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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)
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Gentleman Jim (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
3
The Great Moment (1944)
The Great Moment (1944)
4
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
6
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
7
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
8
The Actress (1953)
The Actress (1953)
9
Forever a Woman (1955)
Forever a Woman (1955)
10
Lola Montès (1955)
Lola Montès (1955)
11
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Wrong Man (1956)
12
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
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)
16
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
17
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
18
American Hot Wax (1978)
American Hot Wax (1978)
19
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
20
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
21
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
22
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
23
Bird (1988)
Bird (1988)
24
Close-Up (1990)
Close-Up (1990)
25
Jacquot De Nantes (1991)
Jacquot De Nantes (1991)
26
Malcolm X (1992)
Malcolm X (1992)
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)
30
Talk to Me (2007)
Talk to Me (2007)
31
Nainsukh (2011)
Nainsukh (2011)
32
Cinema Verite (2011)
Cinema Verite (2011)
33
A Quiet Passion (2016)
A Quiet Passion (2016)
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Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2018)
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2018)
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