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Contents

1 Before 1950

2 1950s

3 1960s

4 1970s

5 1980s

6 1990s

7 2000s

8 2010s

9 See also

10 References

Before 1950

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress

1900 Jeanne d'Arc Joan of Arc Bleuette Bernon

1905 The Life of Charles Peace Charles Peace Walter Haggar

1906 The Story of the Kelly Gang Ned Kelly Frank Mills

1909Origin of Beethoven's Moonlight

SonataLudwig van Beethoven Harry Baur

1909 The Life of Moses Moses Pat Hartigan

1909 Saul and DavidKing David Maurice Costello

King Saul William V. Ranous

1910 Pyotr Velikiy Peter the Great Pyotr Voinov

1911 Sweet Nell of Old DruryNell Gwyn Nellie Stewart

Charles II of England Augustus Neville

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1912 Custer's Last Fight George Armstrong Custer Francis Ford

1912 From the Manger to the Cross Jesus Robert Henderson-Bland

1913 Adrienne Lecouvreur Adrienne Lecouvreur Sarah Bernhardt

1913 Beating Back Al Jennings Al Jennings

1913The Life and Works of Richard

WagnerRichard Wagner Giuseppe Becce

1913 Sixty Years a Queen Queen Victoria Louie Henri

1914 Home, Sweet Home John Howard Payne Henry B. Walthall

1914 Judith of Bethulia Judith Blanche Sweet

1914 The Life of General Villa Pancho Villa Raoul Walsh

1915 Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale Elisabeth Risdon

1915 Mistress Nell Nell Gwyn Mary Pickford

1915 The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Henry B. Walthall

1916 David Garrick David Garrick Dustin Farnum

1916 Davy Crockett Davy Crockett Dustin Farnum

1916 Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli Dennis Eadie

1916 Joan the Woman Joan of Arc Geraldine Farrar

1917 Betsy Ross Betsy Ross Alice Brady

1917 Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Theda Bara

1917 The conqueror Sam Houston William Farnum

1917 The Fall of the RomanovsNicholas II of Russia Alfred Hickman

Alexandra Feodorovna Nance O'Neil

1917 The Lincoln Cycle Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin

1917 My Father Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin

1917 My Mother Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin

1917 Myself Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Chapin

1917 Rasputin, the Black Monk Grigori Rasputin Montagu Love

1918 Casanova Giacomo Casanova Alfréd Deésy

1918Men Who Have Made Love toMe

Mary MacLane Mary MacLane

1918The Life Story of David Lloyd

GeorgeNorman Page David Lloyd George

1918 Why America Will Win John J. Pershing Harris Gordon

1918 The Woman the Germans Shot Edith Cavell Julia Arthur

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1919 Deliverance Helen Keller Ann Mason

1919 The Fighting Roosevelts Theodore Roosevelt Herbert Bradshaw

1919 Private Peat Harold R. Peat Harold R. Peat

1920Das Schweigen am

StarnbergerseeLudwig II of Bavaria Ferdinand Bonn

1920 Headin' Home Babe Ruth Babe Ruth

1921 Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli George Arliss

1922 Dick Turpin's Ride to York Dick Turpin Matheson Lang

1922 Nero Nero Jacques Grétillat

1922 Peter the Great Peter the Great Emil Jannings

1922 A Prince of Lovers Lord Byron Howard Gaye

1923 Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Stuart Ivor Novello

1923 Columbus Christopher Columbus Fred Eric

1923Friedrich Schiller - EineDichterjugend

Friedrich Schiller Theodor Loos

1923 Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes Matheson Lang

1923 Landru, the Bluebeard of Paris Henri Désiré Landru Wilhelm Sichra

1923 The Little Napoleon Napoleon Egon von Hagen

1923 Paganini Niccolò Paganini Conrad Veidt

1923 The Ten Commandments Moses Theodore Roberts

1924 Beau Brummel Beau Brummel John Barrymore

1924The Dramatic Life of Abraham

LincolnAbraham Lincoln George A. Billings

1925 Karel Havlíček Borovský Karel Havlíček Borovský Jan W. Speerger

1926Davy Crockett at the Fall of the

AlamoDavy Crockett Cullen Landis

1926 Josef Kajetán Tyl Josef Kajetán Tyl Zdenek Stepánek

1926The Life Story of Charles

ChaplinCharlie Chaplin Chick Wango

1926 Nell Gwyn Nell Gwyn Dorothy Gish

1926 NelsonHoratio Nelson, 1st Viscount

NelsonCedric Hardwicke

1927 The King of Kings Jesus H. B. Warner

1927 The Loves of Casanova Giacomo Casanova Ivan Mozzhukhin

1927 Napoléon Napoleon Bonaparte Albert Dieudonné

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1928 Dream of Love Adrienne Lecouvreur Joan Crawford

1928 Luther Martin Luther Eugen Klöpfer

1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Renée Jeanne Falconetti

1928 The Patriot Tsar Paul I of Russia Emil Jannings

1929 Die Königsloge Edmund Kean Alexander Moissi

1928 Tracy the Outlaw Harry Tracy Jack Hoy

1928 Una nueva y gloriosa nación Manuel Belgrano Francis X. Bushman

1929 Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli George Arliss

1929 Pierwsza milosc Kosciuszki Tadeusz Kościuszko Sykstus Lewicki

1930 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Walter Huston

1930 Billy the Kid Billy the Kid Johnny Mack Brown

1930 Dreyfus Alfred Dreyfus Fritz Kortner

1930 A Lady's Morals Jenny Lind Grace Moore

1930 The Loves of Robert Burns Robert Burns Joseph Hislop

1930Ludwig der Zweite, König von

BayernLudwig II of Bavaria William Dieterle

1931 Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton George Arliss

1931 Dreyfus Alfred Dreyfus Cedric Hardwicke

1931 A Portuguesa de Nápoles Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel Maria do Ceu Foz

1931 Yorck Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg Werner Krauss

1932 El canto del ruiseñor Julián Gayarre José Romeu

1932 House of Death Fyodor Dostoyevsky Nikolai Khmelyov

1932 Jenny Lind Jenny Lind Grace Moore

1932 Rasputin and the EmpressAlexandra Feodorovna Ethel Barrymore

Grigori Rasputin Lionel Barrymore

1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII Henry VIII Charles Laughton

1933 Queen Christina Queen Christina of Sweden Greta Garbo

1933 Voltaire Voltaire George Arliss

1934 The Barretts of Wimpole StreetElizabeth Barrett Browning Norma Shearer

Robert Browning Fredric March

1934 Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Claudette Colbert

1934 The House of Rothschild Mayer Rothschild George Arliss

1934 The Iron DukeArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of

Wellington

George Arliss

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1934 Love Time Franz Schubert Nils Asther

1934 The Mighty Barnum P. T. Barnum Wallace Beery

1934 Nell Gwynn Nell Gwynn Anna Neagle

1934 The Rise of Catherine the Great Catherine II of Russia Elisabeth Bergner

1934 The Scarlet Empress Catherine II "The Great" of Russia Marlene Dietrich

1934 Strauss' Great WaltzJohann Strauss II Esmond Knight

Johann Strauss I Edmund Gwenn

1934 Unfinished Symphony Franz Schubert Hans Jaray

1934 Viva Villa! Pancho Villa Wallace Beery

1934 Waltzes from Vienna Johann Strauss II Esmond Knight

1934 Za ranních cervánku Josef Dobrovský Karel Hasler

1935 Annie Oakley Annie Oakley Barbara Stanwyck

1935 Clive of India Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive Ronald Colman

1935 Das Mädchen Johanna Joan of Arc Angela Salloker

1935 Diamond Jim Diamond Jim Brady Edward Arnold

1935 Drake the Pirate Francis Drake Matheson Lang

1935 Harmony Lane Stephen Foster Douglass Montgomery

1935 Milan Rastislav Štefánik Milan Rastislav Štefánik Zvonimir Rogoz

1935 Napoléon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte Albert Dieudonné

1935 The Story of Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur Paul Muni

1936 Bocage Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage Raul de Carvalho

1936 Daniel Boone Daniel Boone George O'Brien

1936 The Great Ziegfeld Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. William Powell

1936 Hearts DividedElizabeth Patterson Bonaparte Marion Davies

Jérôme Bonaparte Dick Powell

1936 King August the Strong Augustus II the Strong Michael Bohnen

1936 Let's Go With Pancho Villa Pancho Villa Domingo Soler

1936 The Life and Loves of Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Harry Baur

1936 Mary of Scotland Mary, Queen of Scots Katharine Hepburn

1936 The Plainsman Wild Bill Hickok Gary Cooper

1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island Samuel Mudd Warner Baxter

1936 Rembrandt Rembrandt Charles Laughton

1936 Rhodes of Africa Cecil Rhodes Walter Huston

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1936 Robin Hood of El Dorado Joaquin Murrieta Warner Baxter

1936 The White Angel Florence Nightingale Kay Francis

1937 Auld Lang Syne Robert Burns Andrew Cruickshank

1937 Fire Over England Elizabeth I of England Flora Robson

1937 The Great Garrick David Garrick Brian Aherne

1937 The Great John Ericsson John Ericsson Victor Sjöström

1937 La paloma Charlotte of Belgium Medea de Novara

1937 Lenin in October Vladimir Lenin Boris Shchukin

1937 The Life of Émile Zola Émile Zola Paul Muni

1937 Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell Clark Gable

1937 Peter the First Peter the Great Nikolai Simonov

1937 The Toast of New York James Fisk Edward Arnold

1937 Victoria the Great Queen Victoria Anna Neagle

1937 William Tindale William Tyndale Alan Wheatley

1937 Young Pushkin Alexander Pushkin Valentin Litovsky

1938 Adrienne Lecouvreur Adrienne Lecouvreur Yvonne Printemps

1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo Marco Polo Gary Cooper

1938 Alexander Nevsky Alexander Nevsky Nikolay Cherkasov

1938 Boys Town Edward J. Flanagan Spencer Tracy

1938 The Childhood of Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorky Aleksei Lyarsky

1938 The Great Waltz Johann Strauss II Fernand Gravey

1938 The Life of Chopin Frédéric Chopin Frank Henderson

1938 Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Norma Shearer

1938 That Mothers Might Live Ignaz Semmelweis Shepperd Strudwick

1938 Pugachev Yemelyan Pugachev Yevgeny Matveyev

1938 Rasputin Grigori Rasputin Harry Baur

1938 Saint Theresa of Lisieux Thérèse of Lisieux Irène Corday

1938 Sixty Glorious Years Queen Victoria Anna Neagle

1939 Conquest of Peter the Great Peter the Great Nikolai Simonov

1939 The Flying Irishman Douglas Corrigan Douglas Corrigan

1939 Frontier Marshal Wyatt Earp Randolph Scott

1939 The Great Victor Herbert Victor Herbert Allan Jones

1939 Immortal Waltz Johann Strauss I Paul Hörbiger

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1939 Immortal Waltz Johann Strauss I Paul Hörbiger

1939 Jesse James Jesse James Tyrone Power

1939 Juarez Benito Juárez Paul Muni

1939 Kaiss wa leilaQays Badr Lama

Layla Al-Aamiriya Amina Rizk

1939 Lenin in 1918 Vladimir Lenin Boris Shchukin

1939 The Mad Empress Charlotte of Belgium Medea de Novara

1939 Man of Conquest Sam Houston Richard Dix

1939 Mulan Joins the Army Hua Mulan Chen Yunchang

1939 Nurse Edith Cavell Edith Cavell Anna Neagle

1939 On His Own Maxim Gorky Aleksei Lyarsky

1939The Private Lives of Elizabeth

and Essex

Elizabeth I of England Bette Davis

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of

EssexErrol Flynn

1939Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des

TodesRobert Koch Emil Jannings

1939The Story of Alexander GrahamBell

Alexander Graham Bell Don Ameche

1939The Story of Vernon and Irene

Castle

Vernon Castle Fred Astaire

Irene Castle Ginger Rogers

1939 Young Mr. Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Henry Fonda

1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois Abraham Lincoln Raymond Massey

1940 Bismarck Otto von Bismarck Paul Hartmann

1940 Brigham Young Brigham Young Dean Jagger

1940 Confcius Confucius Tang Huaiqiu

1940 Das Herz der Königin Mary, Queen of Scots Zarah Leander

1940 A Dispatch from Reuter's Paul Reuter Edward G. Robinson

1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Paul Ehrlich Edward G. Robinson

1940 Edison, the Man Thomas A. Edison Spencer Tracy

1940 The Heart of a Queen Mary, Queen of Scots Zarah Leander

1940 Kit Carson Kit Carson Jon Hall

1940 Knute Rockne, All American Knute Rockne Pat O'Brien

1940 Lillian Russell Lillian Russell Alice Faye

1940 Lady with Red Hair Mrs. Leslie Carter Miriam Hopkins

1940 Rambrandt Rembrandt Jules Verstraete

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1940 The Return of Frank James Frank James Henry Fonda

1940 The Rothschilds Nathan Mayer Rothschild Carl Kuhlmann

1940 Santa Fe Trail J.E.B. Stuart Errol Flynn

1940 Semmelweis Ignaz Semmelweis Tivadar Uray

1940 Swanee River Stephen Foster Don Ameche

1940 The Westerner Judge Roy Bean Walter Brennan

1940 Young Tom Edison Thomas A. Edison Mickey Rooney

1941 Belle Starr Belle Starr Gene Tierney

1941 Blossoms in the Dust Edna Gladney Greer Garson

1941 Carl Peters Karl Peters Hans Albers

1941 Die schwedische Nachtigall Jenny Lind Ilse Werner

1941 Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Gustaf Gründgens

1941 Hudson's BayPierre-Esprit Radisson Paul Muni

Médard des Groseilliers Laird Cregar

1941 Moi universitety Maxim Gorky Nikolai Valbert

1941 Ohm Krüger Paul Kruger Emil Jannings

1941 The Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli John Gielgud

1941 Sergeant York Alvin York Gary Cooper

1941 Suvorov Alexander Suvorov Nikolai Cherkasov-Sergeyev

1941 That Hamilton WomanEmma Hamilton Vivien Leigh

Lord Horatio Nelson Laurence Olivier

1941 Stepan Razin Stenka Razin Andrei Abrikosov

1941 They Died with Their Boots On George Armstrong Custer Errol Flynn

1941 You Will Remember Leslie Stuart Robert Morley

1942 Diesel Rudolf Diesel Willy Birgel

1942 The First of the Few R. J. Mitchell Leslie Howard

1942 Gentleman Jim James J. Corbett Errol Flynn

1942 The Great Mr. Handel George Frideric Handel Wilfrid Lawson

1942 Here Will I Nest Thomas Talbot John Sullivan

1942La Symphonie fantastique

Hector BerliozJean-Louis Barrault

1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe Shepperd Strudwick

1942 My Gal Sal Paul Dresser Victor Mature

1942 The Pride of the Yankees Lou Gehrig Gary Cooper

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1942 Rembrandt Rembrandt Ewald Balser

1942 Rossini Gioachino Rossini Nino Besozzi

1942 Simón Bolívar Simón Bolívar Julián Soler

1942 Tennessee Johnson Andrew Johnson Van Heflin

1942 Wen die Götter lieben Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hans Holt

1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy George M. Cohan James Cagney

