Audience
83.0
Critics
91.7
Award
96.6
🏆BAFTA 2024🏆OSCAR 2024
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Biographical films with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Ranked by audience ratings, critics’ scores and award recognition.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 46 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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Recognition OscarBAFTACannesVeniceBerlin⚠ Select at least one recognition.
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| 1 | O Christopher Nolan · United States; United Kingdom | 2023 | 96.7 | 83.0 | 91.7 | 96.6 | 🏆BAFTA 2024🏆OSCAR 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 180 min | |
| 2 | AT Laura Poitras · United States | 2022 | 94.9 | 76.0 | 92.8 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2022 | Biography, Documentary, History | 113 min | |
| 3 | IS Walter Salles · Brazil; France | 2024 | 94.2 | 82.0 | 89.2 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2024●OSCAR 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 137 min | |
| 4 | TF Steven Spielberg · United States | 2022 | 93.1 | 78.0 | 88.1 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2023 | Biography, Drama | 151 min | |
| 5 | JA Shaka King · United States; Canada | 2021 | 92.9 | 76.1 | 88.3 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 126 min | |
| 6 | B Kenneth Branagh · United Kingdom; United States | 2021 | 92.8 | 74.0 | 80.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2022●OSCAR 2022 | Biography, Drama | 98 min | |
| 7 | TV Kaouther Ben Hania · Tunisia; France | 2025 | 92.7 | 83.4 | 85.6 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, War | 89 min | |
| 8 | KR Reinaldo Marcus Green · United States | 2021 | 92.6 | 78.0 | 81.6 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2022 | Biography, Drama, Sport | 144 min | |
| 9 | AC James Mangold · United States | 2024 | 92.5 | 74.8 | 75.5 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2025●OSCAR 2025 | Biography, Drama, Music | 141 min | |
| 10 | E Baz Luhrmann · Australia; United States | 2022 | 92.3 | 76.4 | 70.5 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2023●OSCAR 2023 | Biography, Drama, Music | 159 min | |
| 11 | M David Fincher · United States | 2020 | 91.7 | 70.3 | 82.0 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Biography, Drama | 131 min | |
| 12 | M Bradley Cooper · United States | 2023 | 91.6 | 67.4 | 79.5 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2023●OSCAR 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 129 min | |
| 13 | TM Kevin Macdonald · United Kingdom; United States | 2021 | 89.8 | 77.0 | 62.7 | 81.4 | ●BAFTA 2021 | Biography, Drama, Thriller | 129 min | |
| 14 | SF Ildikó Enyedi · Germany; France; Hungary; Hong Kong | 2025 | 89.8 | 75.3 | 91.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 147 min | |
| 15 | A1 Santiago Mitre · Argentina; United Kingdom; United States | 2022 | 89.6 | 79.4 | 84.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 140 min | |
| 16 | TP Sergey Loznitsa · France; Germany; Romania; Latvia; Netherlands; Lithuania | 2025 | 89.5 | 72.6 | 89.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 118 min | |
| 17 | TL Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · Austria | 2026 | 89.3~ | 76.2 | 86.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music | 86 min | |
| 18 | NV Richard Linklater · France; United States | 2025 | 89.1 | 75.3 | 82.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 106 min | |
| 19 | B Matt Johnson · Canada | 2023 | 89.0 | 75.1 | 84.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 120 min | |
| 20 | R Carla Simón · Spain; Germany | 2025 | 88.6 | 70.2 | 82.7 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Biography, Drama, Romance | 111 min | |
| 21 | BM Richard Linklater · United States | 2025 | 88.2 | 70.3 | 82.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 100 min | |
| 22 | B Paul Verhoeven · France; Netherlands; Belgium | 2021 | 88.2 | 69.8 | 79.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Biography, Drama, Romance | 131 min | |
| 23 | P Sofia Coppola · United States | 2023 | 88.2 | 69.0 | 82.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Biography, Drama, Music | 113 min | |
| 24 | TT Mona Fastvold · United Kingdom; United States | 2025 | 88.1 | 67.4 | 83.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 136 min | |
