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best biographical films (post 1990)

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35.The Pianist- Roman Polanski -2002
34.Elizabeth-Shekhar Kapur -1998
33.JFK - Oliver STone -1991
32.Chaplin-Richard Attenborough-1992
31.the People vs. Larry Flynt - Milos Forman -1996
30.American Splendor- Shari Springer Berman&Robert Pulcini -2003
29.Che- Steven Soderbergh- 2008
28.Ray - Taylor Hackford -2004
27.The Pursuit of Happyness -Gabriele Muccino-2006
26.Schindler's List - Steven Speilberg -1993
25.What's Love Got to Do with It - Brian Gibson -1993
24.Milk _ Gus Van Sant - 2008
23.Walk the Line - James Mangold - 2005
22.The world's Fastest Indian - Roger Donaldson - 2005
21.The Insider -1999-Micheal Mann
20. Monster - Patty Jenkins - 2003
19. Ali -Micheal Mann- 2001
18. Man on the Moon -Milos Foreman- 1999
17. Shine - Scott Hicks -1996
16. Frida - Julie Taymor - 2002
15.The Aviator - Martin Scorsese - 2004
14.A beautiful Mind - Ron Howard -2001
13.Malcolm X - Spike Lee -1992
12.Before Night Falls- Julian Schnabel- 2000
11.The queen -Stephen Frears - 2006
10. Der Untergang (Downfall)- Oliver Hirschbiegel - 2004
9.Braveheart - Mel Gibson - 1995
8.Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) - Julian Schnabel-2007
7.Mar Adentro (the Sea Inside) -Alejandro Cantos -2004
6.Mangal Pandey: The Rising- Ketan Mehta- 2005
5.Persepolis -Marjane Satrapi- 2007
4.Vals im Bashir (waltz with Bashir) - Ari Folman -2008
3.In the Name of the Father - Jim Sheridan -1993
2.Cinderella Man - Ron Howard -2005
1.The Straight Story -David Lynch - 1999

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