1942 The Young Mr Pitt William Pitt the Younger Robert Donat

1943 Der Unendliche Weg Friedrich List Eugen Klöpfer

1943 Dixie Daniel Decatur Emmett Bing Crosby

1943 Forja de almas Andrés Manjón Raúl Cancio

1943 The Iron Major Frank Cavanaugh Pat O'Brien

1943 Is Everybody Happy? Ted Lewis Michael Duane

1943 Jack London Jack London Michael O'Shea

1943 Madame CurieMarie Curie Greer Garson

Pierre Curie Walter Pidgeon

1943 The Song of Bernadette Bernadette Soubirous Jennifer Jones

1943 Wien 1910 Karl Lueger Rudolf Forster

1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain Mark Twain Fredric March

1944 Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill Joel McCrea

1944 The Fighting Sullivans Sullivan brothers

1944 The Great Moment William T. G. Morton Joel McCrea

1944 Henry V Henry V of England Laurence Olivier

1944 The Hitler Gang Adolf Hitler Bobby Watson

1944 Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV of Russia Nikolay Cherkasov

1944 La Malibran Maria Malibran Geori-Boué

1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster Roger Touhy Preston Foster

1944Shine on Harvest Moon Nora Bayes Ann Sheridan

Jack Norworth Dennis Morgan

1944 Su mejor alumno Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Enrique Muiño

1944 Wilson Woodrow Wilson Alexander Knox

1944 Zoya Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Galina Vodyanitskaya

1945 Caesar and Cleopatra Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VIIClaude Rains and Vivien

Leigh

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1945 Captain Eddie Eddie Rickenbacker Fred MacMurray

1945 Captain Kidd William Kidd Charles Laughton

1945 Dillinger John Dillinger Lawrence Tierney

1945 The Dolly SistersJanszieka "Jenny" Dolly Betty Grable

Rozsika "Rosie" Dolly June Haver

1945 God Is My Co-Pilot Robert Lee Scott, Jr. Dennis Morgan

1945 Incendiary Blonde Texas Guinan Betty Hutton

1945 Pride of the Marines Al Schmid John Garfield

1945 Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin Robert Alda

1945 A Royal Scandal Catherine II of Russia Tallulah Bankhead

1945 A Song to Remember Frédéric Chopin Cornel Wilde

1946 Anna and the King of Siam Anna Leonowens Irene Dunne

1946 Camões Luís de Camões Antonio Vilar

1946 Devotion

Charlotte Brontë Olivia de Havilland

Emily Brontë Ida Lupino

Anne Brontë Nancy Coleman

1946 Gallant Journey John Joseph Montgomery Glenn Ford

1946 The Great Glinka Mikhail Glinka Boris Chirkov

1946 The Jolson Story Al Jolson Larry Parks

1946 The Magic Bow Niccolò Paganini Stewart Granger

1946 Night and Day Cole Porter Cary Grant

1946 The Magic Bow Niccolò Paganini Stewart Granger

1946 The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham Herbert Marshall

1946 Sister Kenny Elizabeth Kenny Rosalind Russell

1946 So Goes My Love Hiram Percy Maxim Don Ameche

1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Jerome Kern Robert Walker

1947 Albéniz Isaac Albéniz Pedro López Lagar

1947 The Fabulous Dorseys Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey

1947 Monsieur Vincent Vincent de Paul Pierre Fresnay

1947 My Wild Irish Rose Chancellor Olcott Dennis Morgan

1947 The Perils of Pauline Pearl White Betty Hutton

1947 Seine einzige Liebe Franz Schubert Franz Böheim

1947 Song of Love

Clara Schumann and Robert

Schumann

Katharine Hepburn and Paul

Henreid

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1947 Song of Scheherazade Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Jean-Pierre Aumont

1948 The Babe Ruth Story Babe Ruth William Bendix

1948 Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Stuart David Niven

1948 Brindis a Manolete Manolete Pedro Ortega

1948 El marqués de SalamancaJosé de Salamanca, 1st Count of

los LlanosFernando Aguirre

1948 The Iron Curtain Igor Gouzenko Dana Andrews

1948 Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Ingrid Bergman

1948The Lame Devil (Le Diable

boiteux)Talleyrand Sacha Guitry

1948 Macbeth Macbeth of Scotland Orson Welles

1948 Man to Men Henry Dunant Jean-Louis Barrault

1948 Saraband Philip Christoph von Königsmarck Stewart Granger

1948 The Mozart Story Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hans Holt

1948 Words and Music Richard Rodgers and Lorenz HartTom Drake and MickeyRooney

1949 Alexander Popov Alexander Stepanovich Popov Nikolay Cherkasov

1949 Almafuerte Pedro Bonifacio Palacios Narciso Ibáñez Menta

1949 Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Fredric March

1949 Docteur Laennec René Laennec Pierre Blanchar

1949 Eroica Ludwig van Beethoven Ewald Balser

1949 Heaven over the marshes Maria Goretti Inés Orsini

1949 Hen. Gregorio del Pilar Gregorio del Pilar Jose Padilla, Jr.

1949 Padre Burgos Jose Burgos Jaime de la Rosa

1949 Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov Aleksandr Borisov

1949 Jolson Sings Again Al Jolson Larry Parks

1949 Life of St. Paul Series Paul the Apostle Nelson Leigh

1949 Orpopojan valssi J. Alfred Tanner Sakari Halonen

1949 Samson and Delilah Samson and DelilahVictor Mature and Hedy

Lamarr

1949 The Stratton Story Monty Stratton James Stewart

1949 Young Girls of Vienna Karl Michael Ziehrer Willi Forst

1949 The Bad Lord Byron Lord Byron Dennis Price

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1950s

Year Film Subject(s)Lead actor or

actress

1950 Annie Get Your Gun Annie Oakley Betty Hutton

1950 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac José Ferrer

1950 The Jackie Robinson Story Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson

1950 Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Harold Tasker

1950 The Magnificent Yankee Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Louis Calhern

1950 Mussorgsky Modest Mussorgsky Aleksandr Borisov

1950 Over the Waves Juventino Rosas Pedro Infante

1950 The Petty Girl George Petty Robert Cummings

1950 Three Little WordsBert Kalmar Fred Astaire

Harry Ruby Red Skelton

1950 Young Daniel Boone Daniel Boone David Bruce

1950 Young Man with a Horn Bix Beiderbecke Kirk Douglas

1950 Zhukovsky Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky Yuri Yurovsky

1951 David and BathshebaKing David Gregory Peck

Bathsheba Susan Hayward

1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Field Marshal Erwin Rommel James Mason

1951 Diego Silang Diego Silang José Padilla, Jr.

1951 Follow the Sun Ben Hogan Glenn Ford

1951 The Great Caruso Enrico Caruso Mario Lanza

1951 I'd Climb the Highest Mountain William Asbury Thompson William Lundigan

1951 I Was an American Spy Claire Phillips Ann Dvorak

1951 I'll See You in My Dreams Gus Kahn Danny Thomas

1951 Jim Thorpe – All-American Jim Thorpe Burt Lancaster

1951 The Lady and the Bandit Dick Turpin Louis Hayward

1951 The Lady with the Lamp Florence Nightingale Anna Neagle

1951 The Magic Box William Friese-Greene Robert Donat

1951 Silver Glory D. W. Griffith John Newland

1951 Valentino Rudolph Valentino Anthony Dexter

1951 Wherever She Goes Eileen Joyce Suzanne Parrett

1952 Above and Beyond Paul Tibbets Robert Taylor

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1952 Blackbeard the Pirate Blackbeard Robert Newton

1952 Carbine Williams David Marshall Williams James Stewart

1952 Dr.Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Pierre Fresnay

1952The Girl in White Emily Barringer June Allyson

1952 Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Danny Kaye

1952 I Dream of Jeanie Stephen Foster Bill Shirley

1952 The Iron Mistress James Bowie Alan Ladd

1952 Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo Calle Jularbo Jan-Olof Lindstedt

1952 Million Dollar Mermaid Annette Kellerman Esther Williams

1952 Moulin Rouge Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec José Ferrer

1952 No Greater Love Bertha von Suttner Hilde Krahl

1952 The Pride of St. Louis Dizzy Dean Dan Dailey

1952 Procès au Vatican Thérèse of Lisieux France Descaut

1952 The Secret Conclave Pope Pius X Henri Vidon

1952 Somebody Loves MeBlossom Seeley Betty Hutton

Benny Fields Ralph Meeker

1952 Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa Clifton Webb

1952 The Story of Will Rogers Will Rogers Will Rogers, Jr.

1952 Taras Shevchenko Taras Shevchenko Sergei Bondarchuk

1952 Viva Zapata! Emiliano Zapata Marlon Brando

1952 The Winning Team Grover Cleveland Alexander Ronald Reagan

1952 With a Song in My Heart Jane Froman Susan Hayward

1952 The Young Caruso Enrico Caruso Ermanno Randi

1952 Young Chopin Frédéric Chopin Czeslaw Wollejko

1953 The Actress Ruth Gordon Jean Simmons

1953 Admiral Ushakov Fyodor Ushakov Ivan Pereverzev

1953 Belinsky Vissarion Belinsky Sergei Kurilov

1953 Calamity Jane Calamity Jane Doris Day

1953 ChaimiteLuís da Silva Mouzinho de

AlbuquerqueJacinto Ramos

1953 Crazylegs Elroy Hirsch Elroy Hirsch

1953 Dagohoy Francisco Dagohoy Mario Montenegro

1953 The Eddie Cantor Story Eddie Cantor Keefe Brasselle

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1953 Franz Schubert Franz Schubert Heinrich Schweiger

1953 Houdini Harry Houdini Tony Curtis

1953 The I Don't Care Girl Eva Tanguay Mitzi Gaynor

1953 The Joe Louis Story Joe Louis Coley Wallace

1953 Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Marlon Brando

1953 The Lawless Breed John Wesley Hardin Rock Hudson

1953 The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Pierre Cressoy

1953 Man of Music Mikhail Glinka Boris Smirnov

1953 Martin Luther Martin Luther Niall MacGinnis

1953 Melba Nellie Melba Patrice Munsel

1953 Puccini Giacomo Puccini Gabriele Ferzetti

1953 The President's LadyAndrew Jackson Charlton Heston

Rachel Donelson Robards Susan Hayward

1953 So This Is Love Grace Moore Kathryn Grayson

1953 The Story of Gilbert and SullivanW. S. Gilbert Robert Morley

Arthur Sullivan Maurice Evans

1953 Young Bess Elizabeth I of England Jean Simmons

1954 Beau Brummell Beau Brummell Stewart Granger

1954 The Bob Mathias Story Bob Mathias Bob Mathias

1954 Canaris Wilhelm Canaris O. E. Hasse

1954 Cuando me vaya María Grever Libertad Lamarque

1954 Deep in My Heart Sigmund Romberg José Ferrer

1954 Der Komödiant von Wien Alexander Girardi Karl Paryla

1954 Der rote PrinzArchduke Johann Salvator ofAustria (Johann Orth)

Peter Pasetti

1954 Desirée Désirée Clary Jean Simmons

Napoleon Bonaparte Marlon Brando

1954 El joven Juárez Benito Juárez Humberto Almazán

1954 Ernst Thälmann Ernst Thälmann Günther Simon

1954 The Eternal Waltz Johann Strauss II Bernhard Wicki

1954 The Glenn Miller Story Glenn Miller James Stewart

1954 His Majesty O'Keefe David O'Keefe Burt Lancaster

1954 John Wesley John Wesley Leonard Sachs

1954 Rimskiy-Korsakov Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Grigori Belov

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1954 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Miyamoto Musashi Toshirō Mifune

1954 Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben Ferdinand Sauerbruch Ewald Balser

1954 Seger i mörker Gustaf Dalén Olof Bergström

1955 Adriana Lecouvreur Adriana Lecouvreur Valentina Cortese

1955 Chief Crazy Horse Crazy Horse Victor Mature

1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Gary Cooper

1955 Ernst Thälmann Ernst Thälmann Günther Simon

1955 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Evelyn Nesbit Joan Collins

1955 Interrupted Melody Marjorie Lawrence Eleanor Parker

1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow Lillian Roth Susan Hayward

1955 Lapu-Lapu Lapu-Lapu Mario Montenegro

1955 The Last Command James Bowie Sterling Hayden

1955 Lola Montès Lola Montez Martine Carol

1955 The Long Gray Line Martin Maher Tyrone Power

1955 Love Me or Leave Me Ruth Etting Doris Day

1955 Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs Ludwig II of Bavaria O.W. Fischer

1955 Magic Fire Richard Wagner Alan Badel

1955 A Man Called Peter Peter Marshall Richard Todd

1955 Melodie immortali - Mascagni Pietro Mascagni Pierre Cressoy

1955 Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Oskar Werner

1955 Napoléon Napoleon

Daniel Gélin (Young)

Raymond Pellegrin(Older)

1955 Prince of Players Edwin Booth Richard Burton

1955 Richard III Richard III of England Laurence Olivier

1955 Road to Life Anton Makarenko Vladimir Yemelyanov

1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Miyamoto Musashi Toshirō Mifune

1955 Seven Angry Men John Brown Raymond Massey

1955 Seven Cities of Gold Junípero Serra Michael Rennie

1955 The Seven Little Foys Eddie Foy, Sr. Bob Hope

1955 Säkkijärven polkka Viljo Vesterinen Sakari Jurkka

1955 'To Hell and Back Audie Murphy Audie Murphy

1955 The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I of England Bette Davis

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1955 Wiegenlied Ernestine Schumann-Heink Osa Massen

1956 Alexander the Great Alexander the Great Richard Burton

1956 Ang buhay at pag-ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal José Rizal Eddie Del Mar

1956 The Benny Goodman Story Benny Goodman Steve Allen

1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free

Buddy DeSylva Gordon MacRae

Ray Henderson Dan Dailey

Lew Brown Ernest Borgnine

1956 Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer Daniel Boone Bruce Bennett

1956 The Eddy Duchin Story Eddy Duchin Tyrone Power

1956 The Conqueror Genghis Khan John Wayne

1956 Heneral Paua Heneral Paua Danilo Montes

1956 The King and I Anna Leonowens Deborah Kerr

1956 Lust for Life Vincent van Gogh Kirk Douglas

1956 Magic Fire Richard Wagner Alan Badel

1956 Reach for the Sky Douglas Bader Kenneth More

1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Miyamoto Musashi Toshirō Mifune

1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me Rocky Graziano Paul Newman

1956 The Ten Commandments Moses and Ramesses IICharlton Heston andYul Brynner

1956 Walk the Proud Land John Clum Audie Murphy

1957 After the Ball Vesta Tilley Patricia Kirkwood

1957 Alfonsina Alfonsina Storni Amelia Bence

1957 The Barretts of Wimpole StreetElizabeth Barrett Browning Jennifer Jones

Robert Browning Bill Travers

1957 Battle Hymn Dean Hess Rock Hudson

1957 Beau James Jimmy Walker Bob Hope

1957 The Buster Keaton Story Buster Keaton Donald O'Connor

1957 En drömmares vandring Dan Andersson Jarl Kulle

1957 Fear Strikes Out Jimmy Piersall Anthony Perkins

1957 The Flying Dutchman Anthony Fokker Ton Kuyl

1957 The Helen Morgan Story Helen Morgan Ann Blyth

1957 Jeanne Eagels Jeanne Eagels Kim Novak

1957 A Lesson in History Georgi Dimitrov Stefan Savov

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1957Made in Germany - Die dramatischeGeschichte des Hauses Zeiss

