Biopics Set in Cities
Kinora's catalogue lists 97 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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24 Hour Party People
Urbandir. Michael Winterbottom - 2012
A Royal Affair
Urbandir. Nikolaj Arcel - 2009
Agora
Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1984
Amadeus
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 2007
American Gangster
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 2003
American Splendor
Urbandir. Robert Pulcini - 1999
Angela's Ashes
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 2002
Antwone Fisher
Urbandir. Denzel Washington - 2000
Before Night Falls
Urbandir. Julian Schnabel - 1988
Bird
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 2023
BlackBerry
Urbandir. Matt Johnson - 2018
BlacKkKlansman
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 2002
Catch Me If You Can
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2008
Changeling
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1981
Chariots of Fire
Urbandir. Hugh Hudson - 2000
Chopper
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik - 1941
Citizen Kane
Urbandir. Orson Welles - 1963
Cleopatra
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 2007
Control
Urbandir. Anton Corbijn - 1987
Cry Freedom
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 1992
Daens
Urbandir. Stijn Coninx - 2013
Dallas Buyers Club
Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée - 2004
Downfall
Urban · Undergrounddir. Oliver Hirschbiegel - 1994
Ed Wood
Urbandir. Tim Burton - 1998
Elizabeth
Urbandir. Shekhar Kapur - 2022
Elvis
Urbandir. Baz Luhrmann - 1990
Europa Europa
Urbandir. Agnieszka Holland - 2019
Ford v Ferrari
Urbandir. James Mangold - 1994
Forrest Gump
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 1968
Funny Girl
Urbandir. William Wyler - 1982
Gandhi
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 2000
Gladiator
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1990
GoodFellas
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2016
Hidden Figures
Urbandir. Theodore Melfi - 1958
I Want to Live!
Urbandir. Robert Wise - 1993
In the Name of the Father
Urbandir. Jim Sheridan - 2008
Ip Man
Urbandir. Wilson Yip - 1944
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Urbandir. Sergei Eisenstein - 2014
Jersey Boys
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Urbandir. Shaka King - 2009
Julie & Julia
Urbandir. Nora Ephron - 1997
Kundun
Mountain · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1987
La Bamba
Urbandir. Luis Valdez - 1989
Lean On Me
Urbandir. John G. Avildsen - 1974
Lenny
Urbandir. Bob Fosse - 2016
Lion
Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis - 1956
Lust for Life
Rural · Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 1992
Malcolm X
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 1999
Man on the Moon
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 2006
Marie Antoinette
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola - 2008
Milk
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant - 1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Urbandir. Paul Schrader - 2011
Moneyball
Urbandir. Bennett Miller - 2003
Monster
Urbandir. Patty Jenkins - 1989
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Urbandir. Jim Sheridan - 2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino - 2023
Oppenheimer
Desert · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2007
Persepolis
Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud - 2009
Public Enemies
Urban · Ruraldir. Michael Mann - 1980
Raging Bull
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1981
Reds
Urbandir. Warren Beatty - 1993
Rudy
Urbandir. David Anspaugh - 1993
Schindler's List
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2012
Searching for Sugar Man
Urbandir. Malik Bendjelloul - 1997
Selena
Urbandir. Gregory Nava - 2014
Selma
Urban · Ruraldir. Ava DuVernay - 1973
Serpico
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1997
Seven Years in Tibet
Mountain · Urbandir. Jean-Jacques Annaud - 1996
Shine
Suburban · Urbandir. Scott Hicks - 1955
Sissi
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Ernst Marischka - 1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Urbandir. Robert Wise - 1988
Stand and Deliver
Urbandir. Ramón Menéndez - 2015
Straight Outta Compton
Urbandir. F. Gary Gray - 2009
The Blind Side
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock - 2024
The Brutalist
Urbandir. Brady Corbet - 2017
The Death of Stalin
Urbandir. Armando Iannucci - 1959
The Diary of Anne Frank
Urbandir. George Stevens - 1980
The Elephant Man
Urbandir. David Lynch - 1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Urbandir. Werner Herzog - 2010
The Fighter
Urbandir. David O. Russell - 1999
The Hurricane
Urbandir. Norman Jewison - 2019
The Irishman
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2010
The King's Speech
Urbandir. Tom Hooper - 1987
The Last Emperor
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
Desert · Urban · Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese - 1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Urbandir. Carl Theodor Dreyer - 1996
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 2002
The Pianist
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1942
The Pride of the Yankees
Urbandir. Sam Wood - 2010
The Social Network
Urbandir. David Fincher - 2013
The Wind Rises
Urban · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2005
The World's Fastest Indian
Rural · Desert · Urbandir. Roger Donaldson - 2023
The Zone of Interest
Urbandir. Jonathan Glazer - 1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Urban · Suburbandir. Francis Ford Coppola - 2005
Walk the Line
Rural · Urbandir. James Mangold - 1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
Urbandir. Brian Gibson
Frequently asked
How many movies are about a real person's life and set in cities?
Kinora's catalogue lists 97 films about a real person's life and set in cities, spanning 1928–2024.
What are some movies about a real person's life and set in cities?
Films about a real person's life and set in cities in our catalogue include 24 Hour Party People (2002), A Royal Affair (2012), Agora (2009), Amadeus (1984), and American Gangster (2007).
What is the oldest movie about a real person's life and set in cities?
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) is the earliest film about a real person's life and set in cities in our catalogue; the most recent is The Brutalist (2024).