Biographical Films 1915-2014 - Free Download
Biographical films (biopics) released from 1915 to 2014, with release year, director, lead actor, box office, and the real-life subject portrayed. Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from IMDB. Contains 761 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.
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| Title | Country | Year Release | Box Office | Director | Number Of Subjects | Subject | Type Of Subject | Subject Race | Subject Sex | Lead Actor Actress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Rillington Place | UK | 1971 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | John Christie | Criminal | Male | Richard Attenborough | |
| 12 Years a Slave | US/UK | 2013 | $56.7M | Steve McQueen | 1 | Solomon Northup | Other | African American | Male | Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| 127 Hours | US/UK | 2010 | $18.3M | Danny Boyle | 1 | Aron Ralston | Athlete | Male | James Franco | |
| 1987 | Canada | 2014 | - | Ricardo Trogi | 1 | Ricardo Trogi | Other | White | Male | Jean-Carl Boucher |
| 20 Dates | US | 1998 | $537K | Myles Berkowitz | 1 | Myles Berkowitz | Other | Male | Myles Berkowitz | |
| 21 | US | 2008 | $81.2M | Robert Luketic | 1 | Jeff Ma | Other | Asian American | Male | Jim Sturgess |
| 24 Hour Party People | UK | 2002 | $1.13M | Michael Winterbottom | 1 | Tony Wilson | Musician | White | Male | Steve Coogan |
| 42 | US | 2013 | $95M | Brian Helgeland | 1 | Jackie Robinson | Athlete | African American | Male | Chadwick Boseman |
| 8 Seconds | US | 1994 | $19.6M | John G. Avildsen | 1 | Lane Frost | Athlete | Male | Luke Perry | |
| 84 Charing Cross Road | US/UK | 1987 | $1.08M | David Hugh Jones | 2 | Frank Doel | Author | Male | Anthony Hopkins | |
| 84 Charing Cross Road | US/UK | 1987 | $1.08M | David Hugh Jones | 2 | Helene Hanff | Author | Female | Anne Bancroft | |
| A Beautiful Mind | US | 2001 | $171M | Ron Howard | 1 | John Nash | Academic | Male | Russell Crowe | |
| A Dangerous Method | Canada/UK | 2011 | $5.7M | David Cronenberg | 3 | Carl Gustav Jung | Academic | White | Male | Michael Fassbender |
| A Dangerous Method | Canada/UK | 2011 | $5.7M | David Cronenberg | 3 | Sigmund Freud | Academic | White | Male | Viggo Mortensen |
| A Dangerous Method | Canada/UK | 2011 | $5.7M | David Cronenberg | 3 | Sabina Spielrein | Academic | White | Female | Keira Knightley |
| A Home of Our Own | US | 1993 | $1.7M | Tony Bill | 1 | Frances Lacey | Other | Female | Kathy Bates | |
| A Man Called Peter | US | 1955 | - | Henry Koster | 1 | Peter Marshall | Other | White | Male | Richard Todd |
| A Man for All Seasons | UK | 1966 | - | Fred Zinnemann | 1 | Thomas More | Historical | White | Male | Paul Scofield |
| A Matador's Mistress | US/UK | 2008 | - | Menno Meyjes | 2 | Lupe Sino | Actress | Hispanic (White) | Female | Pen̩lope Cruz |
| A Matador's Mistress | US/UK | 2008 | - | Menno Meyjes | 2 | Manuel Rodr�_guez S��nchez | Athlete | Hispanic (White) | Male | Adrien Brody |
| A Mighty Heart | US/UK | 2007 | $9.17M | Michael Winterbottom | 2 | Daniel Pearl | Journalist | White | Male | Dan Futterman |
| A Mighty Heart | US/UK | 2007 | $9.17M | Michael Winterbottom | 2 | Mariane Pearl | Journalist | Multi racial | Female | Angelina Jolie |
| A Song to Remember | US | 1945 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Frederic Chopin | Musician | White | Male | Cornel Wilde |
| Abe Lincoln in Illinois | US | 1940 | - | John Cromwell | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | White | Male | Raymond Massey |
| Above and Beyond | US | 1952 | - | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | 1 | Paul Tibbets | Military | Male | Robert Taylor | |
| Abraham Lincoln | US | 1930 | - | D.W. Griffith | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | White | Male | Walter Huston |
| Against the Ropes | US | 2004 | $5.88M | Charles S. Dutton | 1 | Jackie Kallen | Athlete | Female | Meg Ryan | |
| Al Capone | US | 1959 | - | Richard Wilson | 1 | Al Capone | Criminal | White | Male | Rod Steiger |
| Alexander | US/UK | 2004 | $34.3M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Alexander the Great | Historical | White | Male | Colin Farrell |
| Alexander the Great | US | 1956 | - | Robert Rossen | 1 | Alexander the Great | Historical | White | Male | Richard Burton |
| Ali | US | 2001 | $58.2M | Michael Mann | 1 | Muhammad Ali | Athlete | African American | Male | Will Smith |
| Alpha Dog | US | 2006 | $15.2M | Nick Cassavetes | 1 | Jesse James Hollywood | Criminal | Male | Emile Hirsch | |
| Amadeus | US | 1984 | $366K | Milos Forman | 2 | Antonio Salieri | Musician | White | Male | F. Murray Abraham |
| Amadeus | US | 1984 | $366K | Milos Forman | 2 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Musician | White | Male | Tom Hulce |
| Amazing Grace | US/UK | 2006 | $21.2M | Michael Apted | 1 | William Wilberforce | Other | White | Male | Ioan Gruffudd |
| Amelia | US/Canada | 2009 | $14.2M | Mira Nair | 1 | Amelia Earhart | Other | White | Female | Hilary Swank |
| American Gangster | US/UK | 2007 | $130M | Ridley Scott | 1 | Frank Lucas | Criminal | African American | Male | Denzel Washington |
| American Me | US | 1992 | $13.1M | Edward James Olmos | 1 | Rodolfo Cadena | Criminal | Hispanic (Latino) | Male | Edward James Olmos |
| American Sniper | US | 2014 | $350M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Chris Kyle | Military | Male | Bradley Cooper | |
| American Splendor | US | 2003 | $6M | Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | 1 | Harvey Pekar | Comedian | White | Male | Paul Giamatti |
| An American Crime | US | 2007 | - | Tommy O'Haver | 2 | Gertrude Baniszewski | Criminal | White | Female | Catherine Keener |
| An American Crime | US | 2007 | - | Tommy O'Haver | 2 | Sylvia Likens | Other | Female | Ellen Page | |
| An Angel at My Table | UK | 1990 | $1.1M | Jane Campion | 1 | Janet Frame | Author | White | Female | Kerry Fox |
| Anastasia | US | 1956 | - | Anatole Litvak | 1 | Anna Anderson / Anastasia | Other | White | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
| Anna and the King of Siam | US | 1946 | - | John Cromwell | 1 | Anna Leonowens | Other | Multi racial | Female | Irene Dunne |
| Annie Get Your Gun | US | 1950 | $8M | George Sidney | 1 | Annie Oakley | Athlete | White | Female | Betty Hutton |
| Annie Oakley | US | 1935 | - | George Stevens | 1 | Annie Oakley | Athlete | White | Female | Barbara Stanwyck |
| Another Country | UK | 1984 | - | Marek Kanievska | 1 | Guy Burgess | Military | Male | Rupert Everett | |
| Antwone Fisher | US | 2002 | $21.1M | Denzel Washington | 1 | Antwone Fisher | Military | African American | Male | Derek Luke |
| Auto Focus | US | 2002 | $2.06M | Paul Schrader | 1 | Robert Edward "Bob" Crane | Actor | White | Male | Greg Kinnear |
| Awakenings | US | 1990 | $52.1M | Penny Marshall | 1 | Oliver Sacks | Medicine | White | Male | Robin Williams |
| Baadasssss! | US | 2003 | $365K | Mario Van Peebles | 1 | Melvin Van Peebles | Actor | African American | Male | Mario Van Peebles |
| Baader | UK | 2002 | - | Christopher Roth | 1 | Andreas Baader | Military | White | Male | Frank Giering |
| Backbeat | UK | 1994 | $2.39M | Iain Softley | 2 | John Lennon | Musician | White | Male | Ian Hart |
| Backbeat | UK | 1994 | $2.39M | Iain Softley | 2 | Stuart Sutcliffe | Musician | White | Male | Stephen Dorff |
| Bandit Queen | UK | 1994 | $400K | Shekhar Kapur | 1 | Phoolan Devi | Criminal | Indian | Female | Seema Biswas |
| Barabbas | US | 1961 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Barabbas | Historical | White | Male | Anthony Quinn |
| Basquiat | US | 1996 | $2.96M | Julian Schnabel | 1 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | Artist | Multi racial | Male | Jeffrey Wright |