Ernst Abbe Carl Raddatz

1957 Mahnı belə yaranır Süleyman Stalski K. Slanov

1957 Man of a Thousand Faces Lon Chaney, Sr. James Cagney

1957 Monkey on My Back Barney Ross Cameron Mitchell

1957 Nine Lives Jan Baalsrud Jack Fjeldstad

1957 Rasskazy o LenineVladimir Lenin Maksim Shtraukh

Nadezhda Krupskaya Mariya Pastukhova

1957 Rot ist die Liebe Hermann Löns Dieter Borsche

1957 Saint Joan Joan of Arc Jean Seberg

1957 The Spirit of St. Louis Charles Lindbergh James Stewart

1957 Stresemann Gustav Stresemann Ernst Schröder

1957 The Three Faces of Eve Chris Costner Sizemore Joanne Woodward

1957 The True Story of Jesse JamesJesse James Robert Wagner

Frank James Jeffrey Hunter

1957 The Wings of Eagles Frank Wead John Wayne

1958 The Bonnie Parker Story Bonnie Elizabeth Parker Dorothy Provine

1958 Carve Her Name with Pride Violette Szabo Virginia McKenna

1958 The Csardas Princess Emmerich Kálmán Gerhard Riedmann

1958 Das Mädchen Rosemarie Rosemarie Nitribitt Nadja Tiller

1958 I Accuse! Alfred Dreyfus José Ferrer

1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Gladys Aylward Ingrid Bergman

1958 Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV of Russia Nikolay Cherkasov

1958 I Want to Live! Barbara Graham Susan Hayward

1958 The Left Handed Gun Billy the Kid Paul Newman

1958 The Lovers of Montparnasse Amedeo Modigliani Gérard Philipe

1958 Machine-Gun Kelly Machine Gun Kelly Charles Bronson

1958 The Naked Maja Goya Anthony Franciosa,

1958 Rasputín Grigori RasputinNarciso Ibáñez

Menta

1958 Sebastian Kneipp Sebastian Kneipp Carl Wery

1958 The Silent Enemy Lionel Crabb Laurence Harvey

1958 St. Louis Blues W. C. Handy Nat King Cole

1958 Too Much, Too Soon Diana Barrymore Dorothy Malone

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1958 Too Much, Too Soon

John Barrymore Errol Flynn

1959 Affäre Dreyfus Alfred Dreyfus

1959 Al Capone Al Capone Rod Steiger

1959 The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank Millie Perkins

1959 The Five Pennies Red Nichols Danny Kaye

1959 Gayarre Julián Gayarre Alfredo Kraus

1959 The Gene Krupa Story Gene Krupa Sal Mineo

1959 Glorious Mysteries (El Amo) Jesus Antonio Vilar

1959 The Great Impostor Ferdinand Waldo Demara Tony Curtis

1959 Hannibal Hannibal Victor Mature

1959 Herod the Great Herod the Great Edmund Purdom

1959 John Paul Jones John Paul Jones Robert Stack

1959 Leap to Fame Santiago Ramón y Cajal Adolfo Marsillach

1959 Love Now, Pay Later Rosemarie Nitribitt Belinda Lee

1959 The Redeemer Jesus Luis Álvarez

1959 Solomon and ShebaKing Solomon Yul Brynner

Queen of Sheba Gina Lollobrigida

1960s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress

1960 Alfonso XII y María CristinaAlfonso XII of Spain Vicente Parra

Maria Christina of Austria Marga López

1960 Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons Henri Désiré Landru George Sanders

1960 David and GoliathKing David Ivica Pajer

King Saul Orson Welles

1960 Esther and the King Esther Joan Collins

1960 The Gallant Hours William Halsey, Jr. James Cagney

1960 Hell to Eternity Guy Gabaldon Jeffrey Hunter

1960 I Aim at the Stars Wernher von Braun Curd Jürgens

1960 Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Robert Morley

1960 Por ti aprendí a querer Lorenzo Barcelata Antonio Maciel

1960 Pretty Boy Floyd Pretty Boy Floyd John Ericson

1960 Song Without End Franz Liszt Dirk Bogarde

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1960 Song Without End Franz Liszt Dirk Bogarde

1960 Spartacus Spartacus Kirk Douglas

1960 The Story of Ruth Ruth Elana Eden

1960 Sunrise at Campobello Franklin D. Roosevelt Ralph Bellamy

1960 Sweetheart of the Gods Renate Müller Ruth Leuwerik

1960 The Trials of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Peter Finch

1961 Barabbas Barabbas Anthony Quinn

1961 Darclee Hariclea Darclée Silvia Popovici

1961 El Cid El Cid Charlton Heston

1961 The Flash Elorde Story Gabriel Elorde Gabriel Elorde

1961 Francis of Assisi Francis of Assisi Bradford Dillman

1961 Fray Escoba Martin de Porres René Muñoz

1961 Galileo Galileo Galilei James Grout

1961 The George Raft Story George Raft Ray Danton

1961 Hoodlum Priest Father Charles Dismas Clark Don Murray

1961 King of Kings Jesus Jeffrey Hunter

1961 King of the Roaring 20s Arnold Rothstein David Janssen

1961 Mad Dog Coll Mad Dog Coll John Davis Chandler

1961 The Moises Padilla Story Moises Padilla Leopoldo Salcedo

1961 Portrait of a Mobster Dutch Schultz Vic Morrow

1961 A Story of David King David Jeff Chandler

1962 Birdman of Alcatraz Robert Franklin Stroud Burt Lancaster

1962 Docteur Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Jean-Pierre Marielle

1962 Elgar Edward Elgar Peter Brett

1962 Freud: The Secret Passion Sigmund Freud Montgomery Clift

1962 Geronimo Geronimo Chuck Connors

1962 Hitler Adolf Hitler Richard Basehart

1962 Joseph and His Brethren Joseph Geoffrey Horne

1962 Lawrence of Arabia T. E. Lawrence Peter O'Toole

1962 The Miracle Worker Helen Keller and Annie SullivanPatty Duke and Anne

Bancroft

1962 No Man Is an Island George Ray Tweed Jeffrey Hunter

1962 The Reluctant Saint Joseph of Cupertino Maximilian Schell

1962 Salvatore Giuliano Salvatore Giuliano Pietro Cammarata

1962 Sodom and Gomorrah Lot Stewart Granger

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1962 Sodom and Gomorrah Lot Stewart Granger

1962 The Trial of Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Florence Delay

1962The Wonderful World of theBrothers Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm Laurence Harvey

Jacob Grimm Karlheinz Böhm

1963 Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din Saladin Ahmed Mazhar

1963 Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Elizabeth Taylor

1963Jacob, the Man Who Fought WithGod

Jacob Fosco Giacchei

1963 Landru Henri Désiré Landru Charles Denner

1963 PT 109 John F. Kennedy Cliff Robertson

1964 Becket Thomas Becket Richard Burton

1964 Lady General Hua Mulan Hua Mulan Ivy Ling Po

1964 Saul and DavidKing David Gianni Garko

King Saul Norman Wooland

1964 Your Cheatin' Heart Hank Williams George Hamilton

1965 The Agony and the Ecstasy Michelangelo Charlton Heston

1965 The Debussy Film Claude Debussy Oliver Reed

1965 Genghis Khan Genghis Khan Omar Sharif

1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Jesus Max von Sydow

1965 Harlow Jean Harlow Carroll Baker

1965 Harlow Jean Harlow Carol Lynley

1965 The Magnificent Yankee Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Alfred Lunt

1965 A Man Named John Pope John XXIII Giovanni Rossi

1965 A Patriot for Me Alfred Redl John Osborne

1966 Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev Anatoly Solonitsyn

1966 Born FreeJoy Adamson Virginia McKenna

George Adamson Bill Travers

1966 El Greco El Greco Mel Ferrer

1966Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancerin the World

Isadora Duncan Vivian Pickles

1966 KhartoumGeneral Gordon Charlton Heston

Muhammad Ahmad Laurence Olivier

1966 La vida de Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Jose Infante Cruz

1966 A Man for All Seasons Thomas More Paul Scofield

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1966 A Man for All Seasons Thomas More Paul Scofield

1966 Rasputin, the Mad Monk Grigori Rasputin Christopher Lee

1966 The Singing Nun Jeanine Deckers Debbie Reynolds

1967 Bill Wallace of China Dr Bill Wallace Gregory Walcott

1967 Bonnie and ClydeBonnie Parker Faye Dunaway

Clyde Barrow Warren Beatty

1967 Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Horst Buchholz

1967 Custer of the West George Armstrong Custer Robert Shaw

1967 The Happiest MillionaireAnthony Joseph Drexel Biddle,Sr.

Fred MacMurray

1967 Sofiya Perovskaya Sofiya Perovskaya Aleksandra Nazarova

1968 Bloody Che Contra Che Guevara Francisco Rabal

1968The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena

Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach Gustav Leonhardt

Anna Magdalena Bach Christiane Lang

1968 The Color of Pomegranates Sayat-Nova Sofiko Chiaureli, others

1968 Funny Girl Fanny Brice Barbra Streisand

1968 Hrabina CoselAnna Constantia von Brockdorff Jadwiga Barańska

Augustus II the Strong Mariusz Dmockowski

1968 Isadora Isadora Duncan Vanessa Redgrave

1968 The Lion in WinterHenry II of England and Eleanorof Aquitaine

Peter O'Toole andKatharine Hepburn

1968 Star! Gertrude Lawrence Julie Andrews

1968 Song of Summer Frederick Delius Max Adrian

1969 Alfred the Great Alfred the Great David Hemmings

1969 Anne of the Thousand Days Henry VIII and Anne BoleynRichard Burton and

Geneviève Bujold

1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidButch Cassidy and HarryLongabaugh

Paul Newman and RobertRedford

1969 Che! Che Guevara Omar Sharif

1969 De Sade Marquis de Sade Keir Dullea

1969 Emma HamiltonEmma Hamilton Michèle Mercier

Lord Horatio Nelson Richard Johnson

1969 Posol Sovetskogo Soyuza Alexandra Kollontai Yuliya Borisova

1969 Simón Bolívar Simón Bolívar Maximilian Schell

1969 Where's Jack? Jack Sheppard Tommy Steele

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1969 Where's Jack? Jack Sheppard Tommy Steele

1970s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress

1970A Bullet forPretty Boy

Pretty Boy Floyd Fabian

1970 Chisum John Chisum John Wayne

1970 Cromwell Oliver Cromwell Richard Harris

1970The Cross and

the SwitchbladeDavid Wilkerson Pat Boone

1970The Honeymoon

Killers

Martha Beck Shirley Stoler

Raymond Fernandez Tony Lo Bianco

1970 Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Charlton Heston

1970Michael theBrave

Michael the Brave Amza Pellea

1970 Ned Kelly Ned Kelly Mick Jagger

1970 Patton George S. Patton George C. Scott

1970 Song of NorwayEdvard Grieg andRikard Nordraak

Toralv Maurstad and Frank Poretta

1970Szerelmi álmok– Liszt

Franz Liszt Imre Sinkovits

1970Tropic of

CancerHenry Miller Rip Torn

1970 The Wild Child Victor of Aveyron Jean-Pierre Cargol

1971 Brian's Song Brian Piccolo James Caan

1971 The Devils Urbain Grandier Oliver Reed

1971 Doc Doc Holliday Stacy Keach

1971 Evel Knievel Evel Knievel George Hamilton

1971 Macbeth Macbeth of Scotland Jon Finch

1971Mary, Queen of

Scots

Mary, Queen ofScots and Elizabeth I

of England

Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson

1971The Music

LoversPyotr Tchaikovsky Richard Chamberlain

1971 Nicholas andAlexandra

Tsar Nicholas II and

Tsaritsa Alexandra ofRussia

Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman

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197110 Rillington

Place

John Reginald

ChristieRichard Attenborough

1972Adolf Hitler: MyPart in His

Downfall

Spike Milligan Jim Dale

1972TheAssassination of

Trotsky

Leon Trotsky Richard Burton

1972Aguirre, the

Wrath of GodLope de Aguirre Klaus Kinski

1972Antony andCleopatra

Mark Antony andCleopatra VII

Charlton Heston and Hildegarde Neil

1972Brother Sun,

Sister Moon

St. Francis of Assisiand St. Clare ofAssisi

Graham Faulkner and Judi Bowker

1972 Dirty Little Billy Billy the Kid Michael J. Pollard

1972 The Great Waltz Johann Strauss II Horst Buchholz

1972Henry VIII andHis Six Wives

Henry VIII and AnneBoleyn

Keith Michell and Charlotte Rampling

1972Lady CarolineLamb

Lady Caroline Lamb Sarah Miles

1972Lady Sings theBlues

Billie Holiday Diana Ross

1972

The Life and

Times of JudgeRoy Bean

Judge Roy Bean Paul Newman

1972The Life ofLeonardo daVinci

Leonardo da Vinci Philippe Leroy

1972 Living FreeGeorge Adamson Nigel Davenport

Joy Adamson Susan Hampshire

1972 Ludwig Ludwig II of Bavaria Helmut Berger

1972Ludwig -Requiem for aVirgin King

Ludwig II of Bavaria Harry Baer

1972

The Mattei

Affair Enrico Mattei Gian Maria Volonté

1972 Pancho Villa Pancho Villa Telly Savalas

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1972 Pancho Villa Pancho Villa Telly Savalas

1972 Pope Joan Pope Joan Liv Ullmann

1972 Savage MessiahHenri Gaudier-Brzeska

Scott Antony

1972 Tadas Blinda Tadas Blinda Vytautas Tomkus

1972The Valachi

PapersJoseph Valachi Charles Bronson

1972 Young Winston Winston Churchill Simon Ward

1973 Dillinger John Dillinger Warren Oates

1973 Edvard Munch Edvard Munch Geir Westby

1973Hitler: The LastTen Days

Adolf Hitler Alec Guinness

1973 Jesus ChristSuperstar

Jesus Ted Neeley

1973The LastAmerican Hero

Junior Johnson Jeff Bridges

1973 Lucky Luciano Lucky Luciano Gian Maria Volonté

1973 MaurieMaurice Stokes Bernie Casey

Jack Twyman Bo Svenson

1973 PapillonHenri Charrière andLouis Dega

Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman

1973Pat Garrett andBilly the Kid

Pat Garrett James Coburn

Billy the Kid Kris Kristofferson

1973 Serpico Frank Serpico Al Pacino

1973 Walking Tall Buford Pusser Joe Don Baker

1974 The AbdicationQueen Christina of

SwedenLiv Ullmann

1974The Enigma ofKaspar Hauser

Kaspar Hauser Bruno S.

