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1. Wilde (1997)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

6.9

Oscar Wilde

2. Capote (2005)

R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

7.3

Truman Capote

3. Becoming Jane (2007)

PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Jane Austen

4. Quills (2000)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

7.2

The Marquis de Sade

5. The Last Station (2009)

R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

6.9

Leo Tolstoy

6. Trumbo (2015)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

7.4

Dalton Trumbo

7. Genius (2016)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama

6.5

Max Perkins

8. Out of Africa (1985)

PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

7.1

Karen Blixen

9. Miss Potter (2006)

PG | 88 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Beatrix Potter

10. Shadowlands (1993)

PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

7.3

C.S. Lewis

11. Shadowlands (1986 TV Movie)

92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

7.5

C.S. Lewis

12. In Love and War (1996)

PG-13 | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

5.9

Ernest Hemingway

13. Nora (2000)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama

5.9

James Joyce

14. The Edge of Love (2008)

R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

6.1

Dylan Thomas

15. Before Night Falls (2000)

R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

7.1

Reinaldo Arenas

16. Violette (2013)

Not Rated | 139 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

6.9

Violette Leduc

17. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

R | 105 min | Biography, Drama

7.1

Joe Orten

18. Rebel in the Rye (2017)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

6.7

J.D. Salinger

19. Casanova (2005)

TV-MA | 58 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

7.8

Casanova

20. Young Cassidy (1965)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama

6.5

Sean O'Casey

21. The Wings of Eagles (1957)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War

6.6

Frank W. "Spig" Wead

22. The Mystery of Dante (2014)

90 min | Biography, History, Mystery

5.8

Dante Alighieri

23. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

6.9

Herman Melville

24. Girl, Interrupted (1999)

R | 127 min | Biography, Drama

7.3

Susanna Kaysen

25. Denial (II) (2016)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama

6.8

Deborah E. Lipstadt

26. Enid (2009 TV Movie)

82 min | Biography, Drama

6.6

Enid Blyton

27. The End of the Tour (2015)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama

7.2

David Foster Wallace

28. A Walk in the Woods (2015)

R | 104 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy

6.4

Bill Bryson

29. Fleming (2014)

TV-MA | 44 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

7.2

Ian Fleming

30. Goldeneye (1989 TV Movie)

105 min | Biography

6.3

Ian Fleming

31. Paulo Coelho's Best Story (2014)

Not Rated | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Music

5.5

Paulo Coelho

32. The Postman (1994)

PG | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

7.8

Pablo Neruda

33. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

PG | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, History

7.5

34. Omar Khayyam (1957)

Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Biography, Romance

5.9

Omar Khayyam

35. The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)

PG | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Omar Khayyam

36. Omar Al-Khayyam (2002– )

Biography, Drama, History

7.6

Omar Khayyam

37. Byron (2003 TV Movie)

147 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

6.9

Lord Byron

38. Mary Shelley (2017)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.4

Percy and Mary Shelley

39. Miss Austen Regrets (2007 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History

Jane Austen

40. Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story (2011 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Biography, Drama

