Monday, November 28, 2022

Biographical Films: Royalty Biopics


Subjects Listed in Chronological Order of Ascension or Birth

 

🅐 Animated Film

🅑 Best Picture Winner

🅒 Criterion Release

🅕 Foreign Language Film

🅝 National Film Registry Selection

🅢 Silent Film

🅣 Television Production


ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Alexander the Great (1956)

Alexander (2009)


JULIUS CAESAR

Julius Caesar (1953)

Julius Caesar (1970)


CLEOPATRA VII

Cleopatra (1912) 🅢

Cleopatra (1934)

Cleopatra (1963)


CAESAR AUGUSTUS

Augustus 🅣

Empire 🅣


CALIGULA

Caligula 


CLAUDIUS

I, Claudius 🅣


HENRY II OF ENGLAND

Becket

The Lion in Winter


GENGHIS KHAN

The Conqueror


HENRY V OF ENGLAND

Henry V (1944) 🅒

Henry V (1989)

The King (2019) 


RICHARD III OF ENGLAND

Richard III (1955) 🅒

Richard III (1995)


HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND

Henry VIII 🅣

The Private Life of Henry VIII 

The Six Wives of Henry VIII 🅣

The Tudors 🅣


MARY TUDOR, QUEEN OF FRANCE

When Knighthood Was in Flower


ANNE BOLEYN

Anna Boleyn 🅢

Anne of the Thousand Days

The Other Boleyn Girl (2003) 🅣

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)


LADY JANE GREY

Lady Jane


MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary of Scotland

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)

Mary Queen of Scots (2018)


CZAR IVAN IV

Ivan the Terrible Part I 🅒🅕

Ivan the Terrible Part II 🅒🅕


QUEEN ELIZABETH I

Elizabeth

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth I 🅣

Fire Over England

The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex

The Virgin Queen

Young Bess


CZAR PETER I

Peter the Great 🅣


CAROLINE MATILDA, QUEEN OF DENMARK

A Royal Affair


CHRISTINA, QUEEN OF SWEDEN

The Abdication

Queen Christina


CHARLES II OF ENGLAND

Restoration


ANNE, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN

The Favourite


GEORGE III OF GREAT BRITAIN

The Madness of King George


CZARINA CATHERINE II

Catherine the Great (1995) 🅣

Catherine the Great (2019) 🅣

The Great 🅣

The Rise of Catherine the Great 🅒

The Scarlet Empress 🅒

Young Catherine 🅣


MARIE ANTOINETTE

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Marie Antoinette (2006)


SHAKA ZULU

Shaka Zulu 🅣


QUEEN VICTORIA

Mrs. Brown

Sixty Glorious Years

Victoria 🅣

Victoria & Abdul

Victoria & Albert 🅣

Victoria in Dover (The Story of Vicky) 🅕

Victoria the Great

The Young Victoria


CZAR NICHOLAS II

The Last Czars 🅣

Nicholas and Alexandra


ALEXANDRA, CZARINA OF RUSSIA

Rasputin and the Empress


GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA ROMANOVA

Anastasia (1956)

Anastasia (1997) 🅐

Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna 🅣


EMPEROR PU YI OF CHINA

The Last Emperor 🅑🅒


PRINCE JOHN OF WINDSOR

The Lost Prince 🅣


SERETSE KHAMA

A United Kingdom


EDWARD VIII, THE DUKE OF WINDSOR

Edward and Mrs. Simpson 🅣

W.E.

