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

197 rows where race_known = "Unknown"

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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
1 1 10 Rillington Place http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066730/ UK 1971 - Richard Fleischer 1 John Christie Criminal Unknown   0 Male Richard Attenborough
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
5 5 20 Dates http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138987/ US 1998 $537K Myles Berkowitz 1 Myles Berkowitz Other Unknown   0 Male Myles Berkowitz
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
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
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
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
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
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
39 39 American Sniper http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/ US 2014 $350M Clint Eastwood 1 Chris Kyle Military Unknown   0 Male Bradley Cooper
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
48 48 Another Country http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086904/ UK 1984 - Marek Kanievska 1 Guy Burgess Military Unknown   0 Male Rupert Everett
60 60 Battle Hymn http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050171/ US 1957 - Douglas Sirk 1 Dean Hess Military Unknown   0 Male Rock Hudson
70 70 Beyond the Law http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/ US 1993 - Larry Ferguson 1 Dan Black Other Unknown   0 Male Charlie Sheen
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
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
80 80 Blue http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106438/ UK 1993 $1.72M Derek Jarman 1 Derek Jarman Other Unknown   0 Male Derek Jarman
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
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
93 93 Bright Star http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810784/ UK 2009 $4.44M Jane Campion 2 Fanny Brawne Other Unknown   0 Female Abbie Cornish
94 94 Bronson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172570/ UK 2008 $105K Nicolas Winding Refn 1 Charles Bronson Criminal Unknown   0 Male Tom Hardy
96 96 Bubble Boy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258470/ US 2001 $5M Blair Hayes 1 David Vetter Medicine Unknown   0 Male Jake Gyllenhaal
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
100 100 Buster http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094819/ UK 1988 $540K David Green 1 Buster Edwards Criminal Unknown   0 Male Phil Collins
109 109 Cannibal! The Musical http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115819/ US 1993 - Trey Parker 1 Alferd Packer Criminal Unknown   0 Male Trey Parker
111 111 Capote http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/ US/Canada 2005 $28.7M Bennett Miller 1 Truman Capote Author Unknown   0 Male Philip Seymour Hoffman
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
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
123 123 Catch Me If You Can http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264464/ US/Canada 2002 $164M Steven Spielberg 1 Frank Abagnale Jr. Criminal Unknown   0 Male Leonardo DiCaprio
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
132 132 Chisum http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065547/ US 1970 $6M Andrew V. McLaglen 1 John Chisum Other Unknown   0 Male John Wayne
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
143 143 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270288/ US/Canada 2002 - George Clooney 1 Chuck Barris Actor Unknown   0 Male Sam Rockwell
144 144 Control http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421082/ US/UK 2007 $872K Anton Corbijn 1 Ian Curtis Musician Unknown   0 Male Sam Riley
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
148 148 Creation http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974014/ UK 2009 $341K Jon Amiel 1 Charles Darwin Academic Unknown   0 Male Paul Bettany
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
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
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
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
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
174 174 Dillinger http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069976/ US 1973 - John Milius 1 John Dillinger Criminal Unknown   0 Male Warren Oates
181 181 Dreamchild http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089052/ UK 1985 - Gavin Millar 1 Alice Liddell Hargreaves Other Unknown   0 Female Coral Browne
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
183 183 Ed Wood http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109707/ US 1994 $5.89M Tim Burton 1 Edward D. Wood Other Unknown   0 Male Johnny Depp
190 190 Erin Brockovich http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195685/ US 2000 $126M Steven Soderbergh 1 Erin Brockovich Activist Unknown   0 Female Julia Roberts
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
192 192 Escape from Alcatraz http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/ US 1979 $36.5M Don Siegel 3 Frank Morris Criminal Unknown   0 Male Clint Eastwood
193 193 Escape from Alcatraz http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/ US 1979 $36.5M Don Siegel 3 John Anglin Criminal Unknown   0 Male Fred Ward