1974The GreatMcGonagall

William McGonagall Spike Milligan

1974 Lenny Lenny Bruce Dustin Hoffman

1974 MahlerGustav Mahler andAlma Mahler

Robert Powell and Georgina Hale

1974 Stavisky Alexandre Stavisky Jean-Paul Belmondo

1974The Story ofJacob and

Joseph

Jacob Keith Michell

Joseph Tony Lo Bianco

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Joseph Joseph Tony Lo Bianco

1975 Babe Babe Didrickson Susan Clark

1975 Capone Al Capone Ben Gazzara

1975Dog Day

AfternoonSonny Wortzik Al Pacino

1975 Galileo Galileo Galilei Chaim Topol

1975The HappyHooker

Xaviera Hollander Lynn Redgrave

1975The HidingPlace

Corrie ten Boom Julie Harris

1975 Lepke Louis Buchalter Tony Curtis

1975 Lisztomania Franz Liszt Roger Daltrey

1975 Moses Moses Burt Lancaster

1975 Murph the Surf Jack Roland Murphy Don Stroud

1975The Naked CivilServant

Quentin Crisp John Hurt

1975The Other Sideof the Mountain

Jill Kinmont Marilyn Hassett

1975The Story ofAdele H.

Adèle Hugo Isabelle Adjani

1975Un pretescomodo

Lorenzo Milani Enrico Maria Salerno

1976 Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart Susan Clark

1976 Bound for Glory Woody Guthrie David Carradine

1976 Bruce Lee and IBruce Lee Danny Lee

Betty Ting Pei Betty Ting Pei

1976Bruce Lee: TheMan, The Myth

Bruce Lee Bruce Li

1976Buffalo Bill andthe Indians

Buffalo Bill Paul Newman

1976TheDisappearanceof Aimee

Aimee SempleMcPherson

Faye Dunaway

1976Eleanor andFranklin

Franklin D.Roosevelt

Edward Herrmann

Eleanor Roosevelt Jane Alexander

1976Fellini's

Giacomo Casanova Donald Sutherland

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1976Fellini'sCasanova

Giacomo Casanova Donald Sutherland

1976Gable and

Lombard

Clark Gable and

Carole LombardJames Brolin and Jill Clayburgh

1976 James Dean James Dean Stephen McHattie

1976The Last of Mrs.Lincoln

Mary Todd Lincoln Julie Harris

1976 The Message Muhammad Anthony Quinn

1976

Mohammad,

Messenger ofGod

Muhammad Anthony Quinn (as Hamza)

1976'The Story of

DavidKing David Timothy Bottoms

1976 Sybil Shirley Ardell Mason Sally Field

1976W.C. Fields andMe

W. C. Fields Rod Steiger

1977ChanakyaChandragupta

Chanakya Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Chandragupta N. T. Rama Rao

1977The AmazingHoward Hughes

Howard Hughes Tommy Lee Jones

1977GreasedLightning

Wendell Scott Richard Pryor

1977 The Greatest Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali

1977 MacArthur Douglas MacArthur Gregory Peck

1977Looking for Mr.Goodbar

Roseann Quinn Diane Keaton

1977

The Private

Files of J.Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover Broderick Crawford

1977 Scott Joplin Scott Joplin Billy Dee Williams

1977 Valentino Rudolph Valentino Rudolf Nureyev

1977 Wilma Wilma Rudolph Shirley Jo Finney

1978American Hot

WaxAlan Freed Tim McIntire

1978The Buddy Holly

StoryBuddy Holly Gary Busey

1978 Ishi: The Last ofHis Tribe

Ishi Eloy Casados

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1978

La Vida y

Poesia de Juliade Burgos

Julia de Burgos Ana Li Diaz

1978King (TVminiseries)

Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr.

Paul Winfield

1978Midnight

ExpressBilly Hayes Brad Davis

1978The Roads ofExile

Jean-JacquesRousseau

François Simon

1979Birth of TheBeatles

The BeatlesStephen MacKenna as John Lennon, Rod Culbertson as PaulMcCartney, John Altman as George Harrison, and Ray

Ashcroft as Ringo Starr

1979The BronteSisters

Charlotte Brontë Isabelle Adjani

Emily Brontë Marie-France Pisier

Anne Brontë Isabelle Huppert

1979Bruce Lee: TheMan, The Myth

Bruce Lee Bruce Li

1979 CaligulaGaius GermanicusCaligula

Malcolm McDowell

1979 Elvis Elvis Presley Kurt Russell

1979Escape from

AlcatrazFrank Morris Clint Eastwood

1979 Jesus Jesus Brian Deacon

1979Les Égouts duparadis

Albert Spaggiari Francis Huster

1979Meetings withRemarkableMen

George Gurdjieff Dragan Maksimovic

1980s

Year Film Subject(s)Lead actor or

actress

1980 Breaker Morant Breaker Morant Edward Woodward

1980 Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn Sissy Spacek

1980 The Elephant Man John Merrick John Hurt

1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Jim Jones Powers Boothe

Neal Cassady Nick Nolte

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1980 Heart Beat Carolyn Cassady Sissy Spacek

Jack Kerouac John Heard

1980 The Hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson Steve McQueen

1980 The Jayne Mansfield StoryJayne Mansfield Loni Anderson

Mickey Hargitay Arnold Schwarzenegger

1980 Nijinsky Vaslav Nijinsky George de la Peña

1980 The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd Samuel Mudd Dennis Weaver

1980 Raging Bull Jake LaMotta Robert De Niro

1980 The Secret of Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Petar Božović

1980 A Time for Miracles Elizabeth Ann Seton Kate Mulgrew

1980 Where the Buffalo Roam Hunter S. Thompson Bill Murray

1981 Agony Grigori Rasputin Alexei Petrenko

1981 The Bunker Adolf Hitler Anthony Hopkins

1981 Chariots of Fire Harold Abrahams Ben Cross

1981 Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo Christiane F. Natja Brunckhorst

1981Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy StrattenStory

Dorothy Stratten Jamie Lee Curtis

Paul Snider Bruce Weitz

1981 Egon Schiele - Exzesse Egon Schiele Mathieu Carrière

1981 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Jaclyn Smith

1981 Lion of the Desert Omar Mukhtar Anthony Quinn

1981 Mommie Dearest Joan Crawford Faye Dunaway

1981 Peter and PaulPaul of Tarsus Anthony Hopkins

Peter the Fisherman Robert Foxworth

1981 Reds John Reed Warren Beatty

1981 Stand By Your ManTammy Wynette Annette O'Toole

George Jones Tim McIntire

1982 Flight of the Eagle Salomon August Andrée Max von Sydow

1982 Frances Frances Farmer Jessica Lange

1982 Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi Ben Kingsley

1982 Grace Kelly Grace Kelly Cheryl Ladd

1982 The Grey Fox Bill Miner Richard Farnsworth

1982 Missing Charles Horman John Shea

1982 The Return of Martin GuerreArnaud du Tilh Gérard Depardieu

Bertrande de Rols Nathalie Baye

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Bertrande de Rols Nathalie Baye

1982 The Royal Romance of Charles and DianaCharles, Prince of Wales Christopher Baines

Diana, Princess of Wales Catherine Oxenberg

1982 The White Rose Sophie Scholl Lena Stolze

1982 A Woman Called Golda Golda Meir Ingrid Bergman

1983 Adi Shankaracharya Adi ShankaraSarvadaman D.Banerjee

1983 Banović Strahinja Strahinja Banović Franco Nero

1983 Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess Rita Hayworth Lynda Carter

1983 Cross Creek Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Mary Steenburgen

1983 Champions Bob Champion John Hurt

1983 Danton Georges Danton Gérard Depardieu

1983 Dempsey Jack Dempsey Treat Williams

1983 Heart Like a Wheel Shirley Muldowney Bonnie Bedelia

1983 Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Martin Sheen

Jacqueline BouvierKennedy

Blair Brown

1983 Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story Hank Williams, Jr. Richard Thomas

1983 Sadat Anwar El Sadat Louis Gossett, Jr

1983 The Scarlet and the Black Hugh O'Flaherty Gregory Peck

1983 Silkwood Karen Silkwood Meryl Streep

1983 Star 80Dorothy Stratten Mariel Hemingway

Paul Snider Eric Roberts

1983 Wagner Richard Wagner Richard Burton

1984 Amadeus

Antonio Salieri F. Murray Abraham

Wolfgang AmadeusMozart

Tom Hulce

1984 The Bounty

Captain William Bligh Anthony Hopkins

First Mate FletcherChristian

Mel Gibson

1984 The Jesse Owens Story Jesse Owens Dorian Harewood

1984 The Killing Fields

Sydney Schanberg Sam Waterston

Dith Pran Haing S. Ngor

Jon Swain Julian Sands

1984 The Miracle Continues Helen Keller Mare Winningham

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1984 The Miracle Continues Helen Keller Mare Winningham

1984 Puccini Giacomo Puccini Robert Stephens

1984 Samson and DelilahSamson Max von Sydow

Delilah Belinda Bauer

1985 Colonel Redl Alfred Redl Klaus Maria Brandauer

1985 Dance with a Stranger Ruth Ellis Miranda Richardson

1985 God Rot Tunbridge Wells George Frideric Handel Trevor Howard

1985 King David King David Richard Gere

1985 Marie Marie Ragghianti Sissy Spacek

1985 MaskFlorence Dennis Cher

Roy L. Dennis Eric Stoltz

1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Yukio Mishima Ken Ogata

1985 Robert Kennedy & His Times Robert F. Kennedy Brad Davis

1985 Out of AfricaKaren Blixen Meryl Streep

Denys Finch Hatton Robert Redford

1985 Sweet Dreams Patsy Cline Jessica Lange

1985 Sylvia Sylvia Ashton-Warner Eleanor David

1985 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Raoul Wallenberg Richard Chamberlain

1986 The Boy in Blue Ned Hanlan Nicolas Cage

1986 CastawayGerald Kingsland Oliver Reed

Lucy Irvine Amanda Donohoe

1986George Washington II: The Forging of aNation

George Washington Barry Bostwick

1986 HeartburnNora Ephron Meryl Streep

Carl Bernstein Jack Nicholson

1986 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Henry Lee Lucas Michael Rooker

1986 Lady Jane Lady Jane Grey Helena Bonham Carter

1986 The Last Days of Frank and Jesse JamesFrank James Johnny Cash

Jesse James Kris Kristofferson

1986 Romanza final Julián Gayarre José Carreras

1986 Second Serve Renee Richards Vanessa Redgrave

1986 Sid and NancySid Vicious Gary Oldman

Nancy Spungen Chloe Webb

1986 Thérèse Thérèse of Lisieux Catherine Mouchet

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1986 Thérèse Thérèse of Lisieux Catherine Mouchet

1986 A Winner Never Quits Pete Gray Keith Carradine

1987 The Betty Ford Story Betty Ford Gena Rowlands

1987 84 Charing Cross RoadHelene Hanff Anne Bancroft

Frank Doel Anthony Hopkins

1987 A Child Called Jesus Jesus Matteo Bellina

1987 Cry Freedom Steve Biko Denzel Washington

1987 Impossible Spy Eli Cohen John Shea

1987 La Bamba Ritchie Valens Lou Diamond Phillips

1987 LBJ: The Early Years Lyndon B. Johnson Randy Quaid

1987 The Last Emperor Pu-Yi John Lone

1987Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara HuttonStory

Barbara Hutton Farrah Fawcett

1987 Prick Up Your EarsJoe Orton Gary Oldman

Kenneth Halliwell Alfred Molina

1987 Shaka Zulu Shaka Henry Cele

1987 The UntouchablesEliot Ness Kevin Costner

Al Capone Robert De Niro

1987 Waiting for the MoonGertrude Stein Linda Bassett

Alice B. Toklas Linda Hunt

1987 Walker William Walker Ed Harris

1987 Good Morning Vietnam Adrian Cronauer Robin Williams

1988 Bird Charlie Parker Forest Whitaker

1988 Bloodsport Frank DuxJean-Claude Van

Damme

1988 Camille Claudel Camille Claudel Isabelle Adjani

1988 A Cry in the Dark Lindy Chamberlain Meryl Streep

1988 DavidDavid Rothenberg Matthew Lawrence

Marie Rothenberg Bernadette Peters

1988 Elvis and MeElvis Presley Dale Midkiff

Priscilla Presley Susan Walters

1988 Gorillas in the Mist Dian Fossey Sigourney Weaver

1988 Hanna's War Hannah Szenes Maruschka Detmers

1988 The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway Victor Garber

1988 Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Sam Waterston

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1988 Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Sam Waterston

1988 Onassis: The Richest Man in the World Aristotle Onassis Raul Julia

1988 Patty Hearst Patty Hearst Natasha Richardson

1988 Stand and Deliver Jaime Escalante Edward James Olmos

1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Preston Tucker Jeff Bridges

1988 Young Guns Billy the Kid Emilio Estevez

1989 Billy the Kid Billy the Kid Val Kilmer

1989 BlazeEarl Long Paul Newman

Blaze Starr Lolita Davidovich

1989 Born on the Fourth of July Ron Kovic Tom Cruise

1989 Communion Whitley Strieber Christopher Walken

1989 Francesco Francis of Assisi Mickey Rourke

1989 Great Balls of Fire! Jerry Lee Lewis Dennis Quaid

1989 Henry V Henry V of England Kenneth Branagh

1989 The Karen Carpenter Story Karen Carpenter Cynthia Gibb

1989 Lean on Me Joe Louis Clark Morgan Freeman

1989 My Left Foot Christy Brown Daniel Day-Lewis

1989 Paganini Niccolò Paganini Klaus Kinski

1998 Romero Óscar Romero Raúl Juliá

1989 Triumph of the Spirit Salamo Arouch Willem Dafoe

1989 Winter of '54: Father Pierre Abbé Pierre Lambert Wilson

1989 Wired John Belushi Michael Chiklis

1989 Tjoet Nja' Dhien Cut Nyak Dhien Christine Hakim

1990s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress

1990 An Angel at My Table Janet FrameKaren Fergusson (child), Alexia Keogh

(adolescent) and Kerry Fox (adult)

1990 Awakenings Oliver Sacks Robin Williams

1990 C.H. Spurgeon Tonight Charles Spurgeon Craig Skinner

1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Gérard Depardieu

1990

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence

After Arabia

T. E. Lawrence Ralph Fiennes

Faisal I of Iraq Alexander Siddig

1990 The Dreamer of Oz L. Frank Baum John Ritter

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1990 The Dreamer of Oz L. Frank Baum John Ritter

1990 The Elegant Criminal Pierre François Lacenaire Daniel Auteuil

1990 Europa Europa Solomon Perel Marco Hofschneider

1990 A Family of Spies John Anthony Walker Powers Boothe

1990 Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg Stellan Skarsgård

1990 Goodfellas Henry Hill Ray Liotta

1990 Henry & June

Henry Miller Fred Ward

June Miller Uma Thurman

Anaïs Nin Maria de Medeiros

1990 Iron & Silk Mark Salzman Mark Salzman

1990 The Krays The Kray twins Martin Kemp and Gary Kemp

1990 The Nasty Girl Anna Rosmus Lena Stolze

1990 Reversal of FortuneClaus von Bülow andSunny von Bülow

Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close

1990 Rock Hudson Rock Hudson Thomas Ian Griffith

1990 Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Malcolm McDowell

1990 Vincent & TheoVincent van Gogh and

Theo van GoghTim Roth and Paul Rhys

1990 Young Guns II Billy the Kid Emilio Estevez

1991 Bugsy Bugsy Siegel Warren Beatty

1991 Cabeza de Vaca Cabeza de Vaca Juan Diego

1991 Dillinger John Dillinger Mark Harmon

1991 The Doors Jim Morrison Val Kilmer

1991 ImpromptuFrédéric Chopin and

George SandHugh Grant and Judy Davis

1991 JFK Jim Garrison Kevin Costner

1991 The Josephine Baker Story Josephine Baker Lynn Whitfield

1991Lucy & Desi: Before TheLaughter

Lucille Ball Frances Fisher

Desi Arnaz Maurice Benard

1991 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody Sally Field

1991 Once Upon a Time in China Wong Fei-hung Jet Li

1991The Pistol: The Birth of aLegend

Pete Maravich Adam Guier

1991 Prisoner of Honor Georges Picquart Richard Dreyfuss

1991 Tous les matins du monde Marin Marais Gérard Depardieu

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1991 Tous les matins du monde Marin Marais Gérard Depardieu

1991 Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Jacques Dutronc

1991 A Woman Named Jackie

Jacqueline Bouvier

Kennedy OnassisRoma Downey

John F. Kennedy Stephen Collins

1991 Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Sonora Webster Carver Gabrielle Anwar

1991 A Woman Named Jackie

Jacqueline Bouvier

Kennedy OnassisRoma Downey

John F. Kennedy Stephen Collins

1991 Young Catherine Catherine II of Russia Julia Ormond

1992 Amy Fisher: My Story Amy Fisher Noelle Parker

1992 The Babe Babe Ruth John Goodman

1992Bonnie & Clyde: The TrueStory

Bonnie Parker Tracey Needham

Clyde Barrow Dana Ashbrookt

1992 Center Stage Ruan Lingyu Maggie Cheung

1992 Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Robert Downey, Jr.

