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page 1British biographical films

The Iron Lady
2011 film directed by Phyllida Lloyd

The Favourite
2018 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Midnight Express
1978 film directed by Alan Parker

Napoleon
2023 film directed by Ridley Scott

Chaplin
1992 film by Richard Attenborough

Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 film by Stephen Frears

Legend
2015 film by Brian Helgeland

Domino
2005 film directed by Tony Scott

Genghis Khan
1965 film by Henry Levin

Eddie the Eagle
2016 film directed by Dexter Fletcher

Man on Wire
2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh

Mrs Henderson Presents
2005 film by Stephen Frears

Stan and Ollie
2018 film by Jon S. Baird

Tetris
2023 film directed by Jon S. Baird

Bronson
2008 film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

Young Winston
1972 film directed by Richard Attenborough

Hilary and Jackie
1998 film directed by Anand Tucker

Ted Bundy
2002 American serial killer film directed by Matthew Bright

The Fixer
1968 film by John Frankenheimer

Sylvia
2003 film by Christine Jeffs

24 Hour Party People
2002 film by Michael Winterbottom

The Lady
2011 film by Luc Besson

Jinnah
1998 film by Jamil Dehlavi

Seberg
Seberg is a 2019 political thriller film directed by Benedict Andrews, from a screenplay by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse based on the life of Jean Seberg. It stars Kristen Stewart, Jack O'Connell, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Anthony Mackie, and Vince Vaughn.

Waltzes from Vienna
1934 film by Alfred Hitchcock
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 television film directed by Stephen Hopkins

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992 film by John Glen

Better Man
2024 film directed by Michael Gracey

Buster
1988 film by David Green

One Chance
2013 film

Countess Dracula
1971 Hammer horror film directed by Peter Sasdy

Lisztomania
1975 film by Ken Russell

Hyde Park on Hudson
2012 film directed by Roger Michell

Lords of Chaos
2018 film by Jonas Åkerlund

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
1981 Nigerian film by Sharad Patel

Rasputin, the Mad Monk
1966 film by Don Sharp

Scott of the Antarctic
1948 film by Charles Frend

Mahler
1974 film by Ken Russell

Alfred the Great
1969 film by Clive Donner

Jew Suss
1934 film by Lothar Mendes

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998 television film directed by John Maybury

Isn't She Great
2000 film by Andrew Bergman
Boudica
2003 film directed by Bill Anderson

The Greatest
1977 film about Muhammad Ali

Savage Messiah
1972 film by Ken Russell

In the Light of the Moon
2001 film directed by Chuck Parello

Stoned
2005 film by Stephen Woolley

Beau Brummell
1954 film by Curtis Bernhardt

Rembrandt
1936 film by Alexander Korda
My Boy Jack
2007 television film directed by Brian Kirk
Wagner
1983 film directed by Tony Palmer

A Brief History of Time
1991 American documentary film directed by Errol Morris

All Is True
2018 film by Kenneth Branagh

The One That Got Away
1957 British film directed by Roy Ward Baker

Driven
2018 film directed by Nick Hamm

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
2010 film directed by Mat Whitecross

Bank of Dave
2023 film directed by Chris Foggin

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1972 film by Waris Hussein

Eichmann
2007 film by Robert Young

Personal Services
1987 film directed by Terry Jones