Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026

9 movies

Biographical Films · Critics Score 85+ · Ranked · Recognition 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. Only films with a known Critics Score of 85+ are included, ordered by Critics Score.

2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 9 films in this collection.

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1
AT
Laura Poitras · United States
202294.976.092.891.9
🏆VENICE 2022
Biography, Documentary, History113 min
2
SF
Ildikó Enyedi · Germany; France; Hungary; Hong Kong
202589.875.391.970.8
●VENICE 2025
Biography, Drama, History147 min
3
O
Christopher Nolan · United States; United Kingdom
202396.783.091.796.6
🏆BAFTA 2024🏆OSCAR 2024
Biography, Drama, History180 min
4
TP
Sergey Loznitsa · France; Germany; Romania; Latvia; Netherlands; Lithuania
202589.572.689.471.6
●CANNES 2025
Biography, Crime, Drama118 min
5
IS
Walter Salles · Brazil; France
202494.282.089.287.5
●VENICE 2024●OSCAR 2025
Biography, Drama, History137 min
6
JA
Shaka King · United States; Canada
202192.976.188.385.3
●OSCAR 2021
Biography, Crime, Drama126 min
7
TF
Steven Spielberg · United States
202293.178.088.185.3
●OSCAR 2023
Biography, Drama151 min
8
TL
Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · Austria
202689.3~76.286.770.0
●BERLIN 2026
Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music86 min
9
TV
Kaouther Ben Hania · Tunisia; France
202592.783.485.681.4
◆VENICE 2025
Biography, Drama, War89 min
#3
O
2023 · Christopher Nolan · 180 min
Biography · Drama · History
🏆BAFTA 2024🏆OSCAR 2024
#5
IS
2024 · Walter Salles · 137 min
Biography · Drama · History
●VENICE 2024●OSCAR 2025
#6
JA
2021 · Shaka King · 126 min
Biography · Crime · Drama
●OSCAR 2021
#7
TF
2022 · Steven Spielberg · 151 min
Biography · Drama
●OSCAR 2023
#8
TL
2026 · Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · 86 min
Biography · Comedy · Documentary · Drama · Music
●BERLIN 2026

How to choose from this collection

This collection contains 9 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. Every film has a known Critics Score of at least 85. Missing critics’ ratings are excluded. Critics Score combines ratings from trusted sources; it is not an individual Rotten Tomatoes percentage or Metacritic score.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed leads this Critics Score ranking with 92.8. 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.

  1. 1. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    Laura Poitras · 2022 · 113 min

    Audience 76.0 · Critics 92.8 · Total 94.9

    Venice 2022: Golden Lion

  2. 2. Silent Friend

    Ildikó Enyedi · 2025 · 147 min

    Audience 75.3 · Critics 91.9 · Total 89.8

    Venice 2025: Main Competition

  3. 3. Oppenheimer

    Christopher Nolan · 2023 · 180 min

    Audience 83.0 · Critics 91.7 · Total 96.7

    BAFTA 2024: Winner (Best Film)
    Oscar 2024: Winner (Best Picture)

How the ranking works

Films are ordered by their known Critics Score. The 85-point minimum is applied before ranking. 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.