Draft:List of biographical films of 1990s

The following is a list of biographical films released of 1990s.

1990

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
An Angel at My Table	Janet Frame	Karen Fergusson (child), Alexia Keogh (adolescent) and Kerry Fox (adult)
Awakenings	Oliver Sacks	Robin Williams
Portrait of a Marriage (TV Series)	Vita Sackville-West	Janet McTeer
	Violet Trefusis	Cathryn Harrison
Bhim Garjana	B. R. Ambedkar	Krishnanand
Call Me Anna	Anna Marie Duke	Patty Duke (older) Jenny Robertson (adult) Ari Meyers (youth)
C.H. Spurgeon Tonight	Charles Spurgeon	Craig Skinner
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia	T. E. Lawrence	Ralph Fiennes
	Faisal I of Iraq	Alexander Siddig
The Dreamer of Oz	L. Frank Baum	John Ritter
The Elegant Criminal	Pierre François Lacenaire	Daniel Auteuil
Europa Europa	Solomon Perel	Marco Hofschneider
Family of Spies	John Anthony Walker	Powers Boothe
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg	Raoul Wallenberg	Stellan Skarsgård
Goodfellas	Jimmy Conway	Robert De Niro
	Henry Hill	Ray Liotta
	Tommy DeVito	Joe Pesci
Henry & June	Henry Miller	Fred Ward
	June Miller	Uma Thurman
	Anaïs Nin	Maria de Medeiros
	Hugo Guiler	Richard E. Grant
Iron & Silk	Mark Salzman	Mark Salzman
The Krays	The Kray twins	Martin Kemp and Gary Kemp
Nambugun	Lee Tae	Ahn Sung-ki
The Nasty Girl	Anna Rosmus	Lena Stolze
Reversal of Fortune	Claus von Bülow	Jeremy Irons
	Sunny von Bülow	Glenn Close
Rock Hudson	Rock Hudson	Thomas Ian Griffith
Schweitzer	Albert Schweitzer	Malcolm McDowell
Vincent & Theo	Vincent van Gogh	Tim Roth
	Theo van Gogh	Paul Rhys
Young Guns II	Billy the Kid	Emilio Estevez

1991

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Babe Ruth	Babe Ruth	Stephen Lang
Balak Ambedkar	B. R. Ambedkar	Chiranjeevi Vinay
Bugsy	Bugsy Siegel	Warren Beatty
Cabeza de Vaca	Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca	Juan Diego
Center Stage	Ruan Lingyu	Maggie Cheung
Death Song	Yun Sim-deok	Chang Mi-hee
Dillinger	John Dillinger	Mark Harmon
The Doors	Jim Morrison	Val Kilmer
Impromptu	Frédéric Chopin	Hugh Grant
	George Sand	Judy Davis
JFK	Jim Garrison	Kevin Costner
The Josephine Baker Story	Josephine Baker	Lynn Whitfield
Lucy & Desi: Before The Laughter	Lucille Ball	Frances Fisher
	Desi Arnaz	Maurice Benard
Not Without My Daughter	Betty Mahmoody	Sally Field
Once Upon a Time in China	Wong Fei-hung	Jet Li
The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend	Pete Maravich	Adam Guier
Prisoner of Honor	Georges Picquart	Richard Dreyfuss
To Be Number One	Ng Sik-ho	Ray Lui
Tous les matins du monde	Marin Marais	Gérard Depardieu
Van Gogh	Vincent van Gogh	Jacques Dutronc
A Woman Named Jackie	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis	Roma Downey
	John F. Kennedy	Stephen Collins
Wife, Mother, Murderer	Audrey Marie Hilley	Judith Light
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken	Sonora Webster Carver	Gabrielle Anwar
Young Catherine	Catherine II of Russia	Julia Ormond

1992

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Amy Fisher: My Story	Amy Fisher	Noelle Parker
The Babe	Babe Ruth	John Goodman
Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story	Bonnie Parker	Tracey Needham
	Clyde Barrow	Dana Ashbrookt
Chaplin	Charlie Chaplin	Robert Downey Jr.
Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After	Charles, Prince of Wales	Christopher Baines
	Diana, Princess of Wales	Catherine Oxenberg
Citizen Cohn	Roy Marcus Cohn	James Woods
1492: Conquest of Paradise	Christopher Columbus	Gérard Depardieu
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery	Christopher Columbus	Georges Corraface
Daens	Adolf Daens	Jan Decleir
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story	Hank Gathers	Victor Love
Hoffa	Jimmy Hoffa	Jack Nicholson
The Jacksons: An American Dream	Jackson family	various casts
The Last of His Tribe	Ishi	Graham Greene
Lorenzo's Oil	Augusto Odone	Nick Nolte
	Michaela Odone	Susan Sarandon
Malcolm X	Malcolm X	Denzel Washington
A River Runs Through It	Norman Maclean	Craig Sheffer
Ruby	Jack Ruby	Danny Aiello
Sinatra	Frank Sinatra	Philip Casnoff
Stalin	Joseph Stalin	Robert Duvall
Swoon	Nathan Leopold	Craig Chester
	Richard Loeb	Daniel Schlachet
To Catch a Killer	John Wayne Gacy	Brian Dennehy

1993

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
The Amy Fisher Story	Amy Fisher	Drew Barrymore
Belle van Zuylen - Madame de Charrière	Isabelle de Charrière	Will van Kralingen
	Benjamin Constant	Laus Steenbeeke
Benito	Benito Mussolini	Antonio Banderas
Cannibal! The Musical	Alferd Packer	Trey Parker
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story	Amy Fisher	Alyssa Milano
Cool Runnings	1988 Jamaican Bobsleigh Team	Leon Robinson Doug E. Doug Rawle D. Lewis Malik Yoba
Diana: Her True Story	Diana, Princess of Wales	Serena Scott Thomas
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story	Bruce Lee	Jason Scott Lee
Fong Sai Yuk	Fong Sai Yuk	Jet Li
Geronimo: An American Legend	Geronimo	Wes Studi
Heaven & Earth	Le Ly Hayslip	Hiep Thi Le
In The Name Of The Father	Guildford Four	Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite
Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life	Jeffrey Dahmer	Carl Crew
JFK: Reckless Youth	John F. Kennedy	Patrick Dempsey
Ludwig 1881	Ludwig II of Bavaria	Helmut Berger
M. Butterfly	Bernard Boursicot	Jeremy Irons
Rudy	Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger	Sean Astin
Schindler's List	Oskar Schindler	Liam Neeson
Searching for Bobby Fischer	Joshua Waitzkin	Max Pomeranc
Shadowlands	C. S. Lewis	Anthony Hopkins
	Joy Gresham	Debra Winger

