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2000s Biographical Movies

Public list by WPS with 94 movies or TV shows/series

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The World's Fastest Indian(2005)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 7min | Drama, Adventure, History
3.8/5 (with 300 votes)

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

Catch Me If You Can(2002)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 21min | Drama, Crime
4.0/5 (with 6,850 votes)

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

American Gangster(2007)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 37min | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 2,423 votes)

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.

Public Enemies(2009)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 20min | Action, Crime
3.3/5 (with 1,993 votes)

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.

The Greatest Game Ever Played(2005)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h | Drama
3.6/5 (with 193 votes)

A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.

United 93(2006)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 51min | Drama, History, Crime, Thriller, Action
3.6/5 (with 615 votes)

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

Savage Grace(2007)

1h 37min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 80 votes)

This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.

Ip Man(2008)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 46min | Drama, Action, History
3.9/5 (with 1,687 votes)

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.

24 Hour Party People(2002)

1h 57min | Comedy, Drama, Music
3.5/5 (with 179 votes)

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.

Bronson(2008)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 32min | Drama, Action, Crime
3.5/5 (with 1,095 votes)

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

Admiral(2008)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 3min | War
3.2/5 (with 53 votes)

This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and the wife of his best friend. The revolution in his heart faces the revolution in his own country His destiny is to become the Supreme Rules of Russia.

Chopper(2000)

1h 34min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 145 votes)

The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

Directed by Andrew Dominik - With Eric Bana, Bill Young, Kate Beahan
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Pollock(2000)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 129 votes)

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.

Bathory: Countess of Blood(2008)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 21min | Drama, Fantasy
2.8/5 (with 38 votes)

Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory was a modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to men’s aspirations for power and wealth.

Ferrari(2003)

3h 35min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 21 votes)

Story of Enzo Ferrari's rise from a successful race driver to one of the most famous entrepreneurs of all time. Being interviewed by a fictitious, intrusive young journalist he recalls his setbacks and personal losses.

Man on Wire(2008)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 34min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 378 votes)

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.

Directed by James Marsh - With Philippe Petit

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind(2002)

1h 53min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.4/5 (with 524 votes)

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

Ed Gein(2000)

1h 29min | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 46 votes)

The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 arrest uncovered the most bizarre series of murders America has ever seen.

Directed by Chuck Parello - With Steve Railsback, Carrie Snodgress, Carol Mansell, Steve Blackwood, Danny Keogh, Pat Skipper, ...

Ted Bundy(2002)

1h 39min | Crime, Drama, Horror
2.9/5 (with 66 votes)

Docu-drama based on the life of Ted Bundy, a serial killer who killed at least 19 young women during the 1970's (though some sources say as many as 30 to 35 were murdered). Set from his college student years, to his first victims, his capture, escape from prison (twice), his final killing spree to his trial, conviction and execution.

Goodbye Bafana(2007)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 55min | History, Drama
3.4/5 (with 68 votes)

The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

Moliere(2007)

3.2/5 (with 80 votes)

Molière, a down-and-out actor-cum-playwright up to his ears in debt. When the wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt so that Molière's theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise, hilarity ensues.

Portrait of a Beauty(2008)

1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yoon-jeong is a young girl gifted at painting. However, the pressure is on her brother to carry on the proud family tradition, as women aren’t allowed to become professional painters. While her brother trains to take his place in the court, Yoon-jeong helps him out by secretly painting for him. The little girl’s life is turned upside down when her brother kills himself. In order to preserve the family honor, she is forced to take her brother’s name and lives as a man. Yun-bok’s genius and talent captures the heart of another great master of the time, Kim Hong-do. But her daring depictions of women are condemned by the royal institute as obscene. Yun-bok meets Kang-mu and falls deeply in love. For the first time, she feels the strong desire to abandon everything she has built and simply be a woman in front of the man she loves. Kang-moo sacrifices all for his love as well.

Directed by Jeon Yun-su - With Kim Gyu-ri

Mrs. Henderson Presents(2005)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 93 votes)

Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs. Henderson suggests they add female nudity similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

Gacy(2003)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 28min | Crime, Drama, Horror
2.3/5 (with 47 votes)

Based on a true story of serial killer a model citizen, loving father and husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his house which he shared with his family.

Everything Is Illuminated(2005)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 46min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 324 votes)

A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.

Mao's Last Dancer(2009)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 57min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 49 votes)

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.

Karla(2006)

1h 39min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 47 votes)

Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.

The Red Baron(2008)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
3.4/5 (with 107 votes)

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Kate, a nurse, opens his eyes to the brutality of war.

Balibo(2009)

1h 51min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 17 votes)

As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifie.

Nomad: The Warrior(2005)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 52min | Action, History, War
2.5/5 (with 24 votes)

The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.

Directed by Sergei Bodrov, Ivan Passer - With Jay Hernandez, Dilnaz Akhmadieva, Kuno Becker, Mark Dacascos, Jason Scott Lee, Tungyshpai Zhamankulov, ...
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