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