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Movies Based on Actual Biographies

Hollywood not only looks to real-life people for inspiration, but often bases storylines on actual biographies. This list includes both the book and the film - which have you read and/or seen?
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12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northrup)
12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northrup)
2
12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
3
90 Minutes in Heaven (Don Piper)
90 Minutes in Heaven (Don Piper)
4
90 Minutes in Heaven (2015)
90 Minutes in Heaven (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   26%
5
Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Aron Ralston)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Aron Ralston)
6
127 Hours (2010)
127 Hours (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
7
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
8
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   52%
9
Finding Fish (Antwone Fisher)
Finding Fish (Antwone Fisher)
10
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
11
Howard Hughes: The Secret Life (Charles Higham)
Howard Hughes: The Secret Life (Charles Higham)
12
The Aviator (2004)
The Aviator (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
13
The Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)
The Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)
14
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   46%
15
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind
16
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
17
Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls
18
Before Night Falls (2000)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
19
Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million With the Medllín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All (Bruce Porter)
Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million With the Medllín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All (Bruce Porter)
20
Blow (2001)
Blow (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   55%
21
Blue Like Jazz
Blue Like Jazz
22
Blue Like Jazz (2012)
Blue Like Jazz (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   39%
23
Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July
24
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
25
Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can
26
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
27
Chaplin: His Life and Art (David Robinson)
Chaplin: His Life and Art (David Robinson)
28
My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin
My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin
29
Chaplin (1992)
Chaplin (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
30
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen
31
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   24%
32
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   24%
33
Honest Courtesan (Margaret E. Rosenthal)
Honest Courtesan (Margaret E. Rosenthal)
34
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
35
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
36
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
37
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
38
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
39
Georgiana: The Duchess of Devonshire (Amanda Foreman)
Georgiana: The Duchess of Devonshire (Amanda Foreman)
40
The Duchess (2008)
The Duchess (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
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