The following is a list of biographical films released during the 1980s.
1980 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressBreaker MorantBreaker MorantEdward WoodwardCoal Miner's DaughterLoretta LynnSissy Spacek The Elephant ManJohn MerrickJohn HurtGuyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesJim JonesPowers BootheHeart BeatNeal CassadyNick NolteCarolyn CassadySissy SpacekJack KerouacJohn HeardHeaven's GateJames "Jim" AverallKris KristoffersonEllen WatsonIsabelle HuppertNate ChampionChristopher WalkenThe HunterRalph "Papa" ThorsonSteve McQueenJoniJoni Eareckson TadaJoni Eareckson TadaNijinskyVaslav NijinskyGeorge de la PeñaThe Ordeal of Dr. MuddSamuel MuddDennis WeaverRaging BullJake LaMottaRobert De NiroThe Secret of Nikola TeslaNikola TeslaPetar BožovićA Time for MiraclesElizabeth Ann SetonKate MulgrewTom HornTom HornSteve McQueenWhere the Buffalo RoamHunter S. ThompsonBill MurrayOscar Zeta AcostaPeter Boyle
1981 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressAgonyGrigori RasputinAlexei PetrenkoChariots of FireHarold AbrahamsBen CrossEric LiddellIan CharlesonChristiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof ZooChristiane F.Natja BrunckhorstDeath of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten StoryDorothy StrattenJamie Lee CurtisPaul SniderBruce WeitzEdo PornHokusaiKen OgataTakizawa BakinToshiyuki NishidaKatsushika ŌiYūko TanakaEgon Schiele – Exzess und BestrafungEgon SchieleMathieu CarrièreThe Girl with the Red HairHannie SchaftRenée SoutendijkJacqueline Bouvier KennedyJacqueline KennedyJaclyn SmithLion of the DesertOmar MukhtarAnthony QuinnMommie DearestJoan CrawfordFaye DunawayChristina CrawfordDiana ScarwidPeter and PaulPaul of TarsusAnthony HopkinsPeter the FishermanRobert FoxworthAl QadisiyyaSa'd ibn Abi WaqqasEzzat El AlailiRedsJohn ReedWarren BeattyRise and Fall of Idi AminIdi AminJoseph OlitaStand By Your ManTammy WynetteAnnette O'TooleGeorge JonesTim McIntire
1982 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressMacbethMacbeth of ScotlandGyörgy CserhalmiFlight of the EagleSalomon August AndréeMax von SydowFrancesFrances FarmerJessica LangeGandhiMahatma GandhiBen KingsleyThe Grey FoxBill MinerRichard FarnsworthLegend of a FighterFok Yuen-kapBryan LeungMae WestMae WestAnn JillianMissingCharles HormanJohn SheaThe Return of Martin GuerreArnaud du TilhGérard DepardieuBertrande de RolsNathalie BayeRosie: The Rosemary Clooney StoryRosemary ClooneySondra LockeThe Royal Romance of Charles and DianaCharles, Prince of WalesChristopher BainesDiana, Princess of WalesCatherine OxenbergThe White RoseSophie SchollLena StolzeA Woman Called GoldaGolda MeirIngrid Bergman
1983 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressAdi ShankaracharyaAdi ShankaraSarvadaman D. BanerjeeBanović StrahinjaStrahinja BanovićFranco NeroCross CreekMarjorie Kinnan RawlingsMary SteenburgenChampionsBob ChampionJohn HurtDantonGeorges DantonGérard DepardieuDempseyJack DempseyTreat WilliamsFor Us the Living: The Medgar Evers StoryMedgar EversHoward RollinsMyrlie EversIrene CaraGrace KellyGrace KellyCheryl LaddHeart Like a WheelShirley MuldowneyBonnie BedeliaKennedyJohn F. KennedyMartin SheenJacqueline Bouvier KennedyBlair BrownLiving Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. StoryHank Williams Jr.Richard ThomasThe Right StuffChuck YeagerSam ShepardGus GrissomFred WardGordon CooperDennis QuaidJohn GlennEd HarrisAlan ShepardScott GlennWally SchirraLance HenriksenDeke SlaytonScott PaulinRita Hayworth: The Love GoddessRita HayworthLynda CarterSadatAnwar El SadatLouis Gossett JrThe Scarlet and the BlackHugh O'FlahertyGregory PeckHerbert KapplerChristopher PlummerSilkwoodKaren SilkwoodMeryl StreepStar 80Dorothy StrattenMariel HemingwayPaul SniderEric RobertsThe Terry Fox StoryTerry FoxEric FryerWagnerRichard WagnerRichard Burton
