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| Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1972) | | Spike Milligan |
Portrayed by Jim Dale
| Against the Ropes (2004) | | Jackie Kallen |
Portrayed by Meg Ryan
| The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) | | Michelangelo |
Starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II
| Ali (2001) | | Muhammad Ali |
Starring Will Smith
| All the President's Men (1976) | | Bob Woodward |
Based on the 1974 book by the same name
| All the President's Men (1976) | | Carl Bernstein |
Along with Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigate the Watergate scandal
| Amadeus (1984) | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Antonio Salieri |
Portrayed by F. Murray Abraham
| Amazing Grace (2007) | | William Wilberforce |
Portrayed by Ioan Gruffudd
| An American Crime (2007) | | Sylvia Likens |
The torture and murder of Likens by Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski
| American Gangster (2007) | | Frank Lucas |
Portrayed by Denzel Washington
| American Splendor (2003) | | Harvey Pekar |
Portrayed by Paul Giamatti
| The Amy Fisher Story (1993) | | Amy Fisher |
Portrayed by Drew Barrymore
| ...And Justice for All (1979) | | Arthur Kirkland and Judge Henry T. Fleming |
Portrayed by Al Pacino and John Forsythe
| Angela's Ashes (1999) | | Frank McCourt |
Portrayed by Joe Breen young, Ciaran Owens (middle) and Michael Legge (older)
| An Angel at My Table (1990) | | Janet Frame |
Dramatizing the life of the New Zealand author, starring Kerry Fox
| Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) | | Anne Boleyn |
Starring Geneviève Bujold
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) | | Samuel Byck |
Portrayed by Sean Penn
| Assembly (2007) | | Gu Zidi |
Portrayed by Zhang Hanyu
| Aurore (2005) | | Aurore Gagnon |
Portrayed by Marianne Fortier
| Auto Focus (2002) | | Bob Crane |
Portrayed by Greg Kinnear
| The Aviator (2004) | | Howard Hughes |
The film also illustrates Hughes' descent into severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and reclusiveness.
| Awakenings (1990) | | Oliver Sacks |
Starring Robin Williams
| Backbeat (1994) | | Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon |
Portrayed by Stephen Dorff and Ian Hart
| Bandit Queen (1994) | | Phoolan Devi |
Portrayed by Seema Biswas
| The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) | | Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning |
American film depicting the real-life romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer) and Robert Browning (Fredric March).
| The Basketball Diaries (1995) | | Jim Carroll |
Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio
| Basquiat (1996) | | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Portrayed by Jeffrey Wright
| A Beautiful Mind (2001) | | John Nash |
An American mathematician who works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations and his struggle with schizophrenia.
| Becoming Jane (2007) | | Jane Austen |
Portrayed by Anne Hathaway
| Before Night Falls (2000) | | Reinaldo Arenas |
Portraying the Cuban poet and novelist
| Beyond the Sea (2004) | | Bobby Darin |
Portrayed by Kevin Spacey
| Bird (1988) | | Charlie Parker |
Directed by Clint Eastwood; tribute to the jazz saxophone great
| Blaze (1989) | | Earl Long |
Highly fictionalized story of the late years of the flamboyant Louisiana governor and his affair with a stripper
| Blind Flight (2003) | | John McCarthy and Brian Keenan |
Portrayed by Linus Roache & Ian Hart
| The Blind Side (2009) | | Leigh Anne Tuohy and Michael Oher |
Portrayed by Sandra Bullock and Quinton Aaron
| Blow (2001) | | George Jung |
Portrayed by Johnny Depp
| Blue Swallow (2005) | | Park Kyung-won |
Portrayed by Jang Jin Young
| Born Free (1966) | | Joy Adamson |
Starring Virginia McKenna
| Born on the Fourth of July (1989) | | Ron Kovic |
Based on the autobiography by the Vietnam War vet; stars Tom Cruise
| Bound for Glory (1976) | | Woody Guthrie |
Starring David Carradine
| The Bounty (1984) | | Captain William Bligh |
Starring Anthony Hopkins
| The Bounty (1984) | | Fletcher Christian |
Starring Mel Gibson
| The Boy in Blue (1986) | | Ned Hanlan |
Portraying the champion Canadian sculler; starring Nicolas Cage
| Boys Don't Cry (1999) | | Brandon Teena |
Portrayed by Hilary Swank
| Braveheart (1995) | | William Wallace |
Portrayed by Mel Gibson
| Breach (2007) | | Robert Hanssen |
An FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union
| Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) | | St Francis of Assisi |
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
| Bugsy (1991) | | Bugsy Siegel |
Portrayed by Warren Beatty
| The Bunker (1981) | | Adolf Hitler |
Television film starring Anthony Hopkins as Adolph Hitler
| Cambridge Spies (2003) | | Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean |
Portrayed by Tom Hollander and Rupert Penry-Jones
| Camille Claudel (1989) | | Camille Claudel |
Portrayed by Isabelle Adjani
| Capote (2005) | | Truman Capote |
Portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
| Carrington (1995) | | Dora Carrington and Lytton Strachey |
Portrayed by Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce
| Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) | | Violette Szabo |
Based on the true story of the heroism of Special Operations Executive agent Violette Szabo.
