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* ''Film/{{Farinelli}}'' (Carlo Broschi aka "Farinelli" / [[spoiler:Happiness]])
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La Bamba


* ''Film/LaBamba'' (Music/RitchieValens / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Film/LaBamba'' (Music/RitchieValens / [[spoiler:Death]])[[spoiler:Success and death]])
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* ''Film/BriansSong'' ([[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Brian Piccolo]] / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Film/TheQueen'' (UsefulNotes/ElizabethII, or Queen Elizabeth II / [[spoiler:Getting on with her life]])



* ''Film/{{Selena}}'' (Music/{{Selena}} / [[spoiler:Life, success, death]])

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* ''Film/{{Selena}}'' (Music/{{Selena}} / [[spoiler:Life, success, death]])Success, Death]])



* ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' (UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales, née Spencer)

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* ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' (UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales, née Spencer)Spencer / [[spoiler:Getting on with her life (the film takes place entirely in 1991]])
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* ''Film/{{Maestro}}'' Music/LeonardBernstein

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* ''Film/{{Maestro}}'' Music/LeonardBernstein(Music/LeonardBernstein)



* ''Film/{{Mank}}'' (Herman J. Mankiewicz / )

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* ''Film/{{Mank}}'' (Herman J. Mankiewicz / )Mankiewicz)



* ''Film/MichielDeRuyter'' (Michiel de Ruyter / Death)

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* ''Film/MichielDeRuyter'' (Michiel de Ruyter / Death)[[spoiler:Death]])
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* ''Film/{{Caligula}}'' (Caligula / [[spoiler:Death]])
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* ''Film/{{Cobb}}'' (Ty Cobb / [[spoiler:Success, downfall]])
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Lately there have been a lot of biopics about famous musicians, mainly due to the fact that the ([[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll unavoidable]]?) drug/alcohol-abuse is a simple way to create drama and that all the [[ThatRemindsMeOfASong recording sessions/concerts]] are an easy foil to let the soundtrack shine. Another popular sub-genre, based-on-truth movies about athletes, can count as these, and are a good source of ManlyTears.

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Lately there have been a lot of biopics about famous musicians, mainly due to the fact that the ([[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll unavoidable]]?) drug/alcohol-abuse is a simple way to create drama and that all the [[ThatRemindsMeOfASong recording sessions/concerts]] are an easy foil to let the soundtrack shine. Another popular sub-genre, SubGenre, based-on-truth movies about athletes, can count as these, and are a good source of ManlyTears.
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* ''Film/{{Amen}}'' (Kurt Gerstion / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Film/{{Amen}}'' (Kurt Gerstion Gerstein / [[spoiler:Death]])
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* ''Film/{{Basquiat}}'' (Jean-Michel Basquiat / [[spoiler:Success, downfall]])
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* ''Film/BobMarleyOneLove'' (Music/BobMarley / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Running Brave'' (Billy Mills / [[spoiler:Greatest Triumph]])

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* ''Running Brave'' ''Film/RunningBrave'' (Billy Mills / [[spoiler:Greatest Triumph]])



* ''Film/SaintLaurent'' (UsefulNotes/YvesSaintLaurent / [[spoiler:Wild partying and Comeback]]

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* ''Film/SaintLaurent'' (UsefulNotes/YvesSaintLaurent / [[spoiler:Wild partying and Comeback]]Comeback]])
* ''Film/SavageMessiah1972'' (Henri Gaudier-Brzeska/[[spoiler:Death]])
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* ''Film/TheExpress'': ([[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballNamesToKnow Ernie Davis]] / [[spoiler:Growing up, success, greatest triumph, illness; death described in closing epilogue]])
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* ''Film/ExtremelyWickedShockinglyEvilAndVile'': (Ted Bundy / [[spoiler:Imprisonment]])
* ''Film/TheEyesOfTammyFaye''

