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Old 12-13-04 | 08:40 PM
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Best Bio-pic?
With Ray set to win some Awards, I'm sure, it got me thinking to other good Bio-Pics out there.

I'll toss Chaplin into the hat.
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Old 12-13-04 | 08:44 PM
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I'd say Amadeus is one of the best.
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Old 12-13-04 | 09:38 PM
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Assuming Citizen Kane doesn't count, I'd say Born on the Fourth of July or Shine
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Old 12-13-04 | 09:39 PM
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my favorite is probably Blow, but the best is Patton.
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Old 12-13-04 | 10:13 PM
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Malcolm X
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Old 12-13-04 | 11:54 PM
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Malcolm X

I like Milos Forman's biopics too
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Way too many to think of them all off the top of one's head.

Patton
Truman
MacArthur
Malcolm X
Hoffa
Kennedy
Ghandi
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I always liked the "Buddy Holly Story" myself.
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I like some of the ones already mentioned so I'll toss in Raging Bull
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Old 12-18-04 | 03:48 PM
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Man on the Moon is one of my favorites.
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Old 12-18-04 | 08:18 PM
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Tell you what, after seeing The Aviator yesterday, i can say it can't even be listed in the top 10 of all bio pics. I was so dissapointed.
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Old 12-18-04 | 10:01 PM
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I'd have to say Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould - even though it's more of a character study than it is a bio-pic... but I think it still applies.
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Does Tupac: Resurrection count?
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