1984 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressAmadeusAntonio SalieriF. Murray AbrahamWolfgang Amadeus MozartTom HulceThe BountyWilliam BlighAnthony HopkinsFirst Mate Fletcher ChristianMel GibsonThe Jesse Owens StoryJesse OwensDorian HarewoodThe Killing FieldsSydney SchanbergSam WaterstonDith PranHaing S. NgorJon SwainJulian SandsThe Miracle ContinuesHelen KellerMare WinninghamPucciniGiacomo PucciniRobert StephensSamson and DelilahSamsonMax von SydowDelilahBelinda Bauer
1985 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressChristopher ColumbusChristopher ColumbusGabriel ByrneColonel RedlAlfred RedlKlaus Maria BrandauerDance with a StrangerRuth EllisMiranda RichardsonEoudongUhwudongLee Bo-heeFlorence NightingaleFlorence NightingaleJaclyn SmithGod Rot Tunbridge Wells!George Frideric HandelTrevor HowardJohn And Yoko: A Love StoryJohn LennonMark McGannYoko OnoKim MiyoriKing DavidKing DavidRichard GereMarieMarie RagghiantiSissy SpacekMaskFlorence DennisCherRoy L. DennisEric StoltzMalice in WonderlandLouella ParsonsElizabeth TaylorHedda HopperJane AlexanderMata HariMata HariSylvia KristelBeethoven's NephewLudwig van BeethovenWolfgang ReichmannMishima: A Life in Four ChaptersYukio MishimaKen OgataRobert Kennedy & His TimesRobert F. KennedyBrad DavisOut of AfricaKaren BlixenMeryl StreepDenys Finch HattonRobert RedfordSweet DreamsPatsy ClineJessica LangeSylviaSylvia Ashton-WarnerEleanor DavidWallenberg: A Hero's StoryRaoul WallenbergRichard Chamberlain
1986-89 1986 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressThe Boy in BlueNed HanlanNicolas CageCastawayGerald KingslandOliver ReedLucy IrvineAmanda DonohoeThe Deliberate StrangerTed BundyMark HarmonDream WestJohn C. FrémontRichard ChamberlainThe George McKenna Storyhttp://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/the-george-mckenna-story-v19436George J. McKenna IIIDenzel WashingtonGeorge Washington II: The Forging of a NationGeorge WashingtonBarry BostwickGone to TexasSam HoustonSam ElliottGothicLord ByronGabriel ByrnePercy Bysshe ShelleyJulian SandsMary ShelleyNatasha RichardsonClaire ClairmontMyriam CyrJohn William PolidoriTimothy SpallHeartburnNora EphronMeryl StreepCarl BernsteinJack NicholsonHenry: Portrait of a Serial KillerHenry Lee LucasMichael RookerOtis TooleTom TowlesHwang Jin YiHwang JiniChang Mi-heeLady JaneLady Jane GreyHelena Bonham CarterThe Last Days of Frank and Jesse JamesFrank JamesJohnny CashJesse JamesKris KristoffersonPalay KhanPalay KhanJackie ShroffRomanza finalJulián GayarreJosé CarrerasSalvadorRichard BoyleJames WoodsSecond ServeRenee RichardsVanessa RedgraveShaka ZuluShakaHenry CeleSid and NancySid ViciousGary OldmanNancy SpungenChloe WebbThérèseThérèse of LisieuxCatherine MouchetA Winner Never QuitsPete GrayKeith Carradine