1994

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Vivekananda	Swami Vivekananda	Sarvadaman D. Banerjee
Abraham	Abraham	Richard Harris
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight	Amelia Earhart	Diane Keaton
Backbeat	Stuart Sutcliffe	Stephen Dorff
	John Lennon	Ian Hart
Bandit Queen	Phoolan Devi	Seema Biswas
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story	Margaret Mitchell	Shannen Doherty
Cobb	Ty Cobb	Tommy Lee Jones
Doomsday Gun	Gerald Bull	Frank Langella
Ed Wood	Ed Wood	Johnny Depp
	Bela Lugosi	Martin Landau
Farinelli	Farinelli	Stefano Dionisi
Frank & Jesse	Jesse James	Rob Lowe
	Frank James	Bill Paxton
Heavenly Creatures	Pauline Parker	Melanie Lynskey
	Juliet Hulme	Kate Winslet
Immortal Beloved	Ludwig van Beethoven	Gary Oldman
La Reine Margot	Queen Margot	Isabelle Adjani
Jacob	Jacob	Matthew Modine
The Madness of King George	George III of the United Kingdom	Nigel Hawthorne
Mesmer	Franz Anton Mesmer	Alan Rickman
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Dorothy Parker	Jennifer Jason Leigh
Nostradamus	Nostradamus	Tchéky Karyo
Quiz Show	Charles Van Doren	Ralph Fiennes
The Road to Wellville	John Harvey Kellogg	Anthony Hopkins
8 Seconds	Lane Frost	Luke Perry
A Soul Haunted by Painting	Pan Yuliang	Gong Li
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	Squanto	Adam Beach
Tom & Viv	T. S. Eliot	Willem Dafoe
	Vivienne Haigh-Wood	Miranda Richardson
The Vernon Johns Story	Vernon Johns	James Earl
Wing Chun	Yim Wing-chun	Michelle Yeoh
Wyatt Earp	Wyatt Earp	Kevin Costner
Zorn	Anders Zorn	Gunnar Hellström

1995

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Aletta Jacobs: Het Hoogste Streven	Aletta Jacobs	Luutgard Willems
Apollo 13	Jim Lovell	Tom Hanks
	Jack Swigert	Kevin Bacon
	Fred Haise	Bill Paxton
Balto	Balto	Kevin Bacon (voice)
The Basketball Diaries	Jim Carroll	Leonardo DiCaprio
Braveheart	William Wallace	Mel Gibson
Casino	Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal	Robert De Niro
Catherine the Great	Catherine II of Russia	Catherine Zeta-Jones
Carrington	Dora Carrington	Emma Thompson
	Lytton Strachey	Jonathan Pryce
Citizen X	Andrei Chikatilo	Jeffrey DeMunn
Dangerous Minds	LouAnne Johnson	Michelle Pfeiffer
Dead Man Walking	Sister Helen Prejean	Susan Sarandon
Faustina	Mary Faustina Kowalska	Dorota Segda
The Flor Contemplacion Story	Flor Contemplacion	Nora Aunor
Jefferson in Paris	Thomas Jefferson	Nick Nolte
Joseph	Joseph	Paul Mercurio
Le Grand blanc de Lambaréné	Albert Schweitzer	André Wilms
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story	Elizabeth Taylor	Sherilyn Fenn
Love Can Build a Bridge	Naomi Judd	Kathleen York
	Wynonna Judd	Viveka Davis
Murder in the First	Henri Young	Kevin Bacon
Nixon	Richard Nixon	Anthony Hopkins
Panther	Bobby Seale	Courtney B. Vance
	Huey P. Newton	Marcus Chong
Restoration	Charles II of England	Sam Neill
Rob Roy	Robert Roy MacGregor	Liam Neeson
Sister My Sister	Christine and Lea Papin	Joely Richardson
		Jodhi May
Solomon & Sheba	Solomon	Jimmy Smits
	Queen of Sheba	Halle Berry
Total Eclipse	Arthur Rimbaud	Leonardo DiCaprio
	Paul Verlaine	David Thewlis
Truman	Harry S. Truman	Gary Sinise
Wild Bill	Wild Bill Hickok	Jeff Bridges
	Calamity Jane	Ellen Barkin
Madonna: Innocence Lost	Madonna	Terumi Matthews
The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Graham Young	Hugh O'Conor (older) Tobias Arnold (young)

