Some Of The Best Biopics Of All Time

History’s grand sweep is perhaps better told with the help of a narrower lens. This is the key reason why several biographical pictures or biopics, tell us the story of an era, a movement, or an idea through one’s individual life. Furthermore, several filmmakers have increasingly preferred to work in this particular genre over the past few decades, resulting in perfectly created movies. Also, biographical movies are one of the best ways to tell a story. Though not completely accurate, these movies can give flesh to words and also provides an insight into a person’s choices, or chain of events that defines them and their overall pursuit of happiness. Here in this blog, we are going to discuss the top ten best biopics of all time. Read on to know more.

1. Pollock (2000): The movie Pollock was released in the year 2000 and is directed by Ed Harris, providing us with a realistic depiction of an artistic process. The movie further follows the painter’s creative moments, especially from the invention of a dripping technique to all the factors that had led him towards alcoholism and depression. Furthermore, the lead actor named Harris brilliantly portrayed the role of Jackson Pollock as a troubled genius, while the wife of Pollock Lee Krasner gives a perfect performance that leads her to earn the Oscar for the best actor in supporting role. Also, the film ended up earning approximately $8,598,93 domestically and received a total of $1,960,377 internationally.

2. The Sea Inside (2004): The movie Sea Inside is a Spanish movie released in the year 2004, and the movie mostly revolves around a dedicated theme of euthanasia. Furthermore, the movie shows the life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, a person who fought for approximately 28 years to get the right to end his own life with the help of an assisted suicide. Also, the movie explores Spaniard’s relationship with two women namely Julia and Rosa. With the help of Ramon, these two women get inspired to accomplish several things that they have previously thought to be impossible.

3. Amadeus (1984): The movie Amadeus, got released in the year 1984 and is an American period biographical film directed by Milap Forman. The plot of the movie is in Vienna Austria especially during the latter half of the 18^th century. Furthermore, the film follows a fictional rivalry between an Italian composer named Antonio Salieri and Mozart especially at the court of Emperor Joseph II. This movie Amadeus is considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time and it even got nominated for 53 awards and even got 40 out of them. It received a total of eight Academy Awards, four Golden Globe awards, four BAFTA awards, And the directors Guild of America award.

4. A Beautiful Mind (2001): This movie got released in the year 2001 and is an American biographical film based on the life of John Nash, an Abel prize winner and a Noble laureate in economics. This movie was directed by Ron Howard and is based on a book of the same name written by Sylvia Nasar. The movie got a theatrical release in the United States on 21st December 2001 and it went on to gross over $313 million worldwide. It even got four academic awards, for Best Director, best picture, best adapted screenplay, and the best supporting actor.

5. The Last Emperor (1987): This movie The Last Emperor, is an epic drama and biographical movie directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The entire plot of the movie shows us the life of Puyi, the last Chinese emperor. The entire life of Emperor Puyi is depicted especially from his ascent to the throne as a young boy to his political rehabilitation and imprisonment by the Chinese Communist Party. This movie was the first western feature film that was authorized by the PRC to be filmed in the forbidden city of Beijing. During the 60^th Academy Awards, this movie received a total of nine Academy Awards, including that of the best director and the best picture.

6. Hotel Rwanda (2004): This movie Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 release, biographical drama movie directed by Terry George. The movie is based on the Rwandan genocide, that happened during the spring of 1994. The movie documents Rusesabagina’s overall effort to save the life of his family and around a thousand other refugees by providing them with shelter and food in the besieged hotel named Des Mille Collines. The movie Hotel Rwanda is known to explore legal corruption, genocide, and the repercussions of violence. Also, the movie grossed approximately more than $23 million in domestic tickets and an additional $10 million through international releases. The movie even got nominated for multiple awards including the Academy Awards for Best supporting actress, Best Actor, and Best original screenplay.

7. The Pianist (2002): This movie is a typical biographical war drama movie directed and produced by Roman Polanski and scripted by Ronald Harwood. The entire movie is based on the autobiographical book of the same name, a holocaust memoir of a Jewish Polish composer and pianist called Wladyslaw Szpilman. During the 75^th Academy Awards, this movie won the Best Director, the best-adapted screenplay, and the Best actor prizes. The movie also got included in BBC’s top hundred greatest films of the 21^st century in the year 2016.

8. Gandhi (1982): The movie Gandhi is a 1982 release biographical movie based on the entire life of Mahatma Gandhi, a leader of the Indian independence movement during the British Raj of the 20^th century. This movie was a co-production between the United Kingdom and India, and it is produced and directed by Richard Attenborough. The entire movie, covers the life of Mahatma Gandhi, especially from a defining moment of 1893, when he was thrown off from a South African train that was only meant to carry the whites. Though a practicing Hindu, Gandhi always embraced other faiths, including Islam and Christianity. Overall the movie received a total of 11 nominations during the 55^th Academy Awards, while winning eight out of all.

9. Seberg (2019): The movie Seberg is a political thriller movie directed by Benedict Andrews and is about the life of Jean Seberg. The movie is known to cast actors like Jack O’Connel, Kristen Stewart, Margaret Qualley, Vince Vaughn, and Anthony Mackie. The movie got its worldwide premiere during the Venice Film Festival on the 30^th of August 2019. Thereafter it got released in the UK on 10 January 2020 and in the US on 21 February 2020 by Amazon Studios.

10. Judy (2019): This movie is a biographical drama film based on the life of an actress of American origin named Judy Garland. The plot of the movie follows Judy’s career during the last few years of his life when she tried relocating her stage career in Britain and it even couples up with flashbacks of his teenage years of acting. This movie grossed approximately $44 million worldwide and even received several positive reviews from critics and audiences.