Best ever biopics

1 CHAPLIN

2 PRICK UP YOUR EARS


3 ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN


4 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

5 CASINO


6 SERPICO



7 GANDHI



8 THE AVIATOR

9 MILK





10, BOOGIE NIGHTS


11. STUDIO 54
12 WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
13 ROBIN HOOD

14. BEN HUR.

C.B. DeMille Biopic (2013)

Gotta use a different image hosting service for most of those.

Also, I don't think you can list a movie that hasn't come out yet. Otherwise I'm listing the possible future biopic about me, The Legend of Christopher Bowyer, Coolest Handsomey Man In History, scheduled for release in 2036.

a big movie about Cecile B Demille is bound to be amazingly good.

Why use a different image host?
I tried to read your arc de triumphe the other day
too interlectual for me.

Cause I cant see any of the pic's LOL

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i can see them, i must have a special gift.

Maybe you would be so kind as to write the list also, I can only see 3 pictures, Milk, Aviator & Serpico.

Well heck, why even see it, then?

Most are broken.

The gift of them being cached on your hard drive already.

Nice. This sentence is both a statement and its own explanation, all in one.

is it about super heroes as character arcs
representing the changing archie types,
as political social attitudes change to war heroes and gay men?

I see 3 pics as well. Anyways getting back on topic, I'd say it's a tight race between Ben-Hur and Casino. However, I have a lot of respect for Lawrence of Arabia. And I haven't seen some of the other greats (Gandhi, Chaplin, etc.)

Chaplin is the best as strictly a biopic.

"archie types." Man, you are an absolute quote machine.

What? No. What?

The essay is about the increasing demand for narrative momentum, what's spurring it, and the way the industry is responding.

narrative momentum?
you mean , no story, just action?
captain america was crap
and sickly looking- really bad disturbingsfx
cgi is becoming demonic in its wierd looking falsehoods
distorting human naturallness,
to the point of creating twisted nightmarish other world humans
there is something very dark about it-
demonic technology makes me feel queesy
worse than the excorcist.
narrative momentum?
yes it has that.
very badly.

No, narrative momentum is not a synonym for "action." If you want more detail, you'll have to read the essay. And if you want to discuss it, it has its own thread.

For now, let's stick to talking about all the incredible biopics that haven't been made but are definitely going to be great.

you mean story pace.
get on with it

The Hurricane!

At least 6 of the films first listed aren't biopics.

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Yeah, and where the hell is Ed Wood?!

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Damn, how did I forget about The Hurricane

And I am not comfortable with the definition of biopic without seeing:

Malcolm X
Centre Stage
Edvard Munch
The Elephant Man
The Last Emperor
Bonnie And Clyde
Raging Bull

Goodfellas
Raging Bull
Casino
A Beautiful Mind
Aviator
Ghandi
Milk
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Pianist


Boogie Nights wasn't based on a real person as far as I know. So how is that a biopic?

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