1992Charles and Diana: UnhappilyEver After

Charles, Prince of Wales Christopher Baines

Diana, Princess of Wales Catherine Oxenberg

1992 Citizen Cohn Roy Marcus Cohn James Woods

1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise Christopher Columbus Gérard Depardieu

1992Christopher Columbus: TheDiscovery

Christopher Columbus Georges Corraface

1992 Daens Adolf Daens Jan Decleir

1992Final Shot: The Hank Gathers

StoryHank Gathers Victor Love

1992 Hoffa Jimmy Hoffa Jack Nicholson

1992The Jacksons: An AmericanDream

Jackson family various casts

1992 The Last of His Tribe Ishi Graham Greene

1992 Lorenzo's OilAugusto and Michaela

OdoneNick Nolte & Susan Sarandon

1992 Malcolm X Malcolm X Denzel Washington

1992 A River Runs Through It Norman Maclean Craig Sheffer

1992 Ruby Jack Ruby Danny Aiello

1992 Sinatra Frank Sinatra Philip Casnoff

1992 Stalin Joseph Stalin Robert Duvall

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1992 Stalin Joseph Stalin Robert Duvall

1992 SwoonNathan Leopold Craig Chester

Richard Loeb Daniel Schlachet

1993 The Amy Fisher Story Amy Fisher Drew Barrymore

1993 Benito Benito Mussolini Antonio Banderas

1993 This Boy's Life Tobias Wolff Leonardo DiCaprio

1993 Cannibal! The Musical Alferd Packer Trey Parker

1993Casualties of Love: The LongIsland Lolita Story

Amy Fisher Alyssa Milano

1993 Diana: Her True Story Diana, Princess of Wales Serena Scott Thomas

1993 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Bruce Lee Jason Scott Lee

1993 Fong Sai Yuk Fong Sai Yuk Jet Li

1993Geronimo: An AmericanLegend

Geronimo Wes Studi

1993 Heaven & Earth Le Ly Hayslip Hiep Thi Le

1993 In The Name Of The Father Guildford Four Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite

1993Jeffrey Dahmer: The SecretLife

Jeffrey Dahmer Carl Crew

1993 JFK: Reckless Youth John F. Kennedy Patrick Dempsey

1993 Ludwig 1881 Ludwig II of Bavaria Helmut Berger

1993 M. Butterfly Bernard Boursicot Jeremy Irons

1993 Rudy Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger Sean Astin

1993 Schindler's List Oskar Schindler Liam Neeson

1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer Joshua Waitzkin Max Pomeranc

1993 ShadowlandsC. S. Lewis and JoyGresham

Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger

1993 Shrinatha Kavi Sarvabhowma Srinatha Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao

1993Thirty Two Short Films AboutGlenn Gould

Glenn Gould Colm Feore

1993 This Boy's Life Tobias Wolff Leonardo DiCaprio

1993 TombstoneWyatt Earp, DocHolliday

Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer

1993 Viva Castro! Fidel Castro Pavel Zharkov

1993 What's Love Got to Do with It

Tina Turner Angela Bassett

Ike Turner Laurence Fishburne

1993 Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittgenstein Karl Johnson

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1993 Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittgenstein Karl Johnson

1993 Zohar Zohar Argov Shaul Mizrachi

1994 Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda Sarvadaman D. Banerjee

1994 Abraham Abraham Richard Harris

1994Amelia Earhart: The Final

FlightAmelia Earhart Diane Keaton

1994 BackbeatStuart Sutcliffe and JohnLennon

Stephen Dorff and Ian Hart

1994 Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi Seema Biswas

1994A Burning Passion: TheMargaret Mitchell Story

Margaret Mitchell Shannen Doherty

1994 Cobb Ty Cobb Tommy Lee Jones

1994 Ed WoodEd Wood Johnny Depp

Bela Lugosi Martin Landau

1994 Farinelli Farinelli Stefano Dionisi

1994 Frank & JesseJesse James Rob Lowe

Frank James Bill Paxton

1994 Heavenly CreaturesPauline Parker and Juliet

HulmeMelanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet

1994 Immortal Beloved Ludwig van Beethoven Gary Oldman

1994 In the Name of the Father Gerry Conlon Daniel Day-Lewis

1994 La Reine Margot Queen Margot Isabelle Adjani

1994 Jacob Jacob Matthew Modine

1994 The Madness of King GeorgeGeorge III of the UnitedKingdom

Nigel Hawthorne

1994 Mesmer Franz Anton Mesmer Alan Rickman

1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious

CircleDorothy Parker Jennifer Jason Leigh

1994 Nostradamus Nostradamus Tchéky Karyo

1994 Quiz Show Charles Van Doren Ralph Fiennes

1994 8 Seconds Lane Frost Luke Perry

1994 A Soul Haunted by Painting Pan Yuliang Gong Li

1994 Squanto: A Warrior's Tale Squanto Adam Beach

1994 Tom & Viv

T. S. Eliot Willem Dafoe

Vivienne Haigh-Wood Miranda Richardson

1994 The Vernon Johns Story Vernon Johns James Earl

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1994 The Vernon Johns Story Vernon Johns James Earl

1994 Wyatt Earp Wyatt Earp Kevin Costner

1994 Zorn Anders Zorn Gunnar Hellström

1995 The Basketball Diaries Jim Carroll Leonardo DiCaprio

1995 Braveheart William Wallace Mel Gibson

1995 Casino Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal Robert De Niro

1995 Catharine the Great Catherine II of Russia Catherine Zeta-Jones

1995 CarringtonDora Carrington andLytton Strachey

Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce

1995 Citizen X Viktor Burakov Stephen Rea

1995 Dangerous Minds LouAnne Johnson Michelle Pfeiffer

1995 Dead Man Walking Sister Helen Prejean Susan Sarandon

1995 Faustina Mary Faustina Kowalska Dorota Segda

1995 The Flor Contemplacion Story Flor Contemplacion Nora Aunor

1995 Jefferson in Paris Thomas Jefferson Nick Nolte

1995 Joseph Joseph Paul Mercurio

1995 Le Grand blanc de Lambaréné Albert Schweitzer André Wilms

1995 Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story Elizabeth Taylor Sherilyn Fenn

1995 Murder in the First Henri Young Kevin Bacon

1995 Nixon Richard Nixon Anthony Hopkins

1995 PantherBobby Seale Courtney B. Vance

Huey P. Newton Marcus Chong

1995 Restoration Charles II of England Sam Neill

1995 Rob Roy Robert Roy MacGregor Liam Neeson

1995 Sister My Sister Christine and Lea PapinJoely Richardson

Jodhi May

1995 To Die For Pamela Smart Nicole Kidman

1995 Total EclipseArthur Rimbaud and Paul

VerlaineLeonardo DiCaprio and David Thewlis

1995 Truman Harry S. Truman Gary Sinise

1995 Wild BillWild Bill Hickok Jeff Bridges

Calamity Jane Ellen Barkin

1996 Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat Jeffrey Wright

John ProctorDaniel Day-Lewis

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1996 The Crucible

John ProctorDaniel Day-Lewis

Abigail Williams Winona Ryder

1996Entertaining Angels: TheDorothy Day Story

Dorothy Day Moira Kelly

1996 Evita Eva Perón Madonna

1996 The Ghost and the Darkness John Henry Patterson Val Kilmer

1996 Ghosts of Mississippi Byron De La Beckwith James Woods

1996 A Girl Called Rosemary Rosemarie Nitribitt Nina Hoss

1996 Gotti John Gotti Armand Assante

1996 Infinity Richard Feynman Matthew Broderick

1996 In Love and War Ernest Hemingway Chris O'Donnell

1996 I Shot Andy Warhol Valerie Solanas Lili Taylor

1996 Killer: A Journal of Murder Carl Panzram James Woods

1996 Michael Collins Michael Collins Liam Neeson

1996 Moses Moses Ben Kingsley

1996 Nasser 56 Gamal Abdel Nasser Ahmed Zaki

1996 Norma Jean & Marilyn Marilyn Monroe Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino

1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Larry Flynt Woody Harrelson

1996Rasputin: Dark Servant ofDestiny

Grigori Rasputin Alan Rickman

1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl"The Goat" Manigault

Earl Manigault Don Cheadle

1996 Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah Dennis Hopper and Elizabeth Hurley

1996 Shine David Helfgott Geoffrey Rush and Noah Taylor

1996 Surviving Picasso Pablo Picasso Anthony Hopkins

1996 The Whole Wide WorldRobert E. Howard Vincent D'Onofrio

Novalyne Price Ellis Renée Zellweger

1997 Artemisia Artemisia Gentileschi Valentina Cervi

1997Breaking the Surface: The

Greg Louganis StoryGreg Louganis Mario Lopez

1997 David King David Nathaniel Parker

1997The Disappearance of GarciaLorca

Federico García Lorca Andy García

1997 Donnie Brasco Donnie Brasco Johnny Depp

1997 Elvis Meets NixonElvis Presley Rick Peters

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1997 Elvis Meets NixonElvis Presley Rick Peters

Richard Nixon Bob Gunton

1997 Four Days in SeptemberFernando Gabeira Pedro Cardoso

Charles Burke Elbrick Alan Arkin

1997 The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky Michael Gambon

1997 KundunTenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai

Lama Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, others

1997The Last Time I CommittedSuicide

Neal Cassady Thomas Jane

1997 Mrs. BrownQueen Victoria Judi Dench

John Brown Billy Connolly

1997 My Heart Is Mine AloneElse Lasker-Schüler Lena Stolze

Gottfried Benn Cornelius Obonya

1997 Prefontaine Steve Prefontaine Jared Leto

1997 Private Parts Howard Stern Howard Stern

1997 Rizal sa Dapitan Jose Rizal Albert Martinez

1997 Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt Tom Berenger

1997 Saint-Ex Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Bruno Ganz

1997 Selena Selena Jennifer Lopez

1997 Seven Years in Tibet Heinrich Harrer Brad Pitt

1997 Solomon King Solomon Ben Cross

1997 The Sarah Balabagan Story Sarah Balabagan Vina Morales

1997 Wilde Oscar Wilde Stephen Fry

1998 A Bright Shining Lie John Paul Vann Bill Paxton

1998 Dangerous Beauty Veronica Franco Catherine McCormack

1998Diana: A Tribute to thePeople's Princess

Diana, Princess of Wales Amy Seccombe

1998 Elizabeth Elizabeth I Cate Blanchett

1998Fear and Loathing in LasVegas

Hunter S. Thompson Johnny Depp

1998 Fifteen and Pregnant Tina Spangler Kirsten Dunst

1998 The General Martin Cahill Brendan Gleeson

1998 Gia Gia Marie Carangi Angelina Jolie

1998 Gods and Monsters James Whale Ian McKellen

1998 Grey Owl Grey Owl Pierce Brosnan

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1998 Grey Owl Grey Owl Pierce Brosnan

1998 Hilary and JackieHilary and Jacqueline duPré

Rachel Griffiths and Emily Watson

1998 Jeremiah Jeremiah Patrick Dempsey

1998 Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah Christopher Lee

1998 José Rizal José Rizal Cesar Montano

1998 LautrecHenri de Toulouse-

LautrecRégis Royer

1998Love Is the Devil: Study for aPortrait of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon Derek Jacobi

1998 Patch Adams Hunter "Patch" Adams Robin Williams

1998 Permanent Midnight Jerry Stahl Ben Stiller

1998 The Prince of Egypt Moses and Ramesses II Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes (voices)

1998 The Rat PackFrank Sinatra, DeanMartin, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle

1998 The Temptations The Temptations Leon, Terron Brooks, D. B. Woodside

1998 Shakespeare in Love William Shakespeare Joseph Fiennes

1998 Winchell Walter Winchell Stanley Tucci

1998 Without Limits Steve Prefontaine Billy Crudup

1998 Why Do Fools Fall in Love Frankie Lymon Larenz Tate

1998 Without LimitsSteve Prefontaine Billy Crudup

Bill Bowerman Donald Sutherland

1999And The Beat Goes On: The

Sonny And Cher Story

Sonny Bono Jay Underwood

Cher Renee Faia

1999 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourtJoe Breen young, Ciaran Owens (middle)

and Michael Legge (older)

1999 Anna and the King Anna Leonowens Jodie Foster

1999 Balzac: A Life of Passion Honoré de Balzac Gérard Depardieu

1999 Boys Don't Cry Brandon Teena Hilary Swank

1999 Children of the CenturyGeorge Sand and Alfredde Musset

Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel

1999Come On, Get Happy: ThePartridge Family Story

Danny Bonaduce Shawn Pyfrom

David Cassidy Rodney Scott

1999 Esther Esther Louise Lombard

1999 Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen Winona Ryder

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1999 Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen Winona Ryder

1999 Goya in Bordeaux Francisco de GoyaJosé Coronado as (Goya young)

Francisco Rabal as (Goya old)