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* ''Film/ExtremelyWickedShockinglyEvilAndVile'': (Ted Bundy (UsefulNotes/TedBundy / [[spoiler:Imprisonment]])
* ''Film/TheEyesOfTammyFaye''''Film/TheEyesOfTammyFaye'' (Tammy Faye Bakker / [[spoiler:Rise and fall]])



* ''Film/GloryRoad'' (Texas Western Miners / [[spoiler:Success and Greatest Triumph]])

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* ''Film/GloryRoad'' (Texas (1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team / [[spoiler:Success and Greatest Triumph]])



* ''Film/MrSaturdayNight'' (fictional stand-up comic Buddy Young, Jr. / [[spoiler:Early life and rise and fall of his career]])

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* ''Film/MrSaturdayNight'' (fictional stand-up comic Buddy Young, Young Jr. / [[spoiler:Early life and rise and fall of his career]])



* ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' ([[Website/{{Facebook}} Mark Zuckerburg]] / [[spoiler:Material triumph [[LonelyAtTheTop at a great personal cost]]]])

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* ''Film/{{Beaumarchais}}'' (Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais / [[spoiler:The opening of ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'']])



* ''Film/{{Beaumarchais}}'' (Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais / [[spoiler:The opening of ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'']])
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* ''Film/ABeautifulDayInTheNeighborhood'' (Creator/FredRogers / [[spoiler:Success]])
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* ''Film/{{Wired}}'' (Creator/JohnBelushi / [[spoiler:Death]])
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* ''Running Brave'' (Billy Mills / [[spoiler:Greatest Triumph]])
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* ''Film/CesarChavez'' ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cesar Chavez]] / [[spoiler:Success]])

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* ''Film/CesarChavez'' ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cesar Chavez]] (UsefulNotes/CesarChavez / [[spoiler:Success]])
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* ''Film/AmericanUnderdog'' (Kurt Warner / [[spoiler:Success]])

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* ''Film/AmericanUnderdog'' (Kurt Warner ([[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueQuarterbacks Kurt Warner]] / [[spoiler:Success]])



* ''Film/LaBamba'' (Ritchie Valens / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Film/LaBamba'' (Ritchie Valens (Music/RitchieValens / [[spoiler:Death]])



* ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' (Liberace / [[spoiler:Death]])
* ''Film/BeingTheRicardos'' (Creator/LucilleBall and Desi Arnaz)

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* ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' (Liberace (Music/{{Liberace}} / [[spoiler:Death]])
* ''Film/BeingTheRicardos'' (Creator/LucilleBall and Desi Arnaz)Creator/DesiArnaz)



* ''Film/TheBlindSide'' ([[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Michael Oher]] / [[spoiler:Growing up and Success]])

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* ''Film/TheBlindSide'' ([[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball ([[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Michael Oher]] / [[spoiler:Growing up and Success]])



* ''Film/BriansSong'' ([[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Brian Piccolo]] / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Film/BriansSong'' ([[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague ([[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Brian Piccolo]] / [[spoiler:Death]])



* ''Series/FosseVerdon''

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* ''Series/FosseVerdon''''Series/FosseVerdon'' (Creator/BobFosse and Gwen Verdon)



* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' (Alexander Hamilton / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' (Alexander Hamilton (UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton / [[spoiler:Death]])



* ''Film/ITonya'' (Tonya Harding / [[spoiler:Downfall]])

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* ''Film/ITonya'' (Tonya Harding (UsefulNotes/TonyaHarding / [[spoiler:Downfall]])



* ''Film/{{Jackie}}'' (Jacqueline Kennedy / [[spoiler:getting on with her life]]

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* ''Film/{{Jackie}}'' (Jacqueline Kennedy (UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy / [[spoiler:getting [[spoiler:Getting on with her life]]



* ''Film/JoanOfArc'' (UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc / [[spoiler:execution]]) -- 1900 film, possibly the oldest example

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* ''Film/JoanOfArc'' (UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc / [[spoiler:execution]]) -- [[spoiler:Execution]]) — 1900 film, possibly the oldest example



* ''Film/LizAndDick'' (Creator/ElizabethTaylor and Creator/RichardBurton / [[spoiler:Their Relationship, Divorce, Death [Burton's]]])

