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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| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 10 | 10 | 84 Charing Cross Road | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/ | US/UK | 1987 | $1.08M | David Hugh Jones | 2 | Frank Doel | Author | Unknown | 0 | Male | Anthony Hopkins | |
| 11 | 11 | 84 Charing Cross Road | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090570/ | US/UK | 1987 | $1.08M | David Hugh Jones | 2 | Helene Hanff | Author | Unknown | 0 | Female | Anne Bancroft | |
| 19 | 19 | A Matador's Mistress | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491046/ | US/UK | 2008 | - | Menno Meyjes | 2 | Lupe Sino | Actress | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Female | Pen̩lope Cruz |
| 20 | 20 | A Matador's Mistress | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491046/ | US/UK | 2008 | - | Menno Meyjes | 2 | Manuel RodrÌ_guez SÌÁnchez | Athlete | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Male | Adrien Brody |
| 21 | 21 | A Mighty Heart | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/ | US/UK | 2007 | $9.17M | Michael Winterbottom | 2 | Daniel Pearl | Journalist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dan Futterman |
| 22 | 22 | A Mighty Heart | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/ | US/UK | 2007 | $9.17M | Michael Winterbottom | 2 | Mariane Pearl | Journalist | Known | Multi racial | 1 | Female | Angelina Jolie |
| 29 | 29 | Alexander | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346491/ | US/UK | 2004 | $34.3M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Alexander the Great | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Colin Farrell |
| 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 |
| 37 | 37 | American Gangster | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/ | US/UK | 2007 | $130M | Ridley Scott | 1 | Frank Lucas | Criminal | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Denzel Washington |
| 62 | 62 | Becket | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/ | US/UK | 1964 | - | Peter Glenville | 2 | King Henry II | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Peter O'Toole |
| 63 | 63 | Becket | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/ | US/UK | 1964 | - | Peter Glenville | 2 | Thomas Becket | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | |
| 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 |
| 71 | 71 | Beyond the Sea | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363473/ | US/UK | 2004 | $6.14M | Kevin Spacey | 1 | Bobby Darin | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kevin Spacey |
| 122 | 122 | Catch a Fire | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437232/ | US/UK | 2006 | $4.29M | Phillip Noyce | 1 | Patrick Chamusso | Activist | Known | African | 1 | Male | Derek Luke |
| 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 |
| 137 | 137 | Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/ | US/UK | 1963 | $57.8M | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 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 | |
| 144 | 144 | Control | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421082/ | US/UK | 2007 | $872K | Anton Corbijn | 1 | Ian Curtis | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Sam Riley | |
| 159 | 159 | De-Lovely | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352277/ | US/UK | 2004 | $13.3M | Irwin Winkler | 1 | Cole Porter | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kevin Kline |
| 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 |
| 182 | 182 | Ed Gein | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230169/ | US/UK | 2000 | $5.71K | Chuck Parello | 1 | Ed Gein | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Steve Railsback | |
| 188 | 188 | Elizabeth | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/ | US/UK | 1998 | $30M | Shekhar Kapur | 1 | Elizabeth I of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Cate Blanchett |
| 189 | 189 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414055/ | US/UK | 2007 | $16.3M | Shekhar Kapur | 1 | Elizabeth I of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Cate Blanchett |
| 206 | 206 | Finding Neverland | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308644/ | US/UK | 2004 | $51.7M | Marc Forster | 1 | J.M. Barrie | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Johnny Depp |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 270 | 270 | I Shot Andy Warhol | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116594/ | US/UK | 1996 | $1.81M | Mary Harron | 1 | Valerie Solanas | Activist | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Female | Lil Taylor |
| 276 | 276 | Immortal Beloved | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110116/ | US/UK | 1994 | $14.4M | Bernard Rose | 1 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Oldman |
| 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 |
| 289 | 289 | Iris | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280778/ | US/UK | 2001 | $1.2M | Richard Eyre | 1 | Iris Murdoch | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Judi Dench and Kate Winslet |
| 291 | 291 | Isn't She Great | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141399/ | US/UK | 2000 | $2.95M | Andrew Bergman | 1 | Jacqueline Susann | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Bette Midler |
| 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 |
| 344 | 344 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119577/ | US/UK | 1998 | $343K | John Maybury | 1 | Francis Bacon | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Derek Jacobi |
| 360 | 360 | Man on the Moon | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125664/ | US/UK | 1999 | $34.6M | Milos Forman | 1 | Andy Kaufman | Comedian | Unknown | 0 | Male | Jim Carrey | |
| 372 | 372 | Michael Collins | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117039/ | US/UK | 1996 | $11M | Neil Jordan | 1 | Michael Collins | Activist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Liam Neeson |
| 373 | 373 | Midnight Express | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077928/ | US/UK | 1978 | $35M | Alan Parker | 1 | Billy Hayes | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Brad Davis | |
| 379 | 379 | Miss Potter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482546/ | US/UK | 2006 | $2.98M | Chris Noonan | 1 | Beatrix Potter | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ren̩e Zellweger |
| 389 | 389 | Mrs Brown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119280/ | US/UK | 1997 | $9.22M | John Madden | 1 | Victoria | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Judi Dench |
| 398 | 398 | My Life So Far | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120899/ | US/UK | 1999 | $616K | Hugh Hudson | 1 | Denis Forman | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Norman |