1999 Hefner: Unauthorized Hugh Hefner Randall Batinkoff

1999 The Hurricane Rubin Carter Denzel Washington

1999 The Insider Jeffrey Wigand Russell Crowe

1999Introducing Dorothy

DandridgeDorothy Dandridge Halle Berry

1999 Jesus Jesus Jeremy Sisto

1999 Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Leelee Sobieski

1999 Man on the Moon Andy Kaufman Jim Carrey

1999 Mary, Mother of JesusMary of Nazareth Pernilla August

Young Mary Melinda Kinnaman

1999The Messenger: The Story ofJoan of Arc

Joan of Arc Milla Jovovich

1999 Moloch Adolf Hitler Leonid Mozgovoy

1999Molokai: The Story of FatherDamien

Father Damien David Wenham

1999 Music of the Heart Roberta Guaspari Meryl Streep

1999 October Sky Homer Hickam Jake Gyllenhaal

1999 The Passion of Ayn RandAyn Rand and NathanielBranden

Helen Mirren and Eric Stoltz

1999Passion: The Story of PercyGrainger

Percy Grainger Richard Roxburgh

1999 Pirates of Silicon ValleySteve Jobs Noah Wyle

Bill Gates Anthony Michael Hall

1999 Rocky Marciano Rocky Marciano Jon Favreau

1999 The Straight Story Alvin Straight Richard Farnsworth

1999 To Walk with LionsGeorge Adamson Richard Harris

Tony Fitzjohn John Michie

1999 Topsy-TurvyW. S. Gilbert Jim Broadbent

Arthur Sullivan Allan Corduner

2000s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress

2000 The Audrey Hepburn Story Audrey Hepburn Jennifer Love Hewitt

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2000 The Audrey Hepburn Story Audrey Hepburn Jennifer Love Hewitt

2000 Before Night Falls Reinaldo Arenas Javier Bardem

2000 Best George Best John Lynch

2000 ChopperMark Brandon"Chopper" Read

Eric Bana

2000 Close to Jesus

Joseph ofNazareth

Tabias Moretti

Mary Magdalene Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Judas Enrico Lo Verso

Thomas Ricky Tognazzi

2000 The Courage To Love Henriette DeLille Vanessa L. Williams

2000 The CrossingGeorgeWashington

Jeff Daniels

2000 The David Cassidy StoryDavid Cassidy Andrew Kavovit

Shirley Jones Dey Young

2000Daydream Believers: TheMonkees Story

The Monkees Multiple Actors

2000 Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich Julia Roberts

2000 The Farewell Bertolt Brecht Josef Bierbichler

2000For Love or Country: The

Arturo Sandoval StoryArturo Sandoval Andy Garcia

2000 Growing Up Brady

Barry Williams Adam Brody

FlorenceHenderson

Rebeccah Bush

2000 Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Wood Harris

2000 I Dreamed of Africa Kuki Gallmann Kim Basinger

2000In His Life: The John LennonStory

John Lennon Philip McQuillan Phoenix

2000 In the Light of the Moon Ed Gein Steve Railsback

2000 Isn't She Great Jacqueline Susann Bette Midler

2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisJacquelineKennedy Onassis

Joanne Whalley

2000 Joe Gould's Secret Joe Gould Ian Holm

2000 Joseph: King of Dreams Joseph Ben Affleck (voice)

2000 Little Richard Little Richard Leon Robinson

2000 Lumumba Patrice Lumumba Eriq Ebouaney

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2000 Men of Honor Carl Brashear Cuba Gooding, Jr.

2000 The Miracle Maker Jesus (voice) Ralph Fiennes

2000 Murderous MaidsChristine and LeaPapin

Sylvie Testud

Julie-Marie Parmentier

2000 One Hundred StepsGiuseppeImpastato

Luigi Lo Cascio

2000 Pandaemonium

WilliamWordsworth

John Hannah

Samuel TaylorColeridge

Linus Roache

2000 Paul the Apostle Paul of Tarsus Johannes Brandrup

2000 Perfect Murder, Perfect Town Lou Smit Kris Kristofferson

2000 Pollock Jackson Pollock Ed Harris

2000 Quills Marquis de Sade Geoffrey Rush

2000 Remember the Titans Herman Boone Denzel Washington

2000 Ricky 6 Ricky Kasso Vincent Kartheiser

2000 Shadow of the VampireF. W. Murnau John Malkovich

Max Schreck Willem Dafoe

2000 Steal This Movie! Abbie Hoffman Vincent D'Onofrio

2000 The Three Stooges

Moe Howard Paul Ben-Victor

Larry Fine Evan Handler

Curly Howard Michael Chiklis

Shemp Howard John Kassir

2000 Vatel François Vatel Gérard Depardieu

2000 Word and Utopia António Vieira Lima Duarte

2001 61*Roger Maris,Mickey Mantle

Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane

2001 Ali Muhammad Ali Will Smith

2001 Anne Frank: The Whole Story Anne Frank Hannah Taylor-Gordon

2001 Attila Attila Gerard Butler

2001 Ayyam El Sadat Anwar Al Sadat Ahmad Zaki

2001 A Beautiful Mind John Nash Russell Crowe

2001 Blow George Jung Johnny Depp

2001 Bojangles Bill Robinson Gregory Hines

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2001 Brian's SongBrian Piccolo Sean Maher

Gale Sayers Mekhi Phifer

2001 Bride of the WindAlma Mahler Sarah Wynter

Gustav Mahler Jonathan Pryce

2001 The Cat's MeowWilliam RandolphHearst

Edward Herrmann

2001Child Star: The Shirley TempleStory

Shirley TempleEmily Hart (older)

Ashley Rose Orr (young)

2001 The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav Nijinsky Derek Jacobi

2001 The Gaul Vercingetorix Christopher Lambert

2001 A Huey P. Newton Story Huey P. Newton Roger Guenveur Smith

2001Hysteria: The Def LeppardStory

Def Leppard Multiple Actors

2001 In the Time Of Butterflies Minerva Mirabal Salma Hayek

2001 Iris Iris MurdochJudi Dench (older)

Kate Winslet (young)

2001Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women

of Camelot

JacquelineKennedy

Jill Hennessy

Ethel Kennedy Lauren Holly

Joan Kennedy Leslie Stefanson

2001 James Dean James Dean James Franco

2001Life with Judy Garland: Me andMy Shadows

Judy GarlandJudy Davis (older)

Tammy Blanchard (young)

2001Like Mother, Like Son: TheStrange Story of Sante & KennyKimes

Sante Kimes Mary Tyler Moore

Kenny Kimes Gabriel Olds

2001 Mad Love Joanna of Castile Pilar López de Ayala

Philip I of Castile Daniele Liotti

2001 The Other Side of Heaven John H. Groberg Christopher Gorham

2001 Piñero Miguel Piñero Benjamin Bratt

2001 Riding in Cars with Boys Beverly Donofrio Drew Barrymore

2001 Taurus Vladimir Lenin Leonid Mozgovoy

2001 Der Tunnel Hasso Herschel Heino Ferch

2002 Antwone FisherAntwone Q.

Fisher

Derek Luke (adult)

Malcolm David Kelley (child)

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Malcolm David Kelley (child)

2002 Auto Focus Bob Crane Greg Kinnear

2002 Bertie and Elizabeth

George VI James Wilby

Queen ElizabethThe QueenMother

Juliet Aubrey

2002 Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale Leonardo DiCaprio

2002 Callas Forever Maria Callas Fanny Ardant

2002 Chi-hwa-seon Owon Choi Min-sik

2002 The Child I Never Was Jürgen Bartsch Tobias Schenke

2002 Chopin: Desire for LoveFryderyk Chopin Piotr Adamczyk

George Sand Danuta Stenka

2002Confessions of a Dangerous

MindChuck Barris Sam Rockwell

2002 Conviction Carl Upchurch Omar Epps

2002 Dahmer Jeffrey Dahmer Jeremy Renner

2002 Evelyn Desmond Doyle Pierce Brosnan

2002 Fidel Fidel Castro Víctor Huggo Martin

2002 Frida Frida Kahlo Salma Hayek

2002 Gada Meilin Gada Meiren Deligeer

2002 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill Albert Finney

2002Gilda Radner: It's Always

Something

Gilda Radner Jami Gertz

Gene Wilder Tom Rooney

2002 Gleason Jackie Gleason Brad Garrett

2002 The Hours Virginia Woolf Nicole Kidman

2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture Robert Evans Robert Evans

2002 Lapu-Lapu

Lapu-Lapu Lito Lapid

FerdinandMagellan

Dante Rivero

2002 The Legend of Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh Ajay Devgan

2002 Madame Satã Madame Satã Lázaro Ramos

2002 Martin and LewisDean Martin and

Jerry LewisJeremy Northam and Sean Hayes

2002 The Matthew Shepard Story Matthew Shepard Shane Meier

2002 Path to WarLyndon B.

Johnson

Michael Gambon

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2002 The PianistWładysławSzpilman

Adrien Brody

2002 Prince William Prince William Jordan Frieda

2002 Rabbit-Proof FenceMolly Graig Everlyn Sampi

Daisy Kadibil Tianna Sansbury

2002 The Rookie Jim Morris Dennis Quaid

2002 The Rosa Parks Story Rosa Parks Angela Bassett

2002 Shackleton Ernest Shackleton Kenneth Branagh

2002 The Soul KeeperSabina Spielrein Emilia Fox

Carl Gustav Jung Iain Glen

2002 Francesco Francis of Assisi Raoul Bova

2002 Ted Bundy Ted Bundy Michael Reilly Burke

2003America's Prince: The John F.Kennedy Jr. Story

John F. Kennedy,

Jr.Kristoffer Polaha

Jackie KennedyOnassis

Jacqueline Bisset

Carolyn Bessette

KennedyPortia de Rossi

2003 American Splendor Harvey Pekar Paul Giamatti

2003And Starring Pancho Villa as

HimselfPancho Villa Antonio Banderas

2003 BAADASSSSS!Melvin VanPeebles

Mario Van Peebles

2003

Behind the Camera: The

Unauthorized Story of Three'sCompany

John Ritter Bret Anthony

Suzanne Somers Jud Tylor

Joyce DeWitt Melanie Deanne Moore

2003Benedict Arnold: A Question of

Honor

Benedict Arnold Aidan Quinn

George

WashingtonKelsey Grammer

2003 Blind FlightJohn McCarthy Linus Roache

Brian Keenan Ian Hart

2003 Cambridge Spies Guy Burgess Tom Hollander

Donald MacLean Rupert Penry-Jones

2003 Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Norma Aleandro

A Date with Darkness: The

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2003 Trial and Capture of AndrewLuster

Andrew Luster Jason Gedrick

2003 The DealGordon Brown David Morrissey

Tony Blair Michael Sheen

2003 The Elizabeth Smart Story Elizabeth Smart Amber Marshall

2003 Henry VIII Henry VIII Ray Winstone

2003High Roller: The Stu Ungar

StoryStu Ungar Michael Imperioli

2003 Hitler: The Rise of Evil Adolf Hitler Robert Carlyle

2003 Imperium: Augustus Caesar Augustus Peter O' Toole

2003 The Lion in Winter

King Henry II Patrick Stewart

Eleanor of

AquitaineGlenn Close

2003 The Lost Prince Prince JohnDaniel Williams (young)

Matthew James Thomas (older)

2003 LucyLucille Ball Rachel York

Desi Arnaz Danny Pino

2003 Luther Martin Luther Joseph Fiennes

2003 Maria Goretti Maria Goretti Martina Pinto

2003Martha, Inc.: The Story ofMartha Stewart

Martha Stewart Cybill Shepherd

2003 Monster Aileen Wuornos Charlize Theron

2003 Mother Teresa of Calcutta Mother Teresa Olivia Hussey

2003 Ned Kelly Ned Kelly Heath Ledger

2003 The Night We Called It a Day Frank Sinatra Dennis Hopper

2003 Paradise Found Paul Gauguin Kiefer Sutherland

2003 Party Monster Michael Alig Macaulay Culkin

2003 Radio

James Robert

"Radio" KennedyCuba Gooding, Jr.

Harold Jones Ed Harris

2003 The ReagansRonald Reagan James Brolin

Nancy Reagan Judy Davis

2003 Shattered Glass Stephen Glass Hayden Christensen

2003 Soraya

Soraya

Esfandiary-Bakhtiari

Anna Valle

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2003 SorayaBakhtiari

Shah Mohammad

Reza PahlaviErol Sander

2003 Stander Andre Stander Thomas Jane

2003 Swimming Upstream Tony Fingleton Jesse Spencer

2003 Sylvia Sylvia Plath Gwyneth Paltrow

2003 Touching the Void Joe Simpson Brendan Mackey

2003 Veronica Guerin Veronica Guerin Cate Blanchett

2003 Wonderland John Holmes Val Kilmer

2004 Against the Ropes Jackie Kallen Meg Ryan

2004 Aimee Semple McPhersonAimee Semple

McPhersonMimi Michaels

2004 AlexanderAlexander theGreat Colin Farrell

2004The Assassination of RichardNixon

Samuel Byck Sean Penn

2004 The Aviator Howard Hughes Leonardo DiCaprio

2004 Beautiful BoxerParinya

CharoenpholAsanee Suwan

2004Behind the Camera: TheUnauthorized Story of Charlie's

Angels

Farrah Fawcett Tricia Helfer

Jaclyn Smith Christina Chambers

Kate Jackson Lauren Stamile

2004 Bettie Page: Dark Angel Bettie Page Paige Richards

2004 Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin Kevin Spacey

2004 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Bobby Jones Jim Caviezel

2004 The Brooke Ellison Story Brooke Ellison Lacey Chabert & Vanessa Marano

2004Call Me: The Rise and Fall of

Heidi FleissHeidi Fleiss Jamie-Lynn Sigler

2004 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story Dale Earnhardt Barry Pepper

2004 De-Lovely Cole Porter Kevin Kline

2004 Downfall Adolf Hitler Bruno Ganz

2004 Finding Neverland J. M. Barrie Johnny Depp

2004 Fighter in the Wind Masutatsu Oyama Yang Dong-geun

2004 Helter Skelter Charles Manson Jeremy Davies

2004 Hidalgo Frank Hopkins Viggo Mortensen

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2004 Hotel Rwanda Paul Rusesabagina Don Cheadle