1996

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Basquiat	Jean-Michel Basquiat	Jeffrey Wright
Beaumarchais	Pierre Beaumarchais	Fabrice Luchini
The Crucible	John Proctor	Daniel Day-Lewis
	Abigail Williams	Winona Ryder
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Dorothy Day	Moira Kelly
Evita	Eva Perón	Madonna
The Ghost and the Darkness	John Henry Patterson	Val Kilmer
Ghosts of Mississippi	Byron De La Beckwith	James Woods
A Girl Called Rosemary	Rosemarie Nitribitt	Nina Hoss
Gotti	John Gotti	Armand Assante
Infinity	Richard Feynman	Matthew Broderick
In Love and War	Ernest Hemingway	Chris O'Donnell
I Shot Andy Warhol	Valerie Solanas	Lili Taylor
Killer: A Journal of Murder	Carl Panzram	James Woods
Michael Collins	Michael Collins	Liam Neeson
Moses	Moses	Ben Kingsley
Nasser 56	Gamal Abdel Nasser	Ahmed Zaki
Norma Jean & Marilyn	Marilyn Monroe	Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino
The People vs. Larry Flynt	Larry Flynt	Woody Harrelson
Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny	Grigori Rasputin	Alan Rickman
Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault	Earl Manigault	Don Cheadle
Samson and Delilah	Samson	Dennis Hopper
	Delilah	Elizabeth Hurley
Shine	David Helfgott	Geoffrey Rush and Noah Taylor
Surviving Picasso	Pablo Picasso	Anthony Hopkins
The Late Shift	Helen Kushnick	Kathy Bates
	David Letterman	John Michael Higgins
	Jay Leno	Daniel Roebuck
Unabomber: The True Story	Ted Kaczynski	Tobin Bell
The Whole Wide World	Robert E. Howard	Vincent D'Onofrio
	Novalyne Price Ellis	Renée Zellweger

1997

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Amistad	John Quincy Adams	Anthony Hopkins
	Martin Van Buren	Nigel Hawthorne
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story	Greg Louganis	Mario Lopez
David	King David	Nathaniel Parker
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Federico García Lorca	Andy García
Donnie Brasco	Donnie Brasco	Johnny Depp
Elvis Meets Nixon	Elvis Presley	Rick Peters
	Richard Nixon	Bob Gunton
Four Days in September	Fernando Gabeira	Pedro Cardoso
	Charles Burke Elbrick	Alan Arkin
The Gambler	Fyodor Dostoyevsky	Michael Gambon
Hoodlum	Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson	Laurence Fishburne
	Dutch Schultz	Tim Roth
	Lucky Luciano	Andy Garcia
Kundun	Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama	Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, others
The Last Time I Committed Suicide	Neal Cassady	Thomas Jane
Mrs Brown	Queen Victoria	Judi Dench
	John Brown	Billy Connolly
My Heart Is Mine Alone	Else Lasker-Schüler	Lena Stolze
	Gottfried Benn	Cornelius Obonya
Prefontaine	Steve Prefontaine	Jared Leto
Private Parts	Howard Stern	Howard Stern
Rizal sa Dapitan	Jose Rizal	Albert Martinez
Rough Riders	Theodore Roosevelt	Tom Berenger
Saint-Ex	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	Bruno Ganz
Selena	Selena	Jennifer Lopez
Seven Years in Tibet	Heinrich Harrer	Brad Pitt
Solomon	King Solomon	Ben Cross
The Soong Sisters	Soong Ching-ling	Maggie Cheung
	Soong Ai-ling	Michelle Yeoh
	Soong Mei-ling	Vivian Wu
The Sarah Balabagan Story	Sarah Balabagan	Vina Morales
Wilde	Oscar Wilde	Stephen Fry

