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The Nine Greatest Movies about Real People

time.com — Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk—America's first major openly gay politican—in Gus Van Sant's new biopic Milk. TIME looks back at 80 years of "Based on the life of..." films.

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  • bfrank72, on 11/26/2008, -1/+40Nine movies. Nine pages.

    *****
    you
  • badwithcomputer, on 11/25/2008, -0/+31http://i38.tinypic.com/our5gy.png
  • NathanielJ, on 11/26/2008, -0/+29The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
    Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    Patton (1970)
    Raging Bull (1980)
    The Elephant Man (1980)
    Malcolm X (1992)
    Ed Wood (1994)
    Kundun (1997)
    American Splendor (2003)
    I'm Not There (2007)

    And on that note, it's ten movies (not nine).
  • thegamingguy, on 11/25/2008, -4/+31Not on this list:
    Man on the Moon
    Erin Brokavich
    The Hurricane
    Quiz Show
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
    All the Kings Men
    Walk the Line
    Miracle
    American Gangster
    Good Night and Good Luck
  • inactive, on 11/26/2008, -3/+26The Matrix
  • SnapETom, on 11/26/2008, -0/+18Schindler's List
  • bscherk, on 11/26/2008, -0/+18Where's Gandhi?
  • irfanmp, on 11/25/2008, -1/+16http://i37.tinypic.com/j6tls0.jpg
  • inactive, on 11/26/2008, -1/+16http://i35.tinypic.com/260v4o8.jpg
  • DickyT83, on 11/25/2008, -1/+15The People vs. Larry Flynt.
  • BlakeEM, on 11/26/2008, -1/+15or A Beautiful Mind
  • archer104, on 11/26/2008, -2/+13http://i14.tinypic.com/6pf4qxs.jpg
  • popolop, on 11/26/2008, -0/+11Oh, I just love slide shows.
  • mreade, on 11/25/2008, -3/+13I'd like to see Man On The Moon, about Andy Kaufman, on the list...
  • harrisbradley, on 11/26/2008, -3/+12I say this about so many lists. No Braveheart, no digg.
  • centran, on 11/26/2008, -1/+10The Aviator
    Boogie Nights
    The Pursuit of Happyness
    Ray
    Schindler's List

  • Scopitone, on 11/26/2008, -2/+10The Highlander was a documentary...and the events happened in REAL time!
  • mbonzo531, on 11/26/2008, -1/+8Highlander won the Academy Award for the best movie ever made.
  • doublefelix, on 11/26/2008, -1/+8I believe he won Best Actor for Mystic River. Maybe not so desperate.
  • sonic11, on 11/26/2008, -1/+811. star wars
  • inactive, on 11/25/2008, -0/+6Don't forget "Talk To Me" and "The Last King of Scotland"
  • t3hmyth, on 11/26/2008, -0/+6Both of you, look at badwithcomputer's tinypic image link at second comment position.
  • bigbill780, on 11/26/2008, -7/+12I must have missed Malcom I thru IX...
  • arunforce, on 11/26/2008, -0/+4Obviously Gandhi wasn't real.
  • Brassbud, on 11/26/2008, -0/+4Lets see, one item per page, an ad when you go to the next page, and then a pop-up when you skip the ad. Jesus Christ.
  • ATL, on 06/20/2009, -0/+4Catch me if you can
  • Halsfield, on 11/26/2008, -0/+4you should never go full retard.
  • badwithcomputer, on 11/26/2008, -2/+6http://i36.tinypic.com/wmglxl.jpg
  • T8erT0T, on 11/26/2008, -0/+4I liked Malcolm X, but the ending totally took away from the film with little kids saying "I am Malcolm X!" It's like a bunch of little kids making fun of you for actually watching until the end of such a long film.
  • versualize, on 11/26/2008, -0/+4Whatever Digg, I loled.
  • 0260, on 11/26/2008, -1/+4jesus christ superstar
  • bossm4n, on 11/26/2008, -1/+4Very good list, maybe a couple of honorable mentions--Invincible, Tombstone, Schindler's List, Amadeus, Pride of the Yankees, The Last Emporer, Walk the Line, Finding Neverland, The Buddy Holly Story, The Aviator, Good Night and Good Luck.
  • MageeMC, on 11/26/2008, -1/+4It's missing Rudy.
  • davidrools, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3W.

    And Sean Penn is just trying to make up for going "full retard" in I Am Sam.
  • Frozo, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3Ghandi & Norma Rae are 2 academy award winning movies that come to mind.
  • ArmedRebel, on 11/26/2008, -4/+7These are non-fiction films. :)
  • borez, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3The Queen
  • mhmandthen, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3Dugg for Fear and Loathing
  • deadapostle, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3I clicked through about 5 of them, then I remembered that diggers are awesome, so the rest could be found in one click. Budweiser salutes you, Mr. 10-pages-list Poster.
  • sittered, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3swik is DESPERATE for attention.
  • dumbmonkey, on 11/26/2008, -1/+3Crumb blew me away.
  • arpad, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2Band of Brothers.
  • simpleid, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2why?
  • xptoast, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2Just watched that movie. Just awesome reference.
  • CaseyCC, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2Michael Collins.
  • colasrtney, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2Where's Basquiat?
  • Fabbyfubz, on 11/26/2008, -1/+3The Dark Knight
  • Nozzle, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2Hmm.. Last Emperor of China?
  • inactive, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2To quote Overlawyered, "Erin Brockovich, the real life character who brings fictional lawsuits..."
  • vspazv, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2As opposed to the Lord of the Rings which is 8-12 hours (depending on the version you watch) of people walking through the forest.
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