| Castaway (1986) | | Gerald Kingsland |
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
| Castaway (1986) | | Lucy Irvine |
Adapted from the 1984 book describing her experiences on the isolated island of Tuin
| Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) | | Amy Fisher |
Portrayed by Alyssa Milano
| Catch Me if You Can (2002) | | Frank Abagnale |
Before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan American World Airways pilot, Georgia doctor and Louisiana prosecutor.
| The Cat's Meow (2001) | | William Randolph Hearst |
Portrayed by Edward Hermann
| Changeling (2008) | | Christine Collins |
Infamous kidnapping and murder of young boys in Los Angeles between 1928 through 1930
| Chapter 27 (2008) | | Mark David Chapman |
Portrayed by Jared Leto
| Chariots of Fire (1981) | | Eric Liddell |
Tells the story of two 1924 Olympic athletes: Liddell and Harold Abrahams
| Chariots of Fire (1981) | | Harold Abrahams |
Academy Award winning film
| Charlie Wilson's War (2007) | | Charlie Wilson |
Portrayed by Tom Hanks
| Che: Part I - The Argentine (2008) | | Che Guevara |
Portrayed by Benicio del Toro
| Children of the Century (1999) | | George Sand and Alfred De Musset |
Portrayed by Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel
| Chopper (2000) | | Mark Brandon Read |
Portrayed by Eric Bana
| Cinderella Man (2005) | | James J. Braddock |
Portrayed by Russell Crowe
| Coach Carter (2005) | | Ken Carter |
Portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson
| Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) | | Loretta Lynn |
Starring Sissy Spacek
| Color of the Cross (2006) | | Jesus Christ |
Portrayed by Jean-Claude La Marre
| Colour Me Kubrick (2007) | | Alan Conway |
Portrayed by John Malkovich
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) | | Chuck Barris |
Portrayed by Sam Rockwell
| Control (2007) | | Ian Curtis |
Portrayed by Sam Riley
| Conviction (2002) | | Carl Upchurch |
Portrayed by Omar Epps
| Creation (2009) | | Charles Darwin |
Portrayed by Paul Bettany
| Cry Freedom (1987) | | Steve Biko |
Directed by Richard Attenborough
| A Cry in the Dark (1988) | | Lindy Chamberlain |
Australian film about the disappearance of a baby; starring Meryl Streep
| Dangerous Beauty (1998) | | Veronica Franco |
Portrayed by Catherine McCormack
| A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990) | | T. E. Lawrence |
Portrayed by Ralph Fiennes
| Dangerous Minds (1995) | | LouAnne Johnson |
Portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer
| Danton (1983) | | Georges Danton |
Portrayed by Gérard Depardieu
| Dark Matter (2007) | | Gang Lu |
Portrayed by Liu Ye
| Dead Man Walking (1995) | | Sister Helen Prejean |
Portrayed by Susan Sarandon
| The Deal | | Gordon Brown and Tony Blair |
Portrayed by David Morrissey and Michael Sheen
| De-Lovely (2004) | | Cole Porter |
Portrayed by Kevin Kline
| Diamond Jim (1935) | | Jim Brady |
Based on "Diamond Jim Brady" by Parker Morell
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | | Jean-Dominique Bauby |
Portrayed by Mathieu Amalric
| Domino (2005) | | Domino Harvey |