2004 Ike: Countdown to D-DayDwight D.

EisenhowerTom Selleck

2004 Kinsey Alfred Kinsey Liam Neeson

2004 The LibertineJohn Wilmot, 2nd

Earl of RochesterJohnny Depp

2004The Life and Death of PeterSellers

Peter Sellers Geoffrey Rush

2004Man in the Mirror: The Michael

Jackson StoryMichael Jackson Flex Alexander

2004 Miracle Herb Brooks Kurt Russell

2004 ModiglianiAmedeo

ModiglianiAndy García

2004 The Motorcycle DiariesChe Guevara Gael García Bernal

Alberto Granado Rodrigo de la Serna

2004 Nero Nero Hans Matheson

2004 My Nikifor Nikifor Krystyna Feldman

2004 The Mystery of Natalie WoodNatalie Wood Justine Waddell

Robert Wagner Michael Weatherly

2004 Ray Ray Charles Jamie Foxx

2004Redemption: The Stan Tookie

Williams Story

Stanley Tookie

WilliamsJamie Foxx

2004 The Sea Inside Ramon Sampedro Javier Bardem

2004 Something The Lord MadeAlfred Blalock Alan Rickman

Vivien Thomas Mos Def

2004 Stage Beauty Edward Kynaston Billy Crudup

2004 ThérèseSaint Thérèse of

LisieuxLindsay Younce

2005 2 Filhos de FranciscoZezé Di Camargo& Luciano

Márcio Kieling

Thiago Mendonça

2005Amber Frey: Witness For TheProsecution

Amber Frey Janel Moloney

Scott Peterson Nathan Anderson

Gloria Allred Nora Dunn

2005 Ambulance Girl Jane Stern Kathy Bates

2005 Aurore Aurore Gagnon Marianne Fortier

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2005

Behind the Camera: The

Unauthorized Story of Mork &

Mindy

Robin Williams Chris Diamantopoulos

Pam Dawber Erinn Hayes

2005 Blue Swallow Park Kyung-won Jang Jin Young

2005 Bose – The Forgotten HeroSubhas Chandra

BoseSachin Khedekar

2005 Capote Truman Capote Philip Seymour Hoffman

2005Charles Wesley: Hymns ofPraise

Charles Wesley John Jackman

2005 Cinderella ManJames J.

BraddockRussell Crowe

2005 Coach Carter Ken Carter Samuel L. Jackson

2005 Désiré LandruHenri Désiré

LandruPatrick Timsit

2005 Domino Domino Harvey Keira Knightley

2005 Elizabeth IElizabeth I of

EnglandHelen Mirren

2005 Elvis Elvis Presley Jonathan Rhys Meyers

2005 The Flight That Fought BackMark Bingham Jason LeGrande

Jeremy Glick Kevin Paul

2005 Gie Soe Hok Gie Nicholas Saputra

2005 Good Night, and Good LuckEdward R.

MurrowDavid Strathairn

2005The Greatest Game EverPlayed

Francis Ouimet Shia LaBeouf

2005 The Hunt for the BTK Killer Dennis Rader Gregg Henry

2005 Jarhead Anthony Swofford Jake Gyllenhaal

2005Joseph Smith: The Prophet ofthe Restoration

Joseph Smith Nathan Mitchell

2005Karol: A Man Who Became

PopeKarol Wojtyła Piotr Adamczyk

2005 The LibertineJohn Wilmot, 2ndEarl of Rochester

Johnny Depp

2005 Lords of Dogtown

Stacy Peralta John Robinson

Jay Adams Emile Hirsch

Tony Alva Victor Rasuk

2005 Martha Behind Bars Martha Stewart Cybill Shepherd

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2005 Maurice RichardMaurice 'The

Rocket' RichardRoy Dupuis

2005 Mrs. Harris Jean Harris Annette Bening

2005 Mrs. Henderson Presents Laura Henderson Judi Dench

2005Murder Unveiled

Jaswinder Kaur

SidhuAnita Majumdar

2005 My Family and Other Animals Gerald Durrell Eugene Simon

2005 The New WorldJohn Smith Colin Farrell

Pocahontas Q'orianka Kilcher

2005 The Notorious Bettie Page Bettie Page Gretchen Mol

2005 Pierrepoint Albert Pierrepoint Timothy Spall

2005 Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II Cary Elwes (young), Jon Voight (old)

2005The Prize Winner of Defiance,Ohio

Evelyn Ryan Julianne Moore

2005 The Queen's Sister Princess Margaret Lucy Cohu

2005 Riot at the Rite Vaslav Nijinsky Adam Garcia

2005 The Rising Mangal Pandey Aamir Khan

2005 The Rocket Maurice Richard Roy Dupuis

2005 Sophie Scholl – The Final Days Sophie Scholl Julia Jentsch

2005 Stoned Brian Jones Leo Gregory

2005 Saint Peter Saint Peter Omar Sharif

2005 The Sun Emperor Hirohito Issey Ogata

2005 Trump Unauthorized Donald Trump Justin Louis

2005Waking Up Wally: The WalterGretzky Story

Walter Gretzky Tom McCamus

Wayne Gretzky Kristen Holden-Ried

2005 Walk the LineJohnny Cash Joaquin Phoenix

June Carter Cash Reese Witherspoon

2005 Warm Springs

Franklin D.

RooseveltKenneth Branagh

Eleanor Roosevelt Cynthia Nixon

2005 The World's Fastest Indian Burt Munro Anthony Hopkins

2006Albert Schweitzer: Called to

AfricaAlbert Schweitzer Jeff McCarthy

2006 Amazing Grace

WilliamWilberforce Ioan Gruffudd

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John Newton Albert Finney

2006 The Amazing Grace John Newton Nick Moran

2006Beau Brummell: This Charming

ManBeau Brummell James Purefoy

2006 The BorgiaRodrigo Borgia Lluís Homar

Cesare Borgia Sergio Peris-Mencheta

2006 Catch a Fire Patrick Chamusso Derek Luke

2006 Color of the Cross Jesus Jean-Claude La Marre

2006 The Death of Poe Edgar Allan Poe Mark Redfield

2006 Driving Lessons Jeremy Brock Rupert Grint

2006 El Benny Benny Moré Renny Arozarena

2006 El Cantante Héctor Lavoe Marc Anthony

2006 Factory Girl Edie Sedgwick Sienna Miller

2006The Fantasia Barrino Story:

Life Is Not a Fairy TaleFantasia Barrino

Fantasia Barrino (older)

Jamia Simone Nash (young)

2006 Fearless Huo Yuanjia Jet Li

2006 The Flying Scotsman Graeme Obree Jonny Lee Miller

2006Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of

Diane ArbusDiane Arbus Nicole Kidman

2006 Glory Road Don Haskins Josh Lucas

2006 The Good ShepherdJames Jesus

AngletonMatt Damon

2006 Goya's Ghosts Francisco Goya Stellan Skarsgård

2006A Guide to Recognizing YourSaints

Dito MontielRobert Downey, Jr. (adult)

Shia LaBeouf (young)

2006Hannibal – Rome's Worst

NightmareHannibal Alexander Siddig

2006Henry Dunant: Red on theCross

Henry Dunant Thomas Jouannet

2006 Hollywoodland George Reeves Ben Affleck

2006 Infamous Truman Capote Toby Jones

2006 Invincible Vince Papale Mark Wahlberg

2006 Klimt Gustav Klimt John Malkovich

2006 The Last King of Scotland Idi Amin Forest Whitaker

2006 Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Kirsten Dunst

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2006 Milarepa Milarepa Jamyang Lodro

2006 Miss Potter Beatrix Potter Renée Zellweger

2006 The Nativity Story

Mary of Nazareth Keisha Castle-Hughes

Joseph ofNazareth

Oscar Isaac

2006 One Night with the KingEsther Tiffany Dupont

King Xerxes 1 Luke Goss

2006 Provoked Kiranjit Ahluwalia Aishwarya Rai

2006 The Pursuit of HappynessChristopher

GardnerWill Smith

2006 Pushkin: The Last Duel Alexander Pushkin Sergei Bezrukov

2006 The QueenHM QueenElizabeth II

Helen Mirren

2006 Raising Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Dahmer Rusty Sneary

2006 Requiem Anneliese Michel Sandra Hüller

2006 The Ron Clark Story Ron Clark Matthew Perry

2006 Running with ScissorsAugustenBurroughs

Joseph Cross

2006 United 93Mark Bingham Cheyenne Jackson

Jeremy Glick Peter Hermann

2006 The Water Is Wide Pat Conroy Jeff Hephner

2006 We Are Marshall Jack Lengyel Matthew McConaughey

2006Why I Wore Lipstick to My

MastectomyGeralyn Lucas Sarah Chalke

2006 Wild Romance Herman Brood Daniël Boissevain

2006 World Trade CenterJohn McLoughlin Nicolas Cage

Will Jimeno Michael Peña

2007 American Gangster Frank Lucas Denzel Washington

2007 An American Crime

Sylvia Likens Ellen Page

GertrudeBaniszewski

Catherine Keener

2007

The Assassination of Jesse

James by the Coward RobertFord

Jesse James Brad Pitt

Robert Ford Casey Affleck

2007 Assembly Gu Zidi Zhang Hanyu

2007 Becoming Jane Jane Austen Anne Hathaway

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2007 The Black Pimpernel Harald Edelstam Michael Nyqvist

2007 Breach Robert Hanssen Chris Cooper

2007 Charlie Wilson's War Charlie Wilson Tom Hanks

2007 Clare and FrancisClare of Assisi Mary Petruolo

Francis of Assisi Ettore Bassi

2007 Control Ian Curtis Sam Riley

2007 Colour Me Kubrick Alan Conway John Malkovich

2007 Crazy Hank Garland Waylon Payne

2007 Dark Matter Gang Lu Liu Ye

2007 Das Wilde Leben Uschi Obermaier Natalia Avelon

2007 Diana: Last Days of a PrincessDiana, Princess of

WalesGenevieve O'Reilly

2007The Diving Bell and theButterfly

Jean-DominiqueBauby

Mathieu Amalric

2007 Eichmann Adolf Eichmann Thomas Kretschmann

2007 El Cantante Héctor Lavoe Marc Anthony

2007 El Greco El Greco Nick Ashdon

2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age Elizabeth I Cate Blanchett

2007 Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell Hilary Swank

2007 Gandhi, My FatherMahatma Gandhi Darshan Jariwala

Harilal Gandhi Akshaye Khanna

2007Genghis Khan: To the Ends of

the Earth and SeaGenghis Khan Takashi Sorimachi

2007 Georg Georg Ots Marko Matvere

2007 Goodbye BafanaJames Gregory Joseph Fiennes

Nelson Mandela Dennis Haysbert

2007 The Hoax Clifford Irving Richard Gere

2007 Hwang Jin Yi Hwang Jin Yi Song Hye Kyo

2007 I'm Not There Bob DylanChristian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger,Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Ben

Whishaw.

2007 Into The WildChristopherMcCandless

Emile Hirsch

2007 Jump! Philippe Halsman Ben Silverstone

2007 The Killing of John LennonMark David

ChapmanJonas Ball

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2007 The Killing of John LennonChapman

Jonas Ball

2007 The King Graham Kennedy Stephen Curry

2007 La Vie En Rose Édith Piaf Marion Cotillard

2007 ManoleteManuel Laureano

Rodríguez SánchezAdrien Brody

2007 Neal Cassady Neal Cassady Tate Donovan

2007 A Mighty HeartMariane Pearl Angelina Jolie

Daniel Pearl Dan Futterman

2007 Miss Austen Regrets Jane Austen Olivia Williams

2007 Mongol Genghis Khan Tadanobu Asano

2007 Music Within Richard Pimentel Ron Livingston

2007 My Father Hwang Nam-cheol Kim Yeong-cheol

2007 Nightwatching Rembrandt Martin Freeman

2007 Persepolis Marjane Satrapi Chiara Mastroianni (voice)

2007 Pride Jim Ellis Terrence Howard

2007 Rescue Dawn Dieter Dengler Christian Bale

2007 Rise of the Footsoldier Carlton Leach Ricci Harnett

2007 Romulus, My FatherRomulus Gaita Eric Bana

Raimond Gaita Kodi Smit-McPhee

2007 Saint MaryMary (mother of

Jesus)Shabnam Gholikhani

2007 Shake Hands with the Devil Roméo Dallaire Roy Dupuis

2007 The Singer Héctor Lavoe Raul Carbonell

2007 SybilShirley Ardell

MasonTammy Blanchard

2007 Talk to MeRalph "Petey"

GreeneDon Cheadle

2007 Tears of a King Elvis Presley Matt Lewis

2007 The Ten Commandments Moses Ben Kingsley (voice)

2007 Theresa: The Body of ChristSaint Teresa of

Ávila Paz Vega

2007 26 Years Diary Lee Su-hyon Lee Tae-sung

2007 Zodiac Robert Graysmith Jake Gyllenhaal

2008 Admiral

Alexander

Kolchak Konstantin Habensky

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2008 Amália Amália Rodrigues Sandra Barata

2008 Billy: The Early Years Billy Graham Armie Hammer

2008 Bronson Charles Bronson Tom Hardy

2008 Cadillac Records

Leonard Chess Adrien Brody

Muddy Waters Jeffrey Wright

Etta James Beyoncé Knowles

2008 Cass Cass Pennant Nonso Anozie

2008 Che: Part I - The Argentine Che Guevara Benicio del Toro

2008 Che: Part II - Guerrilla Che Guevara Benicio del Toro

2008 Changeling Christine Collins Angelina Jolie

2008 Chapter 27Mark David

ChapmanJared Leto

2008 Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel(elder)

Shirley MacLaine

Coco Chanel

(young)Barbora Bobulová

2008 Crazy Hank Garland Waylon Payne

2008 DefianceTuvia Bielski Daniel Craig

Zus Bielski Liev Schreiber

2008 Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

Ulrike Meinhof Martina Gedeck

Andreas Baader Moritz Bleibtreu

Gudrun Ensslin Johanna Wokalek

2008 The DuchessGeorgianaCavendish

Keira Knightley

2008 The Easy Way Albert Spaggiari Jean-Paul Rouve

2008 The Edge of Love Dylan Thomas Matthew Rhys

2008 The Express Ernie Davis Rob Brown

2008 Flash of Genius Robert Kearns Greg Kinnear

2008 Forever Enthralled Mei Lanfang Leon Lai

2008 Front of the Class Brad Cohen James Wolk

2008 Frost/NixonRichard Nixon Frank Langella

David Frost Michael Sheen

2008 Hansie Hansie Cronje Frank Rautenbach

2008 House of SaddamSaddam Hussein yigal Naor

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2008 House of SaddamSajida Khairallah

TalfahShohreh Aghdashloo

2008 Hunger Bobby Sands Michael Fassbender

2008 Il Divo Giulio Andreotti Toni Servillo

2008 Ip Man Yip Man Donnie Yen

2008 Jodhaa AkbarAkbar the Great Hrithik Roshan

Jodhabai Aishwarya Rai

2008 John AdamsJohn Adams Paul Giamatti

Abigail Adams Laura Linney

2008The Last Confession ofAlexander Pearce

Alexander Pearce Ciarán McMenamin

2008 Little Ashes

Salvador Dalí Robert Pattinson

Federico García

LorcaJavier Beltrán

2008 Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin Chi Cao

2008 Max Manus Max Manus Aksel Hennie

2008 The Messiah Jesus Ahmad Soleimani Nia

2008 Milk Harvey Milk Sean Penn

2008 Mesrine: Killer Instinct Jacques Mesrine Vincent Cassel

2008 Meu Nome Não É JohnnyJoão GuilhermeEstrella

Selton Mello

2008 The Other Boleyn GirlMary Boleyn Scarlett Johansson

Anne Boleyn Natalie Portman

2008 Public Enemy Number One Jacques Mesrine Vincent Cassel

2008 The Red BaronManfred vonRichthofen

Matthias Schweighöfer

2008 Red Cliff

Zhou Yu Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

Zhuge Liang Takeshi Kaneshiro

Cao Cao Zhang Fengyi

2008 Sagan Françoise Sagan Sylvie Testud

2008 Séraphine Séraphine Louis Yolande Moreau

2008 Skin Sandra Laing Sophie Okonedo

2008 Sugar Miguel Santos Algenis Perez Soto

2008 Taarka Hilana Taarka Inga Salurand

2008 ValkyrieCol. Claus von

Tom Cruise

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2008 Valkyrie Stauffenberg Tom Cruise

2008 W. George W. Bush Josh Brolin

2008 Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman Ari Folman (voice)

2008 What We Do Is Secret Darby Crash Shane West

2008 Within the Whirlwind Yevgenia Ginzburg Emily Watson

2009 Agora Hypatia Rachel Weisz

2009 Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Jeroen Krabbé

2009 Amelia Amelia Earhart Hilary Swank

2009 An Englishman in New York Quentin Crisp John Hurt

2009 The Anna Nicole Smith Story Anna Nicole Smith Willa Ford

2009 The Blind Side

Leigh Anne Tuohy Sandra Bullock

Sean Tuohy Tim McGraw

Michael Oher Quinton Aaron

2009 Bright StarJohn Keats Ben Whishaw

Fanny Brawne Abbie Cornish

2009 Coco Before Chanel Coco Chanel Audrey Tautou

2009 Coco Chanel & Igor StravinskyCoco Chanel Anna Mouglalis

Igor Stravinsky Mads Mikkelsen

2009 Connolly James Connolly Peter Mullan

2009 The Consul of SodomJaime Gil de

BiedmaJordi Mollà

2009 The CountessCountess ElizabethBáthory

Julie Delpy

2009 Creation Charles Darwin Paul Bettany

2009 Dalí & I: The Surreal StorySalvador Dalí Al Pacino

Stan Lauryssens Cillian Murphy

2009 Desert Flower Waris Dirie Liya Kebede

2009 Fortapàsc Giancarlo Siani Libero De Rienzo

2009Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson

StoryBen Carson Cuba Gooding Jr.

