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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 . Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf score
6 . Annie Get Your Gun (1950)Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish score
7 . Spartacus (1960)Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton score
8 . Boys Town (1938)Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton score
9 . Funny Girl (1968)Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis score
10 . The Great Ziegfeld (1936)William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan score
11 . The King and I (1956)Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson score
12 . Camille (1936)Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan score
13 . Gypsy (1962)Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Parley Baer 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, Miles Mander, William Austin score
19 . Billy the Kid (1941)Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Gene Lockhart score
20 . The Long Gray Line (1955)Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Ward Bond score
21 . Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson score
22 . Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand score
23 . Brigham Young (1940)Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy score
24 . The Song of Bernadette (1943)Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb score
25 . The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)Gary Cooper, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Binnie Barnes score
26 . The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Jack Kruschen, Hermione Baddeley score
27 . Buffalo Bill (1944)Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell score
28 . Becket (1964)Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Paolo Stoppa score
29 . The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp score
30 . Sergeant York (1941)Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias score
31 . Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Minor Watson score
32 . Three Little Words (1950)Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera- Ellen, Arlene Dahl score
33 . Queen Christina (1933)Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone score
34 . The Toast of New York (1937)Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie score
35 . Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore score
36 . Hans Christian Andersen (1952)Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Philip Tonge, John Qualen score
37 . Beloved Infidel (1959)Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr, Eddie Albert, Philip Ober score
38 . The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews score
39 . The Pride of the Yankees (1942)Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan score
40 . Gentleman Jim (1942)Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale Sr. score
41 . Beau James (1957)Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith score
42 . Alexander Hamilton (1931)George Arliss, Dudley Digges, Montagu Love, Ralf Harolde score
43 . The Seven Little Foys (1955)Bob Hope, George Tobias, Herbert Heyes, Billy Gray score
44 . Lust for Life (1956)Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown score
45 . Words and Music (1948)June Allyson, Perry Como, Judy Garland, Lena Horne score
46 . Age of Consent (1969)James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Frank Thring score
47 . The Benny Goodman Story (1956)Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Herbert Anderson, Jack Kruschen score
48 . Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)Paul Newman, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo score
49 . The Jolson Story (1946)Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Ludwig Donath score
50 . Alexander the Great (1956)Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Danielle Darrieux score
51 . To Hell and Back (1955)Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Gregg Palmer score
52 . I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore score
53 . Fighting 69th (1940)James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn score
54 . Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson score
55 . The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North score
56 . Wilson (1944)Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell score
57 . The Life of Emile Zola (1937)Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden score
58 . Night and Day (1946)Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms score
59 . The Stratton Story (1949)James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead score
60 . The Dolly Sisters (1945)Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall score
61 . The Alamo (1960)John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon score
62 . I Want to Live! (1958)Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel score
63 . Mary of Scotland (1936)Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, John Carradine score
64 . The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Wally Cassell, Bob Hope score
65 . Abraham Lincoln (1930)Lucille La Verne, Walter Huston, Edgar Dearing, Una Merkel score
66 . Moulin Rouge (1952)Jos? Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Mary Clare, Jill Bennett score
67 . The Miracle Worker (1962)Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Andrew Prine score
68 . A Man for All Seasons (1966)Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw score
69 . Rembrandt (1936)Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Roger Livesey score
70 . The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)Max von Sydow, Carroll Baker, Ina Balin, Victor Buono score
71 . Beau Brummell (1954)Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley score
72 . Marie Antoinette (1938)Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley score
73 . Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944)Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, S.Z. Sakall score
74 . The Glenn Miller Story (1954)James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake score
75 . Cleopatra (1934)Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut score
76 . Barabbas (1961)Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Katy Jurado, Harry Andrews score
77 . Cleopatra (1963)Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown score
78 . Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner, Ruth Hussey score
79 . The Great Waltz (1938)Luise Rainer, Miliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert, Lionel Atwill score
80 . The Joker Is Wild (1957)Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert score
81 . Fear Strikes Out (1957)Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson score
82 . Daniel Boone (1936)George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Clarence Muse score
83 . The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, James Whitmore, Shepperd Strudwick score
84 . Star! (1968)Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed score
85 . Lillian Russell (1940)Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold score
86 . The Wings of Eagles (1957)John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond score
87 . The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Paul Birch, Paul Brinegar score
88 . The Winning Team (1952)Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy, Russ Tamblyn score
89 . The Great Caruso (1951)Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid score
90 . The Babe Ruth Story (1948)William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, Sam Levene score
91 . The Perils of Pauline (1947)Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest score
92 . Young Man with a Horn (1950)Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Jerome Cowan score
93 . The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Athene Seyler, Ronald Squire score
94 . The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie, Peter Finch score
95 . The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Richard Lane score
96 . They Died with Their Boots On (1941)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Grapewin score
97 . Love Me or Leave Me (1955)Doris Day, James Cagney, Robert Keith, Tom Tully score
98 . Devotion (1946)Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland, Sydney Greenstreet score
99 . Seven Angry Men (1955)Raymond Massey, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, James Best score
100 . The Magnificent Yankee (1950)Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Philip Ober, Ian Wolfe score

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