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Biographical films often single out the most important events of the lives involved to focus on. They may also cross over between genres, such as drama, comedy and action.

Examples

• Pride of the Yankees (1942)
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
• The Glenn Miller Story (1953)
• Houdini (1953)
• Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• Gandhi (1982)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• A League of Their Own (1992)
• Malcolm X (1992)
• Rudy (1993)
• Schindler's List (1993)
• What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993)
• Michael Collins (1996)
• The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
• Donnie Brasco (1997)
• Boys Don't CryBoys Don't Cry is a 1999 movie based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgendered young man who was raped and murdered by his male friends, after they found out he was assigned a female gender at birth. Hilary Swank's performance as Brandon Te (1999)
• The HurricaneThe Hurricane is a 1999 film which purports to be the true story of boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, who was sent to prison for murder. It stars Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan (1999)
• Man on the MoonMan on the Moon is the name of the 1999 film, based on the unusual life and career of comedian Andy Kaufman. The movie, starring Jim Carrey and directed by Milos Forman, begins at Kaufman's childhood, where you see him performing imaginary television prog (1999)
• Erin BrockovichErin Brockovich-Ellis (born June 1960) is a woman who, despite lack of formal education, in 1993 was instrumental in constructing a case against the $30 billion Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), of California, alleging contamination of drinking water (2000)
• Men of Honor (2000)
• A Beautiful MindA Beautiful Mind is a book and film about the Nobel Prize ( Economics) winning mathematician John Nash and his experiences of schizophrenia. The biography, written by Sylvia Nasar, was published in 1999. The movie, inspired by biography of the same name, (2001)
• AdaptationAdaptation. is a 2002 film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Charlie Kaufman ( Nicolas Cage), the screenwriter, is having problems adapting The Orchid Thief a book by Susan Orlean, into a movie. Meanwhile, Charlie' (2002)
• Antwone FisherAntwone Fisher is a 2002 American drama about a man who confronts his traumatic past with the support of a naval psychiatrist. The film is inspired by a true story, with Antwone Q. Fisher credited as the screenwriter. The movie was directed by Denzel Wash (2002)
• Catch Me If You CanCatch Me If You Can is a 2002 motion picture set in the 1960s. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted by Jeff Nathanson loosely from the book by Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding. The movie states that it depicts the true life story of Abagnale (2002)
• Frida (2002)
• Lumumba (2002)
• 24 Hour Party People (2002)
• The Hours (2002)
• The Pianist (2002)
• The Rookie (2002)
• Calendar Girls (2003)
• Monster (2003)
• Radio (2003)
• Seabiscuit (2003)
• Sylvia (2003)
• De-Lovely (2004)
• Hidalgo (2004)
• Kinsey (2004)
• Miracle (2004)
• Ray (2004)
• The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)