| Bathory: Countess of Blood | UK | 2008 | - | Juraj Jakubisko | 1 | Elizabeth Bathory | Criminal | White | Female | Anna Friel |
| Battle Hymn | US | 1957 | - | Douglas Sirk | 1 | Dean Hess | Military | Male | Rock Hudson | |
| Beau Brummell | US | 1954 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | George Brummell | Other | White | Male | Stewart Granger |
| Becket | US/UK | 1964 | - | Peter Glenville | 2 | King Henry II | Historical | White | Male | Peter O'Toole |
| Becket | US/UK | 1964 | - | Peter Glenville | 2 | Thomas Becket | Historical | White | Male | |
| Becoming Jane | UK | 2007 | $18.7M | Julian Jarrold | 1 | Jane Austen | Author | White | Female | Anne Hathaway |
| Before Night Falls | US | 2000 | $4.22M | Julian Schnabel | 1 | Reinaldo Arenas | Activist | Hispanic (Latin American) | Male | Javier Bardem |
| Behind the Lines | Canada/UK | 1997 | $19.3K | Gillies MacKinnon | 1 | Siegfried Loraine Sassoon | Military | Multi racial | Male | James Wilby |
| Bernard and Doris | US | 2006 | - | Bob Balaban | 2 | Bernard Lafferty | Other | White | Male | Ralph Fiennes |
| Bernard and Doris | US/UK | 2006 | - | Bob Balaban | 2 | Doris Duke | Other | White | Female | Susan Sarandon |
| Best | UK | 2000 | - | Mary McGuckian | 1 | George Best | Athlete | White | Male | John Lynch |
| Beyond the Law | US | 1993 | - | Larry Ferguson | 1 | Dan Black | Other | Male | Charlie Sheen | |
| Beyond the Sea | US/UK | 2004 | $6.14M | Kevin Spacey | 1 | Bobby Darin | Musician | White | Male | Kevin Spacey |
| Big Eyes | US/Canada | 2014 | $14.5M | Tim Burton | 1 | Margaret Keane | Artist | White | Female | Amy Adams |
| Billy the Kid | US | 1941 | - | David Miller | 1 | Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid) | Criminal | White | Male | Robert Taylor |
| Bird | US | 1988 | $2.18M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | Charlie "Bird" Parker | Musician | Multi racial | Male | Forest Whitaker |
| Birdman of Alcatraz | US | 1962 | - | John Frankenheimer | 1 | Robert Franklin Stroud | Criminal | Male | Burt Lancaster | |
| Blaze | US | 1989 | $19.1M | Ron Shelton | 1 | Earl Long | Politician | White | Male | Paul Newman |
| Bloodsport | US | 1988 | $11.8M | Newt Arnold | 1 | Frank Dux | Athlete | Male | Jean-Claude Van Damme | |
| Blossoms in the Dust | US | 1941 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 1 | Edna Gladney | Other | Female | Greer Garson | |
| Blow | US | 2001 | $52.9M | Ted Demme | 1 | George Jung | Criminal | White | Male | Johnny Depp |
| Blue | UK | 1993 | $1.72M | Derek Jarman | 1 | Derek Jarman | Other | Male | Derek Jarman | |
| Blue Caprice | US | 2013 | $86.7K | Alexandre Moors | 1 | John Allen Muhammad | Criminal | African American | Male | Isaiah Washington |
| Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | US | 2004 | $2.69M | Rowdy Herrington | 1 | Bobby Jones | Athlete | Male | Jim Caviezel | |
| Bonnie and Clyde | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Clyde Barrow | Criminal | Male | Warren Beatty | |
| Bonnie and Clyde | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Bonnie Parker | Criminal | Female | Faye Dunaway | |
| Born on the Fourth of July | US | 1989 | $70M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Ron Kovic | Military / activist | Male | Tom Cruise | |
| Bound for Glory | US | 1976 | - | Hal Ashby | 1 | Woody Guthrie | Singer | White | Male | David Carradine |
| Boys Don't Cry | US | 1999 | $11.5M | Kimberly Peirce | 1 | Brandon Teena | Other | Male | Hilary Swank | |
| Boys Town | US | 1938 | - | Norman Taurog | 1 | Father Edward Flanagan | Other | White | Male | Spencer Tracy |
| Braveheart | US | 1995 | $75.6M | Mel Gibson | 1 | William Wallace | Military | White | Male | Mel Gibson |
| Breach | US | 2007 | $33M | Billy Ray | 1 | Robert Hanssen | Criminal | White | Male | Chris Cooper |
| Brigham Young | US | 1940 | - | Henry Hathaway | 1 | Brigham Young | Other | White | Male | Dean Jagger |
| Bright Star | UK | 2009 | $4.44M | Jane Campion | 2 | John Keats | Author (poet) | White | Male | Ben Whishaw |
| Bright Star | UK | 2009 | $4.44M | Jane Campion | 2 | Fanny Brawne | Other | Female | Abbie Cornish | |
| Bronson | UK | 2008 | $105K | Nicolas Winding Refn | 1 | Charles Bronson | Criminal | Male | Tom Hardy | |
| Brother Sun, Sister Moon | UK | 1972 | - | Franco Zeffirelli | 1 | St. Francis of Assisi | Historical | White | Male | Graham Faulkner |
| Bubble Boy | US | 2001 | $5M | Blair Hayes | 1 | David Vetter | Medicine | Male | Jake Gyllenhaal | |
| Buffalo Bill | US | 1944 | - | William A. Wellman | 1 | William Cody | Other | White | Male | Joel McCrea |
| Bugsy | US | 1991 | $49.1M | Barry Levinson | 1 | Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel | Criminal | White | Male | Warren Beatty |
| Burning Blue | US | 2013 | - | D.M.W. Greer With: Trent Ford, Tammy Blanchard, Morgan Spector | 1 | DMW Greer | Military | Male | Trent Ford | |
| Buster | UK | 1988 | $540K | David Green | 1 | Buster Edwards | Criminal | Male | Phil Collins | |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | US | 1969 | $102M | George Roy Hill | 2 | Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) | Criminal | White | Male | Paul Newman |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | US | 1969 | $102M | George Roy Hill | 2 | Harry Longabaugh | Criminal | White | Male | Robert Redford |
| Cadillac Records | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Etta James | Singer | African American | Female | Beyonc̩ Knowles |
| Cadillac Records | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Muddy Water | Musician | African American | Male | Jeffrey Wright |
| Cadillac Records | US | 2008 | $8.13M | Darnell Martin | 3 | Leonard Chess | Musician | White | Male | Adrien Brody |
| Caesar and Cleopatra | UK | 1945 | - | Gabriel Pascal | 2 | Julius Caesar | Historical | White | Male | Claude Rains |
| Caesar and Cleopatra | UK | 1945 | - | Gabriel Pascal | 2 | Cleopatra | Historical | Middle Eastern | Female | Vivien Leigh |
| Callas Forever | UK | 2002 | $446K | Franco Zeffirelli | 1 | Maria Callas | Singer | Mediterranean | Female | Fanny Ardant |
| Cannibal! The Musical | US | 1993 | - | Trey Parker | 1 | Alferd Packer | Criminal | Male | Trey Parker | |
| Capone | US | 1975 | - | Steve Carver | 1 | Al Capone | Criminal | White | Male | Ben Gazzara |
| Capote | US/Canada | 2005 | $28.7M | Bennett Miller | 1 | Truman Capote | Author | Male | Philip Seymour Hoffman | |
| Captain Kidd | US | 1945 | - | Rowland V. Lee | 1 | William Kidd | Historical | White | Male | Charles Laughton |
| Captain Phillips | US | 2013 | $107M | Paul Greengrass | 1 | Richard Phillips | Military | Male | Tom Hanks | |
| Caravaggio | UK | 1986 | $3.15K | Derek Jarman | 1 | Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio | Artist | White | Male | Multiple |
| Carbine Williams | US | 1952 | - | Richard Thorpe | 1 | David Marshall Williams | Other | Male | James Stewart | |
| Carrington | UK | 1995 | $3.24M | Christopher Hampton | 2 | Lytton Strachey | Author | White | Male | Jonathan Pryce |
| Carrington | UK | 1995 | $3.24M | Christopher Hampton | 2 | Dora Carrington | Artist | White | Female | Emma Thompson |
| Carve Her Name with Pride | UK | 1958 | - | Lewis Gilbert | 1 | Violette Bushell Szabo | Military | White | Female | Virginia McKenna |
| Casino | US | 1995 | $42.4M | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal | Criminal | Male | Robert De Niro | |
| Casino Jack | Canada | 2010 | $1.04M | George Hickenlooper | 1 | Jack Abramoff | Other | Male | Kevin Spacey | |
| Cass | UK | 2008 | - | Jon S. Baird | 1 | Cass Pennant | Other | Caribbean | Male | Nonso Anozie |
| Catch a Fire | US/UK | 2006 | $4.29M | Phillip Noyce | 1 | Patrick Chamusso | Activist | African | Male | Derek Luke |
| Catch Me If You Can | US/Canada | 2002 | $164M | Steven Spielberg | 1 | Frank Abagnale Jr. | Criminal | Male | Leonardo DiCaprio | |
| Cesar Chavez | US | 2014 | $5.55M | Diego Luna | 1 | Cesar Chavez | Activist | Hispanic (Latino) | Male | Michael Pe̱a |
| Chaplin | US | 1992 | $9.49M | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Charles Spencer Chaplin | Comedian | White | Male | Robert Downey Jr. |
| Charlie Wilson's War | US | 2007 | $66.6M | Mike Nichols | 1 | Charlie Wilson | Military | Male | Tom Hanks | |
| Chasing Mavericks | US | 2012 | $6M | Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson | 1 | Jay Moriarity | Athlete | Male | Jonny Weston | |
| Chattahoochee | US | 1989 | $259K | Mick Jackson | 1 | Emmett Foley | Military | Male | Gary Oldman | |
| Che: Part One | US | 2008 | $1.73M | Steven Soderbergh | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Hispanic (Latin American) | Male | Benicio Del Toro |
| Che: Part Two | US | 2008 | - | Steven Soderbergh | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Hispanic (Latin American) | Male | Demi��n Bichir |
| Che! | US | 1969 | $2M | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Hispanic (Latin American) | Male | Omar Sharif |
| Chisum | US | 1970 | $6M | Andrew V. McLaglen | 1 | John Chisum | Other | Male | John Wayne | |
| Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | US/UK | 1992 | $8.25M | John Glen | 1 | Christopher Columbus | Other | White | Male | Georges Corraface |
| Ciao Manhattan | US | 1972 | - | John Palmer, David Weisman | 1 | Edie Sedgwick | Actress | White | Female | Edie Sedgwick |
| Cinderella Man | US | 2005 | $61.6M | Ron Howard | 1 | James Braddock | Athlete | White | Male | Russell Crowe |
| Cleopatra | US | 1934 | - | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Middle Eastern | Female | Claudette Colbert |
| Cleopatra | US/UK | 1963 | $57.8M | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Middle Eastern | Female | Elizabeth Taylor |
| Coal Miner's Daughter | US | 1980 | $79.9M | Michael Apted | 1 | Loretta Lynn | Singer | Multi racial | Female | Sissy Spacek |
| Cobb | US | 1994 | $1.01M | Ron Shelton | 1 | Ty Cobb | Athlete | White | Male | Tommy Lee Jones |
| Communion | US/UK | 1989 | $1.92M | Philippe Mora | 1 | Whitley Strieber | Other | Male | Christopher Walken | |
| Compulsion | US | 1959 | - | Richard Fleischer | 2 | Nathan Leopold Jr. | Criminal | White | Male | Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman |
| Compulsion | US | 1959 | - | Richard Fleischer | 2 | Richard Loeb | Criminal | White | Male | Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | US/Canada | 2002 | - | George Clooney | 1 | Chuck Barris | Actor | Male | Sam Rockwell | |
| Control | US/UK | 2007 | $872K | Anton Corbijn | 1 | Ian Curtis | Musician | Male | Sam Riley | |
| Conviction | US | 2010 | $6.78M | Tony Goldwyn | 1 | Betty Anne Waters | Other | Female | Hilary Swank | |
| Copying Beethoven | US | 2006 | $353K | Agnieszka Holland | 1 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Musician | White | Male | Ed Harris |
| Counterpunch | US | 2013 | - | Kenneth Castillo | 1 | Alvaro Orlando | Athlete | Hispanic (Latino) | Male | Alvaro Orlando |
| Creation | UK | 2009 | $341K | Jon Amiel | 1 | Charles Darwin | Academic | Male | Paul Bettany | |
| Cromwell | UK | 1970 | - | Ken Hughes | 1 | Oliver Cromwell | Historical | White | Male | Richard Harris |
| Cross Creek | US | 1983 | $200K | Martin Ritt | 1 | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | Author | Female | Mary Steenburgen | |
| Crutch | US | 2004 | - | Rob Moretti | 1 | Rob Moretti | Actor | Male | Eben Gordon | |
| Cry Freedom | UK | 1987 | $5.9M | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Steve Biko | Activist | African | Male | Denzel Washington |
| Custer of the West | US | 1967 | - | Robert Siodmak | 1 | George Armstrong Custer | Military | White | Male | Robert Shaw |
| Dahmer | US | 2002 | - | David Jacobson | 1 | Jeffrey Dahmer | Criminal | White | Male | Jeremy Renner |
| Dallas Buyers Club | US | 2013 | $27.3M | Jean-Marc Vall���e | 1 | Ron Woodroof | Activist | Male | Matthew McConaughey | |
| Dance with a Stranger | UK | 1985 | $138K | Mike Newell | 1 | Ruth Ellis | Criminal | Female | Miranda Richardson | |
| Dangerous Beauty | US | 1998 | $4.53M | Marshall Herskovitz | 1 | Veronica Franco | Other | White | Female | Catherine McCormack |
| Dangerous Minds | US | 1995 | $84.9M | John N. Smith | 1 | Louanne Johnson | Teacher | White | Female | Michelle Pfeiffer |
| De-Lovely | US/UK | 2004 | $13.3M | Irwin Winkler | 1 | Cole Porter | Musician | White | Male | Kevin Kline |
| Death in Granada | US | 1996 | $226K | Marcos Zurinaga | 1 | Garcia Lorca | Author | Hispanic (White) | Male | Andy Garcia |
| Desert Dancer | UK | 2014 | $144K | Richard Raymond | 1 | Afshin Ghaffarian | Artist | Middle Eastern | Male | Reece Ritchie |
| Desert Flower | UK | 2009 | $44.3K | Sherry Hormann | 1 | Waris Dirie | Activist | African | Female | Soraya Omar-Scego (young) and Liya Kebede (older) |
| D̩sir̩e | US | 1954 | - | Henry Koster | 2 | D̩sir̩e Clary | Historical | White | Female | Jean Simmons |
| D̩sir̩e | US | 1954 | - | Henry Koster | 2 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Historical | White | Male | Marlon Brando |
| Devil's Knot | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Damien Echols | Criminal | Male | James Hamrick | |
| Devil's Knot | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Jason Baldwin | Criminal | Male | Seth Meriwether | |
| Devil's Knot | US | 2013 | - | Atom Egoyan | 3 | Jessie Misskelley, Jr. | Criminal | Male | Kristopher Higgins | |
| Devotion | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Charlotte Bronte | Author | White | Female | Olivia de Havilland |
| Devotion | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Emily Bronte | Author | White | Female | Ida Lupino |
| Devotion | US | 1946 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 3 | Anne Bronte | Author | White | Female | Nancy Coleman |
| Diana | UK | 2013 | $332K | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 1 | Princess Diana | Other | White | Female | Naomi Watts |
| Digging Up the Marrow | US | 2014 | - | Adam Green | 1 | Adam Green | Other | Male | Adam Green | |
| Dillinger | US | 1945 | $4M | Max Nosseck | 1 | John Dillinger | Criminal | White | Male | Lawrence Tierney |
| Dillinger | US | 1973 | - | John Milius | 1 | John Dillinger | Criminal | Male | Warren Oates | |
| Disraeli | US | 1929 | - | Alfred E. Green | 1 | Benjamin Disraeli | World leader | White | Male | George Arliss |
| Domino | US/UK | 2005 | $10.1M | Tony Scott | 1 | Domino Harvey | Other | White | Female | Keira Knightley |
| Donnie Brasco | US | 1997 | $42M | Mike Newell | 1 | Joe Pistone (alias Donnie Brasco) | Government | White | Male | Johnny Depp |
| Downtown 81 | US | 1981 | $100K | Edo Bertoglio | 1 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | Artist | Multi racial | Male | Jean Michel Basquiat |
| Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | US | 1940 | - | William Dieterle | 1 | Paul Ehrlich | Medicine | White | Male | Edward G. Robinson |
| Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | US | 1993 | $35.1M | Rob Cohen | 1 | Bruce Lee | Athlete | Asian American | Male | Jason Scott Lee |
| Dreamchild | UK | 1985 | - | Gavin Millar | 1 | Alice Liddell Hargreaves | Other | Female | Coral Browne | |
| Ed Gein | US/UK | 2000 | $5.71K | Chuck Parello | 1 | Ed Gein | Criminal | Male | Steve Railsback | |
| Ed Wood | US | 1994 | $5.89M | Tim Burton | 1 | Edward D. Wood | Other | Male | Johnny Depp | |
| Edison, the Man | US | 1940 | - | Clarence Brown | 1 | Thomas Edison | Academic | White | Male | Spencer Tracy |
| Eichmann | UK | 2007 | - | Robert Young | 1 | Adolf Eichmann | Military | White | Male | Thomas Kretschmann |
| El cantante | US | 2006 | $7.56M | Leon Ichaso | 1 | H̩ctor Lavoe | Musician | Hispanic (Latin American) | Male | Marc Anthony |
| El Cid | US | 1961 | $26.6M | Anthony Mann | 1 | Rodrigo Diaz | Historical | Hispanic (White) | Male | Charlton Heston |
| Elizabeth | US/UK | 1998 | $30M | Shekhar Kapur | 1 | Elizabeth I of England | Historical | White | Female | Cate Blanchett |
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age | US/UK | 2007 | $16.3M | Shekhar Kapur | 1 | Elizabeth I of England | Historical | White | Female | Cate Blanchett |
| Erin Brockovich | US | 2000 | $126M | Steven Soderbergh | 1 | Erin Brockovich | Activist | Female | Julia Roberts | |
| Escape from Alcatraz | US | 1979 | $36.5M | Don Siegel | 3 | Clarence Anglin | Criminal | Male | Jack Thibeau | |
| Escape from Alcatraz | US | 1979 | $36.5M | Don Siegel | 3 | Frank Morris | Criminal | Male | Clint Eastwood | |
| Escape from Alcatraz | US | 1979 | $36.5M | Don Siegel | 3 | John Anglin | Criminal | Male | Fred Ward | |
| Evel Knievel | US | 1971 | - | Marvin J. Chomsky | 1 | Evel Knievel | Athlete | White | Male | George Hamilton |
| Everyman's War | US | 2009 | - | Thad T. Smith | 1 | Don Smith | Military | Male | Cole Carson | |
| Evita | US | 1996 | $50M | Alan Parker | 1 | Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron | Actress / activist | Hispanic (Latin American) | Female | Madonna |
| Exodus: Gods and Kings | UK | 2014 | $65M | Ridley Scott | 1 | Moses | Historical | Middle Eastern (White) | Male | Christian Bale |
| Factory Girl | US | 2006 | $1.65M | George Hickenlooper | 1 | Edie Sedgwick | Actress | White | Female | Sienna Miller |
| Fair Game | US | 2010 | $9.53M | Doug Liman | 1 | Valerie Plame | Government | White | Female | Naomi Watts |
| Fat Man and Little Boy | US | 1989 | $3.56M | Roland Joff��� | 2 | Leslie Groves | Military | White | Male | Paul Newman |
| Fat Man and Little Boy | US | 1989 | $3.56M | Roland Joff��� | 2 | Robert Oppenheimer | Academic | White | Male | Dwight Schultz |
| Fear Strikes Out | US | 1957 | - | Robert Mulligan | 1 | Jimmy Piersall | Athlete | Male | Anthony Perkins | |
| Fellini's Casanova | US | 1976 | - | Federico Fellini | 1 | Giacomo Casanova | Historical | White | Male | Donald Sutherland |
| Find Me Guilty | US | 2006 | $1.17M | Sidney Lumet | 1 | Jackie DiNorscio | Criminal | White | Male | Vin Diesel |
| Finding Graceland | US | 1998 | - | David Winkler | 1 | Elvis Presley | Musician | White | Male | Harvey Keitel |
| Finding Neverland | US/UK | 2004 | $51.7M | Marc Forster | 1 | J.M. Barrie | Author | White | Male | Johnny Depp |
| Fire in the Sky | US | 1993 | $20.1M | Robert Lieberman | 1 | Travis Walton | Other | Male | D.B. Sweeney | |
| Flash of Genius | US/Canada | 2008 | $4.23M | Marc Abraham | 1 | Robert Kearns | Other | Male | Greg Kinnear | |
| Foxcatcher | US | 2014 | $12.1M | Bennett Miller | 1 | Mark Schultz | Athlete | White | Male | Channing Tatum |
| Frances | US | 1982 | $5M | Graeme Clifford | 1 | Frances Farmer | Actress | White | Female | Jessica Lange |
| Francis of Assisi | US | 1961 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Francis Bernardone | Historical | White | Male | Bradford Dillman |
| Frank & Jesse | US | 1995 | - | Robert Boris | 2 | Frank James | Criminal | White | Male | Bill Paxton |
| Frank & Jesse | US | 1995 | - | Robert Boris | 2 | Jesse James | Criminal | White | Male | Rob Lowe |
| Frankie & Alice | Canada | 2010 | $693K | Geoffrey Sax | 1 | Frankie Murdoch | Other | African American | Female | Halle Berry |
| Freedom Writers | US | 2007 | $36.6M | Richard LaGravenese | 1 | Erin Gruwell | Other | White | Female | Hilary Swank |
| Freud | US | 1962 | - | John Huston | 1 | Sigmund Freud | Academic | White | Male | Montgomery Clift |
| Frida | US/Canada | 2002 | $25.8M | Julie Taymor | 1 | Frida Kahlo | Artist | Hispanic (Latin American) | Female | Salma Hayek |
| Fruitvale Station | US | 2013 | $16.1M | Ryan Coogler | 1 | Oscar Grant III | Other | African American | Male | Michael B. Jordan |
| Funny Girl | US | 1968 | $223K | William Wyler | 1 | Fanny Brice | Actress | White | Female | Barbra Streisand |
| Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | US | 2006 | $221K | Steven Shainberg | 1 | Diane Arbus | Other | White | Female | Nicole Kidman |
| Gandhi | UK | 1982 | - | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Mahatma Gandhi | Activist | Indian | Male | Ben Kingsley |
| Gentleman Jim | US | 1942 | - | Raoul Walsh | 1 | James J Corbett | Athlete | White | Male | Errol Flynn |
| Geronimo | US | 1962 | - | Arnold Laven | 1 | Geronimo | Military | Native American | Male | Chuck Connors |
| Get on Up | US/UK | 2014 | $30.5M | Tate Taylor | 1 | James Brown | Singer | African American | Male | Chadwick Boseman |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | US/Canada | 2005 | $31M | Jim Sheridan | 1 | Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson | Singer | African American | Male | 50 Cent |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | UK | 2003 | $11.6M | Peter Webber | 1 | Johannes Vermeer | Artist | White | Male | Colin Firth |
| Girl, Interrupted | US | 1999 | $28.9M | James Mangold | 1 | Susanna Kaysen | Author | Female | Winona Ryder | |
| Glory Road | US | 2006 | $42.6M | James Gartner | 1 | Don Haskins | Athlete | Male | With: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols | |
| Gods and Monsters | US/UK | 1998 | $6.39M | Bill Condon | 1 | James Whale | Other | White | Male | Ian McKellen |
| Goltzius and the Pelican Company | UK | 2012 | - | Peter Greenaway | 1 | Hendrik Goltzius | Artist | White | Male | Ramsey Nasr |
| Good Morning, Vietnam | US | 1987 | $124M | Barry Levinson | 1 | Adrian Cronauer | Media | Male | Robin Williams | |
| Good Vibrations | UK | 2012 | - | Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn | 1 | Terri Hooley | Musician | Male | Richard Dormer | |
| Goodfellas | US | 1990 | $46.8M | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Henry Hill | Criminal | White | Male | Ray Liotta |
| Gorillas in the Mist | US | 1988 | $24.7M | Michael Apted | 1 | Dian Fossey | Academic | Female | Sigourney Weaver | |
| Goya's Ghosts | US | 2006 | $1M | Milos Forman | 1 | Francisco Goya | Artist | Hispanic (White) | Male | Stellan Skarsg̴rd |
| Grace of Monaco | US | 2014 | - | Olivier Dahan | 1 | Grace Kelly | Actress | White | Male | Nicole Kidman |
| Gracie | US | 2007 | $2.96M | Davis Guggenheim | 1 | Elisabeth Shue | Athlete | White | Female | Carly Schroeder |
| Greased Lightning | US | 1977 | - | Michael Schultz | 1 | Wendell Scott | Athlete | African American | Male | Richard Pryor |
| Great Balls of Fire! | US | 1989 | $13.7M | Jim McBride | 1 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Musician | Male | Dennis Quaid | |
| Grey Owl | Canada/UK | 1999 | $315K | Richard Attenborough | 1 | Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) | Other | Multi racial | Male | Pierce Brosnan |
| Gypsy | US | 1962 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Gypsy Rose Lee | Artist | White | Female | Natalie Wood |
| Gypsy | US | 1962 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Rose Thompson Hovick | Other | White | Female | Rosalind Russell |
| Hans Christian Andersen | US | 1952 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Hans Christian Andersen | Author | White | Male | Danny Kaye |
| Harlow | US | 1965 | - | Gordon Douglas | 1 | Jean Harlow | Actress | White | Female | Carroll Baker |
| Heart Like a Wheel | US | 1983 | - | Jonathan Kaplan | 1 | Shirley Muldowney | Athlete | White | Female | Bonnie Bedelia |
| Heaven & Earth | US | 1993 | $5.86M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Le Ly Hayslip | Other | Asian American | Female | Hiep Thi Le |
| Hell to Eternity | US | 1960 | - | Phil Karlson | 1 | Guy Gabaldon | Military | Hispanic (Latino) | Male | Jeffrey Hunter |
| Henry & June | US | 1990 | $11.6M | Philip Kaufman | 3 | Henry Miller | Author | White | Male | Fred Ward |
| Henry & June | US | 1990 | $11.6M | Philip Kaufman | 3 | Ana��s Nin | Author | White | Female | Maria de Medeiros |
| Henry & June | US | 1990 | $11.6M | Philip Kaufman | 3 | June Miller | Other | White | Female | Uma Thurman |
| Henry V | UK | 1944 | - | Laurence Olivier | 1 | Henry V of England | Historical | White | Male | Laurence Olivier |
| Henry V | UK | 1989 | $10.2M | Kenneth Branagh | 1 | Henry V of England | Historical | White | Male | Kenneth Branagh |
| High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story | US | 2003 | - | A.W. Vidmer | 1 | Stu Ungar | Other | White | Male | Michael Imperioli |
| Hilary and Jackie | UK | 1998 | $4.87M | Anand Tucker | 2 | Jacqueline du Pr̩ | Musician | White | Female | Emily Watson |
| Hilary and Jackie | UK | 1998 | $4.87M | Anand Tucker | 2 | Hilary du Pr̩-Finzi | Musician | White | Female | Rachel Griffiths |
| His Majesty O'Keefe | US | 1954 | - | Byron Haskin | 1 | David Dion O'Keefe | Other | White | Male | Burt Lancaster |
| Hitchcock | US/UK | 2012 | $6M | Sacha Gervasi | 2 | Alfred Hitchcock | Other | White | Male | Anthony Hopkins |
| Hitchcock | US/UK | 2012 | $6M | Sacha Gervasi | 2 | Alma Reville | Other | White | Female | Helen Mirren |
| Hitler: A Film from Germany | UK | 1977 | - | Hans-J�_rgen Syberberg | 1 | Adolf Hitler | Military | White | Male | Heinz Schubert |
| Hitler: The Last Ten Days | UK | 1973 | - | Ennio De Concini | 1 | Adolf Hitler | Military | White | Male | Alec Guinness |
| Hoffa | US | 1992 | $24.3M | Danny DeVito | 1 | Jimmy Hoffa | Activist | White | Male | Jack Nicholson |
| Hollywoodland | US | 2006 | $14.4M | Allen Coulter | 1 | George Reeves | Actor | Male | Ben Affleck | |
| Houdini | US | 1953 | - | George Marshall | 1 | Harry Houdini | Other | White | Male | Tony Curtis |
| Howl | US | 2010 | $617K | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | 1 | Allen Ginsberg | Author | White | Male | James Franco |
| Hunger | UK | 2008 | $154K | Steve McQueen | 1 | Bobby Sands | Activist | White | Male | Michael Fassbender |
| Hyde Park on Hudson | UK | 2012 | $6.37M | Roger Michell | 2 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | World leader | White | Male | Bill Murray |
| Hyde Park on Hudson | UK | 2012 | $6.37M | Roger Michell | 2 | Margaret Suckley | Other | Female | Laura Linney | |
| I Am a Sex Addict | US | 2005 | $113K | Caveh Zahedi | 1 | Caveh Zahedi | Actor | Middle Eastern | Male | Caveh Zahedi |
| I Love You Phillip Morris | US | 2009 | $2.04M | Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | 1 | Steven Russell | Criminal | Male | Jim Carrey | |
| I Shot Andy Warhol | US/UK | 1996 | $1.81M | Mary Harron | 1 | Valerie Solanas | Activist | Hispanic (White) | Female | Lil Taylor |
| I Want to Live! | US | 1958 | - | Robert Wise | 1 | Barbara Graham | Criminal | Female | Susan Hayward | |
| I'll Cry Tomorrow | US | 1955 | - | Daniel Mann | 1 | Lillian Roth | Actress | White | Female | Susan Hayward |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | US | 1951 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Gus Kahn | Musician | White | Male | Danny Thomas |
| I'm Not There. | US/Canada | 2007 | $4M | Todd Haynes | 1 | Bob Dylan | Musician | White | Male | - |
| If You Could See What I Hear | Canada | 1982 | - | Eric Till | 1 | Tom Sullivan | Singer | White | Male | Marc Singer |
| Immortal Beloved | US/UK | 1994 | $14.4M | Bernard Rose | 1 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Musician | White | Male | Gary Oldman |
| Impromptu | UK | 1991 | $4.08M | James Lapine | 2 | Fr̩d̩ric Fran̤ois Chopin | Musician | White | Male | Hugh Grant |
| Impromptu | UK | 1991 | $4.08M | James Lapine | 2 | George Sand / Aurore | Other | White | Female | Judy Davis |
| In Love and War | US | 1996 | $14.5M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | Ernest Hemingway | Media | White | Male | Chris O'Donnell |
| In Love and War | US | 1996 | $14.5M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | Agnes von Kurowsky | Other | White | Female | Sandra Bullock |
| In the Name of the Father | US/UK | 1993 | $25M | Jim Sheridan | 1 | Gerry Conlon | Other | White | Male | Daniel Day-Lewis |
| Infamous | US | 2006 | $1.15M | Douglas McGrath | 1 | Truman Capote | Other | Male | Toby Jones | |
| Infinity | US | 1996 | $146K | Matthew Broderick | 1 | Richard Feynman | Academic | Male | Matthew Broderick | |
| Interrupted Melody | US | 1955 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | Marjorie Lawrence | Singer | White | Female | Eleanor Parker |
| Into the Wild | US | 2007 | $18.4M | Sean Penn | 1 | Christopher McCandless | Athlete | Male | Emile Hirsch | |
| Invictus | US | 2009 | $37.5M | Clint Eastwood | 2 | Nelson Mandela | World leader | African | Male | Morgan Freeman |
| Invictus | US | 2009 | $37.5M | Clint Eastwood | 2 | Fran̤ois Pienaar | Athlete | White | Male | Matt Damon |
| Invincible | US | 2006 | $57.8M | Ericson Core | 1 | Vince Papale | Athlete | Male | Mark Wahlberg | |
| Iris | US/UK | 2001 | $1.2M | Richard Eyre | 1 | Iris Murdoch | Author | White | Female | Judi Dench and Kate Winslet |
| Isadora | UK | 1968 | - | Karel Reisz | 1 | Isadora Duncan | Artist | Female | Vanessa Redgrave | |
| Isn't She Great | US/UK | 2000 | $2.95M | Andrew Bergman | 1 | Jacqueline Susann | Author | White | Female | Bette Midler |
| iSteve | US | 2013 | - | Ryan Perez | 1 | Steve Jobs | Other | Multi racial | Male | Justin Long |
| J. Edgar | US | 2011 | $37.3M | Clint Eastwood | 1 | J. Edgar Hoover | Government | White | Male | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| Jamesy Boy | US | 2014 | - | Trevor White | 1 | James Burns | Criminal | Male | Spencer Lofranco | |
| Jappeloup | Canada | 2013 | - | Christian Duguay | 1 | Pierre Durand, Jr. | Athlete | White | Male | Guillaume Canet |
| Jean Charles | UK | 2009 | - | Henrique Goldman | 1 | Jean Charles de Menezes | Other | White | Male | Selton Mello |
| Jefferson in Paris | US | 1995 | $2.47M | James Ivory | 1 | Thomas Jefferson | Historical | White | Male | Nick Nolte |
| Jersey Boys | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Bob Gaudio | Musician | White | Male | Erich Bergen |
| Jersey Boys | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Frankie Valli | Musician | White | Male | John Lloyd Young |
| Jersey Boys | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Nick Massi | Musician | White | Male | Michael Lomenda |
| Jersey Boys | US | 2014 | $47M | Clint Eastwood | 4 | Tommy DeVito | Musician | White | Male | Vincent Piazza |
| Jesse James | US | 1939 | - | Henry King | 1 | Jesse James | Criminal | White | Male | Tyrone Power |
| Jim Thorpe -- All-American | US | 1951 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Jim Thorpe | Athlete | Native American | Male | Burt Lancaster |
| Jimi: All Is by My Side | US/UK | 2013 | $323K | John Ridley | 1 | Jimi Hendrix | Musician | Multi racial | Male | Andr̩ Benjamin |
| Jinnah | UK | 1998 | - | Jamil Dehlavi | 1 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah | Other | Middle Eastern | Male | Christopher Lee |
| Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | US | 1986 | $18M | Richard Pryor | 1 | Richard Pryor | Comedian | African American | Male | Richard Pryor |
| Joan of Arc | US | 1948 | - | Victor Fleming | 1 | Joan of Arc | Historical | White | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
| Jobs | US | 2013 | $16.1M | Joshua Michael Stern | 1 | Steve Jobs | Other | Multi racial | Male | Ashton Kutcher |
