| 100% | NORMARAE | 8 | 1979 film based on the life of Crystal Lee Sutton |
| 55% | OUT | 3 | "Full ___," 2015 dance film based on the life of dancer Ariana Berlin |
| 55% | HAWKING | 7 | 2004 TV film based on the life of English theoretical physicist Stephen |
| 54% | GIA | 3 | Angelina Jolie starrer biographical film based on the life of an American supermodel |
| 54% | LIMITS | 6 | "Without ___," 1998 biographical sports drama film based on the life of distance runner Steven Prefontaine |
| 53% | TEMPLEGRANDIN | 13 | 2010 biographical drama film based on the life of an American scientist and autism advocate: 2 wds. |
| 53% | WHEEL | 5 | "Heart Like a ___," 1983 biographical drama film based on the life of drag racing driver Shirley Muldowney |
| 52% | FIGURES | 7 | "Hidden ___," 2016 biographical drama film based on the lives of African-American female mathematicians who worked at NASA |
| 51% | GOODFELLAS | 10 | Martin Scorsese's crime film based on the life of Henry Hill who was associated with the Lucchese crime family |
| 51% | IMITATIONGAME | 13 | "The ___," 2014 historical drama film based on the life of computer scientist Alan Turing: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SENNA | 5 | The 2010 sports film based on the life of Brazilian motor-racing champion Ayrton |
| 50% | HERO | 4 | "The Last American ___," 1973 sports drama film based on the life of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson |
| 49% | IRON | 4 | "The ___ Lady," British-French biographical drama film based on the life of Margaret Thatcher that stars Olivia Colman |
| 46% | SATYAGRAHA | 10 | 1979 opera by Philip Glass loosely based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi |
| 46% | ROCKETMAN | 9 | 2019 biopic based on the life of Elton John |
| 46% | MCQUEEN | 7 | Documentary based on the life of British fashion designer Alexander |
| 45% | GIA | 3 | 1998 Angelina Jolie biopic based on the life of a supermodel |
| 45% | AMADEUS | 7 | Peter Shaffer play based on the lives of Mozart and Salieri |
| 45% | OLLIE | 5 | "Stan & ___," 2018 comedy movie based on the lives of Laurel and Hardy |
| 44% | ANNE | 4 | "___ Boleyn," 2021 period drama series based on the life of an English Queen |
| 44% | MARYSTUART | 10 | 1800 Friedrich Schiller verse play based on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots |
| 44% | AGORA | 5 | 2009 historical biopic based on the life of ancient Egyptian mathematician and astronomer Hypatia |
| 43% | LEFT | 4 | "My ___ Foot," biographical drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis which is based on the life of Christy Brown |
| 42% | DREAMER | 7 | 2005 film based on the true story of a racehorse named Mariah's Storm |
| 41% | THEROSE | 7 | 1979 film loosely based on Janis Joplin's life |
| 40% | IMITATIONGAME | 13 | "The ___" American historical drama film from 2014 based on the life of a British mathematician, Alan Turing: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Film based on the story of Max Stuart in which actor Ben Mendelsohn plays media mogul Rupert Murdoch: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THEREVENANT | 11 | 2015 American semi-biographical film starring Leonardo DiCaprio based on the life of frontiersman Hugh Glass: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BLACK | 5 | "The ___ Stallion," 1979 adventure film based on a 1941 children's novel of the same name |
| 40% | RHAPSODY | 8 | "Bohemian ___," 2018 film starring Rami Malek which is based on the life of Freddie Mercury |