6.6

J.K. Rowling

41. Byron: Ballad for a Daemon (1992)

138 min | Biography, Drama

5.4

Lord Byron

42. Haunted Summer (1988)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

5.8

Lord Byron, Mary and Percy Shelley

43. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

PG | 123 min | Drama, History, Romance

5.5

Lord Byron

44. Shelley (1972 TV Movie)

75 min | Biography, Drama, History

8.2

Mary Shelley

45. Biography (1970– )
"Byron" (1970)

Biography

Lord Byron

46. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

7.1

Mark Twain

47. Wodehouse In Exile (2013 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama

7.2

P.G. Wodehouse

48. Saint-Ex (1996)

PG | 82 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

49. The End Is My Beginning (2010)

Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama

6.3

Tiziano Terzani

50. Nella vita di Sylvia Plath (1979 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography

Sylvia Plath

51. Eroica (2003 TV Movie)

129 min | Drama, History, Music

7.7

Ludwig van Beethoven

52. Amadeus (1984)

R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music

8.4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

53. Mahler (1974)

PG | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Gustav Mahler

54. Impromptu (1991)

PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Comedy, Music

6.8

Frederic Chopin, George Sand

55. Tchaikovsky (2007)
"Fortune and Tragedy" (2007)

Documentary, Drama

8.6

Peter I. Tchaikovsky

56. Vivaldi, the Red Priest (2009)

120 min | Biography, Musical

6.6

Antonio Vivaldi

57. Lisztomania (1975)

R | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Music

6.1

Franz Liszt

58. The Music Lovers (1971)

R | 123 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

7.2

Peter I. Tchaikovsky

59. Tous les matins du monde (1991)

Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.5

60. Mozart's Sister (2010)

Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.4

61. Vision (2009)

Unrated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.5

HIldegard von Bingen

62. My Name Is Bach (2003)

97 min | Biography, Drama

6.1

63. Immortal Beloved (1994)

R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music

7.4

Ludwig van Beethoven

64. Beethoven (2005)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

8.2

65. Copying Beethoven (2006)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.7

66. Vivaldi (II)

Biography, Drama, History | Announced

67. Sibelius (2003)

120 min | Biography, Drama, History

5.1

68. Johann Sebastian Bach (1985– )

Biography, Drama, Music

8.3

69. Bach (I)

History | Announced

70. Magic Fire (1956)

Approved | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Music

71. The Life of Richard Wagner (1913)

110 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.2

72. New Wine (1941)

Passed | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.5

Franz Schubert

73. The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1936)

116 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.8

Beethoven

74. Strauss' Great Waltz (1934)

Approved | 80 min | Biography, Music, Romance

5.8

Johann Strauss the elder and younger

75. The Great Waltz (1938)

Passed | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.5

Johann Strauß II

76. La symphonie fantastique (1942)

90 min | Biography, Drama

5.9

Berlioz

77. The Great Mr. Handel (1942)

Not Rated | 89 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.8

Handel

78. Beethoven Lives Upstairs (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 51 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

6.3

Beethoven

79. A Song to Remember (1945)

Approved | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.6

Frederic Chopin

80. The Magic Bow (1946)

Approved | 106 min | Biography, Musical, Romance

Paganini

81. Song of Love (1947)

Approved | 119 min | Drama, Music, Romance

6.7

Robert Schumann

82. Young Chopin (1952)

Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.6

83. Puccini (1953)

119 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.3

84. Das Dreimäderlhaus (1958)

102 min | Romance, Drama

6.5

Franz Schubert

85. Song Without End (1960)

Not Rated | 141 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Franz Liszt

86. Omnibus (1967–2003)
"Song of Summer" (1968)

Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

87. Monitor (1958–1965)
"Elgar: Portrait of a Composer" (1962)

55 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

7.8

88. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)

94 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.8

89. Tchaikovsky (1970)

Not Rated | 157 min | Biography, Drama

6.3

90. Song of Norway (1970)

G | 138 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

4.2

Grieg

91. The Strauss Family (1972)

60 min | Drama, Romance

92. Spring Symphony (1983)

PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Music

6.2

Schumann

93. Puccini (1984 TV Movie)

113 min | Biography, Drama

5.4

94. Vergeßt Mozart (1985)

92 min | Music, Mystery, Thriller

6.6

95. God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985 TV Movie)

119 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Handel

96. Wahnfried (1986)

112 min | Drama, Musical

5.9

Wagner

97. Blue Note (1991)

135 min | Drama, Music, Romance

6.3

Frédéric Chopin

98. Bizet's Dream (1994 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 53 min | Music, Drama, Family

6.8

99. England, My England (1995)

153 min | Biography, Drama, History

Purcell

100. Bruckners Entscheidung (1995)

80 min | Biography, Music

6.8

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