1987 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressThe Betty Ford StoryBetty FordGena RowlandsBlonde DollyBlonde DollyHilde Van Mieghem84 Charing Cross RoadHelene HanffAnne BancroftFrank DoelAnthony HopkinsA Child Called JesusJesusMatteo BellinaCry FreedomSteve BikoDenzel WashingtonEscape from SobiborLiutenant Aleksandr 'Sasha' PecherskyRutger HauerHachikō MonogatariHidesaburō UenoTatsuya NakadaiHachikōVarious dog actorsThe Impossible SpyEli CohenJohn SheaLa BambaRitchie ValensLou Diamond PhillipsLBJ: The Early YearsLyndon B. JohnsonRandy QuaidThe Last EmperorPu-YiJohn LonePoor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StoryBarbara HuttonFarrah FawcettPrick Up Your EarsJoe OrtonGary OldmanKenneth HalliwellAlfred MolinaThe SicilianSalvatore GiulianoChristopher LambertShinran: Path to PurityShinranJunkyu MoriyamaThe UntouchablesEliot NessKevin CostnerAl CaponeRobert De NiroWaiting for the MoonGertrude SteinLinda BassettAlice B. ToklasLinda HuntWalkerWilliam WalkerEd HarrisGood Morning VietnamAdrian CronauerRobin WilliamsYohwa EoludongUhwudongKim Muh-hee
1988 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressBirdCharlie ParkerForest WhitakerBloodsportFrank DuxJean-Claude Van DammeCamille ClaudelCamille ClaudelIsabelle AdjaniA Cry in the DarkLindy ChamberlainMeryl StreepDavidDavid RothenbergMatthew LawrenceMarie RothenbergBernadette PetersDiary of King YeonsanYeonsangun of JoseonYu In-chonEight Men OutGeorge "Buck" WeaverJohn CusackOscar "Happy" FelschCharlie SheenEddie CicotteDavid Strathairn"Shoeless" Joe JacksonD. B. SweeneyArnold "Chick" GandilMichael RookerCharles "Swede" RisbergDon HarveyClaude "Lefty" WilliamsJames ReadFred McMullinPerry LangElvis and MeElvis PresleyDale MidkiffPriscilla PresleySusan WaltersGorillas in the MistDian FosseySigourney WeaverHanna's WarHannah SzenesMaruschka DetmersThe Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayErnest HemingwayVictor GarberLincolnAbraham LincolnSam WaterstonOnassis: The Richest Man in the WorldAristotle OnassisRaul JuliaPainted FacesYu Jim-yuenSammo HungPatty HearstPatty HearstNatasha RichardsonStand and DeliverJaime EscalanteEdward James OlmosTucker: The Man and His DreamPreston TuckerJeff BridgesYoung GunsBilly the KidEmilio EstevezDoc ScurlockKiefer SutherlandJosé Chávez y ChávezLou Diamond PhillipsRichard M. BrewerCharlie Sheen"Dirty" Steve StephensDermot MulroneyCharlie BowdreCasey Siemaszko
1989 Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actressBilly the KidBilly the KidVal KilmerBlazeEarl LongPaul NewmanBlaze StarrLolita DavidovichBomber HarrisSir Arthur HarrisJohn ThawBorn on the Fourth of JulyRon KovicTom CruiseCommunionWhitley StrieberChristopher WalkenShadow MakersGeneral Leslie GrovesPaul NewmanJ. Robert OppenheimerDwight SchultzFrancescoFrancis of AssisiMickey RourkeGloryColonel Robert Gould ShawMatthew BroderickGreat Balls of Fire!Jerry Lee LewisDennis QuaidHenry VHenry V of EnglandKenneth BranaghThe Karen Carpenter StoryKaren CarpenterCynthia GibbLean on MeJoe Louis ClarkMorgan FreemanMy Left FootChristy BrownDaniel Day-LewisPaganiniNiccolò PaganiniKlaus KinskiPestalozzi's MountainJohann Heinrich PestalozziGian Maria VolontéRikyuSen no RikyūRentarō MikuniRomeroÓscar RomeroRaúl JuliáThe Ryan White StoryRyan WhiteLukas HaasTriumph of the SpiritSalamo ArouchWillem DafoeWinter of '54: Father PierreAbbé PierreLambert WilsonWiredJohn BelushiMichael ChiklisTjoet Nja' DhienCut Nyak DhienChristine Hakim
See also List of biographical films Biographical films
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