Apollo 13 (1995)
Rating: ★★★½
True-Life Space Mission Disaster
Bathory (2008)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Countess Bathory Story
Conceiving Ada (1997)
Rating: ★
Ada Byron Biopic/Ada Recreated in Cyberspace
The Countess (2009)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Countess Bathory Story
The Creep Behind the Camera (2014)
Rating: ★★
Making of The Creeping Terror/Director Biopic
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (1980)
Rating: ★
“True Story” of the Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb
De Sade (1969)
Rating: ★★
Marquis de Sade Biopic
Domino (2005)
Rating: ★★★
True Life Bounty Hunter/Gonzo Biopic
Ed Wood (1994)
Rating: ★★★★
World’s Worst Director Biopic
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
Rating: ★★½
Photos of Fairies/”True Story”
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Rating: ★★
Surreal Drug Hallucinations/Hunter S. Thompson Adaptation
Fellini’s Casanova (1976)
Rating: ★★★★
Fantasticised Historical Biography
Finding Neverland (2004)
Rating: ★★
Peter Pan’s Creator Biopic
Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014)
Rating: ★
James Bond Creator Biopic
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Rating: ★★★★
Genre Director Biopic
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Winnie the Pooh’s Creator Biopic
Gothic (1986)
Rating: ★★
Mary Shelley-Lord Byron Meeting
Hanussen (1988)
Rating: ★★★★
Charismatic Clairvoyant/Hypnotist
Haunted Summer (1988)
Rating: ★
Mary Shelley-Lord Byron Meeting
Hitchcock (2012)
Rating: ★★★★
The Making of Psycho
Hollywoodland (2006)
Rating: ★★★½
The Death of TV Superman George Reeves/True Crime
Hugo (2011)
Rating: ★★★★
Children’s Film/Georges Melies Tribute
A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman (2012)
Rating: ★★★
Absurdist Animated Biopic
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Rating: ★
Charles Dickens and the Writing of A Christmas Carol
A Man Who Was Superman (2008)
Rating: ★★★
Man Believes He is Superman
Marquis de Sade (1996)
Rating: ★★
Marquis De Sade Biopic
Mary Shelley (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Frankenstein’s Author Biopic
The Master (2012)
Rating: ★★★½
L. Ron Hubbard Fictionalised Biopic
Matthew Hopkins – Witchfinder General (1968)
Rating: ★★★½
Historical Witch Persecutions
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Rating: ★★
Historical Epic
Mindbender (1996)
Rating: 0
“True Life” Psychic Uri Geller Biopic
Miss Potter (2006)
Rating: ★★
Children’s Author Beatrix Potter Biopic
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)
Rating: ★★
Real-Life Grand Guignol Theatre
My Friend Dahmer (2017)
Rating: ★★★
True-Life Serial Killer’s High School Years
My Life as a Fairytale: Hans Christian Andersen (2001)
Rating: ★★½
Fairytale Author Biopic
Nostradamus (1994)
Rating: ★★
Historical Biopic of a Clairvoyant
Open Water (2003)
Rating: ★★★★
Stranded in a Sea of Sharks/True Story
The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
Rating: ★★★
SF Writer-Philosopher Biopic
Photographing Fairies (1997)
Rating: ★★★★
Fairies and Altered Perception
Pocahontas (1995)
Rating: ★★
Disney Animation/Historical Meeting Between English & Native Americans
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
Rating: ★★★
Disney Animation/Pocahontas Goes to England
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Wonder Woman’s Creator Biopic
Quills (2000)
Rating: ★★★
The Marquis de Sade Story
Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)
Rating: ★★★★
Hammer Historical Horror Film
The Raven (1915)
Rating: ★★
Edgar Allan Poe Biopic
The Red Tent (1969)
Rating: ★★★½
Ill-Fated Expedition to the North Pole/Ghosts of the Dead
The Reef (2010)
Rating: ★★★★
Swim Through Shark-Infested Waters
Requiem (2006)
Rating: ★★★★
Possible Demonic Possession/True Story
The Right Stuff (1983)
Rating: ★★★½
Story of the True Life Space Mission
Rowing With the Wind (1988)
Rating: ★★★
Mary Shelley-Lord Byron Meeting
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Rating: ★★★★
The Making of Mary Poppins
Shirley (2020)
Rating: ★★★
Horror Author Biopic
Star 80 (1983)
Rating: ★★★½
Real-Life Playmate Murder
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
Rating: ★★★
Arthur Conan Doyle Biopic-Mystery/Meta-Fiction
Talking to Heaven (2002)
Rating: ★★
True-Life Medium Biopic
Tolkien (2019)
Rating: ★★
Fantasy Author Biopic
Vlad the Impaler (1979)
Rating: ★★
The Historical Dracula
Vlad the Impaler (2000)
Rating: ★★
The Historical Dracula
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
Rating: ★★
Man Builds a Fantasy Doll Village/True Story
The Whole Wide World (1996)
Rating: ★★★½
Robert E. Howard Biopic
Wired (1989)
Rating: ★
Surreal John Belushi Biopic