2020s biographical films

Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.

2023 film directed by Ridley Scott

2023 film directed by Jon S. Baird

2023 film directed by Matt Johnson

Shershaah () is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical war film based on the life of Vikram Batra, martyred in action in the Kargil War, directed by Vishnuvardhan in his Hindi film debut and written by Sandeep Shrivastava. The film was produced by Dharma Productions and Kaash Entertainment, with Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi serving as producers. Sidharth Malhotra stars in a dual role as Vikram Batra and his twin brother Vishal, with Kiara Advani as his girlfriend Dimple Cheema.

2022 film directed by Eric Appel

2020 film by Anu Menon

2023 film directed by Margarethe von Trotta

2023 film directed by Chris Foggin

2024 film directed by Woo Min-ho

2021 film directed by Amole Gupte

2022 Russian film

2024 Indian biographical film

2021 film directed by Letizia Lamartire

2021 Nigerian film directed by Tunde Kelani

2024 Indian film

2020 film animated film directed by Aurel

film directed by Nick Moran

2021 film directed by Łukasz Gutt and Łukasz Ronduda

2022 film directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera

Kaagaz () is a 2021 Indian biographical comedy film written and directed by Satish Kaushik and produced by Salman Khan and Nishant Kaushik under the banner of Salman Khan Films and The Satish Kaushik Entertainment Production. The film stars Pankaj Tripathi, Monal Gajjar and Amar Upadhyay.

Methagu () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language political thriller film based on the life of Velupillai Prabhakaran. The release of the film was postponed several times due to legal issues, but finally had the digital release through OTT platform 'BS Value' on 25 June 2021 with positive response.

2020 film directed by Luca Manfredi

2021 film directed by Andreas Kleinert