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Unconventional Biopics

Films about real life people that aren't just dramatised Wikipedia pages (for better or for worse). Details in the notes.

Suggestions welcome. If you give me a brief description of why they belong on this list, I'll add them :)

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  • Andrei Rublev
  • Vice
  • Bronson
  • I'm Not There
  • The Wind Rises
  • At Eternity's Gate
  • Adaptation.
  • The 15:17 to Paris
  • I, Tonya
  • The Grandmaster
  • Neruda
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  • The Elephant Man
  • Raging Bull
  • The Last Temptation of Christ
  • Jackie
  • I'm Still Here
  • Schindler's List
  • Persepolis
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • The Brazilwood Man
  • The Favourite
  • The Happy Prince
  • Fitzcarraldo
  • Chatô, The King of Brazil
  • Mahler
  • Lisztomania
  • The Devils
  • Dance of the Seven Veils
  • Savage Messiah
  • The Music Lovers
  • Valentino
  • Gothic
  • The Color of Pomegranates
  • It's Not All True
  • Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
  • 24 Hour Party People
  • Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
  • Miles Ahead
  • 20,000 Days on Earth
  • Walker
  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato
  • Patton
  • Amadeus
  • The Right Stuff
  • Ed Wood
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • A Man for All Seasons
  • The Lion in Winter
  • Mr. Turner
  • Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave
  • Barfly
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Bonnie and Clyde
  • Born to Be Blue
  • American Animals
  • American Splendor
  • A Futile and Stupid Gesture
  • Welcome to Marwen
  • Loving Vincent
  • Jersey Boys
  • The Revenant
  • Marie Antoinette
  • The Disaster Artist
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • Where the Buffalo Roam
  • Edvard Munch
  • Naked Lunch
  • The Rum Diary
  • Grey Gardens
  • On the Road
  • Big Sur
  • Your Name Here
  • I Love You Phillip Morris
  • Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
  • Sid and Nancy
  • Frida
  • Love & Mercy
  • Moloch
  • Taurus
  • The Sun
  • Sebastiane
  • Caravaggio
  • Wittgenstein
  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  • Honey Boy
  • Pain and Glory
  • Jane B. by Agnès V.
  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei
  • Yumeji
  • Jacquot de Nantes
  • Silent Scream
  • Crulic: The Path to Beyond
  • Lenny
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part I
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot