What is your favorite biographical movie. One of my favorite oldies is 'Thomas Edison, The Man' with Spencer Tracey.

Yankee Doodle Dandy, with James Cagney portraying George M. Cohan. Total cornball, but Cagney makes it worth watching over and over again.

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Frances starring Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer, Coal Miner's Daughter with Sissy Spacek, The Glen Miller Story, Lady Sings the Blues, Sid and Nancy, The Miracle Worker.

just to name a few!

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Has anyone seen "Tucker, A Man and His Dream" starring Jeff Bridges.

I was amazed at all the innovations this guy brought to the auto industry and was squashed by the big three.

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I liked "Chaplin". Robert Downey is quite talented. It's too bad what drugs have done to him.

I also like "Amadeus", though I think it's less biographical that others.

"The Ten Commandments" is superb, but I'd hesitate to consider it a biography of Moses.

I have seen all the movies mentioned so far and enjoyed them all. I loved Chaplin and I also liked the movied made for television on P.T. Barnum. I haven't seen 'Man In The Moon' yet, but I plan to. Kaufman was a real wacko.

Of all the ones i can think of off the top of my head, The Glenn Miller story takes the cake.

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I also liked the one about Abraham Lincoln who was portrayed by Sam Waterston.

I watched 'Thomas Edison, The Boy' yesterday (for the tenth time) and I still enjoy this great movie each and every time.

What else? "Marie Antoinette" starring Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power. This film is fascinating for a lot of reasons....it was the first film made by Shearer after the death of her husband, Irving Thalberg...Shearer credits her superlative dramatic scenes grieving for her guillotined husband and missing children on the fresh memories of Thalberg's death (these scenes are riveting in their realism...you can almost hear Shearer's heart breaking)...extravagance: this is a black and white film, yet the studio agreed to spectacular costumes, especially for Shearer. In one case, Shearer wears a floor length cape trimmed in fox fur...the studio had the fur customed dyed the same color as Shearer's eyes. The total cost was in the 6 figures, yet it appears in the film for all of one minute. Finally, the biography is very close to the real events in this tragic Queeen's life.

It's worth the price of a rental!

As for Lincoln Portrayals, the Henry Fonda turn in Young Mr. Lincoln is quite entertaining. (Robert Lowery as a juror: "J. Palmer Cass! I get it Mr. Lincoln! Jack Cass, Jackass!!") And then their was Raymond Massey In Abe Lincoln In Illinois.

And How about Lorenzo's Oil; Silkwood; Glory; In Cold Blood?

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I loved the Glenn Miller Story too! Jimmy Stewart and Glenn's music - an unbeatable combination.

I also loved the "Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" (starring Cicely Tyson). Oh gosh, now that I think of it, I'm not at all sure it was a real biography. Oh well...

Vendome, how could you forget your ALL TIME favorite bio-movie?
"Mommie Dearest" !!!!

...and there's:
Agony And the Ecstasy;
All The Presidents' Men;
Apollo 13;
Becket;
Elvis (w/Kurt Russell);
Fear Strikes out;
Five Penny's, The;
Insider, The;
JFK (about Garrison!);
Lust For Life;
Vincent & Theo...

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I don´t know if these would classify as exact biographies, but they´re movies based on real people and real events.

Braveheart
Amistad
Schindler´s List

...they moved me to tears, and

Erin Brokovich

...laughed my butt off! LOL

I'd vote for

"Dr Ehrlich's Magic Bullet"
"The Story Of Louis Pasteur"
"Reds"
"Lawrence Of Arabia"
"Birdman Of Alcatraz"
"Patton"
"Freud"
"Raging Bull"
"Pride Of The Yankees"

I enjoy the Glen Miller Story also. Add to that the Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, AND Marie Curie.

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I was cataloging my videos last night and one of them had all 3 of these:

The Pride of the Yankees

Fear Strikes Out

The Tuskegee Airmen

Kinda cool...my own "Bio Tape"

My favourite biographical movies are Elizabeth- even if some of the events in the movie didn't actually occur, it was still an awesome movie and I also liked Rob Roy

"Patton" remains my favorite.