| 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 | |
| 401 | 401 | Ned Kelly | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277941/ | US/UK | 2003 | $74.9K | Gregor Jordan | 1 | Ned Kelly | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Heath Ledger |
| 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 | |
| 425 | 425 | Patty Hearst | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095836/ | US/UK | 1988 | $1.22M | Paul Schrader | 1 | Patty Hearst | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Natasha Richardson |
| 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 |
| 430 | 430 | Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462477/ | US/UK | 2005 | $21.8K | Adrian Shergold | 1 | Albert Pierrepoint | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Timothy Spall |
| 441 | 441 | Quills | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180073/ | US/UK | 2000 | $7.06M | Philip Kaufman | 1 | Marquis de Sade | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Geoffrey Rush |
| 456 | 456 | Restoration | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114272/ | US/UK | 1995 | $4.1M | Michael Hoffman | 1 | Charles II | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Sam Neill |
| 457 | 457 | Reversal of Fortune | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100486/ | US/UK | 1990 | $15.4M | Barbet Schroeder | 2 | Claus von BÌ_low | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jeremy Irons |
| 458 | 458 | Reversal of Fortune | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100486/ | US/UK | 1990 | $15.4M | Barbet Schroeder | 2 | Sunny von BÌ_low | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Glenn Close |
| 464 | 464 | Rob Roy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114287/ | US/UK | 1995 | $31.6M | Michael Caton-Jones | 1 | Robert Roy MacGregor | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Liam Neeson |
| 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 |
| 471 | 471 | Salome's Last Dance | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096029/ | US/UK | 1988 | $331K | Ken Russell | 1 | Oscar Wilde | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Nickolas Grace |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 485 | 485 | Seven Years in Tibet | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120102/ | US/UK | 1997 | $37.9M | Jean-Jacques Annaud | 1 | Heinrich Harrer | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Brad Pitt |
| 563 | 563 | The Duchess | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864761/ | US/UK | 2008 | $13.8M | Saul Dibb | 1 | Georgiana Cavendish | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Keira Knightley |
| 569 | 569 | The Falcon and the Snowman | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087231/ | US/UK | 1985 | $17.1M | John Schlesinger | 1 | Christopher Boyce | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Timothy Hutton | |
| 586 | 586 | The Greatest | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076111/ | US/UK | 1977 | - | Tom Gries | 1 | Muhammad Ali | Athlete | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Muhammad Ali |
| 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 |
| 606 | 606 | The King's Speech | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/ | US/UK | 2010 | $139M | Tom Hooper | 1 | King George VI | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Colin Firth |
| 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 | |
| 632 | 632 | The Motorcycle Diaries | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318462/ | US/UK | 2004 | $16.8M | Walter Salles | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Male | Gael GarcÌ_a Bernal |
| 634 | 634 | The New World | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402399/ | US/UK | 2005 | $12.7M | Terrence Malick | 1 | Pocahontas | Historical | Known | Native American | 1 | Female | Q'orianka Kilcher |
| 637 | 637 | The Other Boleyn Girl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467200/ | US/UK | 2008 | $26.8M | Justin Chadwick | 2 | Anne Boleyn | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Natalie Portman |
| 638 | 638 | The Other Boleyn Girl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467200/ | US/UK | 2008 | $26.8M | Justin Chadwick | 2 | Mary Boleyn | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Scarlett Johansson |
| 655 | 655 | The Queen | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436697/ | US/UK | 2006 | $56.4M | Stephen Frears | 1 | Queen Elizabeth II | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Helen Mirren |
| 665 | 665 | The Soloist | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821642/ | US/UK | 2009 | $31.7M | Joe Wright | 2 | Nathaniel Ayers | Musician | Known | African American | 1 | Male | Jamie Foxx |
| 666 | 666 | The Soloist | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821642/ | US/UK | 2009 | $31.7M | Joe Wright | 2 | Steve Lopez | Media | Unknown | 0 | Male | Robert Downey, Jr. | |
| 676 | 676 | The Straight Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/ | US/UK | 1999 | $6.2M | David Lynch | 1 | Alvin Straight | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Richard Farnsworth | |
| 695 | 695 | The Young Victoria | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962736/ | US/UK | 2009 | $11M | Jean-Marc Vall̩e | 1 | Victoria | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Emily Bunt |
| 712 | 712 | Tom & Viv | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111454/ | US/UK | 1994 | $539K | Brian Gilbert | 2 | T.S. Eliot | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Willem Dafoe |
| 713 | 713 | Tom & Viv | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111454/ | US/UK | 1994 | $539K | Brian Gilbert | 2 | Vivienne Haigh-Wood | Author | Known | White | 0 | Female | Miranda Richardson |
| 714 | 714 | Topsy-Turvy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151568/ | US/UK | 1999 | $6.2M | Mike Leigh | 2 | Arthur Sullivan | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Allan Corduner |
| 715 | 715 | Topsy-Turvy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151568/ | US/UK | 1999 | $6.2M | Mike Leigh | 2 | William Schwenck Gilbert | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Jim Broadbent |
| 721 | 721 | Valentino | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076868/ | US/UK | 1977 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Rudolph Valentino | Actor | Known | White | 0 | Male | Rudolf Nureyev |
| 723 | 723 | Veronica Guerin | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312549/ | US/UK | 2003 | $1.57M | Joel Schumacher | 1 | Veronica Guerin | Media | Known | White | 0 | Female | Cate Blanchett |
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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 );