This article lists and discusses ten exceptional biopics released since 1999, highlighting their artistic merit, performances, and enduring impact on viewers.
The art of the biopic is one that's hard to master. It's easy for a movie based on a real figure's life and work to end up feeling dull and didactic, but when a filmmaker is able to capture the spirit of their legacy and transmit it in a way that's compelling, these can be some of the most unforgettable films ever. Over the course of the last 25 years, there have been numerous exceptional biopics, but a few stand out as the best.
From exceptional mainstream works by some of Hollywood's best filmmakers, like The Social Network, to more arthouse international fare, like Downfall, the best biopics since 1999 prove that this is a genre ripe with opportunities for artistic experimentation, endless creativity, and out-of-this-world performances. These are the movies that have gripped those opportunities with particular enthusiasm. 10 'Boys Don't Cry' (1999) Directed by Kimberly Peirce A preamble is necessary here. It's a well known and widely criticized fact that LGBTQ+ storytelling is often exhaustively tragic. That being said, Boys Don't Cry is an undeniably outstanding coming-of-age film. It's the story of Brandon Teena, a young transgender man navigating love and life while trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska. With a powerhouse lead performance by Hilary Swank, it's one of the most emotionally stirring trans movies of all time. This harrowing film is certainly not an easily digestible one, but its commemoration of Teena's life and its depressingly still-timely critique of prejudice and discrimination against trans people in the U.S. makes it a must-see work of art. Bold, suspenseful, complex, and potently sympathetic, it's the most beautiful way possible to ensure that Brandon's memory lives on in the public consciousness for the rest of histor
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