Wallis and Edward 🅣

The Woman He Loved 🅣 


GEORGE VI OF GREAT BRITAIN

Bertie and Elizabeth 🅣

The King's Speech 🅑


PRINCESSES ELIZABETH & MARGARET OF WINDSOR

A Royal Night Out


QUEEN ELIZABETH II

The Crown 🅣

The Queen


THE PRINCESS MARGARET, COUNTESS OF SNOWDON

The Queen's Sister 🅣


PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO

Grace of Monaco 🅣


CHARLES III OF GREAT BRITAIN

Whatever Love Means 🅣


DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 🅣

Diana (2013)

Diana: Her True Story 🅣

Diana: The Musical 🅣

Princess in Love 🅣

The Royal Romance of Charles & Diana 🅣

Spencer 


WILLIAM, PRINCE OF WALES

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance 🅣

William & Kate 🅣


HENRY, DUKE OF SUSSEX

Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal 🅣

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance 🅣


Sunday, November 27, 2022

Biographical Films: Presidential Biopics

 

Presidents Listed in Chronological Order. 


🅑 Best Picture Winner

🅒 Criterion Release

🅝 National Film Registry

 🅣 Television Movie/Miniseries


JOHN ADAMS

John Adams 🅣


THOMAS JEFFERSON

Jefferson in Paris

Sally Hemming: An American Scandal 🅣


ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

Gore Vidal's Lincoln 🅣

Lincoln 

Sandburg's Lincoln 🅣

Young Mr. Lincoln 🅒🅝


ANDREW JOHNSON

Tennessee Johnson


WOODROW WILSON

Wilson


FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Atlantic Crossing 🅣

Eleanor & Franklin 🅣

Eleanor & Franklin: The White House Years 🅣

Hyde Park on the Hudson

Sunrise at Campobello

Warm Springs 🅣


HARRY S. TRUMAN

Give 'Em Hell, Harry

Truman 🅣


DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Ike: Countdown to D-Day 🅣


JOHN F. KENNEDY

JFK: Reckless Youth 🅣

Kennedy 🅣

PT-109

Thirteen Days


LYNDON B. JOHNSON

All the Way 🅣

LBJ 


RICHARD M. NIXON

Frost/Nixon

Nixon

Secret Honor 🅒


RONALD REAGAN

Reagan

The Reagans 🅣


GEORGE W. BUSH

D.C. 9/11: Time of Crisis 🅣

W. 


BARACK OBAMA

Southside with You


DONALD TRUMP

The Apprentice

Trump Unauthorized 🅣

Saturday, November 26, 2022

Biographical Films Catalog: A to F Surname or Penname


🅐 Animated Film

 🅑 Best Picture Winner 

🅒 Criterion Release

🅕 Foreign Language Film

🅝 National Film Registry Selection

🅢 Silent Film

 🅣 Television Movie/Miniseries


HAROLD ABRAMS & ERIC LIDDELL

Chariots of Fire 🅑


GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER

The Winning Team


MOHAMMED ALI

Ali


IDI AMIN

The Last King of Scotland


NEAL ARMSTRONG

First Man


JULIAN ASSANGE

The Fifth Estate


MARIA ALTMANN

Woman in Gold


JOSEPHINE BAKER

The Josephine Baker Story 🅣


TAMMY FAYE BAKKER

The Eyes of Tammy Faye


LUCILLE BALL & DESI ARNAZ

Being the Ricardos

Lucy 🅣

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter 🅣


BRIAN BANKS

Brian Banks


P.T. BARNUM

The Greatest Showman


SIR JAMES M. BARRIE

Finding Neverland


SYDNEY BIDDLE BARROWS

Mayflower Madam 🅣


DIANA BARRYMORE

Too Much, Too Soon


L. FRANK BAUM

The Dreamer of Oz 🅣


JEFF BAUMAN

Stronger


EDITH EWING BOUVIER BEALE & 

EDITH BOUVIER BEALE

Grey Gardens 🅣


ROY BEAN

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean


BILLY BEANE

Moneyball


SAINT THOMAS BECKET

Becket


JORDAN BELFORD

The Wolf of Wall Street


DIDO ELIZABETH BELLE

Belle


LEONARD & FELICIA BERNSTEIN

Maestro


THE BIELSKI BROTHERS

Defiance


JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES

Chevalier


NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon (2023) 