Portrayed by Keira Knightley
| The Doors (1991) | | Jim Morrison |
Portrayed by Val Kilmer
| Downfall (2004) | | Traudl Junge |
Portrayed by Alexandra Maria Lara
| Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) | | Bruce Lee |
Portrayed by Jason Scott Lee
| The Dreamer of Oz (1990) | | Frank Baum |
Starring John Ritter
| Driving Lessons (2006) | | Jeremy Brock |
Portrayed by Rupert Grint
| The Duchess (2008) | | Georgiana Cavendish |
Portrayed by Keira Knightley
| The Edge of Love (2008) | | Dylan Thomas |
Portrayed by Matthew Rhys
| Ed Wood (1994) | | Edward D. Wood, Jr. |
Portrayed by Johnny Depp
| El Cantante (2007) | | Hector Lavoe |
Portrayed by Marc Anthony
| The Elephant Man (1980) | | Joseph Merrick |
Directed by David Lynch
| Elgar (1962) | | Edward Elgar |
Portrayed by Peter Brett
| Eroica (1949) | | Ludwig Van Beethoven |
Starring Ewald Balser
| Escape from Alcatraz (1979) | | Frank Morris |
Dramatizes the one possible escape from Alcatraz; stars Clint Eastwood
| Europa Europa (1990) | | Solomon Perel |
German language film based on a 1989 autobiography; directed by Agnieszka Holland
| Evelyn (2002) | | Desmond Doyle |
Portrayed by Pierce Brosnan
| Evita (1996) | | Eva Perón |
Portrayed by Madonna
| The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) | | Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey |
Portrayed by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.
| Factory Girl (2006) | | Edie Sedgwick |
Portrayed by Sienna Miller
| Fearless (2006) | | Huo Yuanjia |
Portrayed by Jet Li
| Fear Strikes Out (1957) | | Jimmy Piersall |
Based on the life of the baseball player, starring Anthony Perkins
| Fifteen and Pregnant (1998) | | Tina Spangler |
Portrayed by Kirsten Dunst
| Finding Neverland (2004) | | J.M. Barrie |
Portrayed by Johnny Depp
| Fire Over England (1937) | | Elizabeth I |
Focuses on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada
| Fong Sai Yuk (1993) | | Fong Sai Yuk |
Portrayed by Jet Li
| Frances (1982) | | Frances Farmer |
Portrayed by Jessica Lange
| Freedom Writers (2007) | | Erin Gruwell |
A freshman english teacher who compiled her students writings into her book "The Freedon Writer Diaries".
| Frontier Marshal (1939) | | Wyatt Earp |
Western starring Randolph Scott
| Frost/Nixon (2008) | | Richard Nixon and David Frost |
Portrayed by Frank Langella and Michael Sheen
| Funny Girl (1968) | | Fanny Brice |
Directed by William Wyler and starring Barbra Streisand
| Gandhi (1982) | | Mahatma Gandhi |
Portrayed by Ben Kingsley
| The Gathering Storm (2002) | | Winston Churchill |
Portrayed by Albert Finney
| The General (1998) | | Martin Cahill |
Portrayed by Brendan Gleeson
| Gentleman Jim (1943) | | James J. Corbett |
Based on the heavyweight boxing champ, starring Errol Flynn
| Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) | | Byron De La Beckwith |
Portrayed by James Woods
| Gie (2005) | | Soe Hok Gie |
Portrayed by Nicholas Saputra
| The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) | | Evelyn Nesbit |
Story of Stanford White a wealthy older man and Evelyn Nebit a 16 year old model and chorus girl.
| Girl, Interrupted (1999) | | Susanna Kaysen |
Portrayed by Winona Ryder
| Glory Road (2006) | | Don Haskins |
Portrayed by Josh Lucas
| Gods and Monsters (1998) | | James Whale |
Portrayed by Ian McKellen
| Goodfellows (1990) | | Henry Hill |
Follows the gangster, played by Ray Liotta and directed by Martin Scorsese
| Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) | | Edward R. Murrow |
Portrayed by David Strathairn
| The Good Shepherd (2006) | | James Jesus Angleton |
Portrayed by Matt Damon
| Gorillas in the Mist (1988) | | Dian Fossey |
Drama tells the story of the naturalist and her work in Rwanda; stars Sigourney Weaver
| Goya's Ghosts (2006) | | Francisco Goya |
Portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård
| Great Balls of Fire! (1989) | | Jerry Lee Lewis |
Starring Dennis Quaid
| The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) | | Francis Ouimet |
Story of the 1913 US Open, where 20-year-old Francis Ouimet defeated his idol, 1900 US Open champion, Englishman, Harry Vardon.
| The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) | | Jesus Christ |
Starring Max on Sydow
| The Great Imposter (1961) | | Ferdinand Waldo Demara |
Based on the 1959 book by Robert Chrichton, starring Tony Curtis
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) | | Dito Montiel |
Portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. (adult) and Shia LaBeouf (Younger)
| Hansie (2008) | | Hansie Cronje |
Portrayed by Frank Rautenbach
| Heartburn (1986) | | Nora Ephron and Carl Bernstein |
Portrayed by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson
| Heart Like a Wheel (1983) | | Shirley Muldowney |
Based on the life of the drag racing driver
| Heavenly Creatures (1994) | | Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme |
Portrayed by Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet
| Henry & June (1990) | | Anaïs Nin |
Directed by Philip Kaufman
| Henry & June (1990) | | Henry Miller |
Tells the story of Anaïs Nin's relationship with Miller and his wife June
| Henry V (1989) | | Henry V of England |
Portrayed by Kenneth Branagh
| Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) | | Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn |
Portrayed by Keith Michell and Charlotte Rampling
| Hidalgo (2004) | | Frank Hopkins |
Recognized by his contemporaries as both an accomplished distance rider and an activist for the preservation of the Mustang
| Hilary and Jackie (1998) | | Hilary and Jacqueline Du Pré |
Portrayed by Rachel Griffiths and Emily Watson
| The Hoax (2007) | | Clifford Irving |
Portrayed by Richard Gere
| Hollywoodland (2006) | | George Reeves |
Portrayed by Ben Affleck
| Hotel Rwanda (2004) | | Paul Rusesabagina |
Ordinary hotel manager summons courage to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees during the Rwandan Genocide.
| Hunger (2008) | | Bobby Sands |
Award-winning film starring Michael Fassbender
| The Hurricane (1999) | | Rubin Carter |
Portrayed by Denzel Washington
| Hwang Jin Yi (2007) | | Hwang Jin Yi |
Portrayed by Song Hye Kyo
| I Dreamed of Africa (2000) | | Kuki Gallman |
Portrayed by Kim Basinger
| Il Divo (2008) | | Giulio Andreotti |
Portrayed by Toni Servillo
| Immortal Beloved (1994) | | Ludwig Van Beethoven |
Portrayed by Gary Oldman
| I'm Not There (2007) | | Bob Dylan |
Portrayed by Multiple Actors
| Impromptu (1991) | | Frédéric Chopin and George Sand |
Portrayed by Hugh Grant and Judy Davis
| Infamous (2006) | | Truman Capote |
Portrayed by Toby Jones
| The Informant! (2009) | | Mark Whitacre |
Portrayed by Matt Damon
| In His Life: The John Lennon Story (2000) | | John Lennon |
Portrayed by Philip McQuillan Phoenix
| In Love and War (1996) | | Ernest Hemingway |
Portrayed by Chris O'Donnell
| In The Name Of The Father (1993) | | Guildford Four |
Portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite
| The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) | | Gladys Aylward |
A tenacious British maid, who became a missionary in China during the tumultuous years leading up to World War II.
| The Insider (1999) | | Jeffrey Wigand |
Portrayed by Russell Crowe
| Interrupted Melody (1955) | | Marjorie Lawrence |
Tells the story of the Australian opera singer's struggle with polio
| In the Time Of Butterflies (2001) | | Minerva Mirabal |
Portrayed by Salma Hayek
| Into the Storm (2009) | | Winston Churchill |
Portrayed by Brendan Gleeson
| Invictus (2009) | | Nelson Mandela |
Portrayed by Morgan Freeman
| Iris (2001) | | Iris Murdoch |
Portrayed by Judi Dench (older) and Kate Winslet (young)
| Iron & Silk (1990) | | Mark Salzman |
Portrayed by Mark Salzman
| Isn't She Great (2000) | | Jacqueline Susann |
Portrayed by Bette Midler
| I Want to Live! (1958) | | Barbara Graham |
The film tells the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham, a prostitute, liar and drug addict.
| Jarhead (2005) | | Anthony Swofford |
Portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal
| Jinnah (1998) | | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
Portrayed by Christopher Lee
| Joe Gould's Secret (2000) | | Joe Gould |
Portrayed by Ian Holm
| The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002) | | Robert Evans |
Portrayed by Robert Evans
| The Killing Fields (1984) | | Dith Pran |
The experiences of three journalists during the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
| The Killing Fields (1984) | | Jon Swain |
British film, winner of three Academy Awards; directed by Roland Joffé
| The Killing Fields (1984) | | Sydney Schanberg |
Academy Award winning film starring Sam Waterston
| The Killing of John Lennon (2007) | | Mark David Chapman |
Portrayed by Jonas Ball
| The King (2007) | | Graham Kennedy |
Portrayed by Stephen Curry
| The King and I (1956) | | Anna Leonowens |
Musical film based on the book, "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon
| King Conqueror (2009) | | Pedro II of Aragon |
Portrayed by Tim Roth
| The King of Kings (1927) | | Jesus Christ |
Cecil B. DeMille silent movie
| Kinsey (2004) | | Alfred Kinsey |
Portrayed by Liam Neeson
| Kundun (1997) | | Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama |
Portrayed by Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, others
| Lady Jane (1986) | | Lady Jane Grey |
Portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter
| Lady Sings the Blues (1972) | | Billie Holliday |
Portrayed by Diana Ross
| The Last Emperor (1987) | | Pu-yi |
Directed by Bernardo Bertoluccci
| The Last King of Scotland (2006) | | Idi Amin |
Portrayed by Forest Whitaker
| The Last Station (2009) | | Leo Tolstoy |
German film based on novel by Jay Parini
| The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) | | Jesus Christ |
Portrayed by Willem Dafoe
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | | T. E. Lawrence |
Directed by David Lean and starring Peter O'Toole
| La Bamba (1987) | | Ritchie Valens |
Featuring Lou Diamond Phillips
| Lean on Me (1989) | | Joe Clark |
Loosely based on the life of an inner city high school principal; stars Morgan Freeman
| The Libertine (2005) | | John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester |
Portrayed by Johnny Depp
| Lies My Mother Told Me (2005) | | Elisa McNabney |
Killed her husband with an overdose of horse tranquilizers to cover up her embezellment of his business accounts.
| The Lion in Winter (1968) | | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
Starring Katharine Hepburn
| The Lion in Winter (1968) | | Henry II |
Based on a 1966 Broadway play; starring Peter O'Toole
| Lion of the Desert (1981) | | Omar Mukhtar |
Portrayed by Anthony Quinn
| Lisztomania (1975) | | Franz Liszt |
Directed by Ken Russell; one in a series of bio-films on classical composers
| Lorenzo's Oil (1992) | | Augusto and Michaela Odone |
Portrayed by Nick Nolte & Susan Sarandon
| La Reine Margot (1994) | | Queen Margot |
Portrayed by Isabelle Adjani
| Lumumba (2000) | | Patrice Lumumba |
Portrayed by Eriq Ebouaney
| Lust for Life (1956) | | Vincent Van Gogh |
From the novel; starring Kirk Douglas
| La Vie En Rose (2007) | | Édith Piaf |
Portrayed by Marion Cotillard
| The Madness of King George (1994) | | George III of the United Kingdom |
Portrayed by Nigel Hawthorne
| Marie (1985) | | Marie Ragghianti |
Portrayed by Sissy Spacek
| Mask (1985) | | Rocky Dennis |
Peter Bogdanovich film about the life and early death of a boy suffering from a rare disorder
| M. Butterfly (1993) | | René Gallimard |
Portrayed by Jeremy Irons
| Men of Honor (2000) | | Carl Brashear |
Portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr.
