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1. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
directed by Rob Cohen
featuring Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, Robert Wagner, Michael Learned, Nancy Kwan
The brief but eventful life of actor and martial arts trailblazer Bruce Lee is portrayed in this drama, based on a biography written by his widow ... More
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2. Hitchcock (2012)
directed by Sacha Gervasi
featuring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, James D'Arcy
Director Sacha Gervasi adapts Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho to explore the relationship between the legendary ... More
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3. The Josephine Baker Story (1990)
directed by Brian Gibson
featuring Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Craig T. Nelson, Louis Gossett, Jr.
Brian Gibson's made-for-cable biography of the famed singer Josephine Baker stars Lynn Whitfield as the black American who found stardom and scandal ... More
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4. Ed Wood (1994)
directed by Tim Burton
featuring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Jones
Hollywood visionary Tim Burton pays homage to another Hollywood visionary, albeit a less successful one, in this unusual fictionalized biography. The ... More
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5. I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
directed by Daniel Mann
featuring Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet, Don Taylor
Susan Hayward pulls out all the stops, and then some, in this cinemadaptation of singer Lillian Roth's autobiography I'll Cry Tomorrow. In as harshly ... More
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6. The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
directed by Alfred E. Green
featuring Sara Allgood, William Bakewell, Charlie Barnet, Janet Blair
Based on the lives of big-band stars Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, this biographical chronicle begins with their childhood in an industrial Pennsylvania ... More
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7. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
directed by Stephen Hopkins
featuring Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, John Lithgow, Miriam Margolyes
The often-troubled life of one of the greatest comic actors in the history of the British cinema provides the basis for this biopic. Peter Sellers ... More
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8. The Rat Pack (1998)
directed by Rob Cohen
featuring Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle, Angus MacFadyen, William Petersen
Shot in 33 days, this $9.6 million biographical drama of behind-the-scenes interactions within the Rat Pack group of Frank Sinatra (Ray Liotta), Dean ... More
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9. Frances (1982)
directed by Graeme Clifford
featuring Robert Harris, Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, Jeffrey DeMunn
As played by Jessica Lange, Frances Farmer is a rebel from the word go, winning a high school essay award by writing a piece in defense of Communism. ... More
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10. James Dean (2001)
directed by Mark Rydell
featuring James Franco, Michael Moriarty, Edward Herrmann, Mark Rydell, Valentina Cervi
During his all-too-short career (three starring roles in two years), James Dean helped to radically redefine the way teenagers were portrayed ... More
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11. I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
directed by Allan Dwan
featuring Ray Middleton, Bill Shirley, Muriel Lawrence, Eileen Christy, Dick Simmons, Lynn Bari
The life of Stephen Foster, one of America's greatest and best-loved songwriters of the 19th century, sets the stage for this musical biography. ... More
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12. Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (2004)
directed by Charles McDougall
featuring Jamie-Lynn DiScala, Robert Davi, Brenda Fricker, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Ian Tracey
Sopranos ingenue Jamie-Lynn DiScala stars as the infamous Hollywood madam in this made-for-cable bio-flick. Produced without the participation of ... More
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13. Control (2007)
directed by Anton Corbijn
featuring Samantha Morton, Sam Riley, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell
Prolific music-video helmer and award-winning photographer Anton Corbijn makes his feature directorial debut with this biographical drama concerning ... More
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14. The Dolly Sisters (1945)
directed by Irving Cummings
featuring Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall, Reginald Gardiner
The Dolly Sisters is the heavily Hollywoodized biopic of Jennie and Rosie Dolly, Hungarian-born entertainers who took Broadway by storm in the early ... More
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15. The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
directed by Steven Robman
featuring Keir Dullea, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Frances Fisher, Eric McCormack
Jennifer Love Hewitt stars in this made-for-TV biography of screen legend Audrey Hepburn, following her from her troubled youth as she grows up in ... More
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16. Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001)
directed by Nadia Tass
featuring Ashley Rose Orr, Connie Britton, Colin Friels, Hinton Battle, Emily Anne Hart
Between 1934 and 1940, Shirley Temple was the biggest little star in Hollywood; the curly-headed tyke began doing song-and-dance numbers in one-reel ... More
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17. Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
directed by David Butler
featuring June Haver, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Charlie Ruggles, Rosemary de Camp
The short but colorful life of American musical comedy star Marilyn Miller is given the standard prettified Hollywood treatment in Look for the ... More
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18. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
directed by Henry King
featuring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley
His Aunt Sophie (Helen Westley) and his teacher Professor Heinrich (Jean Hersholt) are sure that Roger Grant (Tyrone Power) will be a famous ... More
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19. Houdini (1953)
directed by George Marshall
featuring Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke, Douglas Spencer, Stefan Schnabel
This highly fanciful but immensely entertaining biopic stars Tony Curtis as legendary magician/escape-artist Harry Houdini. Janet Leigh, Mrs. Tony ... More
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20. So This Is Love (1953)
directed by Gordon M. Douglas
featuring Kathryn Grayson, Merv Griffin, Joan Weldon, Walter Abel, Rosemary de Camp
This tuneful biography of operatic soprano Grace Moore begins as she prepares to perform on opening night. While awaiting her entrance cue, she ... More
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21. Elvis (1979)
directed by John Carpenter
featuring Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell, Season Hubley, Pat Hingle
The first volley in the never-ending "Presley movie" blitzkrieg, the made-for-TV Elvis: The Movie stars Kurt Russell as the King, Season Hubley as ... More
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22. Norma Jean and Marilyn (1996)
Originally made for cable television, this imaginative biopic chronicles the life of Marilyn Monroe (Mira Sorvino), including the years before she ... More
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23. And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny & Cher Story (1998)
directed by David Burton Morris
featuring Jay Underwood, Renee Faia
The true story of one of the most unlikely love stories and show biz successes of the '60s is reenacted in this made-for-cable comedy drama. Sonny ... More
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24. The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)
directed by Karen Arthur
featuring Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Angela Bassett, Alex Burrall, Wylie Draper, Damon Morris
A two-part made for TV effort, this special depicts the dysfunctional Jackson family, which has somehow managed to raise its children in such a way ... More
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25. The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
directed by Michael Curtiz
featuring Will Rogers, Jr., Jane Wyman, Carl Benton Reid, Eve Miller, James Gleason
Will Rogers Jr. stars as his own father in this slow, sentimental biopic. The film begins with Rogers' days on his father's ranch in Indian Territory ... More
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