There's no easy way to say it, but it's the truth, so it should be said: the biopic is probably the weakest of all the broad film genres. Sometimes, films about real-life people - particularly the incredibly famous ones - play things safe while recycling tropes and plot beats that are regrettably familiar. Couple the formula with the fact that there's sometimes predictability when it comes to how a true-life story will play out, and the average biopic might well end up a little less interesting than say the average thriller, for example.
The 20 Best Biopics of All Time, Ranked
From 'Lawrence of Arabia' to 'Coal Miner's Daughter' to 'Malcolm X,' this is Collider's ranking of the greatest biopics.