| A Man for All Seasons (1966) | | Sir Thomas More |
Based on Robert Bolt's play, starring Paul Scofield
| Midnight Express (1978) | | Billy Hayes |
Oliver Stone film about a student imprisoned in Turkey for smuggling hashish
| A Mighty Heart (2007) | | Mariane and Daniel Pearl |
Portrayed by Angelina Jolie and Dan Futterman
| Milk (2008) | | Harvey Milk |
Portrayed by Sean Penn
| Miracle (2004) | | Herb Brooks |
Portrayed by Kurt Russell
| The Miracle Worker (1962) | | Helen Keller |
Directed by Arthur Penn and starring Anne Bancroft who won an Oscar
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) | | Yukio Mishima |
Portrayed by Ken Ogata
| Missing (1982) | | Charles Horman |
Starring Jack Lemmon; story of a journalist in the aftermath of the Chilean coup of 1973
| Miss Potter (2006) | | Beatrix Potter |
Portrayed by Renée Zellweger
| Modigliani (2004) | | Amedeo Modigliani |
Portrayed by Andy Garcia
| Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) | | Lon Chaney |
Based on the life of the silent movie actor, starring James Cagney
| Moloch (1999) | | Adolf Hitler |
Portrayed by Leonid Mozgovoy
| Mommie Dearest (1981) | | Joan Crawford |
Cult classic starring Faye Dunaway
| Mongol (2007) | | Genghis Khan |
Portrayed by Tadanobu Asano
| Man on the Moon (1999) | | Andy Kaufman |
Portrayed by Jim Carrey
| Monster (2003) | | Aileen Wuornos |
Serial killer played by Charlize Theron
| The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) | | Che Guevara and Alberto Granado |
Portrayed by Gael García Bernal and Rodrigo de la Serna
| Moulin Rouge (1952) | | Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec |
Played touchingly by José Ferrer.
| Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) | | Laura Henderson |
Portrayed by Judi Dench
| Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) | | Dorothy Parker |
Portrayed by Jennifer Jason Leigh
| Murder in the First (1995) | | Henri Young |
Portrayed by Kevin Bacon
| Murder Unveiled (2005) | | Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu |
Portrayed by Anita Majumdar
| The Music Lovers (1970) | | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Based on a collection of person correspondence, directed by Ken Russell
| Music of the Heart (1999) | | Roberta Guaspari Demetras |
Portrayed by Meryl Streep
| My Left Foot (1989) | | Christy Brown |
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis
| The Nasty Girl (1990) | | Anna Rosmus |
Portrayed by Lena Stolze
| The New World (2005) | | John Smith and Pocahontas |
Portrayed by Colin Farrell and Q'Orianka Kilcher
| Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) | | Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra of Russia |
Portrayed by Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman
| Night and Day (1946) | | Cole Porter |
Starring Cary Grant
| Not Without My Daughter (1991) | | Betty Mahmoody |
Portrayed by Sally Field
| October Sky (1999) | | Homer Hickam |
Portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal
| Out of Africa (1985) | | Karen Blixen |
Loosely based on the autobiographical book by Isak Dinesen (pseudonym of Blixen)
| Papillon (1973) | | Henri Charrière |
Starring Steve McQueen
| Party Monster (2003) | | Michael Alig |
Portrayed by Macauley Culkin
| The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) | | Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden |
Portrayed by Helen Mirren and Eric Stoltz
| Patch Adams (1998) | | Hunter "Patch" Adams |
Portrayed by Robin Williams
| The Patriot (1928) | | Tsar Paul I of Russia |
Only pieces of this film are left; there is no complete copy. It is the only Best Picture nominee for which no complete or near-complete copy exists.
| Patty Hearst (1988) | | Patty Hearst |
Portrayed by Natasha Richardson
| The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996) | | Larry Flynt |
Portrayed by Woody Harrelson
| The Pianist (2002) | | Władysław Szpilman |
Portrayed by Adrien Brody
| Piñero (2001) | | Miguel Piñero |
Portrayed by Benjamin Bratt
| A Place In the Sun (1951) | | Chester Gilette |
Executed for drowning his pregnant girlfriend
| The Plainsman (1936) | | Wild Bill Hickok |
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper
| Pollock (2000) | | Jackson Pollock |
Portrayed by Ed Harris
| Pride of the Yankees (1942) | | Lou Gehrig |
Starring Gary Cooper
| Private Parts (1997) | | Howard Stern |
Based on the autobiographical book
| PT 109 (1963) | | John F. Kennedy |
Based on JFK in WWII, starring Cliff Robertson
| The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) | | Christopher Gardner |
The self-made millionare, entrepreneur and motivational speaker who struggled with homlessness while raising his toddler son.