1998

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
54	Steve Rubell	Mike Myers
A Bright Shining Lie	John Paul Vann	Bill Paxton
A Civil Action	Jan Schlichtmann	John Travolta
Dangerous Beauty	Veronica Franco	Catherine McCormack
Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess	Diana, Princess of Wales	Amy Seccombe
Elizabeth	Elizabeth I	Cate Blanchett
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Hunter S. Thompson	Johnny Depp
Fifteen and Pregnant	Tina Spangler	Kirsten Dunst
The General	Martin Cahill	Brendan Gleeson
Gia	Gia Marie Carangi	Angelina Jolie
Gods and Monsters	James Whale	Ian McKellen
Grey Owl	Grey Owl	Pierce Brosnan
Hilary and Jackie	Hilary du Pré	Rachel Griffiths
	Jacqueline du Pré	Emily Watson
Jeremiah	Jeremiah	Patrick Dempsey
Jinnah	Muhammad Ali Jinnah	Christopher Lee
José Rizal	José Rizal	Cesar Montano
Lautrec	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec	Régis Royer
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon	Francis Bacon	Derek Jacobi
Patch Adams	Hunter "Patch" Adams	Robin Williams
Permanent Midnight	Jerry Stahl	Ben Stiller
The Prince of Egypt	Moses and Ramesses II	Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes
The Rat Pack	Frank Sinatra	Ray Liotta
	Dean Martin	Joe Mantegna
	Sammy Davis Jr.	Don Cheadle
The Temptations	The Temptations	Leon, Terron Brooks, D. B. Woodside
Shakespeare in Love	William Shakespeare	Joseph Fiennes
Winchell	Walter Winchell	Stanley Tucci
Without Limits	Steve Prefontaine	Billy Crudup
	Bill Bowerman	Donald Sutherland
Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Frankie Lymon	Larenz Tate

1999

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
The 13th Warrior	Ahmad ibn Fadlan	Antonio Banderas
And The Beat Goes On: The Sonny And Cher Story	Sonny Bono	Jay Underwood
	Cher	Renee Faia
Angela's Ashes	Frank McCourt	Joe Breen young, Ciaran Owens (middle) and Michael Legge (older)
Anna and the King	Anna Leonowens	Jodie Foster
Balzac: A Life of Passion	Honoré de Balzac	Gérard Depardieu
Boys Don't Cry	Brandon Teena	Hilary Swank
Children of the Century	George Sand	Juliette Binoche
	Alfred de Musset	Benoît Magimel
Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story	Danny Bonaduce	Shawn Pyfrom
	David Cassidy	Rodney Scott
Cradle Will Rock	Marc Blitzstein	Hank Azaria
Esther	Esther	Louise Lombard
Girl, Interrupted	Susanna Kaysen	Winona Ryder
Goya in Bordeaux	Francisco Goya	José Coronado as (Goya young)
		Francisco Rabal as (Goya old)
Hefner: Unauthorized	Hugh Hefner	Randall Batinkoff
The Hurricane	Rubin Carter	Denzel Washington
The Insider	Jeffrey Wigand	Russell Crowe
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	Dorothy Dandridge	Halle Berry
Jesus	Jesus	Jeremy Sisto
Joan of Arc	Joan of Arc	Leelee Sobieski
Man on the Moon	Andy Kaufman	Jim Carrey
Mary, Mother of Jesus	Mary of Nazareth	Pernilla August
	Young Mary	Melinda Kinnaman
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Joan of Arc	Milla Jovovich
Moloch	Adolf Hitler	Leonid Mozgovoy
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien	Father Damien	David Wenham
Music of the Heart	Roberta Guaspari	Meryl Streep
October Sky	Homer Hickam	Jake Gyllenhaal
The Passion of Ayn Rand	Ayn Rand	Helen Mirren
	Nathaniel Branden	Eric Stoltz
Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger	Percy Grainger	Richard Roxburgh
Pirates of Silicon Valley	Steve Jobs	Noah Wyle
	Bill Gates	Anthony Michael Hall
RKO 281	Orson Welles	Liev Schreiber
Rocky Marciano	Rocky Marciano	Jon Favreau
The Straight Story	Alvin Straight	Richard Farnsworth
Summer of Sam	David Berkowitz	Michael Badalucco
To Walk with Lions	George Adamson	Richard Harris
	Tony Fitzjohn	John Michie
Topsy-Turvy	W. S. Gilbert	Jim Broadbent
	Arthur Sullivan	Allan Corduner

see also

• List of biographical films
• biographical films