| John Paul Jones | US | 1959 | - | John Farrow | 1 | John Paul Jones | Military | White | Male | Robert Stack |
| Juarez | US | 1939 | - | William Dieterle | 1 | Benito Juarez | World leader | Hispanic (Latin American) | Male | Paul Muni |
| Julie & Julia | US | 2009 | $94.1M | Nora Ephron | 2 | Julia Child | Other | Female | Meryl Streep | |
| Julie & Julia | US | 2009 | $94.1M | Nora Ephron | 2 | Julia Powell | Other | Female | Amy Adams | |
| Kid Cannabis | US | 2014 | $5.57K | John Stockwell | 1 | Nate Norman | Criminal | Male | Jonathan Daniel Brown | |
| Kill the Irishman | US | 2011 | $1.19M | Jonathan Hensleigh | 1 | Danny Greene | Criminal | White | Male | Ray Stevenson |
| Kill the Messenger | US | 2014 | $2.45M | Michael Cuesta | 1 | Gary Webb | Media | Male | Jeremy Renner | |
| Kill Your Darlings | US | 2013 | $1.03M | John Krokidas | 1 | Allen Ginsberg | Author | White | Male | Daniel Radcliffe |
| Killer: A Journal of Murder | US | 1995 | $65.7K | Tim Metcalfe | 1 | Carl Panzram | Criminal | White | Male | James Woods |
| King David | US | 1985 | - | Bruce Beresford | 1 | David | Historical | Middle Eastern (White) | Male | Richard Gere |
| King of Kings | US | 1961 | - | Nicholas Ray | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Middle Eastern (White) | Male | Jeffrey Hunter |
| Kinsey | US | 2004 | $10.2M | Bill Condon | 1 | Alfred Kinsey | Academic | White | Male | Liam Neeson |
| Klimt | UK | 2006 | - | Raoul Ruiz | 1 | Gustav Klimt | Artist | White | Male | John Malkovich |
| Knute Rockne All American | US | 1940 | - | Lloyd Bacon | 1 | Knute Rockne | Athlete | White | Male | Pat O'Brien |
| Korczak | UK | 1990 | - | Andrzej Wajda | 1 | Janusz Korczak | Other | White | Male | Wojciech Pszoniak |
| Kundun | US | 1997 | $5.53M | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Dalai Lama | Activist | Asian | Male | Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong |
| La Bamba | US | 1987 | $54.2M | Luis Valdez | 1 | Ritchie Valens | Musician | Hispanic (Latino) | Male | Lou Diamond Phillips |
| La Vie en Rose | Canada/UK | 2007 | $10.3M | Olivier Dahan | 1 | ��dith Piaf. | Singer | White | Female | Marion Cotillard |
| Lady Jane | UK | 1986 | $278K | Trevor Nunn | 1 | Lady Jane Grey | Historical | Female | Helena Bonham Carter | |
| Lady Sings the Blues | US | 1972 | $9.6M | Sidney J. Furie | 1 | Billie Holiday | Musician | African American | Female | Diana Ross |
| Last Days | US | 2005 | $455K | Gus Van Sant | 1 | Kurt Cobain | Musician | White | Male | Michael Pitt |
| Lawrence of Arabia | UK | 1962 | $342K | David Lean | 1 | Thomas Edward Lawrence | Military | White | Male | Peter O'Toole |
| Lee Daniels' The Butler | US | 2013 | $117M | Lee Daniels | 1 | Cecil Gaines | Other | African American | Male | Forest Whitaker |
| Lenny | US | 1974 | - | Bob Fosse | 1 | Lenny Bruce | Comedian | White | Male | Dustin Hoffman |
| Lincoln | US | 2012 | $182M | Steven Spielberg | 1 | Abraham Lincoln | World leader | White | Male | Daniel Day-Lewis |
| Lion of the Desert | US | 1981 | - | Moustapha Akkad | 1 | Omar Mukhtar | Activist | Middle Eastern | Male | Anthony Quinn |
| Lisztomania | UK | 1975 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Franz Liszt | Musician | White | Male | Roger Daltrey |
| Little Ashes | UK | 2008 | $480K | Paul Morrison | 1 | Salvador Dal�_ | Artist | Multi racial | Male | Robert Pattinson |
| Lone Survivor | US | 2013 | $125M | Peter Berg | 1 | Marcus Luttrell | Military | Male | Mark Wahlberg | |
| Lords of Dogtown | US | 2005 | $11M | Catherine Hardwicke | 3 | Jay Adams | Athlete | Male | Emile Hirsch | |
| Lords of Dogtown | US | 2005 | $11M | Catherine Hardwicke | 3 | Tony Alva | Athlete | Hispanic (Latino) | Male | Victor Rasuk |
| Lords of Dogtown | US | 2005 | $11M | Catherine Hardwicke | 3 | Stacy Peralta | Athlete | Male | John Robinson | |
| Louis Cyr | Canada | 2013 | - | Daniel Roby | 1 | Louis Cyr | Athlete | White | Male | Antoine Bertrand |
| Love & Mercy | US | 2014 | $9.26M | Bill Pohlad | 1 | Brian Wilson | Musician | White | Male | John Cusack |
| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | US | 1955 | - | Henry King | 1 | Han Suyin | Other | Eurasian | Female | Jennifer Jones |
| Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | US/UK | 1998 | $343K | John Maybury | 1 | Francis Bacon | Artist | White | Male | Derek Jacobi |
| Love Me or Leave Me | US | 1955 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Ruth Etting | Singer | Female | Doris Day | |
| Lovelace | US | 2013 | $355K | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | 1 | Linda Lovelace | Actress | White | Female | Amanda Seyfried |
| Low Down | US | 2014 | $44.5K | Jeff Preiss | 1 | Joe Albany | Musician | White | Male | John Hawkes |
| Lucky Luciano | US | 1973 | - | Francesco Rosi | 1 | Charles Luciano | Criminal | White | Male | Gian Maria Volont̩ |
| Lust for Life | US | 1956 | - | Vincente Minnelli | 1 | Vincent van Gogh | Artist | White | Male | Kirk Douglas |
| Luther | US | 2003 | $5.67M | Eric Till | 1 | Martin Luther | Historical | White | Male | Joseph Fiennes |
| MacArthur | US | 1977 | - | Joseph Sargent | 1 | Douglas MacArthur | Military | White | Male | Gregory Peck |
| Machine Gun Preacher | US | 2011 | $538K | Marc Forster | 1 | Sam Childers | Other | White | Male | Gerard Butler |
| Machine-Gun Kelly | US | 1958 | - | Roger Corman | 1 | George Kelly | Criminal | Male | Charles Bronson | |
| Madame Curie | US | 1943 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Pierre Curie | Academic | White | Male | Walter Pidgeon |
| Madame Curie | US | 1943 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Marie Curie | Academic | White | Female | Greer Garson |
| Mahler | UK | 1974 | - | Ken Russell | 2 | Gustav Mahler | Musician | White | Male | Robert Powell |
| Mahler | UK | 1974 | - | Ken Russell | 2 | Alma Mahler | Other | Female | Georgina Hale | |
| Malcolm X | US | 1992 | $48.2M | Spike Lee | 1 | Malcolm X | Activist | African American | Male | Denzel Washington |
| Man of a Thousand Faces | US | 1957 | - | Joseph Pevney | 1 | Lon Chaney | Actor | White | Male | James Cagney |
| Man on the Moon | US/UK | 1999 | $34.6M | Milos Forman | 1 | Andy Kaufman | Comedian | Male | Jim Carrey | |
| Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | UK | 2013 | $8.32M | Justin Chadwick | 1 | Nelson Mandela | World leader | African | Male | Idris Elba |
| Marie Antoinette | US | 1938 | - | W.S. Van Dyke | 1 | Marie Antoinette | Historical | White | Female | Norma Shearer |
| Marie Antoinette | US | 2006 | $16M | Sofia Coppola | 1 | Marie Antoinette | Historical | White | Female | Kirsten Dunst |
| Mary of Scotland | US | 1936 | - | John Ford | 1 | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | Historical | White | Female | Katharine Hepburn |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | UK | 1971 | - | Charles Jarrott | 1 | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | Historical | White | Female | Vanessa Redgrave |
| Mask | US | 1985 | $42.4M | Peter Bogdanovich | 1 | Roy Lee "Rocky" Dennis | Other | White | Male | Eric Stolz |
| Meetings with Remarkable Men | UK | 1979 | - | Peter Brook | 1 | G.I. Gurdjieff | Other | White | Male | Dragan Maksimovic |
| Men of Honor | US | 2000 | $48.8M | George Tillman Jr. | 1 | Carl Brashear | Athlete | African American | Male | Cuba Gooding Jr |
| Mesmer | Canada/UK | 1994 | - | Roger Spottiswoode | 1 | Franz Anton Mesmer | Medicine | White | Male | Alan Rickman |
| Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct | Canada | 2008 | $552K | Jean-Fran̤ois Richet | 1 | Jacques Mesrine | Criminal | White | Male | Vincent Cassel |
| Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 | Canada | 2008 | $275K | Jean-Fran̤ois Richet | 1 | Jacques Mesrine | Criminal | White | Male | Vincent Cassel |
