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The 25 Best Biopics of All Time Ranked by Timeout

"Hollywood has always loved a biopic. It's American cinema that has developed the biggest passion for putting the lives of great men and women – and some not-so-great-ones – up in lights. But not all biopics are created equal. The list below singles out the ones that do more than just offer a Wikipedia-like trawl through a life's events, however eventfully lived. Those flavourless films often prove far less illuminating than a good hour-long History Channel doc. Instead, we've picked films that put fresh spins on famous figures, reframe their lives in insightful ways, and use the language of cinema to lend them grandeur and context in all kinds of memorable ways. Welcome to the cinema of icons." - timeout.com
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Napoleon (1927)
Napoleon (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
2
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
3
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
4
Malcolm X (1992)
Malcolm X (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
5
Amadeus (1984)
Amadeus (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
6
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
7
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
8
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
9
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
10
Oppenheimer (2023)
Oppenheimer (2023)
11
The Last Emperor (1987)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
12
Ed Wood (1994)
Ed Wood (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
13
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
14
Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
15
A Hidden Life (2019)
A Hidden Life (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
16
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
17
Walk the Line (2005)
Walk the Line (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
18
I'm Not There. (2007)
I'm Not There. (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
19
Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
20
I, Tonya (2017)
I, Tonya (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
21
Control (2007)
Control (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
22
Ray (2004)
Ray (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
23
Man on the Moon (1999)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
24
Rocketman (2019)
Rocketman (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
25
Elvis (2022)
Elvis (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
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