List of biographical films

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Before 1950

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
1900 Jeanne d'Arc Joan of Arc Bleuette Bernon
1905 The Life of Charles Peace Charles Peace Walter Haggar
1906 The Story of the Kelly Gang Ned Kelly Frank Mills
1909 Origin of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Ludwig van Beethoven Harry Baur
1909 The Life of Moses Moses Pat Hartigan
1909 Saul and David King David Maurice Costello
King Saul William V. Ranous
1910 Pyotr Velikiy Peter the Great Pyotr Voinov
1911 Sweet Nell of Old Drury Nell Gwyn Nellie Stewart
Charles II of England Augustus Neville
1912 Custer's Last Fight George Armstrong Custer Francis Ford
1912 From the Manger to the Cross Jesus Robert Henderson-Bland
1913 Adrienne Lecouvreur Adrienne Lecouvreur Sarah Bernhardt
1913 Beating Back Al Jennings Al Jennings
1913 The Life and Works of Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Giuseppe Becce
1913 Sixty Years a Queen Queen Victoria Louie Henri
1914 Home, Sweet Home John Howard Payne Henry B. Walthall
1914 Judith of Bethulia Judith Blanche Sweet
1914 The Life of General Villa Pancho Villa Raoul Walsh
1915 Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale Elisabeth Risdon
1915 Mistress Nell Nell Gwyn Mary Pickford
1915 The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Henry B. Walthall
1916 David Garrick David Garrick Dustin Farnum
1916 Davy Crockett Davy Crockett Dustin Farnum
1916 Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli Dennis Eadie
1916 Joan the Woman Joan of Arc Geraldine Farrar
1917 Betsy Ross Betsy Ross Alice Brady
1917 Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Theda Bara
1917 The conqueror Sam Houston William Farnum
1917 The Fall of the Romanovs Nicholas II of Russia Alfred Hickman
Alexandra Feodorovna Nance O'Neil
1917 The Lincoln Cycle Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin
1917 My Father Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin
1917 My Mother Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin
1917 Myself Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin
1917 Rasputin, the Black Monk Grigori Rasputin Montagu Love
1918 Casanova Giacomo Casanova Alfréd Deésy
1918 Men Who Have Made Love to Me Mary MacLane Mary MacLane
1918 The Life Story of David Lloyd George David Lloyd George Norman Page
1918 Why America Will Win John J. Pershing Harris Gordon
1918 The Woman the Germans Shot Edith Cavell Julia Arthur
1919 Deliverance Helen Keller Ann Mason
1919 The Fighting Roosevelts Theodore Roosevelt Herbert Bradshaw
1919 Private Peat Harold R. Peat Harold R. Peat
1920 Das Schweigen am Starnbergersee Ludwig II of Bavaria Ferdinand Bonn
1920 Headin' Home Babe Ruth Babe Ruth
1921 Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli George Arliss
1922 Dick Turpin's Ride to York Dick Turpin Matheson Lang
1922 Nero Nero Jacques Grétillat
1922 Peter the Great Peter the Great Emil Jannings
1922 A Prince of Lovers Lord Byron Howard Gaye
1923 Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Stuart Ivor Novello
1923 Columbus Christopher Columbus Fred Eric
1923 Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend Friedrich Schiller Theodor Loos
1923 Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes Matheson Lang
1923 Landru, the Bluebeard of Paris Henri Désiré Landru Wilhelm Sichra
1923 The Little Napoleon Napoleon Egon von Hagen
1923 Paganini Niccolò Paganini Conrad Veidt
1923 The Ten Commandments Moses Theodore Roberts
1924 Beau Brummel Beau Brummel John Barrymore
1924 The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln George A. Billings
1925 Karel Havlíček Borovský Karel Havlíček Borovský Jan W. Speerger
1926 Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo Davy Crockett Cullen Landis
1926 Josef Kajetán Tyl Josef Kajetán Tyl Zdenek Stepánek
1926 The Life Story of Charles Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Chick Wango
1926 Nell Gwyn Nell Gwyn Dorothy Gish
1926 Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Cedric Hardwicke
1927 The King of Kings Jesus H. B. Warner
1927 The Loves of Casanova Giacomo Casanova Ivan Mozzhukhin
1927 Napoléon Napoleon Bonaparte Albert Dieudonné
1928 Dream of Love Adrienne Lecouvreur Joan Crawford
1928 Luther Martin Luther Eugen Klöpfer
1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Renée Jeanne Falconetti
1928 The Patriot Tsar Paul I of Russia Emil Jannings
1929 Die Königsloge Edmund Kean Alexander Moissi
1928 Tracy the Outlaw Harry Tracy Jack Hoy
1928 Una nueva y gloriosa nación Manuel Belgrano Francis X. Bushman
1929 Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli George Arliss
1929 Pierwsza milosc Kosciuszki Tadeusz Kościuszko Sykstus Lewicki
1930 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Walter Huston
1930 Billy the Kid Billy the Kid Johnny Mack Brown
1930 Dreyfus Alfred Dreyfus Fritz Kortner
1930 A Lady's Morals Jenny Lind Grace Moore
1930 The Loves of Robert Burns Robert Burns Joseph Hislop
1930 Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern Ludwig II of Bavaria William Dieterle
1931 Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton George Arliss
1931 Dreyfus Alfred Dreyfus Cedric Hardwicke
1931 Mata Hari Mata Hari Greta Garbo
1931 A Portuguesa de Nápoles Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel Maria do Ceu Foz
1931 Yorck Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg Werner Krauss
1932 El canto del ruiseñor Julián Gayarre José Romeu
1932 House of Death Fyodor Dostoyevsky Nikolai Khmelyov
1932 Jenny Lind Jenny Lind Grace Moore
1932 Rasputin and the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna Ethel Barrymore
Grigori Rasputin Lionel Barrymore
1932 The Sign of the Cross Emperor Nero Charles Laughton
1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII Henry VIII Charles Laughton
1933 Queen Christina Queen Christina of Sweden Greta Garbo
1933 Voltaire Voltaire George Arliss
1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street Elizabeth Barrett Browning Norma Shearer
Robert Browning Fredric March
1934 Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Claudette Colbert
1934 The House of Rothschild Mayer Rothschild George Arliss
1934 The Iron Duke Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington George Arliss
1934 Love Time Franz Schubert Nils Asther
1934 The Mighty Barnum P. T. Barnum Wallace Beery
1934 Nell Gwynn Nell Gwynn Anna Neagle
1934 The Rise of Catherine the Great Catherine II of Russia Elisabeth Bergner
1934 The Scarlet Empress Catherine II "The Great" of Russia Marlene Dietrich
1934 Strauss' Great Waltz Johann Strauss II Esmond Knight
Johann Strauss I Edmund Gwenn
1934 Unfinished Symphony Franz Schubert Hans Jaray
1934 Viva Villa! Pancho Villa Wallace Beery
1934 Waltzes from Vienna Johann Strauss II Esmond Knight
1934 Za ranních cervánku Josef Dobrovský Karel Hasler
1935 Annie Oakley Annie Oakley Barbara Stanwyck
1935 Clive of India Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive Ronald Colman
1935 Das Mädchen Johanna Joan of Arc Angela Salloker
1935 Diamond Jim Diamond Jim Brady Edward Arnold
1935 Drake the Pirate Francis Drake Matheson Lang
1935 Harmony Lane Stephen Foster Douglass Montgomery
1935 Milan Rastislav Štefánik Milan Rastislav Štefánik Zvonimir Rogoz
1935 Napoléon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte Albert Dieudonné
1935 The Story of Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur Paul Muni
1936 Bocage Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage Raul de Carvalho
1936 Daniel Boone Daniel Boone George O'Brien
1936 The Great Ziegfeld Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. William Powell
1936 Hearts Divided Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte Marion Davies
Jérôme Bonaparte Dick Powell
1936 King August the Strong Augustus II the Strong Michael Bohnen
1936 Let's Go With Pancho Villa Pancho Villa Domingo Soler
1936 The Life and Loves of Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Harry Baur
1936 Mary of Scotland Mary, Queen of Scots Katharine Hepburn
1936 The Plainsman Wild Bill Hickok Gary Cooper
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island Samuel Mudd Warner Baxter
1936 Rembrandt Rembrandt Charles Laughton
1936 Rhodes of Africa Cecil Rhodes Walter Huston
1936 Robin Hood of El Dorado Joaquin Murrieta Warner Baxter
1936 The White Angel Florence Nightingale Kay Francis
1937 Auld Lang Syne Robert Burns Andrew Cruickshank
1937 Fire Over England Elizabeth I of England Flora Robson
1937 The Great Garrick David Garrick Brian Aherne
1937 The Great John Ericsson John Ericsson Victor Sjöström
1937 La paloma Charlotte of Belgium Medea de Novara
1937 Lenin in October Vladimir Lenin Boris Shchukin
1937 The Life of Émile Zola Émile Zola Paul Muni
1937 Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell Clark Gable
1937 Peter the First Peter the Great Nikolai Simonov
1937 The Toast of New York James Fisk Edward Arnold
1937 Victoria the Great Queen Victoria Anna Neagle
1937 William Tindale William Tyndale Alan Wheatley
1937 Young Pushkin Alexander Pushkin Valentin Litovsky
1938 Adrienne Lecouvreur Adrienne Lecouvreur Yvonne Printemps
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo Marco Polo Gary Cooper
1938 Alexander Nevsky Alexander Nevsky Nikolay Cherkasov
1938 Boys Town Edward J. Flanagan Spencer Tracy
1938 The Childhood of Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorky Aleksei Lyarsky
1938 The Great Waltz Johann Strauss II Fernand Gravey
1938 The Life of Chopin Frédéric Chopin Frank Henderson
1938 Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Norma Shearer
1938 That Mothers Might Live Ignaz Semmelweis Shepperd Strudwick
1938 Pugachev Yemelyan Pugachev Yevgeny Matveyev
1938 Rasputin Grigori Rasputin Harry Baur
1938 Saint Theresa of Lisieux Thérèse of Lisieux Irène Corday
1938 Sixty Glorious Years Queen Victoria Anna Neagle
1939 Conquest of Peter the Great Peter the Great Nikolai Simonov
1939 The Flying Irishman Douglas Corrigan Douglas Corrigan
1939 Frontier Marshal Wyatt Earp Randolph Scott
1939 The Great Victor Herbert Victor Herbert Allan Jones
1939 Immortal Waltz Johann Strauss I Paul Hörbiger
1939 Jesse James Jesse James Tyrone Power
1939 Juarez Benito Juárez Paul Muni
1939 Kaiss wa leila Qays Badr Lama
Layla Al-Aamiriya Amina Rizk
1939 Lenin in 1918 Vladimir Lenin Boris Shchukin
1939 The Mad Empress Charlotte of Belgium Medea de Novara
1939 Man of Conquest Sam Houston Richard Dix
1939 Mulan Joins the Army Hua Mulan Chen Yunchang
1939 Nurse Edith Cavell Edith Cavell Anna Neagle
1939 On His Own Maxim Gorky Aleksei Lyarsky
1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Elizabeth I of England Bette Davis
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Errol Flynn
1939 Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes Robert Koch Emil Jannings
1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell Don Ameche
1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle Vernon Castle Fred Astaire
Irene Castle Ginger Rogers
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Henry Fonda
1939 Tower of London Richard III of England Basil Rathbone
1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois Abraham Lincoln Raymond Massey
1940 Bismarck Otto von Bismarck Paul Hartmann
1940 Brigham Young Brigham Young Dean Jagger
1940 Confucius Confucius Tang Huaiqiu
1940 Das Herz der Königin Mary, Queen of Scots Zarah Leander
1940 A Dispatch from Reuter's Paul Reuter Edward G. Robinson
1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Paul Ehrlich Edward G. Robinson
1940 Edison, the Man Thomas A. Edison Spencer Tracy
1940 The Heart of a Queen Mary, Queen of Scots Zarah Leander
1940 Kit Carson Kit Carson Jon Hall
1940 Knute Rockne, All American Knute Rockne Pat O'Brien
1940 Lillian Russell Lillian Russell Alice Faye
1940 Lady with Red Hair Mrs. Leslie Carter Miriam Hopkins
1940 Rambrandt Rembrandt Jules Verstraete
1940 The Return of Frank James Frank James Henry Fonda
1940 The Rothschilds Nathan Mayer Rothschild Carl Kuhlmann
1940 Santa Fe Trail J.E.B. Stuart Errol Flynn
1940 Semmelweis Ignaz Semmelweis Tivadar Uray
1940 Swanee River Stephen Foster Don Ameche
1940 The Westerner Judge Roy Bean Walter Brennan
1940 Young Tom Edison Thomas A. Edison Mickey Rooney
1941 Belle Starr Belle Starr Gene Tierney
1941 Blossoms in the Dust Edna Gladney Greer Garson
1941 Carl Peters Karl Peters Hans Albers
1941 Die schwedische Nachtigall Jenny Lind Ilse Werner
1941 Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Gustaf Gründgens
1941 Hudson's Bay Pierre-Esprit Radisson Paul Muni
Médard des Groseilliers Laird Cregar
1941 Moi universitety Maxim Gorky Nikolai Valbert
1941 Ohm Krüger Paul Kruger Emil Jannings
1941 The Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli John Gielgud
1941 Sergeant York Alvin York Gary Cooper
1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster Daniel Webster Edward Arnold
1941 Suvorov Alexander Suvorov Nikolai Cherkasov-Sergeyev
1941 That Hamilton Woman Emma Hamilton Vivien Leigh
Lord Horatio Nelson Laurence Olivier
1941 Stepan Razin Stenka Razin Andrei Abrikosov
1941 They Died with Their Boots On George Armstrong Custer Errol Flynn
1941 You Will Remember Leslie Stuart Robert Morley
1942 Diesel Rudolf Diesel Willy Birgel
1942 The First of the Few R. J. Mitchell Leslie Howard
1942 Gentleman Jim James J. Corbett Errol Flynn
1942 The Great Mr. Handel George Frideric Handel Wilfrid Lawson
1942 Here Will I Nest Thomas Talbot John Sullivan
1942 La Symphonie fantastique Hector Berlioz Jean-Louis Barrault
1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe Shepperd Strudwick
1942 My Gal Sal Paul Dresser Victor Mature
1942 The Pride of the Yankees Lou Gehrig Gary Cooper
1942 Rembrandt Rembrandt Ewald Balser
1942 Rossini Gioachino Rossini Nino Besozzi
1942 Simón Bolívar Simón Bolívar Julián Soler
1942 Tennessee Johnson Andrew Johnson Van Heflin
1942 Wen die Götter lieben Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hans Holt
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy George M. Cohan James Cagney
1942 The Young Mr Pitt William Pitt the Younger Robert Donat
1943 Der Unendliche Weg Friedrich List Eugen Klöpfer
1943 Dixie Daniel Decatur Emmett Bing Crosby
1943 Forja de almas Andrés Manjón Raúl Cancio
1943 The Iron Major Frank Cavanaugh Pat O'Brien
1943 Is Everybody Happy? Ted Lewis Michael Duane
1943 Jack London Jack London Michael O'Shea
1943 Madame Curie Marie Curie Greer Garson
Pierre Curie Walter Pidgeon
1943 The Song of Bernadette Bernadette Soubirous Jennifer Jones
1943 Wien 1910 Karl Lueger Rudolf Forster
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain Mark Twain Fredric March
1944 Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill Joel McCrea
1944 The Fighting Sullivans Sullivan brothers
1944 The Great Moment William T. G. Morton Joel McCrea
1944 Henry V Henry V of England Laurence Olivier
1944 The Hitler Gang Adolf Hitler Bobby Watson
1944 Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV of Russia Nikolay Cherkasov
1944 La Malibran Maria Malibran Géori Boué
1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster Roger Touhy Preston Foster