| Michael Collins | US/UK | 1996 | $11M | Neil Jordan | 1 | Michael Collins | Activist | White | Male | Liam Neeson |
| Midnight Express | US/UK | 1978 | $35M | Alan Parker | 1 | Billy Hayes | Criminal | Male | Brad Davis | |
| Milk | US | 2008 | $31.8M | Gus Van Sant | 1 | Harvey Milk | Activist | White | Male | Sean Penn |
| Million Dollar Arm | US | 2014 | $36.4M | Craig Gillespie | 1 | J. B. Bernstein | Athlete | White | Male | Jon Hamm |
| Million Dollar Mermaid | US | 1952 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 1 | Annette Kellerman | Athlete | White | Female | Esther Williams |
| Miracle | US | 2004 | $64.4M | Gavin O'Connor | 1 | Herb Brooks | Athlete | Male | Kurt Russell | |
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | US | 1985 | $450K | Paul Schrader | 1 | Yukio Mishima | Author | Asian | Male | Ken Ogata |
| Miss Potter | US/UK | 2006 | $2.98M | Chris Noonan | 1 | Beatrix Potter | Author | White | Female | Ren̩e Zellweger |
| Mockingbird Don't Sing | US | 2001 | - | Harry Bromley Davenport | 1 | Genie (pseudonym) | Other | Female | Tarra Steele | |
| Modigliani | UK | 2004 | $195K | Mick Davis | 1 | Amedeo Modigliani | Artist | White | Male | Andy Garcia |
| Mommie Dearest | US | 1981 | - | Frank Perry | 1 | Joan Crawford | Actress | White | Female | Faye Dunaway |
| Moneyball | US | 2011 | $75.6M | Bennett Miller | 1 | Billy Beane | Athlete | White | Male | Brad Pitt |
| Monsieur N. | UK | 2003 | $16.8K | Antoine de Caunes | 1 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Historical | White | Male | Philippe Torreton |
| Monster | US | 2003 | $34.5M | Patty Jenkins | 1 | Aileen Wuornos | Criminal | Female | Charlize Theron | |
| Moulin Rouge | UK | 1952 | - | John Huston | 1 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Artist | Male | Jos̩ Ferrer | |
| Mr. Nice | UK | 2010 | - | Bernard Rose | 1 | Howard Marks | Criminal | Male | Rhys Ifans | |
| Mr. Turner | UK | 2014 | $3.96M | Mike Leigh | 1 | J.M.W. Turner | Artist | White | Male | Timothy Spall |
| Mrs Brown | US/UK | 1997 | $9.22M | John Madden | 1 | Victoria | Historical | White | Female | Judi Dench |
| Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | US/Canada | 1994 | $2.14M | Alan Rudolph | 1 | Dorothy Parker | Author | White | Female | Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| Muhammad: The Last Prophet | US | 2002 | - | Richard Rich | 1 | Muhammad | Historical | Middle Eastern | Male | |
| Murder, Inc. | US | 1960 | - | Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg | 1 | Burton Turkus | Other | Male | Henry Morgan | |
| Music Within | US | 2007 | $153K | Steven Sawalich | 1 | Richard Pimentel | Activist | Multi racial | Male | Ron Livingston |
| My Childhood | UK | 1972 | - | Bill Douglas | 1 | Bill Douglas | Other | Male | Stephen Archibald | |
| My Dinner with Andre | US | 1981 | $5.07K | Louis Malle | 2 | Andre Gregory | Actor | White | Male | Andre Gregory |
| My Dinner with Andre | US | 1981 | $5.07K | Louis Malle | 2 | Wallace Shawn | Actor | White | Male | Wallace Shawn |
| My Left Foot | UK | 1989 | $14.7M | Jim Sheridan | 1 | Christy Brown | Artist | White | Male | Daniel Day-Lewis |
| My Life So Far | US/UK | 1999 | $616K | Hugh Hudson | 1 | Denis Forman | Other | White | Male | Robert Norman |
| My One and Only | US | 2009 | $2.48M | Richard Loncraine | 1 | George Hamilton | Other | White | Male | Logan Lerman |
| My Week with Marilyn | US/UK | 2011 | $14.6M | Simon Curtis | 1 | Marilyn Monroe | Actress | Female | Michelle Williams | |
| Ned Kelly | US/UK | 2003 | $74.9K | Gregor Jordan | 1 | Ned Kelly | Criminal | White | Male | Heath Ledger |
| Nicholas and Alexandra | UK | 1971 | - | Franklin J. Schaffner | 2 | Tsarina Alexandra (Feodorovna) | Historical | White | Female | Janet Suzman |
| Nicholas and Alexandra | UK | 1971 | - | Franklin J. Schaffner | 2 | Tsar Nicholas II | Historical | White | Male | Michael Jayston |
| Night and Day | US | 1946 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Cole Porter | Musician | Male | Cary Grant | |
| Nightwatching | Canada/UK | 2007 | - | Peter Greenaway | 1 | Rembrandt | Artist | White | Male | Martin Freeman |
| Nixon | US | 1995 | $13.6M | Oliver Stone | 1 | Richard Milhous Nixon | World leader | White | Male | Anthony Hopkins |
| Nora | UK | 2000 | $12.3K | Pat Murphy | 2 | James Joyce | Author | White | Male | Ewan McGregor |
| Nora | UK | 2000 | $12.3K | Pat Murphy | 2 | Nora Barnacle | Other | Female | Susan Lynch | |
| Nostradamus | UK | 1994 | $364K | Roger Christian | 1 | Nostradamus | Historical | Male | Tch̩ky Karyo | |
| Notorious | US | 2009 | $36.8M | George Tillman Jr. | 1 | Christopher Wallace (Biggie Smalls) | Musician | Caribbean | Male | Jamal Woolard |
| Nowhere Boy | Canada/UK | 2009 | $1.45M | Sam Taylor-Johnson | 1 | John Lennon | Musician | White | Male | Aaron Taylor-Johnson |
| October Sky | US | 1999 | $32.5M | Joe Johnston | 1 | Homer Hickam | Other | Multi racial | Male | Jake Gyllenhaal |
| One Chance | US/UK | 2013 | $89.7K | David Frankel | 1 | Paul Potts | Musician | Male | James Corden | |
| One Foot in Heaven | US | 1941 | - | Irving Rapper | 1 | William Spence | Other | White | Male | Fredric March |
| One Night with the King | US | 2006 | $13.4M | Michael O. Sajbel | 1 | Hadassah (Esther) | Historical | Middle Eastern (White) | Female | Tiffany Dupont |
| Open Water | US | 2003 | $30.5M | Chris Kentis | 2 | Eileen Lonergan | Other | Female | Blanchard Ryan | |
| Open Water | US | 2003 | $30.5M | Chris Kentis | 2 | Tom Lonergan | Other | Male | Daniel Travis | |
| Out of Africa | US | 1985 | $87.1M | Sydney Pollack | 1 | Karen Blixen | Other | White | Female | Meryl Streep |
| Pandaemonium | UK | 2000 | - | Julien Temple | 2 | William Wordsworth | Author (poet) | Male | John Hannah | |
| Pandaemonium | UK | 2001 | - | Julien Temple | 2 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Author (poet) | Male | Linus Roache | |
| Papillon | US | 1973 | $53.3M | Franklin J. Schaffner | 1 | Henri "Papillon" Charri̬re | Criminal | White | Male | Steve McQueen |
| Party Monster | US | 2003 | $297K | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | 1 | Michael Alig | Criminal | Male | Macaulay Culkin | |
| Patch Adams | US | 1998 | $135M | Tom Shadyac | 1 | Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams | Medicine | Male | Robin Williams | |
| Patton | US | 1970 | - | Franklin J. Schaffner | 1 | George Patton | Military | White | Male | George Scott |
| Patty Hearst | US/UK | 1988 | $1.22M | Paul Schrader | 1 | Patty Hearst | Other | White | Female | Natasha Richardson |
| Permanent Midnight | US | 1998 | $1.17M | David Veloz | 1 | Jerry Stahl | Comedian | White | Male | Ben Stiller |
| Persepolis | US | 2007 | $4.44M | Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | 1 | Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi | Activist | Middle Eastern | Female | Chiara Mastroianni |
| Phantom Punch | US | 2008 | - | Robert Townsend | 1 | Sonny Liston | Athlete | African American | Male | Ving Rhames |
| Philomena | US/UK | 2013 | $37.7M | Stephen Frears | 1 | Philomena Lee | Other | White | Female | Judi Dench |
| Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman | US/UK | 2005 | $21.8K | Adrian Shergold | 1 | Albert Pierrepoint | Other | White | Male | Timothy Spall |
| Pi̱ero | US | 2001 | $1.42M | Leon Ichaso | 1 | Miguel Pi̱ero | Actor | Hispanic (Latin American) | Male | Benjamin Bratt |
| Pollock | US | 2000 | $8.6M | Ed Harris | 1 | Jackson Pollock | Artist | White | Male | Ed Harris |
| Prefontaine | US | 1997 | $532K | Steve James | 1 | Steve Prefontaine | Athlete | White | Male | Jared Leto |
| Prick Up Your Ears | UK | 1987 | $1.65M | Stephen Frears | 2 | Joe Orton | Author | Male | Gary Oldman | |
