Best Semi-biographical Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best semi-biographical movies and TV series? These 37 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 2020 ★ 8.5

The Beatles: Get Back 2021 ★ 8.4

One Life 2023 ★ 7.8

The Fog of War 2003 ★ 7.7

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 2023 ★ 7.7

Grizzly Man 2005 ★ 7.5

When We Were Kings 1996 ★ 7.6

I Am: Celine Dion 2024 ★ 7.6

Moonage Daydream 2022 ★ 7.5

QT8: The First Eight 2019 ★ 7.2

War Photographer 2001 ★ 7.5

George Harrison: Living in the Material World 2011 ★ 7.6

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2019 ★ 7.0

Batman & Bill 2017 ★ 7.2

20,000 Days on Earth 2014 ★ 7.0

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan 2012 ★ 7.4

I Am Bolt 2016 ★ 7.1

Maria Montessori 2023 ★ 7.0

Imagine: John Lennon 1988 ★ 7.0

Friedkin Uncut 2018 ★ 7.1

Lords of Chaos 2018 ★ 6.8

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained 2021 ★ 7.0

Einstein and Eddington 2008 ★ 6.8

Citizen K 2019 ★ 6.7