| Quills (2000) | | Marquis De Sade |
Portrayed by Geoffrey Rush
| Quiz Show (1994) | | Charles Van Doren |
Portrayed by Ralph Fiennes
| Radio (2003) | | James Robert "Radio" Kennedy |
Based on the real-life story of South Carolina high school football coach Harold Jones and his mentally-challenged assistant, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy,
| Raging Bull (1980) | | Jake LaMotta |
Directed by Martin Scorsese
| Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996) | | Grigori Rasputin |
Portrayed by Alan Rickman
| Reds (1981) | | John Reed |
Starring Warren Beatty depicting the life of the chronicler of the Russian Revolution
| Requiem (2006) | | Anneliese Michel |
Portrayed by Sandra Hüller
| Rescue Dawn (2007) | | Dieter Dengler |
Portrayed by Christian Bale
| Restoration (1995) | | Charles II of England |
Portrayed by Sam Neill
| The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) | | Arnaud Du Tilh |
Story of 16th century identity theft, starring Gérard Depardieu
| Reversal of Fortune (1990) | | Claus Von Bulow |
Adapted from the 1985 book by Alan Dershowitz
| Riding in Cars With Boys (2001) | | Beverly D'Onofrio |
Portrayed by Drew Barrymore
| Rob Roy (1995) | | Robert Roy MacGregor |
Portrayed by Liam Neeson
| Rudy (1993) | | Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger |
Portrayed by Sean Astin
| Running With Scissors (2006) | | Augusten Burroughs |
Portrayed by Joseph Cross
| Saint-Ex (1997) | | Antoine De Saint-Exupéry |
Portrayed by Bruno Ganz
| Saint Joan (1957) | | Joan of Arc |
Portrayed by Jean Seberg
| The Scarlet Empress (1934) | | Catherine the Great |
Starring Marlene Dietrich
| Schindler's List (1993) | | Oskar Schindler |
Portrayed by Liam Neeson
| Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) | | Joshua Waitzkin |
Portrayed by Max Pomeranc
| The Sea Inside (2004) | | Ramon Sampedro |
Portrayed by Javier Bardem
| Seven Years in Tibet (1997) | | Heinrich Harrer |
Portrayed by Brad Pitt
| Shadowlands (1993) | | C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham |
Portrayed by Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger
| Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | | F.W. Murnau and Max Schreck |
Portrayed by John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe
| Shake Hands With the Devil (2007) | | Romeo Dallaire |
Portrayed by Roy Dupuis
| Shattered Glass (2003) | | Stephen Glass |
Portrayed by Hayden Christensen
| Shine (1996) | | David Helfgott |
Portrayed by Geoffrey Rush and Noah Taylor
| Silkwood (1983) | | Karen Silkwood |
Portrayed by Meryl Streep
| The Singer (2007) | | Hector Lavoe |
Portrayed by Raul Carbonell
| Skin (2009) | | Sandra Laing |
Canadian film about a South African woman during the apartheid era; directed by Anthony Fabian
| The Soloist (2009) | | Nathaniel Ayers |
Musician develops schizophrenia and becomes homeless; starring Jamie Foxx
| Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) | | Rocky Graziano |
Based on the life of the middleweight boxing champion
| Something The Lord Made (2004) | | Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas |
Portrayed by Alan Rickman and Mos Def
| Song of Love (1947) | | Clara and Robert Schumann |
Starring Katharine Hepburn and Paul Henreid
| Song of Norway (1970) | | Edvard Grieg |
Adaptation of an operetta of the same name, directed by Andrew L. Stone
| A Song to Remember (1945) | | Frédéric Chopin |
Starring Cornel Wilde
| Song Without End (1960) | | Franz Liszt |
Portrayed by Dirk Bogarde
| The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) | | Charles Lindbergh |
Starring James Stewart, directed by Billy Wilder
| Stand and Deliver (1988) | | Jaime Escalante |
About a dedicated high school teacher; portrayed by Edward James Olmos
| Steal This Movie (2000) | | Abbie Hoffman |
Portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio
| Stoned (2005) | | Brian Jones |
Portrayed by Leo Gregory
| The Story of Adele H. (1975) | | Adèle Hugo |
Portrayed by Isabelle Adjani
| The Straight Story (1999) | | Alvin Straight |
Portrayed by Richard Farnsworth
| The Sun (2005) | | Emperor Hirohito |
Portrayed by Issei Ogata
| Sunrise at Campobello (1960) | | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
Starring Ralph Bellamy
| Surviving Picasso (1996) | | Pablo Picasso |
Portrayed by Anthony Hopkins
| Sweet Dreams (1985) | | Patsy Cline |
Based upon the country music singer; starring Jessica Lange
| Swimming Upstream (2003) | | Tony Fingleton |
Portrayed by Jesse Spencer
| Sybil (1976) | | Shirley Ardell Mason |
Documenting the life of a psychiatric patient; starring Sally Field
| Taurus (2001) | | Vladimir Lenin |
Portrayed by Leonid Mozgovoy
| The Temptations (1998) | | The Temptations |
Portrayed by Leon, Terron Brooks, D.B. Woodside
| The Ten Commandments (1923) | | Moses |
Starring Theodore Roberts
| The Ten Commandments (1956) | | Moses |
Dramatization of the biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince-turned deliverer of the Hebrew slaves.
| They Died With Their Boots On (1941) | | George Armstrong Custer |
Starring Errol Flynn
| The Three Faces of Eve (1957) | | Chris Costner Sizemore |
Adaptation of a book; Academy Award for Joanne Woodward
| Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) | | Jerome Kern |
Starring Robert Walker
| To Hell and Back (1955) | | Audie Murphy |
Based on the autobiography; starred Audie Murphy (most decorated US soldier in WWII)
| Tom & Viv (1994) | | T. S. Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood |
Portrayed by Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson
| Total Eclipse (1995) | | Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine |
Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and David Thewlis
| Touching the Void (2003) | | Joe Simpson |
Portrayed by Brendan Mackey
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) | | Preston Tucker |
Portrayed by Jeff Bridges
| The Untouchables (1987) | | Al Capone |
Robert De Niro as Capone
| The Untouchables (1987) | | Eliot Ness |
Featuring Kevin Costner as Ness; directed by Brian De Palma
| Valkyrie (2008) | | Col. Claus Von Stauffenberg |
Portrayed by Tom Cruise
| Vincent & Theo (1990) | | Vincent Van Gogh and Theo Van Gogh |
Portrayed by Tim Roth and Paul Rhys
| The Virgin Queen (1955) | | Elizabeth I |
Historical drama starring Bette Davis
| W. (2008) | | George W. Bush |
Directed by Oliver Stone
| Walk the Line (2005) | | Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash |
Portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon
| The Westerner (1940) | | Judge Roy Bean |
An eccentric U.S. saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Law West of the Pecos".
| What's Love Got to Do With It? (1993) | | Ike and Tina Turner |
Portrayed by Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett
| Wild Bill (1995) | | Wild Bill Hickok |
Portrayed by Jeff Bridges
| The Wild Child (1970) | | Victor of Aveyron |
Portrayed by Jean-Pierre Cargol
| Without Limits (1998) | | Steve Prefontaine |
Portrayed by Billy Crudup
| Wonderland (2003) | | John Holmes |
Portrayed by Val Kilmer
| The World's Fastest Indian (2005) | | Burt Munro |
Portrayed by Anthony Hopkins
| Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) | | George M. Cohan |
Starring James Cagney
| Young Catherine (1991) | | Catherine the Great |
Portrayed by Julia Ormond
| Young Guns (1988) | | Billy the Kid |
Fictionalized retelling of the Kid's adventures; starring Emilio Estevez
| Young Man With a Horn (1950) | | Bix Beiderbecke |
Based on the biographical novel of the same name
| Zodiac (2007) | | Robert Graysmith |
Haunted the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960's.
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