| Prick Up Your Ears | UK | 1987 | $1.65M | Stephen Frears | 2 | Kenneth Halliwell | Other | Male | Alfred Molina | |
| Pride of the Marines | US | 1945 | - | Delmer Daves | 1 | Al Schmid | Military | White | Male | John Garfield |
| Private Parts | US | 1997 | $41.2M | Betty Thomas | 1 | Howard Stern | Media | White | Male | Howard Stern |
| PT 109 | US | 1963 | - | Leslie H. Martinson | 1 | John F. Kennedy | Military | White | Male | Cliff Robertson |
| Public Enemies | US | 2009 | $97M | Michael Mann | 1 | John Dillinger | Criminal | Male | Johnny Depp | |
| Queen Christina | US | 1933 | - | Rouben Mamoulian | 1 | Christina, queen of Sweden | Historical | White | Female | Greta Garbo |
| Quills | US/UK | 2000 | $7.06M | Philip Kaufman | 1 | Marquis de Sade | Criminal | White | Male | Geoffrey Rush |
| Quo Vadis | US | 1951 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Lygia | Historical | White | Female | Deborah Kerr |
| Quo Vadis | US | 1951 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Marcus Vinicius | Historical | White | Male | Robert Taylor |
| Radio | US | 2003 | $52.3M | Michael Tollin | 2 | James Robert "Radio" Kennedy | Athlete | African American | Male | Cuba Gooding Jr |
| Radio | US | 2003 | $52.3M | Michael Tollin | 2 | Harold Jones | Athlete | Male | Ed Harris | |
| Ragamuffin | US | 2014 | - | David Schultz | 1 | Rich Mullins | Singer | White | Male | David Schultz |
| Raging Bull | US | 1980 | $45.2K | Martin Scorsese | 1 | Jake LaMotta | Athlete | White | Male | Robert De Niro |
| Rasputin: The Mad Monk | UK | 1966 | - | Don Sharp | 1 | Grigori Rasputin | Other | White | Male | Christopher Lee |
| Ray | US | 2004 | $75.3M | Taylor Hackford | 1 | Ray Charles | Musician | African American | Male | Jamie Foxx |
| Reach for the Sky | UK | 1956 | - | Lewis Gilbert | 1 | Douglas Bader | Military | Male | Kenneth More | |
| Reds | US | 1981 | - | Warren Beatty | 1 | John Reed | Media | White | Male | Warren Beaty |
| Regeneration | US | 1915 | - | Raoul Walsh | 1 | Owen Kildare | Other | White | Male | Rockliffe Fellowes |
| Rembrandt | UK | 1936 | - | Alexander Korda | 1 | Rembrandt | Artist | White | Male | Charles Laughton |
| Remember the Titans | US | 2000 | $116M | Boaz Yakin | 1 | Herman Boone | Athlete | African American | Male | Denzel Washington |
| Rescue Dawn | US | 2006 | $5.48M | Werner Herzog | 1 | Dieter Dengler | Military | White | Male | Christian Bale |
| Restoration | US/UK | 1995 | $4.1M | Michael Hoffman | 1 | Charles II | Historical | White | Male | Sam Neill |
| Reversal of Fortune | US/UK | 1990 | $15.4M | Barbet Schroeder | 2 | Claus von B�_low | Other | White | Male | Jeremy Irons |
| Reversal of Fortune | US/UK | 1990 | $15.4M | Barbet Schroeder | 2 | Sunny von B�_low | Other | White | Female | Glenn Close |
| Rhapsody in Blue | US | 1945 | - | Irving Rapper | 1 | George Gershwin | Musician | White | Male | Robert Alda |
| Richard III | UK | 1955 | - | Laurence Olivier | 1 | Richard III of England | Historical | White | Male | Laurence Olivier |
| Ricky 6 | US | 2000 | - | Peter Filardi | 1 | Richard "Ricky" Kasso | Criminal | Male | Vincent Kartheiser | |
| Riding in Cars with Boys | US | 2001 | $29.8M | Penny Marshall | 1 | Beverly Donofrio | Other | Female | Drew Barrymore | |
| Rise of the Footsoldier | UK | 2007 | - | Julian Gilbey | 1 | Carlton Leach | Criminal | Male | Ricci Harnett | |
| Rob Roy | US/UK | 1995 | $31.6M | Michael Caton-Jones | 1 | Robert Roy MacGregor | Other | White | Male | Liam Neeson |
| Romero | US | 1989 | $1.32M | John Duigan | 1 | Oscar Romero | Other | Hispanic (Latin American) | Male | Raul Julia |
| Rosewater | US | 2014 | $3.09M | Jon Stewart | 1 | Maziar Bahari | Media | Middle Eastern | Male | Gael Garc�_a Bernal |
| Rudy | US | 1993 | $22.8M | David Anspaugh | 1 | Rudy Ruettiger | Athlete | Male | Sean Astin | |
| Rush | US/UK | 2013 | $26.9M | Ron Howard | 2 | James Hunt | Athlete | White | Male | Chris Hemsworth |
| Rush | US/UK | 2013 | $26.9M | Ron Howard | 2 | Niki Lauda | Athlete | White | Male | Daniel Br�_hl |
| Saint Joan | US | 1957 | - | Otto Preminger | 1 | Joan of Arc | Historical | White | Female | Jean Seberg |
| Salome's Last Dance | US/UK | 1988 | $331K | Ken Russell | 1 | Oscar Wilde | Author | White | Male | Nickolas Grace |
| Santa Fe Trail | US | 1940 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | John Brown | Other | White | Male | Raymond Massey |
| Savage Messiah | UK | 1972 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Henri Gaudier-Brzeska | Artist | Male | Scott Antony | |
| Saving Mr. Banks | US/UK | 2013 | $83.3M | John Lee Hancock | 2 | Walt Disney | Other | White | Male | Tom Hanks |
| Saving Mr. Banks | US/UK | 2013 | $83.3M | John Lee Hancock | 2 | P.L. Travers | Author | White | Female | Emma Thompson |
| Schindler's List | US | 1993 | $96.1M | Steven Spielberg | 1 | Oskar Schindler | Other | White | Male | Liam Neeson |
| Scott of the Antarctic | UK | 1948 | - | Charles Frend | 1 | Robert Falcon Scott | Other | White | Male | John Mills |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | US | 1993 | $7.27M | Steven Zaillian | 1 | Josh Waitzkin | Other | Male | Max Pomeranc | |
| Selena | US | 1997 | $35.4M | Gregory Nava | 1 | Selena Quintanilla-Perez | Singer | Hispanic (Latina) | Female | Jennifer Lopez |
| Self Medicated | US | 2005 | $98.8K | Monty Lapica | 1 | Monty Lapica | Other | Male | Monty Lapica | |
| Selma | US/UK | 2014 | $52.1M | Ava DuVernay | 1 | Martin Luther King, Jr | Activist | African American | Male | David Oyelowo |
| Sergeant York | US | 1941 | $16.4M | Howard Hawks | 1 | Alvin C. York | Military | White | Male | Gary Cooper |
| Serpico | US | 1973 | - | Sidney Lumet | 1 | Frank Serpico | Other | White | Male | Al Pacino |
| Set Fire to the Stars | UK | 2014 | $3.27K | Andy Goddard | 1 | Dylan Thomas | Author (poet) | White | Male | Celyn Jones |
| Seven Years in Tibet | US/UK | 1997 | $37.9M | Jean-Jacques Annaud | 1 | Heinrich Harrer | Other | White | Male | Brad Pitt |
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | UK | 2010 | - | Mat Whitecross | 1 | Ian Dury | Musician | Male | Andy Serkis | |
| Shadowlands | UK | 1993 | $25.8M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | C.S. Lewis | Author | White | Male | Anthony Hopkins |
| Shadowlands | UK | 1993 | $25.8M | Richard Attenborough | 2 | Joy Gresham | Author (poet) | White | Female | Debra Winger |
| Sid and Nancy | UK | 1986 | $2.83M | Alex Cox | 2 | Sid Vicious | Singer | Male | Gary Oldman | |
| Sid and Nancy | UK | 1986 | $2.83M | Alex Cox | 2 | Nancy Spungen | Other | Female | Chloe Webb | |
| Silkwood | US | 1983 | $35.6M | Mike Nichols | 1 | Karen Silkwood | Activist | Female | Meryl Streep | |
| Sister Kenny | US | 1946 | - | Dudley Nichols | 1 | Elizabeth Kenny | Medicine | White | Female | Rosalind Russell |
| Sixty Six | UK | 2006 | $225K | Paul Weiland | 1 | Paul Weiland | Other | Male | Gregg Sulkin | |
| Skin | UK | 2008 | - | Anthony Fabian | 1 | Sandra Laing | Other | African | Female | Sophie Okonedo |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me | US | 1956 | - | Robert Wise | 1 | Rocky Graziano | Athlete | White | Male | Paul Newman |
| Son of God | US | 2014 | $59.7M | Christopher Spencer | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Middle Eastern (White) | Male | Diogo Morgado |
| Soul Surfer | US | 2011 | $43.9M | Sean McNamara | 1 | Bethany Hamilton | Athlete | Female | AnnaSophia Robb | |
| Spartacus | US | 1960 | - | Stanley Kubrick | 1 | Spartacus | Historical | Male | Kirk Douglas | |
| Spitfire | UK | 1942 | - | Leslie Howard | 1 | R. J. Mitchell | Military | White | Male | Leslie Howard |
| Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | US | 1994 | $3.34M | Xavier Koller | 1 | Squanto | Historical | Native American | Male | Adam Beach |