Genre
Biopics
Lives compressed into three acts. The interesting entries refuse the cradle-to-grave shape and take one episode seriously instead.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean · 1962
Amadeus
Miloš Forman · 1984
The Social Network
David Fincher · 2010
I'm Not There
Todd Haynes · 2007
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