1944 Shine On, Harvest Moon Nora Bayes Ann Sheridan
Jack Norworth Dennis Morgan
1944 Su mejor alumno Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Enrique Muiño
1944 Wilson Woodrow Wilson Alexander Knox
1944 Zoya Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Galina Vodyanitskaya
1945 Caesar and Cleopatra Julius Caesar Claude Rains
Cleopatra VII Vivien Leigh
1945 Captain Eddie Eddie Rickenbacker Fred MacMurray
1945 Captain Kidd William Kidd Charles Laughton
1945 Dillinger John Dillinger Lawrence Tierney
1945 The Dolly Sisters Janszieka "Jenny" Dolly Betty Grable
Rozsika "Rosie" Dolly June Haver
1945 God Is My Co-Pilot Robert Lee Scott, Jr. Dennis Morgan
1945 Incendiary Blonde Texas Guinan Betty Hutton
1945 Pride of the Marines Al Schmid John Garfield
1945 Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin Robert Alda
1945 A Royal Scandal Catherine II of Russia Tallulah Bankhead
1945 A Song to Remember Frédéric Chopin Cornel Wilde
1946 Anna and the King of Siam Anna Leonowens Irene Dunne
1946 Camões Luís de Camões Antonio Vilar
1946 Devotion Charlotte Brontë Olivia de Havilland
Emily Brontë Ida Lupino
Anne Brontë Nancy Coleman
1946 Gallant Journey John Joseph Montgomery Glenn Ford
1946 The Great Glinka Mikhail Glinka Boris Chirkov
1946 The Jolson Story Al Jolson Larry Parks
1946 The Magic Bow Niccolò Paganini Stewart Granger
1946 Magnificent Doll Dolley Madison Ginger Rogers
1946 Night and Day Cole Porter Cary Grant
1946 The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham Herbert Marshall
1946 Sister Kenny Elizabeth Kenny Rosalind Russell
1946 So Goes My Love Hiram Percy Maxim Don Ameche
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Jerome Kern Robert Walker
1947 Albéniz Isaac Albéniz Pedro López Lagar
1947 The Fabulous Dorseys Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey
1947 Monsieur Vincent Vincent de Paul Pierre Fresnay
1947 My Wild Irish Rose Chauncey Olcott Dennis Morgan
1947 The Perils of Pauline Pearl White Betty Hutton
1947 Seine einzige Liebe Franz Schubert Franz Böheim
1947 Song of Love Clara Schumann Katharine Hepburn
Robert Schumann Paul Henreid
1947 Song of Scheherazade Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Jean-Pierre Aumont
1948 The Babe Ruth Story Babe Ruth William Bendix
1948 Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Stuart David Niven
1948 Brindis a Manolete Manolete Pedro Ortega
1948 El marqués de Salamanca José de Salamanca, 1st Count of los Llanos Fernando Aguirre
1948 The Iron Curtain Igor Gouzenko Dana Andrews
1948 Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Ingrid Bergman
1948 The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) Talleyrand Sacha Guitry
1948 Macbeth Macbeth of Scotland Orson Welles
1948 Man to Men Henry Dunant Jean-Louis Barrault
1948 Saraband Philip Christoph von Königsmarck Stewart Granger
1948 The Mozart Story Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hans Holt
1948 Words and Music Richard Rodgers Tom Drake
Lorenz Hart Mickey Rooney
1949 Alexander Popov Alexander Stepanovich Popov Nikolay Cherkasov
1949 Almafuerte Pedro Bonifacio Palacios Narciso Ibáñez Menta
1949 Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Fredric March
1949 Docteur Laennec René Laennec Pierre Blanchar
1949 Eroica Ludwig van Beethoven Ewald Balser
1949 Heaven over the Marshes Maria Goretti Inés Orsini
1949 Hen. Gregorio del Pilar Gregorio del Pilar Jose Padilla, Jr.
1949 Padre Burgos Jose Burgos Jaime de la Rosa
1949 Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov Aleksandr Borisov
1949 Jolson Sings Again Al Jolson Larry Parks
1949 Life of St. Paul Series Paul the Apostle Nelson Leigh
1949 Orpopojan valssi J. Alfred Tanner Sakari Halonen
1949 Samson and Delilah Samson Victor Mature
Delilah Hedy Lamarr
1949 The Stratton Story Monty Stratton James Stewart
1949 Young Girls of Vienna Karl Michael Ziehrer Willi Forst
1949 The Bad Lord Byron Lord Byron Dennis Price

1950s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
1950 Annie Get Your Gun Annie Oakley Betty Hutton
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac José Ferrer
1950 The Jackie Robinson Story Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson
1950 Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Harold Tasker
1950 The Magnificent Yankee Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Louis Calhern
1950 Mussorgsky Modest Mussorgsky Aleksandr Borisov
1950 Over the Waves Juventino Rosas Pedro Infante
1950 The Petty Girl George Petty Robert Cummings
1950 Three Little Words Bert Kalmar Fred Astaire
Harry Ruby Red Skelton
1950 Young Daniel Boone Daniel Boone David Bruce
1950 Young Man with a Horn Bix Beiderbecke Kirk Douglas
1950 Zhukovsky Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky Yuri Yurovsky
1951 David and Bathsheba King David Gregory Peck
Bathsheba Susan Hayward
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Field Marshal Erwin Rommel James Mason
1951 Diego Silang Diego Silang José Padilla, Jr.
1951 Follow the Sun Ben Hogan Glenn Ford
1951 The Great Caruso Enrico Caruso Mario Lanza
1951 I'd Climb the Highest Mountain William Asbury Thompson William Lundigan
1951 I Was an American Spy Claire Phillips Ann Dvorak
1951 I'll See You in My Dreams Gus Kahn Danny Thomas
1951 Jim Thorpe – All-American Jim Thorpe Burt Lancaster
1951 The Lady and the Bandit Dick Turpin Louis Hayward
1951 The Lady with the Lamp Florence Nightingale Anna Neagle
1951 The Magic Box William Friese-Greene Robert Donat
1951 Silver Glory D. W. Griffith John Newland
1951 Valentino Rudolph Valentino Anthony Dexter
1951 Wherever She Goes Eileen Joyce Suzanne Parrett
1952 Above and Beyond Paul Tibbets Robert Taylor
1952 Blackbeard the Pirate Blackbeard Robert Newton
1952 Carbine Williams David Marshall Williams James Stewart
1952 Dr.Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Pierre Fresnay
1952 The Girl in White Emily Barringer June Allyson
1952 Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Danny Kaye
1952 I Dream of Jeanie Stephen Foster Bill Shirley
1952 The Iron Mistress James Bowie Alan Ladd
1952 Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo Calle Jularbo Jan-Olof Lindstedt
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid Annette Kellerman Esther Williams
1952 Moulin Rouge Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec José Ferrer
1952 No Greater Love Bertha von Suttner Hilde Krahl
1952 The Pride of St. Louis Dizzy Dean Dan Dailey
1952 Procès au Vatican Thérèse of Lisieux France Descaut
1952 The Secret Conclave Pope Pius X Henri Vidon
1952 Somebody Loves Me Blossom Seeley Betty Hutton
Benny Fields Ralph Meeker
1952 Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa Clifton Webb
1952 The Story of Will Rogers Will Rogers Will Rogers, Jr.
1952 Taras Shevchenko Taras Shevchenko Sergei Bondarchuk
1952 Viva Zapata! Emiliano Zapata Marlon Brando
1952 The Winning Team Grover Cleveland Alexander Ronald Reagan
1952 With a Song in My Heart Jane Froman Susan Hayward
1952 The Young Caruso Enrico Caruso Ermanno Randi
1952 Young Chopin Frédéric Chopin Czesław Wołłejko
1953 The Actress Ruth Gordon Jean Simmons
1953 Admiral Ushakov Fyodor Ushakov Ivan Pereverzev
1953 Belinsky Vissarion Belinsky Sergei Kurilov
1953 Calamity Jane Calamity Jane Doris Day
1953 Chaimite Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque Jacinto Ramos
1953 Crazylegs Elroy Hirsch Elroy Hirsch
1953 Dagohoy Francisco Dagohoy Mario Montenegro
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story Eddie Cantor Keefe Brasselle
1953 Franz Schubert Franz Schubert Heinrich Schweiger
1953 Houdini Harry Houdini Tony Curtis
1953 The I Don't Care Girl Eva Tanguay Mitzi Gaynor
1953 The Joe Louis Story Joe Louis Coley Wallace
1953 Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Marlon Brando
1953 The Lawless Breed John Wesley Hardin Rock Hudson
1953 The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Pierre Cressoy
1953 Man of Music Mikhail Glinka Boris Smirnov
1953 Martin Luther Martin Luther Niall MacGinnis
1953 Melba Nellie Melba Patrice Munsel
1953 Puccini Giacomo Puccini Gabriele Ferzetti
1953 The President's Lady Andrew Jackson Charlton Heston
Rachel Donelson Robards Susan Hayward
1953 So This Is Love Grace Moore Kathryn Grayson
1953 The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan W. S. Gilbert Robert Morley
Arthur Sullivan Maurice Evans
1953 Young Bess Elizabeth I of England Jean Simmons
1954 Beau Brummell Beau Brummell Stewart Granger
1954 The Bob Mathias Story Bob Mathias Bob Mathias
1954 Canaris Wilhelm Canaris O. E. Hasse
1954 Cuando me vaya María Grever Libertad Lamarque
1954 Deep in My Heart Sigmund Romberg José Ferrer
1954 Der Komödiant von Wien Alexander Girardi Karl Paryla
1954 Der rote Prinz Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria (Johann Orth) Peter Pasetti
1954 Desirée Désirée Clary Jean Simmons
Napoleon Bonaparte Marlon Brando
1954 El joven Juárez Benito Juárez Humberto Almazán
1954 Ernst Thälmann Ernst Thälmann Günther Simon
1954 The Eternal Waltz Johann Strauss II Bernhard Wicki
1954 The Glenn Miller Story Glenn Miller James Stewart
1954 His Majesty O'Keefe David O'Keefe Burt Lancaster
1954 John Wesley John Wesley Leonard Sachs
1954 Rimskiy-Korsakov Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Grigori Belov
1954 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Miyamoto Musashi Toshirō Mifune
1954 Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben Ferdinand Sauerbruch Ewald Balser
1954 Seger i mörker Gustaf Dalén Olof Bergström
1955 Adriana Lecouvreur Adriana Lecouvreur Valentina Cortese
1955 Chief Crazy Horse Crazy Horse Victor Mature
1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Gary Cooper
1955 Ernst Thälmann Ernst Thälmann Günther Simon
1955 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Evelyn Nesbit Joan Collins
1955 Interrupted Melody Marjorie Lawrence Eleanor Parker
1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow Lillian Roth Susan Hayward
1955 Lapu-Lapu Lapu-Lapu Mario Montenegro
1955 The Last Command James Bowie Sterling Hayden
1955 Lola Montès Lola Montez Martine Carol
1955 The Long Gray Line Martin Maher Tyrone Power
1955 Love Me or Leave Me Ruth Etting Doris Day
1955 Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs Ludwig II of Bavaria O.W. Fischer
1955 Magic Fire Richard Wagner Alan Badel
1955 A Man Called Peter Peter Marshall Richard Todd
1955 Melodie immortali - Mascagni Pietro Mascagni Pierre Cressoy
1955 Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Oskar Werner
1955 Napoléon Napoleon Daniel Gélin (Young)
Raymond Pellegrin (Older)
1955 Prince of Players Edwin Booth Richard Burton
1955 Richard III Richard III of England Laurence Olivier
1955 Road to Life Anton Makarenko Vladimir Yemelyanov
1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Miyamoto Musashi Toshirō Mifune
1955 Seven Angry Men John Brown Raymond Massey
1955 Seven Cities of Gold Junípero Serra Michael Rennie
1955 The Seven Little Foys Eddie Foy, Sr. Bob Hope
1955 Säkkijärven polkka Viljo Vesterinen Sakari Jurkka
1955 To Hell and Back Audie Murphy Audie Murphy
1955 The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I of England Bette Davis
1955 Wiegenlied Ernestine Schumann-Heink Osa Massen
1956 Alexander the Great Alexander the Great Richard Burton
1956 Ang buhay at pag-ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal José Rizal Eddie Del Mar
1956 The Benny Goodman Story Benny Goodman Steve Allen
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free Buddy DeSylva Gordon MacRae
Ray Henderson Dan Dailey
Lew Brown Ernest Borgnine
1956 Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer Daniel Boone Bruce Bennett
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story Eddy Duchin Tyrone Power
1956 The Conqueror Genghis Khan John Wayne
1956 Heneral Paua Heneral Paua Danilo Montes
1956 The King and I Anna Leonowens Deborah Kerr
1956 Lust for Life Vincent van Gogh Kirk Douglas
1956 Magic Fire Richard Wagner Alan Badel
1956 Reach for the Sky Douglas Bader Kenneth More
1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Miyamoto Musashi Toshirō Mifune
1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me Rocky Graziano Paul Newman
1956 The Ten Commandments Moses Charlton Heston
Ramesses II Yul Brynner
1956 Walk the Proud Land John Clum Audie Murphy
1957 After the Ball Vesta Tilley Patricia Kirkwood
1957 Alfonsina Alfonsina Storni Amelia Bence
1957 The Barretts of Wimpole Street Elizabeth Barrett Browning Jennifer Jones
Robert Browning Bill Travers
1957 Battle Hymn Dean Hess Rock Hudson
1957 Beau James Jimmy Walker Bob Hope
1957 The Buster Keaton Story Buster Keaton Donald O'Connor
