1. Andrei Rublev (1966) Subject: Icon painter Andrei Rublev - Andrei Tarkovsky
2. Amadeus (1984) Subject: Classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Milos Forman
3. American Sniper (2014) Subject: Rodeo cowboy-Navy Seal-sniper-war hero Chris Kyle - Clint Eastwood
4. The Elephant Man (1980) Subject: Severely deformed man John Merrick - David Lynch
5. Papillon (1973) Subject: Wrongly imprisoned penal colony escapee Henri Charrière - Franklin J. Schaffner
6. Beautiful Boxer/บิวตี้ฟูล บ๊อกเซอร์ (2004) Subject: Muay Thai champion-transsexual Nong Toom - Ekachai Uekrongtham
7. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) Subject: Music benefactor-high society lady-singer Florence Foster Jenkins - Stephen Frears
8. Howl (2010) Subject: Poet Allen Ginsberg - Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
9. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Subject: Wall Street criminal Jordan Belfort - Martin Scorsese
10. A Beautiful Mind (2001) Subject: Mathematician John Nash - Ron Howard
Other great biopic movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetic order):
The Aviator (2004) Subject: Filmmaker-airplane-tycoon Howard Hughes
Behind the Candelabra (2013, TV movie) Subject: Pianist-artist Liberace
J. Edgar (2011) Subject: FBI founder-director J. Edgar Hoover
Snowden (2016) Subject: Computer analyst-whistleblower Edward Snowden
Straight Outta Compton (2015) Subject: Rap group N.W.A.
Good biopic movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetic order):
A Funny Man/Dirch (2011) Subject: Actor-comedian Dirch Passer
Bronson (2008) Subject: Violent long-time prisoner Michael Gordon Peterson
Bugsy (1991) Subject: Casino magnate/Las Vegas co-founder Benny Siegel
Caligula (1979) Subject: Roman emperor Caligula
Capote (2005) Subject: Socialite author Truman Capote
Che: Part One - The Argentine (2008) Subject: Communist revolutionary 'Che' Guevara
Coach Carter (2005) Subject: High school basket ball coach Ken Carter
Control (2007) Subject: Punk band Joy Division front singer Ian Curtis
Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Subject: Rodeo cowboy-electrician-hustler-AIDS-victim Ron Woodroof
Il Divo/Il Divo - La Spettacolare Vita di Giulio Andreotti (2008) Subject: Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti
The Fighter (2010) Subject: Boxer brothers Micky and Dicky Ward
The Imitation Game (2014) Subject: Mathematician-codebreaker-computer pioneer Alan Turing
The Iron lady (2011) Subject: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Trumbo (2015) Subject: Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
Less than good biopic movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetic order):
A Dangerous Method (2011) Subject: Psychology's founding fathers Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud
Blow (2001) Subject: Cocaine importer George Jung
Dahmer (2002) Subject: Serial killer-cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer
Domino (2005) Subject: Model-bounty hunter Domino Harvey
Ed Wood (1994) Subject: Filmmaker Ed Wood
Pawn Sacrifice (2014) Subject: Chess champion Bobby Fischer
Saint Laurent (2014) Subject: Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent
The Social Network (2010) Subject: Facebook co-founder-Internet entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg
The Turin Horse/A Torinói Ló (2011) Subject: Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
Unbroken (2014) Subject: US Olympian champion runner-Air Force pilot-POW Louis Zamperini
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