Biography Films
Pattern Statistics
212
Movies
6.3
Avg Arcplot
125
Avg Runtime
1946-2024
Year Range
7.1
Avg IMDb
72%
Avg RT
66
Avg Metacritic
$12434M
Total Box Office
202
With Awards
15.0
Avg Plot Points
Biography Films - Narrative Patterns
This body of work of 212 biography films exhibits flexible handling of narrative structure common to the genre. Representing works from 1946 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 6.8 suggests a balance between convention and innovation.
Within this genre, 0% of films attain scores above 8.0, demonstrating that innovation and experimentation are valued. Notable examples include Ip Man 2 (8.0), Riding in Cars with Boys (7.9), and When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (7.9).
Runtime Patterns
Biography films in this dataset average 2 hours and 5 minutes, indicating conventional narrative development.
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12 Years a Slave
2013
127 Hours
2010
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
A Beautiful Mind
2001
A Complete Unknown
2024
A Dangerous Method
2011
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
2018
A Royal Affair
2012
A United Kingdom
2016
A Walk in the Woods
2015
After Thomas
2006
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
Better Man
2024
Beyond the Sea
2004
Bleed for This
2016
Bob Marley: One Love
2024
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
Cabrini
2024
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
Denial
2016
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
Evel Knievel
1971
Evita
1996
Ferrari
2023
Fighting with My Family
2019
Ford v Ferrari
2019
Foxcatcher
2014
Frost/Nixon
2008
Funny Lady
1975
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
Hotel Rwanda
2004
Hysteria
2011
I Dreamed of Africa
2000
I'm Not There
2007
I'm Still Here
2024
In Cold Blood
1967
In the Name of the Father
1993
Ip Man 2
2010
Ip Man 3
2015
Jackie
2016
Jeanne du Barry
2023
Joy
2024
Judas and the Black Messiah
2021
Judy
2019
King of Kings
1961
King Richard
2021
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Lincoln
2012
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
2020
Lone Survivor
2013
Lords of Dogtown
2005
Lorenzo's Oil
1992
Loving
2016
Luther
2003
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
Mao Zedong 1949
2019
Marshall
2017
Mary Kom
2014
Maudie
2016
Megan Leavey
2017
Million Dollar Arm
2014
Mirror
1975
Missing
1982
Muslum
2018
Ned Kelly
2003
Nixon
1995
North Face
2008
Nowhere Boy
2009
October Sky
1999
Official Secrets
2019
On the Basis of Sex
2018
One Night with the King
2006
Oppenheimer
2023
Ordinary Angels
2024
Papillon
2017
Patch Adams
1998
Priscilla
2023
Promise at Dawn
2017
Raging Bull
1980
Reagan
2024
Remember the Titans
2000
Reversal of Fortune
1990
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
Rocketman
2019
Same Kind of Different as Me
2017
Saturday Night
2024
Schindler's List
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Seven Years in Tibet
1997
Shine
1996
Silkwood
1983
Snowden
2016
Song of Norway
1970
Southside with You
2016
Stand and Deliver
1988
Star 80
1983
Star!
1968
Steve Jobs
2015
Straight Outta Compton
2015
Stronger
2017
Sylvia
2003
Taking Woodstock
2009
Tetris
2023
The 33
2015
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
The Big Short
2015
The Birth of a Nation
2016
The Borgia
2006
The Buddy Holly Story
1978
The Butler
2013
The Elephant Man
1980
The End of the Tour
2015
The Express
2008
The Fifth Estate
2013
The Fire Inside
2024
The Great Debaters
2007
The Greatest
1977
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005
The Greatest Showman
2017
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
The Heist of the Century
2020
The Hill
2023
The King's Choice
2016
The King's Speech
2010
The Krays
1990
The Lady in the Van
2015
The Long Riders
1980
The Madness of King George
1994
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
The Mauritanian
2021
The Monuments Men
2014
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
Veronica Guerin
2003
Viceroy's House
2017
Walk the Line
2005
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