1957 En drömmares vandring Dan Andersson Jarl Kulle
1957 Fear Strikes Out Jimmy Piersall Anthony Perkins
1957 The Flying Dutchman Anthony Fokker Ton Kuyl
1957 The Helen Morgan Story Helen Morgan Ann Blyth
1957 Jeanne Eagels Jeanne Eagels Kim Novak
1957 A Lesson in History Georgi Dimitrov Stefan Savov
1957 Made in Germany - Die dramatische Geschichte des Hauses Zeiss Ernst Abbe Carl Raddatz
1957 Mahnı belə yaranır Süleyman Stalski K. Slanov
1957 Man of a Thousand Faces Lon Chaney James Cagney
1957 Monkey on My Back Barney Ross Cameron Mitchell
1957 Nine Lives Jan Baalsrud Jack Fjeldstad
1957 Rasskazy o Lenine Vladimir Lenin Maksim Shtraukh
Nadezhda Krupskaya Mariya Pastukhova
1957 Rot ist die Liebe Hermann Löns Dieter Borsche
1957 Saint Joan Joan of Arc Jean Seberg
1957 The Spirit of St. Louis Charles Lindbergh James Stewart
1957 Stresemann Gustav Stresemann Ernst Schröder
1957 The Three Faces of Eve Chris Costner Sizemore Joanne Woodward
1957 The True Story of Jesse James Jesse James Robert Wagner
Frank James Jeffrey Hunter
1957 The Wings of Eagles Frank Wead John Wayne
1958 The Bonnie Parker Story Bonnie Elizabeth Parker Dorothy Provine
1958 Carve Her Name with Pride Violette Szabo Virginia McKenna
1958 The Csardas Princess Emmerich Kálmán Gerhard Riedmann
1958 Rosemary Rosemarie Nitribitt Nadja Tiller
1958 I Accuse! Alfred Dreyfus José Ferrer
1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Gladys Aylward Ingrid Bergman
1958 Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV of Russia Nikolay Cherkasov
1958 I Want to Live! Barbara Graham Susan Hayward
1958 The Left Handed Gun Billy the Kid Paul Newman
1958 The Lovers of Montparnasse Amedeo Modigliani Gérard Philipe
1958 Machine-Gun Kelly Machine Gun Kelly Charles Bronson
1958 The Naked Maja Goya Anthony Franciosa,
1958 Rasputín Grigori Rasputin Narciso Ibáñez Menta
1958 Sebastian Kneipp Sebastian Kneipp Carl Wery
1958 The Silent Enemy Lionel Crabb Laurence Harvey
1958 St. Louis Blues W. C. Handy Nat King Cole
1958 Too Much, Too Soon Diana Barrymore Dorothy Malone
John Barrymore Errol Flynn
1959 Affäre Dreyfus Alfred Dreyfus
1959 Al Capone Al Capone Rod Steiger
1959 The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank Millie Perkins
1959 The Five Pennies Red Nichols Danny Kaye
1959 Gayarre Julián Gayarre Alfredo Kraus
1959 The Gene Krupa Story Gene Krupa Sal Mineo
1959 Glorious Mysteries (El Amo) Jesus Antonio Vilar
1959 The Great Impostor Ferdinand Waldo Demara Tony Curtis
1959 Hannibal Hannibal Victor Mature
1959 Herod the Great Herod the Great Edmund Purdom
1959 John Paul Jones John Paul Jones Robert Stack
1959 Leap to Fame Santiago Ramón y Cajal Adolfo Marsillach
1959 Love Now, Pay Later Rosemarie Nitribitt Belinda Lee
1959 The Redeemer Jesus Luis Álvarez
1959 Solomon and Sheba King Solomon Yul Brynner
Queen of Sheba Gina Lollobrigida

1960s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
1960 Alfonso XII y María Cristina Alfonso XII of Spain Vicente Parra
Maria Christina of Austria Marga López
1960 Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons Henri Désiré Landru George Sanders
1960 David and Goliath King David Ivica Pajer
King Saul Orson Welles
1960 Esther and the King Esther Joan Collins
1960 The Gallant Hours William Halsey, Jr. James Cagney
1960 Hell to Eternity Guy Gabaldon Jeffrey Hunter
1960 I Aim at the Stars Wernher von Braun Curd Jürgens
1960 Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Robert Morley
1960 Por ti aprendí a querer Lorenzo Barcelata Antonio Maciel
1960 Pretty Boy Floyd Pretty Boy Floyd John Ericson
1960 Song Without End Franz Liszt Dirk Bogarde
1960 Spartacus Spartacus Kirk Douglas
1960 The Story of Ruth Ruth Elana Eden
1960 Sunrise at Campobello Franklin D. Roosevelt Ralph Bellamy
1960 Sweetheart of the Gods Renate Müller Ruth Leuwerik
1960 The Trials of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Peter Finch
1961 Barabbas Barabbas Anthony Quinn
1961 Bridge to the Sun Gwen & Hidenari Terisaki Carroll Baker & James Shigeta
1961 Darclee Hariclea Darclée Silvia Popovici
1961 El Cid El Cid Charlton Heston
1961 The Flash Elorde Story Gabriel Elorde Gabriel Elorde
1961 Francis of Assisi Francis of Assisi Bradford Dillman
1961 Fray Escoba Martin de Porres René Muñoz
1961 Galileo Galileo Galilei James Grout
1961 The George Raft Story George Raft Ray Danton
1961 Hoodlum Priest Father Charles Dismas Clark Don Murray
1961 King of Kings Jesus Jeffrey Hunter
1961 King of the Roaring 20s Arnold Rothstein David Janssen
1961 Mad Dog Coll Mad Dog Coll John Davis Chandler
1961 The Moises Padilla Story Moises Padilla Leopoldo Salcedo
1961 Portrait of a Mobster Dutch Schultz Vic Morrow
1961 A Story of David King David Jeff Chandler
1962 Birdman of Alcatraz Robert Franklin Stroud Burt Lancaster
1962 Docteur Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Jean-Pierre Marielle
1962 Elgar Edward Elgar Peter Brett
1962 Freud: The Secret Passion Sigmund Freud Montgomery Clift
1962 Geronimo Geronimo Chuck Connors
1962 Hitler Adolf Hitler Richard Basehart
1962 Joseph and His Brethren Joseph Geoffrey Horne
1962 Lawrence of Arabia T. E. Lawrence Peter O'Toole
1962 The Miracle Worker Helen Keller Patty Duke
Annie Sullivan Anne Bancroft
1962 No Man Is an Island George Ray Tweed Jeffrey Hunter
1962 The Reluctant Saint Joseph of Cupertino Maximilian Schell
1962 Salvatore Giuliano Salvatore Giuliano Pietro Cammarata
1962 Sodom and Gomorrah Lot Stewart Granger
1962 The Trial of Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Florence Delay
1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Wilhelm Grimm Laurence Harvey
Jacob Grimm Karlheinz Böhm
1963 Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din Saladin Ahmed Mazhar
1963 Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Elizabeth Taylor
1963 Jacob, the Man Who Fought With God Jacob Fosco Giacchei
1963 Landru Henri Désiré Landru Charles Denner
1963 PT 109 John F. Kennedy Cliff Robertson
1964 Becket Thomas Becket Richard Burton
Henry II of England Peter O'Toole
1964 Lady General Hua Mu-lan Hua Mulan Ivy Ling Po
1964 Saul and David King David Gianni Garko
King Saul Norman Wooland
1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Molly Brown Debbie Reynolds
1964 Your Cheatin' Heart Hank Williams George Hamilton
1965 The Agony and the Ecstasy Michelangelo Charlton Heston
1965 The Debussy Film Claude Debussy Oliver Reed
1965 Genghis Khan Genghis Khan Omar Sharif
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Jesus Max von Sydow
1965 Harlow Jean Harlow Carroll Baker
1965 Harlow Jean Harlow Carol Lynley
1965 The Magnificent Yankee Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Alfred Lunt
1965 A Man Named John Pope John XXIII Giovanni Rossi
1965 A Patriot for Me Alfred Redl John Osborne
1966 Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev Anatoly Solonitsyn
1966 Born Free Joy Adamson Virginia McKenna
George Adamson Bill Travers
1966 El Greco El Greco Mel Ferrer
1966 Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World Isadora Duncan Vivian Pickles
1966 Khartoum General Gordon Charlton Heston
Muhammad Ahmad Laurence Olivier
1966 La vida de Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Jose Infante Cruz
1966 A Man for All Seasons Thomas More Paul Scofield
1966 Rasputin, the Mad Monk Grigori Rasputin Christopher Lee
1966 The Singing Nun Jeanine Deckers Debbie Reynolds
1967 Bill Wallace of China Dr Bill Wallace Gregory Walcott
1967 Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Parker Faye Dunaway
Clyde Barrow Warren Beatty
1967 Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Horst Buchholz
1967 Custer of the West George Armstrong Custer Robert Shaw
1967 The Happiest Millionaire Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr. Fred MacMurray
1967 Sofiya Perovskaya Sofiya Perovskaya Aleksandra Nazarova
1968 Bloody Che Contra Che Guevara Francisco Rabal
1968 The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Gustav Leonhardt
Anna Magdalena Bach Christiane Lang
1968 Funny Girl Fanny Brice Barbra Streisand
1968 Hrabina Cosel Anna Constantia von Brockdorff Jadwiga Barańska
Augustus II the Strong Mariusz Dmockowski
1968 Isadora Isadora Duncan Vanessa Redgrave
1968 The Lion in Winter Henry II of England Peter O'Toole
Eleanor of Aquitaine Katharine Hepburn
1968 Star! Gertrude Lawrence Julie Andrews
1968 Song of Summer Frederick Delius Max Adrian
1969 Alfred the Great Alfred the Great David Hemmings
1969 Anne of the Thousand Days Henry VIII Richard Burton
Anne Boleyn Geneviève Bujold
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy Paul Newman
Harry Longabaugh Robert Redford
1969 The Color of Pomegranates Sayat-Nova Sofiko Chiaureli, others
1969 Che! Che Guevara Omar Sharif
1969 De Sade Marquis de Sade Keir Dullea
1969 Emma Hamilton Emma Hamilton Michèle Mercier
Lord Horatio Nelson Richard Johnson
1969 Posol Sovetskogo Soyuza Alexandra Kollontai Yuliya Borisova
1969 Simón Bolívar Simón Bolívar Maximilian Schell
1969 Where's Jack? Jack Sheppard Tommy Steele

1970s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
1970 A Bullet for Pretty Boy Pretty Boy Floyd Fabian
1970 Chisum John Chisum John Wayne
1970 Cromwell Oliver Cromwell Richard Harris
1970 The Cross and the Switchblade David Wilkerson Pat Boone
1970 The Honeymoon Killers Martha Beck Shirley Stoler
Raymond Fernandez Tony Lo Bianco
1970 Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Charlton Heston
1970 Michael the Brave Michael the Brave Amza Pellea
1970 Ned Kelly Ned Kelly Mick Jagger
1970 Patton George S. Patton George C. Scott
1970 Song of Norway Edvard Grieg Toralv Maurstad
Rikard Nordraak Frank Porretta
1970 Szerelmi álmok – Liszt Franz Liszt Imre Sinkovits
1970 Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller Rip Torn
1970 The Wild Child Victor of Aveyron Jean-Pierre Cargol
1971 Brian's Song Brian Piccolo James Caan
1971 The Devils Urbain Grandier Oliver Reed
1971 Doc Doc Holliday Stacy Keach
1971 Evel Knievel Evel Knievel George Hamilton
1971 Macbeth Macbeth of Scotland Jon Finch
1971 Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots Vanessa Redgrave
Elizabeth I of England Glenda Jackson
1971 The Music Lovers Pyotr Tchaikovsky Richard Chamberlain
1971 Nicholas and Alexandra Tsar Nicholas II Michael Jayston
Tsaritsa Alexandra of Russia Janet Suzman
1971 10 Rillington Place John Reginald Christie Richard Attenborough
1972 Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall Spike Milligan Jim Dale
1972 The Assassination of Trotsky Leon Trotsky Richard Burton
1972 Aguirre, the Wrath of God Lope de Aguirre Klaus Kinski
1972 Antony and Cleopatra Mark Antony Charlton Heston
Cleopatra VII Hildegarde Neil
1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon St. Francis of Assisi Graham Faulkner
St. Clare of Assisi Judi Bowker
1972 Dirty Little Billy Billy the Kid Michael J. Pollard
1972 The Great Waltz Johann Strauss II Horst Buchholz
1972 Henry VIII and His Six Wives Henry VIII Keith Michell
Anne Boleyn Charlotte Rampling
1972 Lady Caroline Lamb Lady Caroline Lamb Sarah Miles
1972 Lady Sings the Blues Billie Holiday Diana Ross
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Judge Roy Bean Paul Newman
1972 The Life of Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci Philippe Leroy
1972 Living Free George Adamson Nigel Davenport
Joy Adamson Susan Hampshire
1972 Ludwig Ludwig II of Bavaria Helmut Berger
1972 Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King Ludwig II of Bavaria Harry Baer
1972 The Mattei Affair Enrico Mattei Gian Maria Volontè
1972 Pancho Villa Pancho Villa Telly Savalas
1972 Pope Joan Pope Joan Liv Ullmann
1972 Savage Messiah Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Scott Antony
1972 Tadas Blinda Tadas Blinda Vytautas Tomkus
1972 The Valachi Papers Joseph Valachi Charles Bronson
1972 Young Winston Winston Churchill Simon Ward
1973 Dillinger John Dillinger Warren Oates
1973 Edvard Munch Edvard Munch Geir Westby
1973 Hitler: The Last Ten Days Adolf Hitler Alec Guinness
1973 Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Ted Neeley
1973 The Last American Hero Junior Johnson Jeff Bridges
1973 Lucky Luciano Lucky Luciano Gian Maria Volontè
1973 Maurie Maurice Stokes Bernie Casey
Jack Twyman Bo Svenson
1973 Papillon Henri Charrière Steve McQueen
Louis Dega Dustin Hoffman
1973 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Pat Garrett James Coburn
Billy the Kid Kris Kristofferson
1973 Serpico Frank Serpico Al Pacino
1973 Walking Tall Buford Pusser Joe Don Baker
1974 The Abdication Queen Christina of Sweden Liv Ullmann
1974 The Education of Sonny Carson Robert "Sonny" Carson Rony Clanton
1974 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Kaspar Hauser Bruno S.