2009 Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Joan Allen

2009 Grey Gardens

Edith EwingBouvier

Jessica Lange

Edith Bouvier

BealeDrew Barrymore

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Beale

2009 Hilde Hildegard Knef Heike Makatsch

2009 The Informant! Mark Whitacre Matt Damon

2009 Into the Storm Winston Churchill Brendan Gleeson

2009 InvictusNelson Mandela Morgan Freeman

François Pienaar Matt Damon

2009 John Rabe John Rabe Ulrich Tukur

2009 Julie & JuliaJulie Powell Amy Adams

Julia Child Meryl Streep

2009 King ConquerorPedro II of

AragonTim Roth

2009 Kerala Varma Pazhassiraja Pazhassi Raja Mammootty

2009 The Last Station Leo Tolstoy Christopher Plummer

2009 Margaret Margaret Thatcher Lindsay Duncan

2009 Mata Hari Mata Hari Dita Von Teese

2009 Mulan Hua Mulan Zhao Wei

2009 Natalee Holloway

Natalee Holloway Amy Gumenick

Beth Twitty Tracy Pollan

Joran van derSloot

Jacques Strydom

2009 Notorious

Christopher

"Notorious B.I.G."Wallace

Jamal Woolard

2009 Nowhere Boy John Lennon Aaron Johnson

2009 12 Paces Without a Head Klaus Störtebeker Ronald Zehrfeld

2009 The Passenger Iggy Pop Elijah Wood

2009 Phantom Punch Sonny Liston Ving Rhames

2009 Princess Kaiulani Kaʻiulani Q'Orianka Kilcher

2009 Public Enemies

John Dillinger Johnny Depp

Melvin Purvis Christian Bale

Billie Frechette Marion Cotillard

Baby Face Nelson Stephen Graham

2009 Sanctity Within ReachPier GiorgioFrassati

Christine M. Wohar

2009 See Me Feel Me: Keith Moon

Naked for Your PleasureKeith Moon Mike Myers

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2009Naked for Your Pleasure

Keith Moon Mike Myers

2009 Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer Jeroen Krabbé

2009 Skin Sandra Laing Sophie Okonedo

2009 Soeur Sourire Jeanine Deckers Cécile De France

2009 The SoloistSteve Lopez Robert Downey, Jr.

Nathaniel Ayers Jamie Foxx

2009 Telstar Joe Meek Con O'Neill

2009 ToussaintToussaintLouverture

Don Cheadle

2009 Van Diemen's Land Alexander Pearce Oscar Redding

2009 VincereIda Dalser Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Benito Mussolini Filippo Timi

2009Vision - From the Life ofHildegard von Bingen

Hildegard vonBingen

Barbara Sukowa

2009 Wesley John Wesley Burgess Jenkins

2009 The Young Victoria Queen Victoria Emily Blunt

2009 Zen Dōgen Zenji Nakamura Kantarō II

2010s

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress

2010 127 Hours Aron Ralston James Franco

2010 Angel of Evil Renato Vallanzasca Kim Rossi Stuart

2010Augustine: The Decline of the

Roman EmpireAugustine of Hippo Franco Nero

2010 Bruce Lee, My Brother Bruce Lee Aarif Lee

2010 Carlos Carlos the Jackal Édgar Ramírez

2010 Casino Jack Jack Abramoff Kevin Spacey

2010 Chico Xavier Chico Xavier Nelson Xavier

2010 Confucius Confucius Chow Yun-fat

2010 Conviction Betty Anne Waters Hilary Swank

2010 The Day the Music Died Buddy Holly Guy Kent

2010 Eat Pray Love Elizabeth Gilbert Julia Roberts

2010Edith Stein: The Seventh

Chamber

Edith Stein Maia Morgenstern

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2010 Extraordinary Measures John Crowley Brendan Fraser

2010 Fair GameValerie Plame Naomi Watts

Joseph Wilson Sean Penn

2010 The Fighter"Irish" Micky Ward Mark Wahlberg

Dicky Eklund Christian Bale

2010 The First Grader Kimani Maruge Oliver Litondo

2010 Frankie & Alice Frankie Murdoch Halle Berry

2010 Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

Serge Gainsbourg Éric Elmosnino

Jane Birkin Lucy Gordon

Brigitte Bardot Laetitia Casta

2010 The Great VazquezManuel Vázquez

GallegoSantiago Segura

2010 The Hammer Matt Hamill Russell Harvard

2010 Howl Allen Ginsberg James Franco

2010 I Love You Phillip MorrisSteven Jay Russell Jim Carrey

Phillip Morris Ewan McGregor

2010 Ip Man 2 Yip Man Donnie Yen

2010 Jew Suss: Rise and Fall Ferdinand Marian Tobias Moretti

2010 The Kingdom of Solomon Solomon Amin Zendegani

2010 The King's Speech

King George VI Colin Firth

Lionel Logue Geoffrey Rush

Elizabeth Bowes-

LyonHelena Bonham Carter

2010 Leonie Leonie Gilmour Emily Mortimer

2010 Lope Lope de Vega Alberto Ammann

2010 Lula, the son of BrazilLuiz Inácio Lula da

SilvaRui Ricardo Dias

2010 Mahler on the CouchGustav Mahler Johannes Silberschneider

Alma Mahler Barbara Romaner

2010 Max Schmeling Max Schmeling Henry Maske

2010 Mr. Nice Howard Marks Rhys Ifans

2010 Nanga ParbatReinhold Messner Florian Stetter

Günther Messner Andreas Tobias

2010 Risen Howard Winstone Stuart Brennan

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2010 The Robber Johann Rettenberger Andreas Lust

2010 The RunawaysJoan Jett Kristen Stewart

Cherie Currie Dakota Fanning

2010The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne

ListerAnne Lister Maxine Peake

2010 SecretariatPenny Chenery Diane Lane

Lucien Laurin John Malkovich

2010 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Ian Dury Andy Serkis

2010 The Social Network

Mark Zuckerberg Jesse Eisenberg

Eduardo Saverin Andrew Garfield

Sean Parker Justin Timberlake

Cameron & Tyler

WinklevossArmie Hammer

2010 The Special RelationshipBill Clinton Dennis Quaid

Tony Blair Michael Sheen

2010 Temple Grandin Temple Grandin Claire Danes

2010 Times You Change Bushido Elyas M'Barek

2010 VedaMustafa KemalAtatürk

Sinan Tuzcu

2010Vision - From the Life of

Hildegard von BingenHildegard von Bingen Barbara Sukowa

2010When Love Is Not Enough: The

Lois Wilson StoryLois Wilson Winona Ryder

2010 Who Is Clark Rockefeller?Christian

GerhartsreiterEric McCormack

2010 You Don't Know Jack Jack Kevorkian Al Pacino

2011 The Amanda Knox Story Amanda Knox Hayden Panettiere

2011 Bakhita: From Slave to Saint Josephine Bakhita Fatou Kine Boye

2011 Cinema Verite

Pat Loud Diane Lane

Bill Loud Tim Robbins

Lance Loud Thomas Dekker

2011 The Craigslist Killer Philip Markoff Jake McDorman

2011 A Dangerous Method

Sigmund Freud Viggo Mortensen

Carl Gustav Jung Michael Fassbender

Sabina Spielrein Keira Knightley

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Sabina Spielrein Keira Knightley

2011 The Danish Girl

Einar Wegener / Lili

ElbeNicole Kidman

Gerda Wegener Gwyneth Paltrow

2011 The Devil's DoubleLatif Yahia / Uday

HusseinDominic Cooper

2011 A Funny Man Dirch Passer Nikolaj Lie Kaas

2011 The Grandmasters Yip Man Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

2011 Heleno Heleno de Freitas Rodrigo Santoro

2011Hür Adam: Bediüzzaman Said

NursiSaid Nursî Mursit Bag

2011 J. Edgar J. Edgar Hoover Leonardo DiCaprio

2011 Jeanne captive Joan of Arc Clémence Poésy

2011 Juan y EvaJuan Perón Osmar Nuñez

Eva Perón Julieta Díaz

2011 Justice for Natalee Holloway

Natalee Holloway Amy Gumenick

Beth Holloway Tracy Pollan

Joran van der Sloot Stephen Amell

2011 The Kennedys

John F. Kennedy Greg Kinnear

Robert F. Kennedy Barry Pepper

Jackie Kennedy Katie Holmes

Joseph P. Kennedy,

Sr.Tom Wilkinson

2011 Killing Pablo Pablo Escobar Édgar Ramírez

2011 Kill the Irishman Danny Greene Ray Stevenson

2011 The Lady Aung San Suu Kyi Michelle Yeoh

2011 The Last Ride Hank Williams Henry Thomas

2011 The Lost Bladesman Guan Yu Donnie Yen

2011 Moneyball Billy Beane Brad Pitt

2011 Hugo Georges Méliès Ben Kingsley

2011 My Week With Marilyn Marilyn Monroe Michelle Williams

2011 The Sky of My ChildhoodNursultan

NazarbayevElzhas Albiyev

2011 Perfect Game Choi Dong-wonCho Seung-woo, Sun Dung-ryul, YangDong-geum

2011 Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton AnnaSophia Robb

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2011 Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton AnnaSophia Robb

2011 Tatsumi Yoshihiro Tatsumi Yoshihiro Tatsumi

2011 Kaze no Shounen Yutaka Ozaki Hiroki Narimiya

2011 Violeta Violeta ParraFrancisca Gavilán

2011 We Bought a Zoo Benjamin Mee Matt Damon

2011 WinnieWinnie Mandela Jennifer Hudson

Nelson Mandela Terrence Howard

2011 William & KatePrince William Nico Evers-Swindell

Catherine Middleton Camilla Luddington

2012Abducted : The Carlina WhiteStory

Carlina White Keke Palmer

2012 Argo Tony Mendez Ben Affleck

2012 Blonde Marilyn Monroe Naomi Watts

2012 Florbela Florbela Espanca Dalila Carmo

2012 The Girl Alfred Hitchcock Toby Jones

2012 Game ChangeSarah Palin Julianne Moore

John McCain Ed Harris

2012 Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Anthony Hopkins

2012 Hyde Park on Hudson

Franklin Delano

RooseveltBill Murray

Margaret Suckley Laura Linney

2012 Lawless

Jack Bondaurant Shia Labeouf

Forest Bondaurant Tom Hardy

Howard Bondaurant Jason Clarke

2012 The Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher Meryl Streep

2012 Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis

2013 Betty and CorettaBetty Shabazz Mary J. Blige

Coretta Scott King Angela Bassett

2013 Bonnie & ClydeBonnie Parker Holliday Grainger

Clyde Barrow Emile Hirsch

2013 Liz & DickElizabeth Taylor Lindsay Lohan

Richard Burton Grant Bowler

2012 Sri Ramakrishna Darshanam Ramakrishna

2012 Amen (India) Harish Iyer [1] Karan Mehra [2]

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2013 42Jackie Robinson Chadwick Boseman

Branch Rickey Harrison Ford

2014One In A Million: The Aaliyah

StoryAaliyah Haughton Keisha Chante

2013 Kill Your Darlings Allen Ginsberg Daniel Radcliffe[3]

2013 Crossface[4][5] Chris Benoit TBA

2013Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC

Story

Tionne Watkins Drew Sidora

Lisa Lopes Lil Mama

Rozonda Thomas Keke Palmer

2013 Big Sur Jack Kerouac Jean-Marc Barr

2013 DianaDiana, Princess ofWales

Naomi Watts

2013 Celluloid J. C. Daniel Prithviraj Sukumaran

2013 Emperor Douglas MacArthur Tommy Lee Jones

2013 The Grandmaster Yip Man Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

2013 Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story Linda Lovelace Malin Åkerman

2013 Jobs Steve Jobs Ashton Kutcher

2013 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Milkha Singh Farhan Akhtar

2013 The ConjuringLorraine Warren Vera Farmiga

Ed Warren Patrick Wilson

2013 LovelaceLinda Lovelace Amanda Seyfried

Chuck Traynor Peter Sarsgaard

2013 Behind the Candelabra Liberace Michael Douglas

2013Romeo Killer : The Chris Porco

Story

Christopher Porco Matt Barr

Joe Sullivan Eric McCormack

2013 Saving Mr. BanksP.L. Travers Emma Thompson

Walt Disney Tom Hanks

2013 Desert Dancer Afshin Ghaffarian Reece Ritchie

2013Rush : Every one is driven by

something

James Hunt and Niki

LaudaChris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl

2013 The Butler Cecil Gaines Forest Whitaker|

2013Mandela: Long Walk toFreedom

Nelson Mandela Idris Elba

2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort Leonardo DiCaprio

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2014 Foxcatcher

John Eleuthère du

PontSteve Carell

Mark Schultz Channing Tatum

Dave Schultz Mark Ruffalo

2014 Get On Up James Brown Chadwick Boseman

2014 Mr. Turner J.M.W. Turner Timothy Spall

2014 Unbroken Louis Zamperini Jack O'Connell

2014 The Gabby Douglas Story Gabby DouglasSydney Mikayla(7–12 years old) and Imani

Hakim (13–16 years old)

2014 Getúlio Getúlio Vargas Tony Ramos

2014 Mercury Freddie Mercury Ben Whishaw

2014 Loomis Fargo David Scott Ghantt Zach Galifinakis

2014 Lizzie Borden Took an Axe Lizzie Borden Christina Ricci

TBA TBA John Belushi Emile Hirsch

TBA TBA Whitney Houston TBA

TBA Stop SnitchinWilliam King and

Antonio MurrayTBA

TBA The Dirt Mötley Crüe TBA

TBA The Fifth Beatle Brian Epstein TBA

TBA The Story of Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss Johnny Depp

TBA Tupac Tupac Shakur TBA

TBA The Last Train to Memphis Elvis Presley TBA

TBA TBA Josephine Baker Rihanna

See also

List of composers depicted on film

References

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5. ^ Crossface (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2102498/) at the Internet Movie Database

Lists of films by genre

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