The Men Who Changed the World Movie Biopics
Which of these selected biographical movies* about a man who literally changed the world inspires you the most? *Multiple biopics may exist for each individual, but only one biopic is listed per world-changing man and may include movies presented as miniseries with a <5 hour total running time.
Answer pool biopics are selected based on a combination of biopic popularity, endeavor type, degree of world change and how inspirational the story is. A relatively simple question, but it can be complicated by relative perspectives. These disruptors can run the gamut from a very positive influence to a very negative influence on the world. As well as the importance of different types of game-changing endeavors (spiritual, military, political, scientific, business, artistic, exploration, social change, etc.) carry, both for the benefit and the detriment of humankind and how individual poll takers, may or may not, find these endeavors to be inspirational.
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Answer pool biopics are selected based on a combination of biopic popularity, endeavor type, degree of world change and how inspirational the story is. A relatively simple question, but it can be complicated by relative perspectives. These disruptors can run the gamut from a very positive influence to a very negative influence on the world. As well as the importance of different types of game-changing endeavors (spiritual, military, political, scientific, business, artistic, exploration, social change, etc.) carry, both for the benefit and the detriment of humankind and how individual poll takers, may or may not, find these endeavors to be inspirational.
Discuss the topic here. Game-Changing Recap Source: Wikipedia
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- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini HattangadiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.Mahatama Ghandi, Father of India (Bharat)
Ghandi was a game-changing 20th century anti-colonial nationalist and civil rights champion was the central figure in the non-violent resistance campaign for India's independence from British rule. - DirectorSergei BodrovStarsTadanobu AsanoAmadu MamadakovKhulan ChuluunThe story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.Temüjin aka Genghis Khan, Mongol Tribal Chieftan / General
Khan was a game-changing military and political leader, who established the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in world history. - DirectorMel GibsonStarsJim CaviezelMonica BellucciMaia MorgensternDepicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.Jesus of Nazareth, Herodian Preacher
Jesus was a game-changing religious leader, who became the central figure in Christianity which has 2.5 billion adherents worldwide today. - DirectorMoustapha AkkadStarsAnthony QuinnIrene PapasMichael AnsaraHistorical fresco recounting the life and times of the Prophet Mohammed, the last of the Abrahamic religion, in the sense that, according to Islam, he completed and sealed the monotheistic revelation made to Abraham.Muhammad, Arab Prophet / Messenger of God
Muhammad was a game-changing religious and political leader who founded Islam which has nearly 2.0 billion adherents worldwide today. - DirectorRidley ScottStarsGérard DepardieuArmand AssanteSigourney WeaverChristopher Columbus" discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.Christoper Columbus, Italian Navigator
Columbus was a game-changing explorer and supposed original colonist of Americas, who sparked the mass colonization of the continents of the Western hemisphere from the Eastern hemisphere continents. - DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich MatthesTraudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator"s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Nazi Germany (Austrian-born)
Hitler was a game-changing 20th century political leader who was the driving force behind the Second World War. - DirectorRidley ScottStarsJoaquin PhoenixVanessa KirbyTahar RahimAn epic that details the chequered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.Napoleon Bonaparte aka Napoleon I, French Military Officer/ Statesman / Reformer
Napoleon was a game-changing general and one of the greatest military commanders in history. His conquests and centralization of state power at the expense of religious authorities acted as a catalyst for political change and the development of nation states. His modernizing legal and administrative reforms were embodied in the Napoleonic Code and championed the cause of equality for the people. - DirectorOliver StoneStarsColin FarrellAnthony HopkinsRosario DawsonAlexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.Alexander III of Macedon aka Alexander the Great, Greek King / General
Alexander the Great was a game-changing world military and political leader, who created one of the largest empires of the ancient world. - DirectorJon AmielStarsPaul BettanyJennifer ConnellyIan KellyTorn between faith and science, and suffering hallucinations, English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to complete "On the Origin of Species" and maintain his relationship with his wife.Charles Darwin, English Naturalist / Biologist / Geologist
Darwin was a game-changing evolutionary biologist, whose writings proposed that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor and through a process he called natural selection leading to the current state of world species. He has been listed among the most influential figures in human history. - DirectorRaoul PeckStarsAugust DiehlStefan KonarskeVicky KriepsThe early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London.Karl Marx, Prussian-Stateless Political Theorist / Economist
Marx was a game-changing political theorist and revolutionary socialist who authored the pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto and the three-volume tome, Das Kapital. He had an enormous influence on the modern intellectual and economic thought and shaped the political landscape of the world. - DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghDerek JacobiSimon ShepherdIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.Henry V, English Warrior-King
Henry of Monmouth was game-changing leader, whose military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers in medieval Europe. - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsLouis CalhernMarlon BrandoJames MasonThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman General / Statesman
