew V. McLaglen 1 John Chisum Other Unknown   0 Male John Wayne
134 134 Ciao Manhattan http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068379/ US 1972 - John Palmer, David Weisman 1 Edie Sedgwick Actress Known White 0 Female Edie Sedgwick
135 135 Cinderella Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352248/ US 2005 $61.6M Ron Howard 1 James Braddock Athlete Known White 0 Male Russell Crowe
136 136 Cleopatra http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024991/ US 1934 - Cecil B. DeMille 1 Cleopatra Historical Known Middle Eastern 1 Female Claudette Colbert
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
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
141 141 Compulsion http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052700/ US 1959 - Richard Fleischer 2 Nathan Leopold Jr. Criminal Known White 0 Male Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman
142 142 Compulsion http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052700/ US 1959 - Richard Fleischer 2 Richard Loeb Criminal Known White 0 Male Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman
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
146 146 Copying Beethoven http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424908/ US 2006 $353K Agnieszka Holland 1 Ludwig van Beethoven Musician Known White 0 Male Ed Harris
147 147 Counterpunch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2051850/ US 2013 - Kenneth Castillo 1 Alvaro Orlando Athlete Known Hispanic (Latino) 1 Male Alvaro Orlando
150 150 Cross Creek http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085380/ US 1983 $200K Martin Ritt 1 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Author Unknown   0 Female Mary Steenburgen
151 151 Crutch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422029/ US 2004 - Rob Moretti 1 Rob Moretti Actor Unknown   0 Male Eben Gordon
153 153 Custer of the West http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062844/ US 1967 - Robert Siodmak 1 George Armstrong Custer Military Known White 0 Male Robert Shaw
154 154 Dahmer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285728/ US 2002 - David Jacobson 1 Jeffrey Dahmer Criminal Known White 0 Male Jeremy Renner
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
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
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
160 160 Death in Granada http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117106/ US 1996 $226K Marcos Zurinaga 1 Garcia Lorca Author Known Hispanic (White) 0 Male Andy Garcia
163 163 D̩sir̩e http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ US 1954 - Henry Koster 2 D̩sir̩e Clary Historical Known White 0 Female Jean Simmons
164 164 D̩sir̩e http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ US 1954 - Henry Koster 2 Napoleon Bonaparte Historical Known White 0 Male Marlon Brando

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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
);