Best Biographical Film

Vincent and Theo is a 1990 film by Robert Altman about Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo, focusing on art, poverty, and family support.

Che is Steven Soderbergh's two-part 2008 biographical film about Ernesto Che Guevara, covering the Cuban Revolution and later Bolivian campaign.

Julie and Julia is a 2009 film about Julia Child and blogger Julie Powell, linking Child's French-cooking career with Powell's online project.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a 1999 HBO film about Dorothy Dandridge, the first Black woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.

Carrington is a 1995 British biographical drama about painter Dora Carrington and her relationship with writer Lytton Strachey in Bloomsbury circles.

Chevalier is a 2022 biographical drama about Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, an 18th-century Black composer in France.

Rosewater is a 2014 drama directed by Jon Stewart about journalist Maziar Bahari, who was detained in Iran after the 2009 election protests.

Flamin' Hot is a 2023 American film about Richard Montanez, the Frito-Lay worker whose disputed snack-origin story became a Latino business legend.

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle is a 1994 film about writer Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table in 1920s New York.

Jeanne du Barry is a 2023 historical drama depicting the life of Jeanne Bécu, born in 1743 as the daughter of a seamstress. The film portrays her ascent from humble origins to becoming the final official mistress of Louis XV at the French Court. It features a cast including Johnny Depp and Maïwenn a...

Elvis and Nixon is a 2016 American comedy drama about the 1970 White House meeting between Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon.

The Mercy is a 2017 British drama about Donald Crowhurst, whose 1968 solo sailing race attempt ended in one of yachting's best-known tragedies.

Shirley is a 2024 biographical drama about Shirley Chisholm, who became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.

Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 biographical film about Jerry Lee Lewis, the rock and roll pianist known for his 1957 hit of the same name.

De-Lovely is a 2004 musical biography of Cole Porter, the American songwriter behind stage and film standards such as Anything Goes.

Fur is a 2006 fictionalized portrait of photographer Diane Arbus, using an imagined story to explore the artist behind her unsettling images.

The Babe is a 1992 biographical film about Babe Ruth, the New York Yankees slugger who became one of baseball's defining 20th-century figures.

I Saw the Light is a 2015 biographical drama about Hank Williams, the Alabama country singer whose songs reshaped American popular music.