1974 The Great McGonagall William McGonagall Spike Milligan
1974 Lenny Lenny Bruce Dustin Hoffman
1974 Mahler Gustav Mahler Robert Powell
Alma Mahler Georgina Hale
1974 Stavisky Alexandre Stavisky Jean-Paul Belmondo
1974 The Story of Jacob and Joseph Jacob Keith Michell
Joseph Tony Lo Bianco
1975 Babe Babe Didrickson Susan Clark
1975 Capone Al Capone Ben Gazzara
1975 Dog Day Afternoon Sonny Wortzik Al Pacino
1975 Galileo Galileo Galilei Chaim Topol
1975 The Happy Hooker Xaviera Hollander Lynn Redgrave
1975 The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom Julie Harris
1975 Lepke Louis Buchalter Tony Curtis
1975 Lisztomania Franz Liszt Roger Daltrey
1975 Moses the Lawgiver Moses Burt Lancaster
1975 Murph the Surf Jack Roland Murphy Don Stroud
1975 The Naked Civil Servant Quentin Crisp John Hurt
1975 The Other Side of the Mountain Jill Kinmont Marilyn Hassett
1975 The Story of Adele H. Adèle Hugo Isabelle Adjani
1975 Un prete scomodo Lorenzo Milani Enrico Maria Salerno
1976 Amelia Earhart (miniseries) Amelia Earhart Susan Clark
1976 Bound for Glory Woody Guthrie David Carradine
1976 Bruce Lee and I Bruce Lee Danny Lee
Betty Ting Pei Betty Ting Pei
1976 Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth Bruce Lee Bruce Li
1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians Buffalo Bill Paul Newman
1976 The Disappearance of Aimee Aimee Semple McPherson Faye Dunaway
1976 Eleanor and Franklin Franklin D. Roosevelt Edward Herrmann
Eleanor Roosevelt Jane Alexander
1976 Fellini's Casanova Giacomo Casanova Donald Sutherland
1976 Gable and Lombard Clark Gable James Brolin
Carole Lombard Jill Clayburgh
1976 James Dean James Dean Stephen McHattie
1976 The Last of Mrs. Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Julie Harris
1976 The Message Muhammad Anthony Quinn
1976 The Story of David King David Timothy Bottoms
1976 Sybil Shirley Ardell Mason Sally Field
1976 W.C. Fields and Me W. C. Fields Rod Steiger
1977 Chanakya Chandragupta Chanakya Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Chandragupta N. T. Rama Rao
1977 The Amazing Howard Hughes Howard Hughes Tommy Lee Jones
1977 Greased Lightning Wendell Scott Richard Pryor
1977 The Greatest Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali
1977 MacArthur Douglas MacArthur Gregory Peck
1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar Roseann Quinn Diane Keaton
1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover J. Edgar Hoover Broderick Crawford
1977 Rembrandt fecit 1669 Rembrandt Frans Stelling as (Rembrandt young)
Ton de Koff as (Rembrandt old)
1977 Scott Joplin Scott Joplin Billy Dee Williams
1977 Valentino Rudolph Valentino Rudolf Nureyev
1977 Wilma Wilma Rudolph Shirley Jo Finney
1978 American Hot Wax Alan Freed Tim McIntire
1978 Bud and Lou Bud Abbott Harvey Korman
Lou Costello Buddy Hackett
1978 The Buddy Holly Story Buddy Holly Gary Busey
1978 Ishi: The Last of His Tribe Ishi Eloy Casados
1978 La Vida y Poesia de Julia de Burgos Julia de Burgos Ana Li Diaz
1978 King (TV miniseries) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Paul Winfield
1978 Midnight Express Billy Hayes Brad Davis
1978 Pretty Baby Ernest J. Bellocq Keith Carradine
1978 The Roads of Exile Jean-Jacques Rousseau François Simon
1979 Birth of The Beatles John Lennon Stephen MacKenna
Paul McCartney Rod Culbertson
George Harrison John Altman
Ringo Starr Ray Ashcroft
1979 The Bronte Sisters Charlotte Brontë Isabelle Adjani
Emily Brontë Marie-France Pisier
Anne Brontë Isabelle Huppert
1979 Caligula Gaius Germanicus Caligula Malcolm McDowell
1979 Elvis Elvis Presley Kurt Russell
1979 Escape from Alcatraz Frank Morris Clint Eastwood
1979 Jesus Jesus Brian Deacon
1979 Les Égouts du paradis Albert Spaggiari Francis Huster
1979 Meetings with Remarkable Men George Gurdjieff Dragan Maksimovic
1979 The Onion Field Karl Francis Hettinger John Savage
Gregory Powell James Woods

1980s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
1980 Breaker Morant Breaker Morant Edward Woodward
1980 Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn Sissy Spacek
1980 The Elephant Man John Merrick John Hurt
1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Jim Jones Powers Boothe
1980 Heart Beat Neal Cassady Nick Nolte
Carolyn Cassady Sissy Spacek
Jack Kerouac John Heard
1980 Heaven's Gate James "Jim" Averall Kris Kristofferson
Ellen Watson Isabelle Huppert
Nate Champion Christopher Walken
1980 The Hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson Steve McQueen
1980 The Jayne Mansfield Story Jayne Mansfield Loni Anderson
Mickey Hargitay Arnold Schwarzenegger
1980 Nijinsky Vaslav Nijinsky George de la Peña
1980 The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd Samuel Mudd Dennis Weaver
1980 Raging Bull Jake LaMotta Robert De Niro
1980 The Secret of Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Petar Božović
1980 A Time for Miracles Elizabeth Ann Seton Kate Mulgrew
1980 Where the Buffalo Roam Hunter S. Thompson Bill Murray
1981 Agony Grigori Rasputin Alexei Petrenko
1981 The Bunker Adolf Hitler Anthony Hopkins
1981 Chariots of Fire Harold Abrahams Ben Cross
1981 Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo Christiane F. Natja Brunckhorst
1981 Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story Dorothy Stratten Jamie Lee Curtis
Paul Snider Bruce Weitz
1981 Egon Schiele - Exzesse Egon Schiele Mathieu Carrière
1981 The Girl with the Red Hair Hannie Schaft Renée Soutendijk
1981 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Jaclyn Smith
1981 Lion of the Desert Omar Mukhtar Anthony Quinn
1981 Mommie Dearest Joan Crawford Faye Dunaway
1981 Peter and Paul Paul of Tarsus Anthony Hopkins
Peter the Fisherman Robert Foxworth
1981 Reds John Reed Warren Beatty
1981 Rise and Fall of Idi Amin Idi Amin Joseph Olita
1981 Stand By Your Man Tammy Wynette Annette O'Toole
George Jones Tim McIntire
1982 Flight of the Eagle Salomon August Andrée Max von Sydow
1982 Frances Frances Farmer Jessica Lange
1982 Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi Ben Kingsley
1982 Grace Kelly Grace Kelly Cheryl Ladd
1982 The Grey Fox Bill Miner Richard Farnsworth
1982 Missing Charles Horman John Shea
1982 The Return of Martin Guerre Arnaud du Tilh Gérard Depardieu
Bertrande de Rols Nathalie Baye
1982 The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana Charles, Prince of Wales Christopher Baines
Diana, Princess of Wales Catherine Oxenberg
1982 The White Rose Sophie Scholl Lena Stolze
1982 A Woman Called Golda Golda Meir Ingrid Bergman
1983 Adi Shankaracharya Adi Shankara Sarvadaman D. Banerjee
1983 Banović Strahinja Strahinja Banović Franco Nero
1983 Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess Rita Hayworth Lynda Carter
1983 Cross Creek Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Mary Steenburgen
1983 Champions Bob Champion John Hurt
1983 Danton Georges Danton Gérard Depardieu
1983 Dempsey Jack Dempsey Treat Williams
1983 Heart Like a Wheel Shirley Muldowney Bonnie Bedelia
1983 Kennedy John F. Kennedy Martin Sheen
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Blair Brown
1983 Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story Hank Williams, Jr. Richard Thomas
1983 Sadat Anwar El Sadat Louis Gossett, Jr
1983 The Scarlet and the Black Hugh O'Flaherty Gregory Peck
1983 Silkwood Karen Silkwood Meryl Streep
1983 Star 80 Dorothy Stratten Mariel Hemingway
Paul Snider Eric Roberts
1983 Wagner Richard Wagner Richard Burton
1984 Amadeus Antonio Salieri F. Murray Abraham
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Tom Hulce
1984 The Bounty Captain William Bligh Anthony Hopkins
First Mate Fletcher Christian Mel Gibson
1984 The Jesse Owens Story Jesse Owens Dorian Harewood
1984 The Killing Fields Sydney Schanberg Sam Waterston
Dith Pran Haing S. Ngor
Jon Swain Julian Sands
1984 The Miracle Continues Helen Keller Mare Winningham
1984 Puccini Giacomo Puccini Robert Stephens
1984 Samson and Delilah Samson Max von Sydow
Delilah Belinda Bauer
1985 Colonel Redl Alfred Redl Klaus Maria Brandauer
1985 Dance with a Stranger Ruth Ellis Miranda Richardson
1985 God Rot Tunbridge Wells George Frideric Handel Trevor Howard
1985 King David King David Richard Gere
1985 Marie Marie Ragghianti Sissy Spacek
1985 Mask Florence Dennis Cher
Roy L. Dennis Eric Stoltz
1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Yukio Mishima Ken Ogata
1985 Robert Kennedy & His Times Robert F. Kennedy Brad Davis
1985 Out of Africa Karen Blixen Meryl Streep
Denys Finch Hatton Robert Redford
1985 Sweet Dreams Patsy Cline Jessica Lange
1985 Sylvia Sylvia Ashton-Warner Eleanor David
1985 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Raoul Wallenberg Richard Chamberlain
1986 The Boy in Blue Ned Hanlan Nicolas Cage
1986 Castaway Gerald Kingsland Oliver Reed
Lucy Irvine Amanda Donohoe
1986 George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation George Washington Barry Bostwick
1986 Heartburn Nora Ephron Meryl Streep
Carl Bernstein Jack Nicholson
1986 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Henry Lee Lucas Michael Rooker
1986 Lady Jane Lady Jane Grey Helena Bonham Carter
1986 The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James Frank James Johnny Cash
Jesse James Kris Kristofferson
1986 Romanza final Julián Gayarre José Carreras
1986 Second Serve Renee Richards Vanessa Redgrave
1986 Sid and Nancy Sid Vicious Gary Oldman
Nancy Spungen Chloe Webb
1986 Thérèse Thérèse of Lisieux Catherine Mouchet
1986 A Winner Never Quits Pete Gray Keith Carradine
1987 The Betty Ford Story Betty Ford Gena Rowlands
1987 Blonde Dolly Blonde Dolly Hilde Van Mieghem
1987 84 Charing Cross Road Helene Hanff Anne Bancroft
Frank Doel Anthony Hopkins
1987 A Child Called Jesus Jesus Matteo Bellina
1987 Cry Freedom Steve Biko Denzel Washington
1987 Impossible Spy Eli Cohen John Shea
1987 La Bamba Ritchie Valens Lou Diamond Phillips
1987 LBJ: The Early Years Lyndon B. Johnson Randy Quaid
1987 The Last Emperor Pu-Yi John Lone
1987 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story Barbara Hutton Farrah Fawcett
1987 Prick Up Your Ears Joe Orton Gary Oldman
Kenneth Halliwell Alfred Molina
1987 Shaka Zulu Shaka Henry Cele
1987 The Sicilian Salvatore Giuliano Christopher Lambert
1987 The Untouchables Eliot Ness Kevin Costner
Al Capone Robert De Niro
1987 Waiting for the Moon Gertrude Stein Linda Bassett
Alice B. Toklas Linda Hunt
1987 Walker William Walker Ed Harris
1987 Good Morning Vietnam Adrian Cronauer Robin Williams
1988 Bird Charlie Parker Forest Whitaker
1988 Bloodsport Frank Dux Jean-Claude Van Damme
1988 Camille Claudel Camille Claudel Isabelle Adjani
1988 A Cry in the Dark Lindy Chamberlain Meryl Streep
1988 David David Rothenberg Matthew Lawrence
Marie Rothenberg Bernadette Peters
1988 Elvis and Me Elvis Presley Dale Midkiff
Priscilla Presley Susan Walters
1988 Gorillas in the Mist Dian Fossey Sigourney Weaver
1988 Hanna's War Hannah Szenes Maruschka Detmers
1988 The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway Victor Garber
1988 Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Sam Waterston
1988 Onassis: The Richest Man in the World Aristotle Onassis Raul Julia
1988 Patty Hearst Patty Hearst Natasha Richardson
1988 Stand and Deliver Jaime Escalante Edward James Olmos
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Preston Tucker Jeff Bridges
1988 Young Guns Billy the Kid Emilio Estevez
1989 Billy the Kid Billy the Kid Val Kilmer
1989 Blaze Earl Long Paul Newman
Blaze Starr Lolita Davidovich
1989 Born on the Fourth of July Ron Kovic Tom Cruise
1989 Communion Whitley Strieber Christopher Walken
1989 Francesco Francis of Assisi Mickey Rourke
1989 Great Balls of Fire! Jerry Lee Lewis Dennis Quaid
1989 Henry V Henry V of England Kenneth Branagh
1989 The Karen Carpenter Story Karen Carpenter Cynthia Gibb
1989 Lean on Me Joe Louis Clark Morgan Freeman
1989 My Left Foot Christy Brown Daniel Day-Lewis
1989 Paganini Niccolò Paganini Klaus Kinski
1989 Romero Óscar Romero Raúl Juliá
1989 Triumph of the Spirit Salamo Arouch Willem Dafoe
1989 Winter of '54: Father Pierre Abbé Pierre Lambert Wilson
1989 Wired John Belushi Michael Chiklis
1989 Tjoet Nja' Dhien Cut Nyak Dhien Christine Hakim

1990s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
1990 An Angel at My Table Janet Frame Karen Fergusson (child), Alexia Keogh (adolescent) and Kerry Fox (adult)
1990 Awakenings Oliver Sacks Robin Williams
1990 C.H. Spurgeon Tonight Charles Spurgeon Craig Skinner
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Gérard Depardieu
1990 A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia T. E. Lawrence Ralph Fiennes
Faisal I of Iraq Alexander Siddig
1990 The Dreamer of Oz L. Frank Baum John Ritter
1990 The Elegant Criminal Pierre François Lacenaire Daniel Auteuil
1990 Europa Europa Solomon Perel Marco Hofschneider
1990 Family of Spies John Anthony Walker Powers Boothe
1990 Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg Stellan Skarsgård
1990 Goodfellas Henry Hill Ray Liotta
1990 Henry & June Henry Miller Fred Ward
June Miller Uma Thurman
Anaïs Nin Maria de Medeiros
1990 Iron & Silk Mark Salzman Mark Salzman
1990 The Krays The Kray twins Martin Kemp and Gary Kemp
1990 The Nasty Girl Anna Rosmus Lena Stolze
1990 Reversal of Fortune Claus von Bülow Jeremy Irons
Sunny von Bülow Glenn Close
1990 Rock Hudson Rock Hudson Thomas Ian Griffith
1990 Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Malcolm McDowell
1990 Vincent & Theo Vincent van Gogh Tim Roth
Theo van Gogh Paul Rhys
1990 Young Guns II Billy the Kid Emilio Estevez
1991 Bugsy Bugsy Siegel Warren Beatty
1991 Cabeza de Vaca Cabeza de Vaca Juan Diego
1991 Dillinger John Dillinger Mark Harmon
1991 The Doors Jim Morrison Val Kilmer
1991 Impromptu Frédéric Chopin Hugh Grant
George Sand Judy Davis
1991 JFK Jim Garrison Kevin Costner
1991 The Josephine Baker Story Josephine Baker Lynn Whitfield
1991 Lucy & Desi: Before The Laughter Lucille Ball Frances Fisher
Desi Arnaz Maurice Benard
1991 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody Sally Field
1991 Once Upon a Time in China Wong Fei-hung Jet Li
1991 The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend Pete Maravich Adam Guier
1991 Prisoner of Honor Georges Picquart Richard Dreyfuss
1991 Tous les matins du monde Marin Marais Gérard Depardieu
1991 Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Jacques Dutronc
1991 A Woman Named Jackie Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Roma Downey
John F. Kennedy Stephen Collins
1991 Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Sonora Webster Carver Gabrielle Anwar
1991 Young Catherine Catherine II of Russia Julia Ormond
1992 Amy Fisher: My Story Amy Fisher Noelle Parker
1992 The Babe Babe Ruth John Goodman
1992 Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story Bonnie Parker Tracey Needham
Clyde Barrow Dana Ashbrookt
1992 Centre Stage Ruan Lingyu Maggie Cheung
1992 Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Robert Downey, Jr.
1992 Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After Charles, Prince of Wales Christopher Baines
Diana, Princess of Wales Catherine Oxenberg
1992 Citizen Cohn Roy Marcus Cohn James Woods
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise Christopher Columbus Gérard Depardieu
1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery Christopher Columbus Georges Corraface
1992 Daens Adolf Daens Jan Decleir
1992 Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story Hank Gathers Victor Love
1992 Hoffa Jimmy Hoffa Jack Nicholson
1992 The Jacksons: An American Dream Jackson family various casts
1992 The Last of His Tribe Ishi Graham Greene
1992 Lorenzo's Oil Augusto Odone Nick Nolte
Michaela Odone Susan Sarandon
1992 Malcolm X Malcolm X Denzel Washington
1992 A River Runs Through It Norman Maclean Craig Sheffer
1992 Ruby Jack Ruby Danny Aiello
1992 Sinatra Frank Sinatra Philip Casnoff
1992 Stalin Joseph Stalin Robert Duvall
1992 Swoon Nathan Leopold Craig Chester
Richard Loeb Daniel Schlachet
1993 The Amy Fisher Story Amy Fisher Drew Barrymore
1993 Belle van Zuylen - Madame de Charrière Isabelle de Charrière Will van Kralingen
Benjamin Constant Laus Steenbeeke
1993 Benito Benito Mussolini Antonio Banderas
1993 Cannibal! The Musical Alferd Packer Trey Parker
1993 Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story Amy Fisher Alyssa Milano
1993 Diana: Her True Story Diana, Princess of Wales Serena Scott Thomas
1993 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Bruce Lee Jason Scott Lee
1993 Fong Sai Yuk Fong Sai Yuk Jet Li
1993 Geronimo: An American Legend Geronimo Wes Studi
1993 Heaven & Earth Le Ly Hayslip Hiep Thi Le
1993 In The Name Of The Father Guildford Four Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite
1993 Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life Jeffrey Dahmer Carl Crew
1993 JFK: Reckless Youth John F. Kennedy Patrick Dempsey
1993 Ludwig 1881 Ludwig II of Bavaria Helmut Berger
1993 M. Butterfly Bernard Boursicot Jeremy Irons
1993 Rudy Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger Sean Astin
1993 Schindler's List Oskar Schindler Liam Neeson
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer Joshua Waitzkin Max Pomeranc
1993 Shadowlands C. S. Lewis Anthony Hopkins
Joy Gresham Debra Winger
1993 Shrinatha Kavi Sarvabhowma Srinatha Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Glenn Gould Colm Feore
1993 This Boy's Life Tobias Wolff Leonardo DiCaprio
1993 Tombstone Wyatt Earp Kurt Russell
Doc Holliday Val Kilmer
1993 Viva Castro! Fidel Castro Pavel Zharkov
1993 What's Love Got to Do with It Tina Turner Angela Bassett
Ike Turner Laurence Fishburne
1993 Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittgenstein Karl Johnson
1993 Zohar Zohar Argov Shaul Mizrachi
1994 Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda Sarvadaman D. Banerjee
1994 Abraham Abraham Richard Harris
1994 Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight Amelia Earhart Diane Keaton
1994 Backbeat Stuart Sutcliffe Stephen Dorff
John Lennon Ian Hart
1994 Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi Seema Biswas
1994 A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story Margaret Mitchell Shannen Doherty
1994 Cobb Ty Cobb Tommy Lee Jones
1994 Ed Wood Ed Wood Johnny Depp
Bela Lugosi Martin Landau
1994 Farinelli Farinelli Stefano Dionisi
1994 Frank & Jesse Jesse James Rob Lowe
Frank James Bill Paxton
1994 Heavenly Creatures Pauline Parker Melanie Lynskey
Juliet Hulme Kate Winslet
1994 Immortal Beloved Ludwig van Beethoven Gary Oldman
1994 In the Name of the Father Gerry Conlon Daniel Day-Lewis
1994 La Reine Margot Queen Margot Isabelle Adjani
1994 Jacob Jacob Matthew Modine
1994 The Madness of King George George III of the United Kingdom Nigel Hawthorne
1994 Mesmer Franz Anton Mesmer Alan Rickman
1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Dorothy Parker Jennifer Jason Leigh
1994 Nostradamus Nostradamus Tchéky Karyo
1994 Quiz Show Charles Van Doren Ralph Fiennes
1994 The Road to Wellville John Harvey Kellogg Anthony Hopkins
1994 8 Seconds Lane Frost Luke Perry
1994 A Soul Haunted by Painting Pan Yuliang Gong Li
1994 Squanto: A Warrior's Tale Squanto Adam Beach
1994 Tom & Viv T. S. Eliot Willem Dafoe
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Miranda Richardson
1994 The Vernon Johns Story Vernon Johns James Earl
1994 Wyatt Earp Wyatt Earp Kevin Costner
1994 Zorn Anders Zorn Gunnar Hellström
1995 Aletta Jacobs: Het Hoogste Streven Aletta Jacobs Luutgard Willems
1995 The Basketball Diaries Jim Carroll Leonardo DiCaprio
1995 Braveheart William Wallace Mel Gibson
1995 Casino Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal Robert De Niro
1995 Catherine the Great Catherine II of Russia Catherine Zeta-Jones
1995 Carrington Dora Carrington Emma Thompson
Lytton Strachey Jonathan Pryce
1995 Citizen X Viktor Burakov Stephen Rea
1995 Dangerous Minds LouAnne Johnson Michelle Pfeiffer
1995 Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean Susan Sarandon
1995 Faustina Mary Faustina Kowalska Dorota Segda
1995 The Flor Contemplacion Story Flor Contemplacion Nora Aunor
1995 Jefferson in Paris Thomas Jefferson Nick Nolte
1995 Joseph Joseph Paul Mercurio
1995 Le Grand blanc de Lambaréné Albert Schweitzer André Wilms
1995 Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story Elizabeth Taylor Sherilyn Fenn
1995 Murder in the First Henri Young Kevin Bacon
1995 Nixon Richard Nixon Anthony Hopkins
1995 Panther Bobby Seale Courtney B. Vance
Huey P. Newton Marcus Chong
1995 Restoration Charles II of England Sam Neill
1995 Rob Roy Robert Roy MacGregor Liam Neeson
1995 Sister My Sister Christine and Lea Papin Joely Richardson
Jodhi May
1995 Solomon & Sheba Solomon Jimmy Smits
Queen of Sheba Halle Berry
1995 Total Eclipse Arthur Rimbaud Leonardo DiCaprio
Paul Verlaine David Thewlis
1995 Truman Harry S. Truman Gary Sinise
1995 Wild Bill Wild Bill Hickok Jeff Bridges
Calamity Jane Ellen Barkin
1995 Madonna: Innocence Lost Madonna Terumi Matthews
1996 Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat Jeffrey Wright
1996 The Crucible John Proctor Daniel Day-Lewis
Abigail Williams Winona Ryder
1996 Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story Dorothy Day Moira Kelly
1996 Evita Eva Perón Madonna
1996 The Ghost and the Darkness John Henry Patterson Val Kilmer
1996 Ghosts of Mississippi Byron De La Beckwith James Woods
1996 A Girl Called Rosemary Rosemarie Nitribitt Nina Hoss
1996 Gotti John Gotti Armand Assante
1996 Infinity Richard Feynman Matthew Broderick
1996 In Love and War Ernest Hemingway Chris O'Donnell
1996 I Shot Andy Warhol Valerie Solanas Lili Taylor
1996 Killer: A Journal of Murder Carl Panzram James Woods
1996 Michael Collins Michael Collins Liam Neeson
1996 Moses Moses Ben Kingsley
1996 Nasser 56 Gamal Abdel Nasser Ahmed Zaki
1996 Norma Jean & Marilyn Marilyn Monroe Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino
1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Larry Flynt Woody Harrelson
1996 Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny Grigori Rasputin Alan Rickman
1996 Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault Earl Manigault Don Cheadle
1996 Samson and Delilah Samson Dennis Hopper
Delilah Elizabeth Hurley
1996 Shine David Helfgott Geoffrey Rush and Noah Taylor
1996 Surviving Picasso Pablo Picasso Anthony Hopkins
1996 The Whole Wide World Robert E. Howard Vincent D'Onofrio
Novalyne Price Ellis Renée Zellweger
1997 Artemisia Artemisia Gentileschi Valentina Cervi
1997 Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Greg Louganis Mario Lopez
1997 David King David Nathaniel Parker
1997 The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca Federico García Lorca Andy García
1997 Donnie Brasco Donnie Brasco Johnny Depp
1997 Elvis Meets Nixon Elvis Presley Rick Peters
Richard Nixon Bob Gunton
1997 Four Days in September Fernando Gabeira Pedro Cardoso
Charles Burke Elbrick Alan Arkin
1997 The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky Michael Gambon
1997 Hoodlum Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson Laurence Fishburne
Dutch Schultz Tim Roth
Lucky Luciano Andy Garcia
1997 Kundun Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, others
1997 The Last Time I Committed Suicide Neal Cassady Thomas Jane
1997 Mrs. Brown Queen Victoria Judi Dench
John Brown Billy Connolly
1997 My Heart Is Mine Alone Else Lasker-Schüler Lena Stolze
Gottfried Benn Cornelius Obonya
1997 Prefontaine Steve Prefontaine Jared Leto
1997 Private Parts Howard Stern Howard Stern
1997 Rizal sa Dapitan Jose Rizal Albert Martinez
1997 Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt Tom Berenger
1997 Saint-Ex Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Bruno Ganz
1997 Selena Selena Jennifer Lopez
1997 Seven Years in Tibet Heinrich Harrer Brad Pitt
1997 Solomon King Solomon Ben Cross
1997 The Sarah Balabagan Story Sarah Balabagan Vina Morales
1997 Wilde Oscar Wilde Stephen Fry
1998 54 Steve Rubell Mike Myers
1998 A Bright Shining Lie John Paul Vann Bill Paxton
1998 A Civil Action Jan Schlichtmann John Travolta
1998 Dangerous Beauty Veronica Franco Catherine McCormack
1998 Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess Diana, Princess of Wales Amy Seccombe
1998 Elizabeth Elizabeth I Cate Blanchett
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S. Thompson Johnny Depp
1998 Fifteen and Pregnant Tina Spangler Kirsten Dunst
1998 The General Martin Cahill Brendan Gleeson
1998 Gia Gia Marie Carangi Angelina Jolie
1998 Gods and Monsters James Whale Ian McKellen
1998 Grey Owl Grey Owl Pierce Brosnan
1998 Hilary and Jackie Hilary Rachel Griffiths
Jacqueline du Pré Emily Watson
1998 Jeremiah Jeremiah Patrick Dempsey
1998 Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah Christopher Lee
1998 José Rizal José Rizal Cesar Montano
1998 Lautrec Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Régis Royer
1998 Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Francis Bacon Derek Jacobi
1998 Patch Adams Hunter "Patch" Adams Robin Williams
1998 Permanent Midnight Jerry Stahl Ben Stiller
1998 The Prince of Egypt Moses and Ramesses II Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes (voices)
1998 The Rat Pack Frank Sinatra Ray Liotta
Dean Martin Joe Mantegna
Sammy Davis, Jr. Don Cheadle
1998 The Temptations The Temptations Leon, Terron Brooks, D. B. Woodside
1998 Shakespeare in Love William Shakespeare Joseph Fiennes
1998 Winchell Walter Winchell Stanley Tucci
1998 Without Limits Steve Prefontaine Billy Crudup
Bill Bowerman Donald Sutherland
1998 Why Do Fools Fall in Love Frankie Lymon Larenz Tate
1999 And The Beat Goes On: The Sonny And Cher Story Sonny Bono Jay Underwood
Cher Renee Faia
1999 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt Joe Breen young, Ciaran Owens (middle) and Michael Legge (older)
1999 Anna and the King Anna Leonowens Jodie Foster
1999 Balzac: A Life of Passion Honoré de Balzac Gérard Depardieu
1999 Boys Don't Cry Brandon Teena Hilary Swank
1999 Children of the Century George Sand Juliette Binoche
Alfred de Musset Benoît Magimel
1999 Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story Danny Bonaduce Shawn Pyfrom
David Cassidy Rodney Scott
1999 Esther Esther Louise Lombard
1999 Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen Winona Ryder
1999 Goya in Bordeaux Francisco de Goya José Coronado as (Goya young)
Francisco Rabal as (Goya old)
1999 Hefner: Unauthorized Hugh Hefner Randall Batinkoff
1999 The Hurricane Rubin Carter Denzel Washington
1999 The Insider Jeffrey Wigand Russell Crowe
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Dandridge Halle Berry
1999 Jesus Jesus Jeremy Sisto
1999 Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Leelee Sobieski
1999 Man on the Moon Andy Kaufman Jim Carrey
1999 Mary, Mother of Jesus Mary of Nazareth Pernilla August
Young Mary Melinda Kinnaman
1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Milla Jovovich
1999 Moloch Adolf Hitler Leonid Mozgovoy
1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien Father Damien David Wenham
1999 Music of the Heart Roberta Guaspari Meryl Streep
1999 October Sky Homer Hickam Jake Gyllenhaal
1999 The Passion of Ayn Rand Ayn Rand Helen Mirren
Nathaniel Branden Eric Stoltz
1999 Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger Percy Grainger Richard Roxburgh
1999 Pirates of Silicon Valley Steve Jobs Noah Wyle
Bill Gates Anthony Michael Hall
1999 Rocky Marciano Rocky Marciano Jon Favreau
1999 The Straight Story Alvin Straight Richard Farnsworth
1999 Summer of Sam David Berkowitz Michael Badalucco
1999 To Walk with Lions George Adamson Richard Harris
Tony Fitzjohn John Michie
1999 Topsy-Turvy W. S. Gilbert Jim Broadbent
Arthur Sullivan Allan Corduner

2000s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress
2000 The Audrey Hepburn Story Audrey Hepburn Jennifer Love Hewitt
Before Night Falls Reinaldo Arenas Javier Bardem
Best George Best John Lynch
Chopper Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read Eric Bana
Close to Jesus Joseph of Nazareth Tabias Moretti
Mary Magdalene Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Judas Enrico Lo Verso
Thomas Ricky Tognazzi
The Courage To Love Henriette DeLille Vanessa L. Williams
The Crossing George Washington Jeff Daniels
The Beach Boys: An American Family Brian Wilson Fred Weller
Matt Letscher Mike Love
Nick Stabile Dennis Wilson
Ned Vaughn Al Jardine
Ryan Northcott Carl Wilson
The David Cassidy Story David Cassidy Andrew Kavovit
Shirley Jones Dey Young
Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story The Monkees Multiple Actors
Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich Julia Roberts
The Farewell Bertolt Brecht Josef Bierbichler
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Arturo Sandoval Andy Garcia
Growing Up Brady Barry Williams Adam Brody
Florence Henderson Rebeccah Bush
Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Wood Harris
I Dreamed of Africa Kuki Gallmann Kim Basinger
In His Life: The John Lennon Story John Lennon Philip McQuillan Phoenix
In the Light of the Moon Ed Gein Steve Railsback
Isn't She Great Jacqueline Susann Bette Midler
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Joanne Whalley
Joe Gould's Secret Joe Gould Ian Holm
Joseph: King of Dreams Joseph Ben Affleck (voice)
Little Richard Little Richard Leon Robinson
Lumumba Patrice Lumumba Eriq Ebouaney
Men of Honor Carl Brashear Cuba Gooding, Jr.
