Biography Films
Pattern Statistics
121
Movies
6.5
Avg Arcplot
126
Avg Runtime
1946-2024
Year Range
7.1
Avg IMDb
69%
Avg RT
66
Avg Metacritic
$8981M
Total Box Office
113
With Awards
13.8
Avg Plot Points
Biography Films - Structural Analysis
This collection of 121 biography films demonstrates evolving relationship with narrative structure characteristic of the genre. Covering works from 1946 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 6.5 demonstrates selective application of classical frameworks.
Standout films include When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (7.9), Trumbo (7.8), and Breach (7.7).
Length Conventions
Biography films in this collection average 2 hours and 7 minutes, reflecting traditional dramatic pacing.
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12 Years a Slave
2013
127 Hours
2010
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
A Beautiful Mind
2001
A Dangerous Method
2011
A Royal Affair
2012
A United Kingdom
2016
A Walk in the Woods
2015
Against the Ropes
2004
Agora
2009
Alexander
2004
Alive
1993
Amadeus
1984
American Me
1992
Amistad
1997
Angela's Ashes
1999
At Eternity's Gate
2018
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
Battle of the Sexes
2017
Beautiful Boy
2018
Becket
1964
Becoming Jane
2007
Before Night Falls
2000
Beyond the Sea
2004
Bleed for This
2016
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
2024
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Boy Erased
2018
Braveheart
1995
Breach
2007
Bright Star
2009
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
Catch Me If You Can
2002
Chaplin
1992
Chasing Mavericks
2012
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992
Colette
2018
Control
2007
Copying Beethoven
2006
Dangerous Minds
1995
Dark Waters
2019
Darkest Hour
2017
Desert Flower
2009
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
Downfall
2004
Ed Wood
1994
Eiffel
2021
El Angel
2018
End of the Spear
2005
Ford v Ferrari
2019
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009
Gods and Generals
2003
Gods and Monsters
1998
Gold
2016
Golda
2023
Goodbye Christopher Robin
2017
Goodfellas
1990
Goya's Ghosts
2006
Great Balls of Fire!
1989
Green Book
2018
Gridiron Gang
2006
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
Hamilton
2020
Henry V
1989
Hitchcock
2012
Hysteria
2011
I Dreamed of Africa
2000
I'm Not There
2007
In Cold Blood
1967
In the Name of the Father
1993
Ip Man 3
2015
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Lincoln
2012
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
Oppenheimer
2023
Raging Bull
1980
Schindler's List
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Seven Years in Tibet
1997
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
The Big Short
2015
The Elephant Man
1980
The Express
2008
The Fifth Estate
2013
The Great Debaters
2007
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005
The Greatest Showman
2017
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
The Odyssey
2016
The Pianist
2002
The Post
2017
The Raid
2012
The Sessions
2012
The Social Network
2010
The Soloist
2009
The Sound of Music
1965
The Straight Story
1999
The Wind Rises
2013
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
The Young Victoria
2009
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Tolkien
2019
Tom Horn
1980
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Trumbo
2015
Unbroken
2014
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
Veronica Guerin
2003
Viceroy's House
2017
Walking Tall
1973
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
Welcome to Marwen
2018
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
2019
When the Game Stands Tall
2014
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
1998
Woodlawn
2015
Young Woman and the Sea
2024