CORRIE TEN BOOM

The Hiding Place


LIZZIE BORDEN

The Legend of Lizzie Borden 🅣


FANNY BRICE

Funny Girl 🅒🅝

Funny Lady


SAROO BRIERLY

Lion


BETTY BRODERICK

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick: The Final Chapter 🅣

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story 🅣


ERIN BROCKOVICH

Erin Brockovich


CHRISTY BROWN

My Left Foot


JAMES BROWN

Get On Up


MARGARET "MOLLY" BROWN

The Unsinkable Molly Brown


CALAMITY JANE (MARTHA JANE CANARY)

Calamity Jane


CANTINFLAS (MARIO MORENO)

Cantinflas 🅕


TRUMAN CAPOTE

Capote

Infamous


GIA MARIE CARANGI

Gia 🅣


RUBEN CARTER

The Hurricane


JOHNNY & JUNE CARTER CASH

Walk the Line


VERNON & IRENE CASTLE

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle


ROBIN CAVENDISH

Breathe


SIR CHARLES CHAPLIN

Chaplin


RAY CHARLES

Ray


HENRI CHARRIERE

Papillon (1973)

Papillon (2018)


CESAR CHAVEZ

Cesar Chavez


RICHARD "DICK" CHENEY

Vice


DAME AGATHA CHRISTIE

Agatha


SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

Churchill

Churchill's Secret 🅣

Darkest Hour (2017)

The Gathering Storm 🅣

Young Winston


EL CID (RODRIGO DIAZ DE VIVAR)

El Cid


PATSY CLINE

Patsy & Loretta 🅣

Sweet Dreams


TY COBB

Cobb


GEORGE M. COHAN

Yankee Doodle Dandy


COLETTE 

(SIDONIE-GABRIELE COLETTE)

Colette


CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

1492: Conquest of Paradise

Christopher Columbus (1949)

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery


GERRARD CONLEY

Boy Erased


ROBERT "BOB" CRANE

Auto-Focus


JOAN CRAWFORD

Feud: Bette and Joan 🅣

Mommie Dearest


MADAME MARIE CURIE

Madame Curie

Radioactive


IAN CURTIS

Control


HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA

Kundun


DOROTHY DANDRIDGE

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 🅣


BOBBY DARIN

Beyond the Sea


BETTE DAVIS

Feud: Bette and Joan 🅣


MILES DAVIS

Miles Ahead


JAMES DEAN

James Dean 🅣


SISTER JEANNE DECKERS

The Singing Nun


GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE

The Duchess


CHARLES DICKENS

The Man Who Invented Christmas


EMILY DICKINSON

A Quiet Passion


JOHN DILLINGER

Public Enemies


ISAK DINESEN (BARONESS KAREN VON BLIXEN)

Out of Africa 🅑


BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD

Disraeli (1929)

Disraeli (1978) 🅣

The Prime Minister


SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

Seven Seas to Calais


JEANNE, COMPTESS DU BARRY

Madame Du Barry


ROBERTO DURAN

Hands of Stone


AMELIA EARHART

Amelia


THOMAS EDISON

Edison, The Man

Young Tom Edison


MICHAEL "EDDIE" EDWARDS

Eddie the Eagle


JAIME ESCALANTE

Stand and Deliver


SAINT JOSEMARIA ESCRIBA

There Be Dragons


RUTH ETTING

Love Me or Leave Me


PERCY FAWCETT

The Lost City of Z


ENZO FERRARI 

Ferrari


BOBBY FISCHER 

Pawn Sacrifice


FATHER EDWARD FLANAGAN

Boys Town


BETTY FORD

The Betty Ford Story 🅣


ROBERT "BOB" FOSSE

Fosse/Vernon 🅣


DIAN FOSSEY

Gorillas in the Mist


THE FOUR SEASONS

Jersey Boys


ANNE FRANK

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

The Diary of Anne Frank (2009)


ARETHA FRANKLIN

Respect


SIGMUND FREUD

Freud (Freud: The Secret Passion)

Freud's Last Session