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The Best Bio-Pics Ever Made According to the New Yorker

"The bio-pic is a genre of extremes. The best ones share a uniquely powerful artistic authority, but merely ordinary ones are truly disheartening. Presenting real-life stories as extraordinary adventures, bio-pics embody the axiom that truth is stranger than fiction. Unlike with melodramas or comedies, it takes greatness to advance the art of bio-pics. The project of bringing to life a person who has already lived means a confrontation not just with the particularities of that one individual but with the nature of personality—of character and human behavior—itself. In compiling the list, I've set a few ground rules for myself: first, no approximations, only characters bearing the names of people who existed and did pretty much what's seen in the movie. I've avoided movies that are not centered on the life of a single character, even if they are based on true stories. Moreover, no more than one film per director." - newyorker.com
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
2
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
The Great Moment (1944)
The Great Moment (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
4
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
6
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
7
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
8
The Actress (1953)
The Actress (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
9
Forever a Woman (1955)
Forever a Woman (1955)
10
Lola Montès (1955)
Lola Montès (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
11
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
12
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   40%
13
Djamilah (1958)
Djamilah (1958)
14
Enchanted Desna (1965)
Enchanted Desna (1965)
15
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
17
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
18
American Hot Wax (1978)
American Hot Wax (1978)
19
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
20
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
21
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
22
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
23
Bird (1988)
Bird (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
24
Close-Up (1990)
Close-Up (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
25
Jacquot De Nantes (1991)
Jacquot De Nantes (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
26
Malcolm X (1992)
Malcolm X (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
27
The Last Days of Immanuel Kant (1996)
The Last Days of Immanuel Kant (1996)
28
Shulie (1997)
Shulie (1997)
29
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   57%
30
Talk to Me (2007)
Talk to Me (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
31
Nainsukh (2011)
Nainsukh (2011)
32
Cinema Verite (2011)
Cinema Verite (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
33
A Quiet Passion (2016)
A Quiet Passion (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
34
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2018)
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
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