The Miracle Maker Jesus (voice) Ralph Fiennes
Murderous Maids Christine and Lea Papin Sylvie Testud
Julie-Marie Parmentier
One Hundred Steps Giuseppe Impastato Luigi Lo Cascio
Pandaemonium William Wordsworth John Hannah
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Linus Roache
Paul the Apostle Paul of Tarsus Johannes Brandrup
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town Lou Smit Kris Kristofferson
Pollock Jackson Pollock Ed Harris
Quills Marquis de Sade Geoffrey Rush
Rated X Artie Jay Mitchell Charlie Sheen
James Lloyd "Jim" Mitchell Emilio Estevez
Remember the Titans Herman Boone Denzel Washington
Ricky 6 Ricky Kasso Vincent Kartheiser
Shadow of the Vampire F. W. Murnau John Malkovich
Max Schreck Willem Dafoe
Steal This Movie! Abbie Hoffman Vincent D'Onofrio
The Three Stooges Moe Howard Paul Ben-Victor
Larry Fine Evan Handler
Curly Howard Michael Chiklis
Shemp Howard John Kassir
Vatel François Vatel Gérard Depardieu
Word and Utopia António Vieira Lima Duarte
2001 61* Roger Maris Barry Pepper
Mickey Mantle Thomas Jane
2001 Ali Muhammad Ali Will Smith
2001 Anne Frank: The Whole Story Anne Frank Hannah Taylor-Gordon
2001 Attila Attila Gerard Butler
2001 Ayyam El Sadat Anwar Al Sadat Ahmad Zaki
2001 A Beautiful Mind John Nash Russell Crowe
2001 Blow George Jung Johnny Depp
2001 Bojangles Bill Robinson Gregory Hines
2001 Brian's Song Brian Piccolo Sean Maher
Gale Sayers Mekhi Phifer
2001 Bride of the Wind Alma Mahler Sarah Wynter
Gustav Mahler Jonathan Pryce
2001 The Cat's Meow William Randolph Hearst Edward Herrmann
2001 Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story Shirley Temple Emily Hart (older)
Ashley Rose Orr (young)
2001 The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav Nijinsky Derek Jacobi
2001 The Gaul Vercingetorix Christopher Lambert
2001 A Huey P. Newton Story Huey P. Newton Roger Guenveur Smith
2001 Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story Def Leppard Multiple Actors
2001 In the Time Of Butterflies Minerva Mirabal Salma Hayek
2001 Iris Iris Murdoch Judi Dench (older)
Kate Winslet (young)
2001 Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot Jacqueline Kennedy Jill Hennessy
Ethel Kennedy Lauren Holly
Joan Kennedy Leslie Stefanson
2001 James Dean James Dean James Franco
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Judy Garland Judy Davis (older)
Tammy Blanchard (young)
2001 Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante & Kenny Kimes Sante Kimes Mary Tyler Moore
Kenny Kimes Gabriel Olds
2001 Mad Love Joanna of Castile Pilar López de Ayala
Philip I of Castile Daniele Liotti
2001 The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time Nienke van Hichtum Monic Hendrickx
Pieter Jelles Troelstra Jeroen Willems
2001 The Other Side of Heaven John H. Groberg Christopher Gorham
2001 Piñero Miguel Piñero Benjamin Bratt
2001 Riding in Cars with Boys Beverly Donofrio Drew Barrymore
2001 Taurus Vladimir Lenin Leonid Mozgovoy
2001 Der Tunnel Hasso Herschel Heino Ferch
2002 Antwone Fisher Antwone Q. Fisher Derek Luke (adult)
Malcolm David Kelley (child)
2002 Auto Focus Bob Crane Greg Kinnear
2002 Bertie and Elizabeth George VI James Wilby
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Juliet Aubrey
2002 Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale Leonardo DiCaprio
2002 Callas Forever Maria Callas Fanny Ardant
2002 Chi-hwa-seon Owon Choi Min-sik
2002 The Child I Never Was Jürgen Bartsch Tobias Schenke
2002 Chopin: Desire for Love Fryderyk Chopin Piotr Adamczyk
George Sand Danuta Stenka
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Chuck Barris Sam Rockwell
2002 Conviction Carl Upchurch Omar Epps
2002 Dahmer Jeffrey Dahmer Jeremy Renner
2002 Evelyn Desmond Doyle Pierce Brosnan
2002 Fidel Fidel Castro Víctor Huggo Martin
2002 Frida Frida Kahlo Salma Hayek
2002 Gada Meilin Gada Meiren Deligeer
2002 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill Albert Finney
2002 Gilda Radner: It's Always Something Gilda Radner Jami Gertz
Gene Wilder Tom Rooney
2002 Gleason Jackie Gleason Brad Garrett
2002 The Hours Virginia Woolf Nicole Kidman
2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture Robert Evans Robert Evans
2002 Lapu-Lapu Lapu-Lapu Lito Lapid
Ferdinand Magellan Dante Rivero
2002 The Legend of Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh Ajay Devgan
2002 Madame Satã Madame Satã Lázaro Ramos
2002 Martin and Lewis Dean Martin Jeremy Northam
Jerry Lewis Sean Hayes
2002 The Matthew Shepard Story Matthew Shepard Shane Meier
2002 Path to War Lyndon B. Johnson Michael Gambon
2002 The Pianist Władysław Szpilman Adrien Brody
2002 Prince William Prince William Jordan Frieda
2002 The Rookie Jim Morris Dennis Quaid
2002 The Rosa Parks Story Rosa Parks Angela Bassett
2002 Shackleton Ernest Shackleton Kenneth Branagh
2002 The Soul Keeper Sabina Spielrein Emilia Fox
Carl Gustav Jung Iain Glen
2002 Francesco Francis of Assisi Raoul Bova
2002 Ted Bundy Ted Bundy Michael Reilly Burke
2003 America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story John F. Kennedy, Jr. Kristoffer Polaha
Jackie Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Bisset
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy Portia de Rossi
2003 American Splendor Harvey Pekar Paul Giamatti
2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Pancho Villa Antonio Banderas
2003 BAADASSSSS! Melvin Van Peebles Mario Van Peebles
2003 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company John Ritter Bret Anthony
Suzanne Somers Jud Tylor
Joyce DeWitt Melanie Deanne Moore
2003 Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor Benedict Arnold Aidan Quinn
George Washington Kelsey Grammer
2003 Blind Flight John McCarthy Linus Roache
Brian Keenan Ian Hart
2003 Cambridge Spies Guy Burgess Tom Hollander
Donald MacLean Rupert Penry-Jones
2003 Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Norma Aleandro
2003 A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster Andrew Luster Jason Gedrick
2003 The Deal Gordon Brown David Morrissey
Tony Blair Michael Sheen
2003 The Elizabeth Smart Story Elizabeth Smart Amber Marshall
2003 Henry VIII Henry VIII Ray Winstone
2003 High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story Stu Ungar Michael Imperioli
2003 Hitler: The Rise of Evil Adolf Hitler Robert Carlyle
2003 Imperium: Augustus Caesar Augustus Peter O' Toole
2003 The Lion in Winter King Henry II Patrick Stewart
Eleanor of Aquitaine Glenn Close
2003 The Lost Prince Prince John Daniel Williams (young)
Matthew James Thomas (older)
2003 Lucy Lucille Ball Rachel York
Desi Arnaz Danny Pino
2003 Luther Martin Luther Joseph Fiennes
2003 Maria Goretti Maria Goretti Martina Pinto
2003 Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Cybill Shepherd
2003 Monster Aileen Wuornos Charlize Theron
2003 Mother Teresa of Calcutta Mother Teresa Olivia Hussey
2003 Ned Kelly Ned Kelly Heath Ledger
2003 The Night We Called It a Day Frank Sinatra Dennis Hopper
2003 Paradise Found Paul Gauguin Kiefer Sutherland
2003 Party Monster Michael Alig Macaulay Culkin
2003 Radio James Robert "Radio" Kennedy Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Harold Jones Ed Harris
2003 The Reagans Ronald Reagan James Brolin
Nancy Reagan Judy Davis
2003 Shattered Glass Stephen Glass Hayden Christensen
2003 Soraya Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari Anna Valle
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Erol Sander
2003 Stander Andre Stander Thomas Jane
2003 Swimming Upstream Tony Fingleton Jesse Spencer
2003 Sylvia Sylvia Plath Gwyneth Paltrow
2003 Touching the Void Joe Simpson Brendan Mackey
2003 Veronica Guerin Veronica Guerin Cate Blanchett
2003 Wonderland John Holmes Val Kilmer
2004 Against the Ropes Jackie Kallen Meg Ryan
2004 Aimee Semple McPherson Aimee Semple McPherson Mimi Michaels
2004 Alexander Alexander the Great Colin Farrell
2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon Samuel Byck Sean Penn
2004 The Aviator Howard Hughes Leonardo DiCaprio
2004 Beautiful Boxer Parinya Charoenphol Asanee Suwan
2004 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels Farrah Fawcett Tricia Helfer
Jaclyn Smith Christina Chambers
Kate Jackson Lauren Stamile
2004 Bettie Page: Dark Angel Bettie Page Paige Richards
2004 Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin Kevin Spacey
2004 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Bobby Jones Jim Caviezel
2004 The Brooke Ellison Story Brooke Ellison Lacey Chabert & Vanessa Marano
2004 Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss Heidi Fleiss Jamie-Lynn Sigler
2004 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story Dale Earnhardt Barry Pepper
2004 De-Lovely Cole Porter Kevin Kline
2004 Downfall
Adolf Hitler Bruno Ganz
2004 Finding Neverland J. M. Barrie Johnny Depp
2004 Fighter in the Wind Masutatsu Oyama Yang Dong-geun
2004 Hawking Stephen Hawking Benedict Cumberbatch
2004 Helter Skelter Charles Manson Jeremy Davies
2004 Hidalgo Frank Hopkins Viggo Mortensen
2004 Hotel Rwanda Paul Rusesabagina Don Cheadle
2004 Ike: Countdown to D-Day Dwight D. Eisenhower Tom Selleck
2004 Kinsey Alfred Kinsey Liam Neeson
2004 The Libertine John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester Johnny Depp
2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Peter Sellers Geoffrey Rush
2004 Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story Michael Jackson Flex Alexander
2004 Miracle Herb Brooks Kurt Russell
2004 Modigliani Amedeo Modigliani Andy García
2004 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara Gael García Bernal
Alberto Granado Rodrigo de la Serna
2004 Nero Nero Hans Matheson
2004 My Nikifor Nikifor Krystyna Feldman
2004 The Mystery of Natalie Wood Natalie Wood Justine Waddell
Robert Wagner Michael Weatherly
2004 Ray Ray Charles Jamie Foxx
2004 Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story Stanley Tookie Williams Jamie Foxx
2004 The Sea Inside Ramon Sampedro Javier Bardem
2004 Something The Lord Made Alfred Blalock Alan Rickman
Vivien Thomas Mos Def
2004 Stage Beauty Edward Kynaston Billy Crudup
2004 Thérèse Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Lindsay Younce
2005 2 Filhos de Francisco Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano Márcio Kieling
Thiago Mendonça
2005 Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution Amber Frey Janel Moloney
Scott Peterson Nathan Anderson
Gloria Allred Nora Dunn
2005 Ambulance Girl Jane Stern Kathy Bates
2005 Aurore Aurore Gagnon Marianne Fortier
2005 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy Robin Williams Chris Diamantopoulos
Pam Dawber Erinn Hayes
2005 Blue Swallow Park Kyung-won Jang Jin Young
2005 Bose – The Forgotten Hero Subhas Chandra Bose Sachin Khedekar
2005 Capote Truman Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Charles Wesley: Hymns of Praise Charles Wesley John Jackman
2005 Cinderella Man James J. Braddock Russell Crowe
2005 Coach Carter Ken Carter Samuel L. Jackson
2005 Désiré Landru Henri Désiré Landru Patrick Timsit
2005 Domino Domino Harvey Keira Knightley
2005 Elizabeth I Elizabeth I of England Helen Mirren
2005 Elvis Elvis Presley Jonathan Rhys Meyers
2005 The Flight That Fought Back Mark Bingham Jason LeGrande
Jeremy Glick Kevin Paul
2005 Gie Soe Hok Gie Nicholas Saputra
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck Edward R. Murrow David Strathairn
2005 The Greatest Game Ever Played Francis Ouimet Shia LaBeouf
2005 The Hunt for the BTK Killer Dennis Rader Gregg Henry
2005 Jarhead Anthony Swofford Jake Gyllenhaal
2005 Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration Joseph Smith Nathan Mitchell
2005 Karol: A Man Who Became Pope Karol Wojtyła Piotr Adamczyk
2005 Lords of Dogtown Stacy Peralta John Robinson
Jay Adams Emile Hirsch
Tony Alva Victor Rasuk
2005 Martha Behind Bars Martha Stewart Cybill Shepherd