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* ''Film/LizAndDick'' (Creator/ElizabethTaylor and Creator/RichardBurton / [[spoiler:Their Relationship, relationship, Divorce, Death [Burton's]]])



* ''Film/{{Marshall}}'' (Thurgood Clayton Marshall / [[spoiler:Greatest Triumph/Success]])

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* ''Film/{{Marshall}}'' (Thurgood Clayton Marshall / [[spoiler:Greatest Triumph/Success]])



* ''Film/{{Milk}}'' (Harvey Milk / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Film/{{Milk}}'' (Harvey Milk (UsefulNotes/HarveyMilk / [[spoiler:Death]])



* ''Theatre/TheMiracleWorker'': (Helen Keller / [[spoiler:Success]])

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* ''Theatre/TheMiracleWorker'': (Helen Keller (UsefulNotes/HelenKeller / [[spoiler:Success]])



* ''Film/MollysGame'': (Molly Bloom / [[spoiler:downfall & redemption]])

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* ''Film/MollysGame'': (Molly Bloom / [[spoiler:downfall [[spoiler:Downfall & redemption]])



* ''Film/{{Night and Day|1946}}'' (Cole Porter)

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* ''Film/{{Night and Day|1946}}'' (Cole Porter)(Music/ColePorter)



* ''Film/{{Patton}}'' (General George S. Patton / [[spoiler:Success]])

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* ''Film/{{Patton}}'' (General George S. Patton UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton / [[spoiler:Success]])



* ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' (Diana Princess of Wales, née Spencer)

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* ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' (Diana Princess of Wales, (UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales, née Spencer)



* ''Film/TedBundy'' (SerialKiller Ted Bundy / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Film/TedBundy'' (SerialKiller Ted Bundy UsefulNotes/TedBundy / [[spoiler:Death]])



* ''Film/TempleGrandin'' (Temple Grandin / [[spoiler:Triumph and Success -- ''LA Times'' review: "It's rare that triumph includes the word 'slaughterhouse'."]])

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* ''Film/TempleGrandin'' (Temple Grandin / [[spoiler:Triumph and Success -- ''LA Times'' review: "It's rare that triumph includes the word 'slaughterhouse'."]])



* ''Film/ToWalkInvisible'' (The Bronte sisters / [[spoiler:Struggle, triumph, success; death described in closing epilogue for Emily and Anne.]])

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* ''Film/ToWalkInvisible'' (The Bronte Brontë sisters / [[spoiler:Struggle, triumph, success; death described in closing epilogue for Emily and Anne.]])



* ''Film/TrueHistoryOfTheKellyGang''([[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] AlternateHistory biopic of UsefulNotes/NedKelly)

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* ''Film/TrueHistoryOfTheKellyGang''([[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] ''Film/TrueHistoryOfTheKellyGang''({{downplayed|Trope}} AlternateHistory biopic of UsefulNotes/NedKelly)



* ''Film/{{Vice|2018}}'' (Dick Cheney / [[spoiler:Triumph/Downfall of UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror]]

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* ''Film/{{Vice|2018}}'' (Dick Cheney (UsefulNotes/DickCheney / [[spoiler:Triumph/Downfall of UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror]]



* ''Un-Break My Heart'' (Toni Braxton / [[spoiler:Family struggles/Triumph]])

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* ''Un-Break My Heart'' (Toni Braxton (Music/ToniBraxton / [[spoiler:Family struggles/Triumph]])
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* ''Film/TheBabe'' (Creator/BabeRuth / [[spoiler:Success, retirement, death]])
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* ''Film/TheLifeOfEmileZola'' (Emile Zola / [[spoiler:Death]])

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* ''Film/TheLifeOfEmileZola'' (Emile Zola (Creator/EmileZola / [[spoiler:Death]])
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* ''Film/TheIronClaw'' (Wrestling/VonErichFamily / [[spoiler:Deaths and Downfall, though with a RayOfHopeEnding]])

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