Cultured Vultures' list description: The best biopics seem to be few and far between these days. On the other hand, I've been told I'm just too cynical to accept the fact that they work with a formula that filmmakers rarely try to change.
Indeed, this list of the 15 biopics of all time will struggle a little, as we get into the 2000s and 2010s. Biopics are still being turned out at a blistering pace. Hollywood still absolutely loves them. Their appeal to filmmakers is easy to understand, too.
Yet as the years go on, the biopic formula is becoming increasingly tiresome. It seems more and more common that these films are being sabotaged by screenwriters who make baffling, sometimes completely unnecessary changes to the story's accuracy. You also have biopics directed by filmmakers who seem to just go through the motions, hitting the points of the story in a very predictable way.