195 195 Everyman's War http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1209319/ US 2009 - Thad T. Smith 1 Don Smith Military Unknown   0 Male Cole Carson
202 202 Fear Strikes Out http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050383/ US 1957 - Robert Mulligan 1 Jimmy Piersall Athlete Unknown   0 Male Anthony Perkins
207 207 Fire in the Sky http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106912/ US 1993 $20.1M Robert Lieberman 1 Travis Walton Other Unknown   0 Male D.B. Sweeney
208 208 Flash of Genius http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054588/ US/Canada 2008 $4.23M Marc Abraham 1 Robert Kearns Other Unknown   0 Male Greg Kinnear
227 227 Girl, Interrupted http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/ US 1999 $28.9M James Mangold 1 Susanna Kaysen Author Unknown   0 Female Winona Ryder
228 228 Glory Road http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385726/ US 2006 $42.6M James Gartner 1 Don Haskins Athlete Unknown   0 Male With: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols
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
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
234 234 Gorillas in the Mist http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095243/ US 1988 $24.7M Michael Apted 1 Dian Fossey Academic Unknown   0 Female Sigourney Weaver
239 239 Great Balls of Fire! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097457/ US 1989 $13.7M Jim McBride 1 Jerry Lee Lewis Musician Unknown   0 Male Dennis Quaid
262 262 Hollywoodland http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427969/ US 2006 $14.4M Allen Coulter 1 George Reeves Actor Unknown   0 Male Ben Affleck
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
269 269 I Love You Phillip Morris http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045772/ US 2009 $2.04M Glenn Ficarra, John Requa 1 Steven Russell Criminal Unknown   0 Male Jim Carrey
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
282 282 Infamous http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420609/ US 2006 $1.15M Douglas McGrath 1 Truman Capote Other Unknown   0 Male Toby Jones
283 283 Infinity http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116635/ US 1996 $146K Matthew Broderick 1 Richard Feynman Academic Unknown   0 Male Matthew Broderick
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
288 288 Invincible http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445990/ US 2006 $57.8M Ericson Core 1 Vince Papale Athlete Unknown   0 Male Mark Wahlberg
290 290 Isadora http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063141/ UK 1968 - Karel Reisz 1 Isadora Duncan Artist Unknown   0 Female Vanessa Redgrave
294 294 Jamesy Boy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673734/ US 2014 - Trevor White 1 James Burns Criminal Unknown   0 Male Spencer Lofranco
311 311 Julie & Julia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/ US 2009 $94.1M Nora Ephron 2 Julia Child Other Unknown   0 Female Meryl Streep
312 312 Julie & Julia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/ US 2009 $94.1M Nora Ephron 2 Julia Powell Other Unknown   0 Female Amy Adams
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
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
337 337 Lone Survivor http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091191/ US 2013 $125M Peter Berg 1 Marcus Luttrell Military Unknown   0 Male Mark Wahlberg
338 338 Lords of Dogtown http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355702/ US 2005 $11M Catherine Hardwicke 3 Jay Adams Athlete Unknown   0 Male Emile Hirsch
340 340 Lords of Dogtown http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355702/ US 2005 $11M Catherine Hardwicke 3 Stacy Peralta Athlete Unknown   0 Male John Robinson
345 345 Love Me or Leave Me http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048317/ US 1955 - Charles Vidor 1 Ruth Etting Singer Unknown   0 Female Doris Day
353 353 Machine-Gun Kelly http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051887/ US 1958 - Roger Corman 1 George Kelly Criminal Unknown   0 Male Charles Bronson
357 357 Mahler http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071797/ UK 1974 - Ken Russell 2 Alma Mahler Other Unknown   0 Female Georgina Hale
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
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
377 377 Miracle http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349825/ US 2004 $64.4M Gavin O'Connor 1 Herb Brooks Athlete Unknown   0 Male Kurt Russell
380 380 Mockingbird Don't Sing http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273822/ US 2001 - Harry Bromley Davenport 1 Genie (pseudonym) Other Unknown   0 Female Tarra Steele
385 385 Monster http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340855/ US 2003 $34.5M Patty Jenkins 1 Aileen Wuornos Criminal Unknown   0 Female Charlize Theron
386 386 Moulin Rouge http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044926/ UK 1952 - John Huston 1 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Artist Unknown   0 Male JosÌ© Ferrer
387 387 Mr. Nice http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183911/ UK 2010 - Bernard Rose 1 Howard Marks Criminal Unknown   0 Male Rhys Ifans

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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
);