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1. Man on the Moon (1999)
directed by Milos Forman
featuring Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, Vincent Schiavelli
Comedian Andy Kaufman gave performances that were bizarre and difficult to categorize, in which he might do or say almost anything: show cartoons, ... More
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2. Isn't She Great (2000)
directed by Andrew Bergman
featuring Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, John Cleese
Jacqueline Susann spent a long career on the edges of show business as an actress and model, but it never really paid off until she quit acting to ... More
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3. Death of a Dynasty (2005)
directed by Damon Dash
featuring Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Devon Aoki, Capone, Robert Stapleton, Rashida Jones
Hip-hop mogul Damon Dash (Paper Soldiers) directs this semi-autobiographical film based on his life as the proprietor of Roc-a-Fella Records. Ebon ... More
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4. The Perils of Pauline (1947)
directed by George Marshall
featuring Betty Hutton, John Lund, Constance Collier, William Demarest, Billy De Wolfe
The third of four films bearing the title of The Perils of Pauline, this musical biopic purports to tell the life story of famed silent serial queen ... More
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5. Patch Adams (1998)
directed by Tom Shadyac
featuring Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton
The fact-based story of an unconventional physician who attempted to heal patients with laughter, based on his own book and mixing equal doses of ... More
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6. The Seven Little Foys (1955)
directed by Melville Shavelson
featuring Bob Hope, James Cagney, Milly Vitale, Angela Clarke, George Tobias
With his movie career fading in 1955, Bob Hope was amenable to writer/director Mel Shavelson's suggestion that Hope try something different. The ... More
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7. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
directed by Stephen Frears
featuring Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Julie Walters
This unadorned biography of playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) charts his bawdy, dangerous relationships. Alfred Molina plays Orton's brutish lover, ... More
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8. Chopper (2001)
directed by Andrew Dominik
featuring Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, David Field
This Australian drama is based on the life and times of Mark "Chopper" Read, a notorious Aussie criminal who went on to become a best-selling author, ... More
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9. Paper Lion (1968)
directed by Alex March
featuring Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Alex Karras, Frank Gifford, Vince Lombardi
Paper Lion is taken from the actual experiences of journalist George Plimpton. George (Alan Alda) dons helmet and pads to play quarterback against ... More
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10. The Einstein of Sex (1999)
directed by Rosa von Praunheim
featuring Kai Schuhmann, Friedel von Wangenheim, Gerd Lukas Storzer, Olaf Drauschke, Tima die Goettliche
Controversial German filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim narrates an unusual story in this dramatic feature film about the once world-famous sexologist Dr. ... More
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11. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
directed by George Clooney
featuring Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Rutger Hauer
Chuck Barris is best known to most Americans as the guy who used to host The Gong Show. He was also the creator and producer of The Dating Game, The ... More
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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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