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Defining Genre
Peak 2010s

THE BIOGRAPHY

LIVES, FILMED
The genre that lets us watch a life from the outside. Where archive becomes drama and the credits read like a museum wall.
Peak 2010s
3,671
Films Catalogued
69.8
Avg Master Score
6.8
Avg IMDb
2010s
Peak Decade
WERNER HERZOG
Top Director
Of which 171 earned Oscar nominations or wins
The Defining Three

ESSENTIAL VIEWING

Top-ranked by master score. If you only saw three films from this decade, these are the three.

No.01
MS94.6
STEVEN SPIELBERG|1993
SCHINDLER'S LIST

“Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.”

No.02
MS92.3
KURT KUENNE|2008
DEAR ZACHARY: A LETTER TO A SON ABOUT HIS FATHER
No.03
MS92.2
NITESH TIWARI|2016
DANGAL
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01
Schindler's List
1993 · Steven Spielberg · 7 Oscars
94.6
02
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
2008 · Kurt Kuenne
92.3
03
Dangal
2016 · Nitesh Tiwari
92.2
04
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The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
91.8
05
Temple Grandin
2010 · Mick Jackson
91.8
06
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018 · Morgan Neville
91.5
07
For Sama
2019 · Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
91.0
08
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020 · Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey
90.9
09
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
2007 · Seth Gordon
90.7
10
Fruitvale Station
2013 · Ryan Coogler
90.6
11
The Last Waltz
1978 · Martin Scorsese
90.6
12
The Sound of Music
1965 · Robert Wise · 5 Oscars
90.6
13
Oppenheimer
2023 · Christopher Nolan · 7 Oscars
90.5
14
Sound of Freedom
2023 · Alejandro Monteverde
90.4
15
The King's Speech
2010 · Tom Hooper · 4 Oscars
90.3
16
Catch Me If You Can
2002 · Steven Spielberg
90.3
17
The Alpinist
2021 · Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen
90.3
18
The Message
1976 · Moustapha Akkad
90.2
19
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Lin-Manuel Miranda
90.1
20
Amadeus
1984 · Milos Forman · 8 Oscars
89.9
21
Thirteen Lives
2022 · Ron Howard
89.9
22
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
2021 · R.J. Cutler
89.8
23
Downfall
2004 · Oliver Hirschbiegel
89.7
24
Hidden Figures
2016 · Theodore Melfi
89.6
25
Patton
1970 · Franklin J. Schaffner · 7 Oscars
89.5
26
Straight Outta Compton
2015 · F. Gary Gray
89.5
27
Senna
2010 · Asif Kapadia
89.4
28
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · David Lean · 7 Oscars
89.4
29
Tupac: Resurrection
2003 · Lauren Lazin
89.4
30
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · George Roy Hill · 4 Oscars
89.3
31
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
2014 · Brian Knappenberger
89.3
32
The Banker
2020 · George Nolfi
89.0
33
The Sparks Brothers
2021 · Edgar Wright
88.8
34
Crumb
1994 · Terry Zwigoff
88.7
35
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen · 3 Oscars
88.5
36
Miss Americana
2020 · Lana Wilson
88.4
37
Marley
2012 · Kevin Macdonald
88.4
38
The Salt of the Earth
2014 · Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
88.3
39
Three Identical Strangers
2018 · Tim Wardle
88.3
40
Life Itself
2014 · Steve James
88.3
41
Green Book
2018 · Peter Farrelly · 3 Oscars
88.2
42
Capturing the Friedmans
2003 · Andrew Jarecki
88.1
43
Conspiracy
2001 · Frank Pierson
87.9
44
Togo
2019 · Ericson Core
87.9
45
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 · Barry Levinson
87.9
46
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019 · Chiwetel Ejiofor
87.9
47
Val
2021 · Ting Poo, Leo Scott
87.8
48
The Crash Reel
2013 · Lucy Walker
87.8
49
Dallas Buyers Club
2013 · Jean-Marc Vallée · 3 Oscars
87.8
50
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
87.8
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