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Top 100 Classic Biographical Movies

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RankTitleCastScore
1 . The Sound of Music (1965)Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn score
2 . Bonnie and Clyde (1967)Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman score
3 . Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins score
4 . Annie Oakley (1935)Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen score
5 . Funny Girl (1968)Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis score
6 . Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf score
7 . Annie Get Your Gun (1950)Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish score
8 . Spartacus (1960)Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton score
9 . Boys Town (1938)Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton score
10 . The King and I (1956)Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson score
11 . Camille (1936)Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan score
12 . Gypsy (1962)Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace score
13 . The Great Ziegfeld (1936)William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan score
14 . The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan score
15 . The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale Sr. score
16 . Anna and the King of Siam (1946)Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb score
17 . Above and Beyond (1952)Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating score
18 . The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander score
19 . The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier score
20 . The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Jack Kruschen, Hermione Baddeley score
21 . Billy the Kid (1941)Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Mary Howard score
22 . The Long Gray Line (1955)Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Donald Crisp score
23 . Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson score
24 . Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand score
25 . Brigham Young (1940)Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy score
26 . The Song of Bernadette (1943)Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb score
27 . Hans Christian Andersen (1952)Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh score
28 . Beloved Infidel (1959)Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr, Eddie Albert, Philip Ober score
29 . The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews score
30 . The Pride of the Yankees (1942)Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan score
31 . Gentleman Jim (1942)Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale Sr. score
32 . Beau James (1957)Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith score
33 . Buffalo Bill (1944)Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell score
34 . The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp score
35 . Becket (1964)Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi score
36 . Sergeant York (1941)Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias score
37 . Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard score
38 . Three Little Words (1950)Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera- Ellen, Arlene Dahl score
39 . Queen Christina (1933)Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone score
40 . The Toast of New York (1937)Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie score
41 . Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan score
42 . Abraham Lincoln (1930)William L. Thorne, Lucille La Verne, Helen Freeman, Otto Hoffman score
43 . The Miracle Worker (1962)Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson score
44 . A Man for All Seasons (1966)Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw score
45 . The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)Max von Sydow, Carroll Baker, Ina Balin, Victor Buono score
46 . Marie Antoinette (1938)Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley score
47 . The Seven Little Foys (1955)Bob Hope, Milly Vitale, George Tobias, Angela Clarke score
48 . Beau Brummell (1954)Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley score
49 . Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944)Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Irene Manning score
50 . Cleopatra (1934)Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut score
51 . The Benny Goodman Story (1956)Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Barry Truex, Herbert Anderson score
52 . The Glenn Miller Story (1954)James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake score
53 . Barabbas (1961)Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Arthur Kennedy, Katy Jurado score
54 . Alexander Hamilton (1931)George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Dudley Digges, June Collyer score
55 . Lust for Life (1956)Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown score
56 . Words and Music (1948)June Allyson, Perry Como, Judy Garland, Lena Horne score
57 . Age of Consent (1969)James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Andonia Katsaros score
58 . Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)Paul Newman, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo score
59 . The Jolson Story (1946)Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin score
60 . Alexander the Great (1956)Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Danielle Darrieux score
61 . To Hell and Back (1955)Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly score
62 . I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore score
63 . The Dolly Sisters (1945)Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall score
64 . Fighting 69th (1940)James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn score
65 . Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson score
66 . The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North score
67 . Wilson (1944)Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell score
68 . The Life of Emile Zola (1937)Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden score
69 . The Stratton Story (1949)James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead score
70 . Night and Day (1946)Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms score
71 . The Alamo (1960)John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon score
72 . Moulin Rouge (1952)Jos? Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Suzanne Flon, Claude Nollier score
73 . I Want to Live! (1958)Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel score
74 . Mary of Scotland (1936)Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton score
75 . Rembrandt (1936)Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman score
76 . The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele, Wally Cassell score
77 . Henry V (1944)Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer, Robert Helpmann, Vernon Greeves score
78 . Too Much, Too Soon (1958)Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ray Danton score
79 . I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet score
80 . A Man Called Peter (1955)Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Jill Esmond score
81 . Compulsion (1959)Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman score
82 . Camille (1921)Pola Negri, Paul Biensfeldt, Paul Otto, Victor Varconi score
83 . Billy the Kid (1930)Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Karl Dane score
84 . The Five Pennies (1959)Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Harry Guardino score
85 . With a Song in My Heart (1952)Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter score
86 . The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger score
87 . Disraeli (1929)George Arliss, Joan Bennett, Florence Arliss, Anthony Bushell score
88 . Captain Kidd (1945)Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine score
89 . The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair, Paul Whiteman score
90 . The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise, Donald Woods score
91 . Cleopatra (1963)Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown score
92 . Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner, Ruth Hussey score
93 . The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson score
94 . Fear Strikes Out (1957)Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams score
95 . The Winning Team (1952)Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Miller score
96 . The Great Waltz (1938)Luise Rainer, Miliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert, Lionel Atwill score
97 . The Joker Is Wild (1957)Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert score
98 . Daniel Boone (1936)George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes score
99 . The Perils of Pauline (1947)Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest score
100 . The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, James Whitmore, Rex Thompson score

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.