Biopics Set in Cities

Kinora's catalogue lists 63 films about a real person's life and set in cities, spanning 1928–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 2012

  A Royal Affair

  Denmark — 1700s
  Urbandir. Nikolaj Arcel
• 2009

  Agora

  Alexandria — Ancient
  Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar
• 1984

  Amadeus

  Vienna — 1700s
  Urbandir. Miloš Forman
• 2007

  American Gangster

  New York City · Newark · Thailand — 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Ridley Scott
• 2003

  American Splendor

  Cleveland — 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Robert Pulcini
• 2002

  Antwone Fisher

  Cleveland — 2000s
  Urbandir. Denzel Washington
• 2023

  BlackBerry

  Waterloo — 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Matt Johnson
• 2018

  BlacKkKlansman

  Colorado Springs — 1970s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 2002

  Catch Me If You Can

  New York City · Miami · France — 1960s
  Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 2008

  Changeling

  Los Angeles — 1920s · 1930s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 1981

  Chariots of Fire

  England · Scotland · Paris — 1920s · 1910s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Hugh Hudson
• 2000

  Chopper

  Melbourne — 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Andrew Dominik
• 1941

  Citizen Kane

  New York City — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s
  Urbandir. Orson Welles
• 2007

  Control

  Macclesfield · Manchester — 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Anton Corbijn
• 2013

  Dallas Buyers Club

  Dallas · Mexico — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée
• 2004

  Downfall

  Berlin — 1940s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
• 1994

  Ed Wood

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urbandir. Tim Burton
• 1998

  Elizabeth

  England — Early Modern
  Urbandir. Shekhar Kapur
• 2019

  Ford v Ferrari

  Le Mans · Los Angeles — 1960s
  Urbandir. James Mangold
• 1994

  Forrest Gump

  Alabama · Vietnam · Washington, D.C. · New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis
• 1982

  Gandhi

  India · South Africa — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough
• 2000

  Gladiator

  Rome — Ancient
  Urbandir. Ridley Scott
• 1990

  GoodFellas

  New York City · Tampa — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2016

  Hidden Figures

  Virginia — 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Theodore Melfi
• 2008

  Ip Man

  Foshan — 1930s · 1940s
  Urbandir. Wilson Yip
• 2014

  Jersey Boys

  New Jersey · New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 2021

  Judas and the Black Messiah

  Chicago — 1960s
  Urbandir. Shaka King
• 2009

  Julie & Julia

  Paris · New York City — 1950s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Nora Ephron
• 2016

  Lion

  Kolkata · Hobart · Melbourne · Khandwa — 1980s · 2000s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis
• 1992

  Malcolm X

  New York City · Boston · Mecca — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 2006

  Marie Antoinette

  Versailles · Paris — 1700s
  Urbandir. Sofia Coppola
• 2008

  Milk

  San Francisco — 1970s
  Urbandir. Gus Van Sant
• 2011

  Moneyball

  Oakland — 2000s
  Urbandir. Bennett Miller
• 2003

  Monster

  Florida — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Patty Jenkins
• 2019

  Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

  Los Angeles — 1960s
  Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
• 2023

  Oppenheimer

  Los Alamos · Princeton — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s
  Desert · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
• 2007

  Persepolis

  Tehran · Paris · Vienna — 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud
• 2009

  Public Enemies

  Chicago · Indiana · Wisconsin — 1930s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Michael Mann
• 1980

  Raging Bull

  New York City · Miami — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1981

  Reds

  New York City · Russia — 1910s · 1920s
  Urbandir. Warren Beatty
• 1993

  Rudy

  Illinois · Indiana — 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. David Anspaugh
• 1993

  Schindler's List

  Kraków · Auschwitz — 1940s
  Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 2012

  Searching for Sugar Man

  Cape Town · Detroit — 1970s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Malik Bendjelloul
• 2014

  Selma

  Selma · Alabama — 1960s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Ava DuVernay
• 1973

  Serpico

  New York City — 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 1996

  Shine

  Adelaide · London — 1950s · 1960s
  Suburban · Urbandir. Scott Hicks
• 2015

  Straight Outta Compton

  Los Angeles · Detroit — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. F. Gary Gray
• 2009

  The Blind Side

  Memphis — 2000s
  Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock
• 2024

  The Brutalist

  Philadelphia · New York City · Venice — 1940s · 1950s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Brady Corbet
• 2017

  The Death of Stalin

  Moscow — 1950s
  Urbandir. Armando Iannucci
• 1980

  The Elephant Man

  London — 1800s
  Urbandir. David Lynch
• 2010

  The Fighter

  Lowell · Atlantic City · London — 2000s
  Urbandir. David O. Russell
• 2019

  The Irishman

  Philadelphia · Detroit — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2010

  The King's Speech

  London — 1920s · 1930s
  Urbandir. Tom Hooper
• 1988

  The Last Temptation of Christ

  Jerusalem · Judea — Ancient
  Desert · Urban · Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese
• 1928

  The Passion of Joan of Arc

  Rouen — Medieval
  Urbandir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
• 2002

  The Pianist

  Warsaw — 1940s
  Urbandir. Roman Polanski
• 2010

  The Social Network

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. David Fincher
• 2013

  The Wind Rises

  Japan · Germany — 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2013

  The Wolf of Wall Street

  New York City — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2005

  The World's Fastest Indian

  Invercargill · Los Angeles · Utah — 1960s
  Rural · Desert · Urbandir. Roger Donaldson
• 2023

  The Zone of Interest

  Auschwitz — 1940s
  Urbandir. Jonathan Glazer
• 2005

  Walk the Line

  Arkansas · Memphis · Nashville — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Rural · Urbandir. James Mangold