| 25 | S Pablo Larraín · United Kingdom; United States; Germany; Chile | 2021 | 88.1 | 69.5 | 80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Biography, Drama | 117 min | |
| 26 | TK Mario Martone · Italy; Spain | 2021 | 88.0~ | 75.1 | 71.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Biography | 133 min | |
| 27 | TA Ali Abbasi · Canada; Denmark; Ireland; United States | 2024 | 87.9 | 72.8 | 71.9 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 122 min | |
| 28 | FH Andreas Dresen · Germany | 2024 | 87.9~ | 73.0 | 75.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 125 min | |
| 29 | Q Luca Guadagnino · Italy; United States | 2024 | 87.5 | 67.7 | 75.7 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 137 min | |
| 30 | F Michael Mann · United States | 2023 | 87.4 | 67.5 | 75.7 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Biography, Drama, History | 130 min | |
| 31 | LO Gianni Amelio · Italy | 2022 | 87.3~ | 72.6 | 66.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Biography, Drama | 134 min | |
| 32 | M Pablo Larraín · Italy; Germany; Chile; United States | 2024 | 86.9 | 67.9 | 69.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Biography, Drama, Music | 124 min | |
| 33 | C Susanna Nicchiarelli · Italy; Belgium | 2022 | 86.9~ | 62.8 | 75.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Biography, History | 106 min | |
| 34 | TS Benny Safdie · USA | 2025 | 86.9 | 67.1 | 69.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Action, Biography, Drama | 123 min | |
| 35 | AW Valérie Donzelli · France | 2025 | 86.6 | 69.9 | 63.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama | 92 min | |
| 36 | D Pietro Marcello · Italy; France | 2025 | 86.6~ | 67.2 | 66.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 122 min | |
| 37 | O László Nemes · Hungary; France; Germany; United Kingdom | 2025 | 86.4 | 67.2 | 65.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 132 min | |
| 38 | LT Kirill Serebrennikov · France; Italy; Spain | 2024 | 86.4 | 64.9 | 65.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 138 min | |
| 39 | TW Kirill Serebrennikov · Russia; France; Switzerland | 2022 | 86.3 | 66.3 | 62.9 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Biography, Drama | 143 min | |
| 40 | IB Margarethe von Trotta · Switzerland; Austria; Germany; Luxembourg | 2023 | 86.0 | 65.4 | 65.1 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Biography, Drama, History | 111 min | |
| 41 | DF Giulia Louise Steigerwalt · Italy | 2024 | 86.0~ | 65.8 | 61.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Biography, Drama | 125 min | |
| 42 | TW Olivier Assayas · France | 2025 | 85.7 | 66.7 | 57.7 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 137 min | |
| 43 | F Mario Martone · Italy; France | 2025 | 85.5 | 66.0 | 54.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Biography, Drama | 117 min | |
| 44 | C Edoardo De Angelis · Italy | 2023 | 85.3 | 70.3 | 48.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Biography, Drama, History | 120 min | |
| 45 | RK Andreas Dresen · Germany | 2022 | 85.0~ | 68.5 | 48.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Biography, Comedy, Crime | 119 min | |
| 46 | B Andrew Dominik · United States | 2022 | 84.6 | 60.8 | 53.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Biography, Drama, History | 167 min |
This collection contains 46 biographical films with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. The Biography label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre.
Oppenheimer leads this Total Score ranking with 96.7. The Voice of Hind Rajab has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (83.4). All the Beauty and the Bloodshed has one of the highest known Critics scores (92.8). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Christopher Nolan · 2023 · 180 min
Audience 83.0 · Critics 91.7 · Total 96.7
BAFTA 2024: Winner (Best Film)
Oscar 2024: Winner (Best Picture)
Laura Poitras · 2022 · 113 min
Audience 76.0 · Critics 92.8 · Total 94.9
Venice 2022: Golden Lion
Walter Salles · 2024 · 137 min
Audience 82.0 · Critics 89.2 · Total 94.2
Venice 2024: Main Competition
Oscar 2025: Nominee (Best Picture)
Total combines 40% audience ratings, 30% critic ratings and 30% original award points, with a bonus for recognition by additional institutions. Scores shown to one decimal place can be tied while their unrounded ranking differs. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.