2005 Maurice Richard Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard Roy Dupuis
2005 Mrs. Harris Jean Harris Annette Bening
2005 Mrs. Henderson Presents Laura Henderson Judi Dench
2005 Murder Unveiled Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu Anita Majumdar
2005 My Family and Other Animals Gerald Durrell Eugene Simon
2005 The New World John Smith Colin Farrell
Pocahontas Q'orianka Kilcher
2005 The Notorious Bettie Page Bettie Page Gretchen Mol
2005 Pierrepoint Albert Pierrepoint Timothy Spall
2005 Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II Cary Elwes (young), Jon Voight (old)
2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Evelyn Ryan Julianne Moore
2005 The Queen's Sister Princess Margaret Lucy Cohu
2005 Riot at the Rite Vaslav Nijinsky Adam Garcia
2005 The Rising Mangal Pandey Aamir Khan
2005 The Rocket Maurice Richard Roy Dupuis
2005 Sophie Scholl – The Final Days Sophie Scholl Julia Jentsch
2005 Stoned Brian Jones Leo Gregory
2005 Saint Peter Saint Peter Omar Sharif
2005 The Sun Emperor Hirohito Issey Ogata
2005 Trump Unauthorized Donald Trump Justin Louis
2005 Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story Walter Gretzky Tom McCamus
Wayne Gretzky Kristen Holden-Ried
2005 Walk the Line Johnny Cash Joaquin Phoenix
June Carter Cash Reese Witherspoon
2005 Warm Springs Franklin D. Roosevelt Kenneth Branagh
Eleanor Roosevelt Cynthia Nixon
2005 The World's Fastest Indian Burt Munro Anthony Hopkins
2006 Albert Schweitzer: Called to Africa Albert Schweitzer Jeff McCarthy
2006 Amazing Grace William Wilberforce Ioan Gruffudd
John Newton Albert Finney
2006 The Amazing Grace John Newton Nick Moran
2006 Beau Brummell: This Charming Man Beau Brummell James Purefoy
2006 The Black Dahlia Elizabeth Short Mia Kirshner
2006 The Borgia Rodrigo Borgia Lluís Homar
Cesare Borgia Sergio Peris-Mencheta
2006 Catch a Fire Patrick Chamusso Derek Luke
2006 Color of the Cross Jesus Jean-Claude La Marre
2006 The Death of Poe Edgar Allan Poe Mark Redfield
2006 Driving Lessons Jeremy Brock Rupert Grint
2006 El Benny Benny Moré Renny Arozarena
2006 El Cantante Héctor Lavoe Marc Anthony
2006 Factory Girl Edie Sedgwick Sienna Miller
2006 The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life Is Not a Fairy Tale Fantasia Barrino Fantasia Barrino (older)
Jamia Simone Nash (young)
2006 Fearless Huo Yuanjia Jet Li
2006 Find Me Guilty Giacomo "Jackie" DiNorscio Vin Diesel
2006 The Flying Scotsman Graeme Obree Jonny Lee Miller
2006 Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Diane Arbus Nicole Kidman
2006 Glory Road Don Haskins Josh Lucas
2006 The Good Shepherd James Jesus Angleton Matt Damon
2006 Goya's Ghosts Francisco Goya Stellan Skarsgård
2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Dito Montiel Robert Downey, Jr. (adult)
Shia LaBeouf (young)
2006 Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare Hannibal Alexander Siddig
2006 Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross Henry Dunant Thomas Jouannet
2006 Hollywoodland George Reeves Ben Affleck
2006 Infamous Truman Capote Toby Jones
2006 Invincible Vince Papale Mark Wahlberg
2006 Klimt Gustav Klimt John Malkovich
2006 The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin Forest Whitaker
2006 Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Kirsten Dunst
2006 Milarepa Milarepa Jamyang Lodro
2006 Miss Potter Beatrix Potter Renée Zellweger
2006 The Nativity Story Mary of Nazareth Keisha Castle-Hughes
Joseph of Nazareth Oscar Isaac
2006 One Night with the King Esther Tiffany Dupont
King Xerxes 1 Luke Goss
2006 Peaceful Warrior Dan Millman Scott Mechlowicz
2006 Provoked Kiranjit Ahluwalia Aishwarya Rai
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness Christopher Gardner Will Smith
2006 Pushkin: The Last Duel Alexander Pushkin Sergei Bezrukov
2006 The Queen HM Queen Elizabeth II Helen Mirren
2006 Raising Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Dahmer Rusty Sneary
2006 Requiem Anneliese Michel Sandra Hüller
2006 The Ron Clark Story Ron Clark Matthew Perry
2006 Running with Scissors Augusten Burroughs Joseph Cross
2006 Stan Stan Laurel Jim Norton (old), Nik Howden (young)
Oliver Hardy Trevor Cooper (old), Mike Goodenough (young)
2006 United 93 Mark Bingham Cheyenne Jackson
Jeremy Glick Peter Hermann
2006 The Water Is Wide Pat Conroy Jeff Hephner
2006 We Are Marshall Jack Lengyel Matthew McConaughey
2006 Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Geralyn Lucas Sarah Chalke
2006 Wild Romance Herman Brood Daniël Boissevain
2006 World Trade Center John McLoughlin Nicolas Cage
Will Jimeno Michael Peña
2007 American Gangster Frank Lucas Denzel Washington
2007 An American Crime Sylvia Likens Ellen Page
Gertrude Baniszewski Catherine Keener
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Jesse James Brad Pitt
Robert Ford Casey Affleck
2007 Assembly Gu Zidi Zhang Hanyu
2007 Becoming Jane Jane Austen Anne Hathaway
2007 The Black Pimpernel Harald Edelstam Michael Nyqvist
2007 Breach Robert Hanssen Chris Cooper
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Charlie Wilson Tom Hanks
2007 Clare and Francis Clare of Assisi Mary Petruolo
Francis of Assisi Ettore Bassi
2007 Control Ian Curtis Sam Riley
2007 Colour Me Kubrick Alan Conway John Malkovich
2007 Crazy Hank Garland Waylon Payne
2007 Dark Matter Gang Lu Liu Ye
2007 Eight Miles High Uschi Obermaier Natalia Avelon
2007 Diana: Last Days of a Princess Diana, Princess of Wales Genevieve O'Reilly
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Jean-Dominique Bauby Mathieu Amalric
2007 Eichmann Adolf Eichmann Thomas Kretschmann
2007 El Cantante Héctor Lavoe Marc Anthony
2007 El Greco El Greco Nick Ashdon
2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age Elizabeth I Cate Blanchett
2007 Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell Hilary Swank
2007 Gandhi, My Father Mahatma Gandhi Darshan Jariwala
Harilal Gandhi Akshaye Khanna
2007 Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea Genghis Khan Takashi Sorimachi
2007 Georg Georg Ots Marko Matvere
2007 Goodbye Bafana James Gregory Joseph Fiennes
Nelson Mandela Dennis Haysbert
2007 The Great Debaters Melvin B. Tolson Denzel Washington
James L. Farmer, Sr. Forest Whitaker
James L. Farmer, Jr. Denzel Whitaker
2007 The Hoax Clifford Irving Richard Gere
2007 Hwang Jin Yi Hwang Jin Yi Song Hye Kyo
2007 I'm Not There Bob Dylan Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Ben Whishaw.
2007 Into The Wild Christopher McCandless Emile Hirsch
2007 Jump! Philippe Halsman Ben Silverstone
2007 The Killing of John Lennon Mark David Chapman Jonas Ball
2007 The King Graham Kennedy Stephen Curry
2007 La Vie En Rose Édith Piaf Marion Cotillard
2007 Manolete Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez Adrien Brody
2007 My Boy Jack Jack Kipling Daniel Radcliffe
2007 Neal Cassady Neal Cassady Tate Donovan
2007 A Mighty Heart Mariane Pearl Angelina Jolie
Daniel Pearl Dan Futterman
2007 Miss Austen Regrets Jane Austen Olivia Williams
2007 Mongol Genghis Khan Tadanobu Asano
2007 Music Within Richard Pimentel Ron Livingston
2007 My Father Hwang Nam-cheol Kim Yeong-cheol
2007 Nightwatching Rembrandt Martin Freeman
2007 Persepolis Marjane Satrapi Chiara Mastroianni (voice)
2007 Pride Jim Ellis Terrence Howard
2007 Rescue Dawn Dieter Dengler Christian Bale
2007 Rise of the Footsoldier Carlton Leach Ricci Harnett
2007 Romulus, My Father Romulus Gaita Eric Bana
Raimond Gaita Kodi Smit-McPhee
2007 Saint Mary Mary (mother of Jesus) Shabnam Gholikhani
2007 Shake Hands with the Devil Roméo Dallaire Roy Dupuis
2007 The Singer Héctor Lavoe Raul Carbonell
2007 Sybil Shirley Ardell Mason Tammy Blanchard
2007 Talk to Me Ralph "Petey" Greene Don Cheadle
2007 Tears of a King Elvis Presley Matt Lewis
2007 The Ten Commandments Moses Ben Kingsley (voice)
2007 Theresa: The Body of Christ Saint Teresa of Ávila Paz Vega
2007 26 Years Diary Lee Su-hyon Lee Tae-sung
2007 Zodiac Robert Graysmith Jake Gyllenhaal
2008 Admiral Alexander Kolchak Konstantin Habensky
2008 Amália Amália Rodrigues Sandra Barata
2008 Billy: The Early Years Billy Graham Armie Hammer
2008 Bronson Charles Bronson Tom Hardy
2008 Cadillac Records Leonard Chess Adrien Brody
Muddy Waters Jeffrey Wright
Etta James Beyoncé Knowles
2008 Cass Cass Pennant Nonso Anozie
2008 Che: Part I - The Argentine Che Guevara Benicio del Toro
2008 Che: Part II - Guerrilla Che Guevara Benicio del Toro
2008 Changeling Christine Collins Angelina Jolie
2008 Chapter 27 Mark David Chapman Jared Leto
2008 Coco Chanel Coco Chanel (elder) Shirley MacLaine
Coco Chanel (young) Barbora Bobuľová
2008 Crazy Hank Garland Waylon Payne
2008 Defiance Tuvia Bielski Daniel Craig
Zus Bielski Liev Schreiber
2008 Der Baader Meinhof Komplex Ulrike Meinhof Martina Gedeck
Andreas Baader Moritz Bleibtreu
Gudrun Ensslin Johanna Wokalek
2008 The Duchess Georgiana Cavendish Keira Knightley
2008 The Easy Way Albert Spaggiari Jean-Paul Rouve
2008 The Edge of Love Dylan Thomas Matthew Rhys
2008 The Express Ernie Davis Rob Brown
2008 Flash of Genius Robert Kearns Greg Kinnear
2008 Forever Enthralled Mei Lanfang Leon Lai
2008 Front of the Class Brad Cohen James Wolk
2008 Frost/Nixon Richard Nixon Frank Langella
David Frost Michael Sheen
2008 Hansie Hansie Cronje Frank Rautenbach
2008 House of Saddam Saddam Hussein yigal Naor
Sajida Khairallah Talfah Shohreh Aghdashloo
2008 Hunger Bobby Sands Michael Fassbender
2008 Il Divo Giulio Andreotti Toni Servillo
2008 Ip Man Yip Man Donnie Yen
2008 Jodhaa Akbar Akbar the Great Hrithik Roshan
Jodhabai Aishwarya Rai
2008 John Adams John Adams Paul Giamatti
Abigail Adams Laura Linney
2008 The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce Alexander Pearce Ciarán McMenamin
2008 Little Ashes Salvador Dalí Robert Pattinson
Federico García Lorca Javier Beltrán
2008 Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin Chi Cao
2008 Max Manus Max Manus Aksel Hennie
2008 The Messiah Jesus Ahmad Soleimani Nia
2008 Milk Harvey Milk Sean Penn
2008 Mesrine: Killer Instinct Jacques Mesrine Vincent Cassel
2008 Meu Nome Não É Johnny João Guilherme Estrella Selton Mello
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl Mary Boleyn Scarlett Johansson
Anne Boleyn Natalie Portman
2008 Public Enemy Number One Jacques Mesrine Vincent Cassel
2008 The Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen Matthias Schweighöfer
2008 Red Cliff Zhou Yu Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Zhuge Liang Takeshi Kaneshiro
Cao Cao Zhang Fengyi
2008 Sagan Françoise Sagan Sylvie Testud
2008 Séraphine Séraphine Louis Yolande Moreau
2008 Skin Sandra Laing Sophie Okonedo
2008 Sugar Miguel Santos Algenis Perez Soto
2008 Valkyrie Col. Claus von Stauffenberg Tom Cruise
2008 W. George W. Bush Josh Brolin
2008 Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman Ari Folman (voice)
2008 What We Do Is Secret Darby Crash Shane West
2008 Within the Whirlwind Yevgenia Ginzburg Emily Watson
2009 Agora Hypatia Rachel Weisz
2009 Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Jeroen Krabbé
2009 Amelia Amelia Earhart Hilary Swank
2009 An Englishman in New York Quentin Crisp John Hurt
2009 The Anna Nicole Smith Story Anna Nicole Smith Willa Ford
2009 The Blind Side Leigh Anne Tuohy Sandra Bullock
Sean Tuohy Tim McGraw
Michael Oher Quinton Aaron
2009 Bright Star John Keats Ben Whishaw
Fanny Brawne Abbie Cornish
2009 Coco Before Chanel Coco Chanel Audrey Tautou
2009 Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky Coco Chanel Anna Mouglalis
Igor Stravinsky Mads Mikkelsen
2009 Connolly James Connolly Peter Mullan
2009 The Consul of Sodom Jaime Gil de Biedma Jordi Mollà
2009 The Countess Countess Elizabeth Báthory Julie Delpy
2009 Creation Charles Darwin Paul Bettany
2009 Desert Flower Waris Dirie Liya Kebede
2009 Fortapàsc Giancarlo Siani Libero De Rienzo
2009 Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Ben Carson Cuba Gooding Jr.
2009 Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Joan Allen
2009 Grey Gardens Edith Ewing Bouvier Jessica Lange
Edith Bouvier Beale Drew Barrymore
2009 Hilde Hildegard Knef Heike Makatsch
2009 The Informant! Mark Whitacre Matt Damon
2009 Into the Storm Winston Churchill Brendan Gleeson
2009 Invictus Nelson Mandela Morgan Freeman
François Pienaar Matt Damon
2009 John Rabe John Rabe Ulrich Tukur
2009 Julie & Julia Julie Powell Amy Adams
Julia Child Meryl Streep
2009 King Conqueror Pedro II of Aragon Tim Roth
2009 Kerala Varma Pazhassiraja Pazhassi Raja Mammootty
2009 The Last Station Leo Tolstoy Christopher Plummer
2009 Margaret Margaret Thatcher Lindsay Duncan
2009 Mulan Hua Mulan Zhao Wei
2009 Natalee Holloway Natalee Holloway Amy Gumenick
Beth Twitty Tracy Pollan
Joran van der Sloot Jacques Strydom
2009 Notorious Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace Jamal Woolard
2009 Nowhere Boy John Lennon Aaron Johnson
2009 12 Paces Without a Head Klaus Störtebeker Ronald Zehrfeld
2009 Phantom Punch Sonny Liston Ving Rhames
2009 Princess Kaiulani Kaʻiulani Q'Orianka Kilcher
2009 Public Enemies John Dillinger Johnny Depp
Melvin Purvis Christian Bale
Billie Frechette Marion Cotillard
Baby Face Nelson Stephen Graham
2009 Sanctity Within Reach Pier Giorgio Frassati Christine M. Wohar
2009 See Me Feel Me: Keith Moon Naked for Your Pleasure Keith Moon Mike Myers
2009 Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Jeroen Krabbé
2009 Skin Sandra Laing Sophie Okonedo
2009 Soeur Sourire Jeanine Deckers Cécile De France
2009 The Soloist Steve Lopez Robert Downey, Jr.
Nathaniel Ayers Jamie Foxx
2009 Telstar Joe Meek Con O'Neill
2009 Toussaint Toussaint Louverture Don Cheadle
2009 Van Diemen's Land Alexander Pearce Oscar Redding
2009 Vincere Ida Dalser Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Benito Mussolini Filippo Timi
2009 Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen Hildegard von Bingen Barbara Sukowa
2009 Wesley John Wesley Burgess Jenkins
2009 The Young Victoria Queen Victoria Emily Blunt
2009 Zen Dōgen Zenji Nakamura Kantarō II

2010s

Year Film Subject(s)/based on Lead actor or actress/portrayed by
2010 127 Hours Aron Ralston James Franco
Angel of Evil Renato Vallanzasca Kim Rossi Stuart
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire Augustine of Hippo Franco Nero
Bruce Lee, My Brother Bruce Lee Aarif Lee
Carlos Carlos the Jackal Édgar Ramírez
Casino Jack Jack Abramoff Kevin Spacey
Chico Xavier Chico Xavier Nelson Xavier
Confucius Confucius Chow Yun-fat
Conviction Betty Anne Waters Hilary Swank
The Day the Music Died Buddy Holly Guy Kent
Eat Pray Love Elizabeth Gilbert Julia Roberts
Edith Stein: The Seventh Chamber Edith Stein Maia Morgenstern
Extraordinary Measures John Crowley Brendan Fraser
Fair Game Valerie Plame Naomi Watts
Joseph Wilson Sean Penn
The Fighter "Irish" Micky Ward Mark Wahlberg
Dicky Eklund Christian Bale
The First Grader Kimani Maruge Oliver Litondo
Frankie & Alice Frankie Murdoch Halle Berry
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life Serge Gainsbourg Éric Elmosnino
Jane Birkin Lucy Gordon
Brigitte Bardot Laetitia Casta
The Great Vazquez Manuel Vázquez Gallego Santiago Segura
The Hammer Matt Hamill Russell Harvard
Howl Allen Ginsberg James Franco
I Love You Phillip Morris Steven Jay Russell Jim Carrey
Phillip Morris Ewan McGregor
Ip Man 2 Yip Man Donnie Yen
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall Ferdinand Marian Tobias Moretti
The Kingdom of Solomon Solomon Amin Zendegani
The King's Speech King George VI Colin Firth
Lionel Logue Geoffrey Rush
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Helena Bonham Carter
Leonie Leonie Gilmour Emily Mortimer
Lope Lope de Vega Alberto Ammann
Lula, the son of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Rui Ricardo Dias
Mahler on the Couch Gustav Mahler Johannes Silberschneider
Alma Mahler Barbara Romaner
Max Schmeling Max Schmeling Henry Maske
Mr. Nice Howard Marks Rhys Ifans
Nanga Parbat Reinhold Messner Florian Stetter
Günther Messner Andreas Tobias
Risen Howard Winstone Stuart Brennan
The Robber Johann Kastenberger Andreas Lust
The Runaways Joan Jett Kristen Stewart
Cherie Currie Dakota Fanning
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Anne Lister Maxine Peake
Secretariat Penny Chenery Diane Lane
Lucien Laurin John Malkovich
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Ian Dury Andy Serkis
The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg Jesse Eisenberg
Eduardo Saverin Andrew Garfield
Sean Parker Justin Timberlake
Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss Armie Hammer
The Special Relationship Bill Clinton Dennis Quaid
Tony Blair Michael Sheen
Temple Grandin Temple Grandin Claire Danes
Times You Change Bushido Elyas M'Barek
Van Gogh: Painted with Words[1] Vincent Van Gogh Benedict Cumberbatch
Veda Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Sinan Tuzcu
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen Hildegard von Bingen Barbara Sukowa
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story Lois Wilson Winona Ryder
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? Christian Gerhartsreiter Eric McCormack
You Don't Know Jack Jack Kevorkian Al Pacino
2011 Bernie Bernie Tiede Jack Black
The Amanda Knox Story Amanda Knox Hayden Panettiere
Bakhita: From Slave to Saint Josephine Bakhita Fatou Kine Boye
Cinema Verite Pat Loud Diane Lane
Bill Loud Tim Robbins
Lance Loud Thomas Dekker
The Craigslist Killer Philip Markoff Jake McDorman
A Dangerous Method Sigmund Freud Viggo Mortensen
Carl Gustav Jung Michael Fassbender
Sabina Spielrein Keira Knightley
The Devil's Double Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein Dominic Cooper
A Funny Man Dirch Passer Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Heleno Heleno de Freitas Rodrigo Santoro
Hür Adam: Bediüzzaman Said Nursi Said Nursî Mursit Bag
J. Edgar J. Edgar Hoover Leonardo DiCaprio
Jeanne captive Joan of Arc Clémence Poésy
Juan y Eva Juan Perón Osmar Nuñez
Eva Perón Julieta Díaz
Natalee Holloway Natalee Holloway Amy Gumenick
Beth Holloway Tracy Pollan
Joran van der Sloot Stephen Amell
The Kennedys John F. Kennedy Greg Kinnear
Robert F. Kennedy Barry Pepper
Jackie Kennedy Katie Holmes
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Tom Wilkinson
Killing Pablo Pablo Escobar Édgar Ramírez
Kill the Irishman Danny Greene Ray Stevenson
The Lady Aung San Suu Kyi Michelle Yeoh
The Last Ride Hank Williams Henry Thomas
The Dirty Picture Silk Smitha Vidya Balan
No One Killed Jessica Jessica Lal Myra Karn
The Lost Bladesman Guan Yu Donnie Yen
Moneyball Billy Beane Brad Pitt
Hugo Georges Méliès Ben Kingsley
My Week With Marilyn Marilyn Monroe Michelle Williams
The Sky of My Childhood Nursultan Nazarbayev Elzhas Albiyev
Perfect Game Choi Dong-won Cho Seung-woo
Sun Dong-yeol Yang Dong-geun
Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton AnnaSophia Robb
Tatsumi Yoshihiro Tatsumi Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Kaze no Shounen Yutaka Ozaki Hiroki Narimiya
Violeta Violeta Parra Francisca Gavilán
We Bought a Zoo Benjamin Mee Matt Damon
Winnie Winnie Mandela Jennifer Hudson
Nelson Mandela Terrence Howard
William & Kate Prince William Nico Evers-Swindell
Catherine Middleton Camilla Luddington
2012 Abducted: The Carlina White Story Carlina White Keke Palmer
Argo Tony Mendez Ben Affleck
Falling Flowers Xiao Hong Song Jia
Florbela Florbela Espanca Dalila Carmo
The Girl Alfred Hitchcock Toby Jones
Game Change Sarah Palin Julianne Moore
John McCain Ed Harris
Sri Ramakrishna Darshanam Ramakrishna Sashikumar
Amen (India) Harish Iyer [2] Karan Mehra [3]
Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Anthony Hopkins
Hyde Park on Hudson Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bill Murray
Margaret Suckley Laura Linney
Lawless Jack Bondaurant Shia LaBeouf
Forest Bondaurant Tom Hardy
Howard Bondaurant Jason Clarke
The Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher Meryl Streep
Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis
2013 Betty and Coretta Betty Shabazz Mary J. Blige
Coretta Scott King Angela Bassett
Bonnie & Clyde Bonnie Parker Holliday Grainger
Clyde Barrow Emile Hirsch
Liz & Dick Elizabeth Taylor Lindsay Lohan
Richard Burton Grant Bowler
42 Jackie Robinson Chadwick Boseman
Branch Rickey Harrison Ford
Kill Your Darlings Allen Ginsberg Daniel Radcliffe
Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story Tionne Watkins Drew Sidora
Lisa Lopes Lil Mama
Rozonda Thomas Keke Palmer
Big Sur Jack Kerouac Jean-Marc Barr
Diana Diana, Princess of Wales Naomi Watts
Celluloid J. C. Daniel Prithviraj Sukumaran
Emperor Douglas MacArthur Tommy Lee Jones
The Grandmaster Yip Man Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Jobs Steve Jobs Ashton Kutcher
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Milkha Singh Farhan Akhtar
The Conjuring Lorraine Warren Vera Farmiga
Ed Warren Patrick Wilson
Lovelace Linda Lovelace Amanda Seyfried
Chuck Traynor Peter Sarsgaard
The Invisible Woman Charles Dickens Ralph Fiennes
Meghe Dhaka Tara Nilkantha Bagchi Saswata Chatterjee
Behind the Candelabra Liberace Michael Douglas
Romeo Killer : The Chris Porco Story Christopher Porco Matt Barr
Saving Mr. Banks P.L. Travers Emma Thompson
Walt Disney Tom Hanks
Desert Dancer Afshin Ghaffarian Reece Ritchie
Rush James Hunt Chris Hemsworth
Niki Lauda Daniel Brühl
The Butler Cecil Gaines Forest Whitaker
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela Idris Elba
Marina Rocco Granata Matteo Simoni
The Fifth Estate Julian Assange Benedict Cumberbatch
The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort Leonardo DiCaprio
American Hustle Melvin Weinberg Christian Bale
Anthony Amoroso, Jr. Bradley Cooper
2014 Foxcatcher John Eleuthère du Pont Steve Carell
Mark Schultz Channing Tatum
Dave Schultz Mark Ruffalo
Set Fire to the Stars Dylan Thomas Celyn Jones
John Malcolm Brinnin Elijah Wood
Testament of Youth Vera Brittain Alicia Vikander
Roland Leighton Kit Harington
Victor Richardson Colin Morgan
Edward Brittain Taron Egerton
American Sniper Chris Kyle Bradley Cooper
Get On Up James Brown Chadwick Boseman
Mr. Turner J.M.W. Turner Timothy Spall
Selma Martin Luther King, Jr. David Oyelowo
Unbroken Louis Zamperini Jack O'Connell
The Gabby Douglas Story[4] Gabby Douglas Sydney Mikayla(7–12 years old) and Imani Hakim (13–16 years old)
Getúlio Getúlio Vargas Tony Ramos
The Imitation Game Alan Turing Benedict Cumberbatch
Lizzie Borden Took An Ax Lizzie Borden Christina Ricci
Love & Mercy Brian Wilson Paul Dano and John Cusack
Não Pare na Pista Paulo Coelho Júlio Andrade
Houdini Harry Houdini Adrien Brody
The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story Cast of Saved by the Bell Various actors
Tim Maia Tim Maia Robson Nunes and Babu Santana
The Brittany Murphy Story Brittany Murphy Amanda Fuller
Mary Kom Mary Kom Priyanka Chopra
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B Aaliyah Alexandra Shipp
Rang Rasiya Raja Ravi Varma Randeep Hooda
The Theory of Everything Stephen Hawking Eddie Redmayne
Pride Mark Ashton Ben Schnetzer
2015 Bessie Bessie Smith Queen Latifah
Cleveland Abduction Michelle Knight Taryn Manning
Amanda Berry Samantha Droke
Gina DeJesus Katie Sarife
M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story M. S. Dhoni Sushant Singh Rajput
Whitney Whitney Houston Yaya DaCosta
Walt Before Mickey Walt Disney Thomas Ian Nicholas
Straight Outta Compton DJ Yella Neil Brown Jr.
Dr. Dre Corey Hawkins
Eazy-E Jason Mitchell
Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson Jr.
MC Ren Aldis Hodge
Experimenter Stanley Milgram Peter Sarsgaard
Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Michael Fassbender
Truth Dan Rather Robert Redford
Mary Mapes Cate Blanchett
The Unauthorized Full House Story Cast of Full House Various actors
The Gamechangers Sam Houser Daniel Radcliffe
Jack Thompson Bill Paxton
Pawn Sacrifice Bobby Fischer Tobey Macguire
Life Dennis Stock Robert Pattinson
James Dean Dane DeHaan
Manjhi - The Mountain Man Dashrath Manjhi Nawazuddin Siddiqui
The Program Lance Armstrong Ben Foster
Legend Kray Twins Tom Hardy
The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story Cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 Various actors
Heneral Luna Antonio Luna John Arcilla
The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story Cast of Melrose Place Various actors
Spotlight Michael Rezendes Mark Ruffalo
Walter "Robby" Robinson Michael Keaton
Sacha Pfeiffer Rachel McAdams
Martin Baron Liev Schreiber
Ben Bradlee Jr. John Slattery
Matt Carroll Brian d'Arcy James
Felix Manalo Felix Ysagun Manalo Dennis Trillo
Trumbo Dalton Trumbo Bryan Cranston
The Danish Girl Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe Eddie Redmayne
Gerda Wegener Alicia Vikander
In the Heart of the Sea Owen Chase Chris Hemsworth
George Pollard Jr. Benjamin Walker
Thomas Nickerson Tom Holland (young), Brendan Gleeson (older)
Freeheld Laurel Hester Julianne Moore
Joy Joy Mangano Jennifer Lawrence (older), Isabella Cramp (younger)
The Revenant Hugh Glass Leonardo DiCaprio
The Sound of a Flower Shin Jae-hyo Ryu Seung-ryong
Jin Chae-seon Bae Suzy
2016 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Members of the Battle of Benghazi Defense Team Various Actors
Hail, Caesar! Eddie Mannix Josh Brolin
American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson O.J Simpson, Robert Kardashian, Rob Shapiro, Johnnie Cochran, and Marcia Clark Cuba Gooding Jr, David Schwimmer, John Travolta, Courtney B. Vance, and Sarah Paulson
Race Jesse Owens Stephan James
Miles Ahead Miles Davis Don Cheadle
I Saw the Light Hank Williams Tom Hiddleston
Confirmation Anita Hill Kerry Washington
Pele Pele Kevin de Paula
Houdini and Doyle Harry Houdini Michael Weston
Arthur Conan Doyle Stephen Mangan
The Conjuring 2 Lorraine Warren Vera Farmiga
Ed Warren Patrick Wilson
Florence Foster Jenkins Florence Foster Jenkins Meryl Streep
Hands of Stone Roberto Durán Édgar Ramírez
Ray Arcel Robert De Niro
Born to Be Blue Chet Baker Ethan Hawke
Snowden Edward Snowden Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Masterminds David Ghantt Zach Galifianakis
Denial Deborah Lipstadt Rachel Weisz
Birth of the Dragon Bruce Lee Philip Ng
Hacksaw Ridge Desmond Doss Andrew Garfield
Neruda Pablo Neruda Luis Gnecco
Sully Chesley Sullenberger Tom Hanks
The Crown Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, King George VI, Winston Churchill, and Princess Margaret Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, and Vanessa Kirby
Christine Christine Chubbuck Rebecca Hall
Bleed for This Vinny Pazienza Miles Teller
LBJ Lyndon B. Johnson Woody Harrelson
The Birth of a Nation Nat Turner Nate Parker
The Dancer Loie Fuller Soko
Mah e Mir Mir Taqi Mir Fahad Mustafa
Barry Barack Obama Devon Terrell
Jackie Jacqueline Kennedy Natalie Portman
Eddie the Eagle Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards Taron Egerton
The Founder Ray Kroc Michael Keaton
The Bleeder Chuck Wepner Liev Schreiber
Churchill[5] Winston Churchill Brian Cox
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sushant Singh Rajput
2017 Felt Mark Felt Liam Neeson
A Futile and Stupid Gesture Douglas Kenney Will Forte
The Most Hated Woman in America Madalyn Murray O'Hair Melissa Leo
The Lost City of Z Percy Fawcett Charlie Hunnam
Rebel in the Rye J. D. Salinger Nicholas Hoult
Goodbye Christopher Robin A. A. Milne Domhnall Gleeson
The Wizard of Lies Bernie Madoff Robert De Niro
The Life and Death of John Gotti John Gotti John Travolta
All Eyez on Me Tupac Shakur Demetrius Shipp, Jr.
33 dias[6] Pablo Picasso Antonio Banderas
Megan Leavey Megan Leavey Kate Mara
Marshall Thurgood Marshall Chadwick Boseman
American Made Barry Seal Tom Cruise
The Mercy Donald Crowhurst Colin Firth
The Greatest Showman on Earth P.T. Barnum Hugh Jackman
Billionaire Boys Club Joe Hunt Ansel Elgort

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References

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