Caesar was a game-changing general and politician, who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. - DirectorChandran RutnamSaman WeeramanStarsGagan MalikAnchal SinghRanjan RamanayakeThis is an extraordinary tale from over 2600 years ago, of a Prince who is endowed with everything he needs and more. Luxury, palaces, and all heart"s-desires are provided to him by his father, a warrior King of the kingdom of Sakya. The story unfolds dramatically with the Prince leaving all his luxuries and possessions as well as his caring parents, loving wife, and newborn son, to embark on a journey through the unknown to find the end to human sorrow and suffering.Siddhartha "The Budda" Gautama aka Gautama Buddha, Indian Prince / Philosopher / Teacher
Budda was a game-changing religious leader who founded Buddhism which has 500 million adherents worldwide today. - DirectorEric TillStarsJoseph FiennesBruno GanzPeter UstinovDuring the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.Martin Luther, German Priest / Augustinian Friar / Theologian
Luther was game-changing author whose beliefs formed the basis of Lutheranism and became the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. Luther is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Western and Christian history with almost a billion adherents worldwide today. - DirectorJoe WrightStarsGary OldmanLily JamesKristin Scott ThomasIn May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.Winston Churchill, U.K. Prime Minister (Top Three Ranked)
Churchill was game-changing world military and political leader who led his country, Britain and the Allies to victory in the Second World War. - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDaniel Day-LewisSally FieldDavid StrathairnAs the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President (Top Three Ranked)
Lincoln was a game-changing American 19th century military and political leader who led the North during the American Civil War. He made the United States as a nation stronger as a result and positioned them to become a world power in the decades that followed. - DirectorRoger MichellStarsBill MurrayLaura LinneyOlivia WilliamsThe story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. President (Top Three Ranked)
FDR was a game-changing American 20th century military and political leader, who was crucial to the Allied victory in the Second World War and whose "New Deal" legislation turned the tide of the Great Depression for America and elsewhere. - DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsBarry BostwickPatty DukeJeffrey JonesThe life of George Washington as the first President of the United States of America and his 8 years running his country. The trials he faces dealing with mobs and riots while keeping the country together.George Washington, American General / U.S. President (Top Three Ranked)
Washington was a game-changing commanding general of the Continental Army who led the fledgling nation to victory during the American Revolution. As an American Founding Father, he set the course for a future American politicians with some guiding principles as its first President. - DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghJudi DenchIan McKellenA look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare.William Shakespeare, English Playwright / Poet
Shakespeare was a game-changing playwright and author, who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist - DirectorPanos AnestisStarsKonstantinos LagosKonstantinos KarvouniarisSissy DoutsiouThe first Greek docudrama regarding Sir Isaac Newton"s phenomenal works and mysterious personality.Isaac Newton, English Polymath
Da Vinci was a game-changer, who was active as a active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and natural philosopher. He was instumental in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment by making hundreds of discoveries and advancing man's knowledge in a variety of wide spanning fields. - DirectorAndrey LazarevSergey NurmamedIvan SkvortsovStarsMikhail GorbachevLeonid ParfyonovParfenov"s film about Mikhail Gorbachev, "He Came to Give Us Freedom", is an attempt to understand why the Stavropol guy had that kind of internal freedom, and how he managed to preserve it while getting to the heights of power without spilling it. Parfenov talks with the first president of the USSR about the most important phenomenon in Gorbachev"s life, his love to his wife, Raisa. The film has a lot of politically important allusions to the present times, bold and strong conclusions, and Gorbachev"s confessions.Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet and Russian Politician / Statesman
Gorbachev was the game-changing last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He led the country in its transition from being governed on the basis of Marxism–Leninism philosophy to social democratic principles. - DirectorAndrew HyattStarsJim CaviezelJames FaulknerOlivier MartinezLuke risks his life to visit Paul, who is captive in a Roman prison under Nero"s rule. Together, they struggle against a determined emperor and the frailties of the human spirit to live out the Gospel and spread the message to the world.Paul the Apostle (born Saul of Tarsus), Cilician Missionary / Theologian
Saint Paul was a game-changing religious leader who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. He is generally regarded as one of the most important figures in early Christianity for his contributions to the New Testament. - DirectorAlberto ArveloStarsEdgar RamírezErich WildpretMaría ValverdeSimon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered -- it liberated.Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan Statesman / Military Officer
Bolivar was a game-changing general and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America for his contributions to the South American continent. - DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsJean SylvèreAnne CaprileGiuseppe MannajuoloA false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.Socrates, Greek Philosopher
Socrates was a game-changing thinker and teacher who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy, pioneered philosophical discourse on political and ethical subjects and taught students, such as Plato and Xenophon. He remains greatly influential on world thought and greater thinkers through the past two millenea. - DirectorRoger YoungStarsPeter O'TooleCharlotte RamplingVittoria BelvedereCaesar Augustus tells of how he became the emperor to his reluctant daughter, Julia following the death of her husband Agrippa.Augustus Caesar aka Octavian,
Augustus was game-changing Roman leader who founded the Roman Empire and was its first Emperor. Augustus created a regime which maintained peace and prosperity in the Roman west and the Greek east for over two centuries.
