biographical
adjective
bio·graph·i·cal
ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fi-kəl 
variants
or less commonly biographic
1
: of, relating to, or constituting biography
2
: consisting of biographies
a biographical dictionary
3
: relating to a list briefly identifying persons
biographical notes
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Over six days, joy and anxiety collide as the family hides in plain sight in what can be described as a biographical piece of filmmaking for Lafosse.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2025
Joe has also continued acting, appearing in the biographical war drama Devotion (2022) and the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones (2022).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
The biographical heist film tells the true story of Forrest Tucker, who escaped San Quentin State Prison in 1979 at the age of 70 and went on to rob a series of banks over the next few years.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
The biographical political film about the Watergate scandal — based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Woodward and Carl Bernstein — starred Redford and Dustin Hoffman as the two journalists who investigated the scandal for The Washington Post.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2025
Joe has also continued acting, appearing in the biographical war drama Devotion (2022) and the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones (2022).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
The biographical heist film tells the true story of Forrest Tucker, who escaped San Quentin State Prison in 1979 at the age of 70 and went on to rob a series of banks over the next few years.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
The biographical political film about the Watergate scandal — based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Woodward and Carl Bernstein — starred Redford and Dustin Hoffman as the two journalists who investigated the scandal for The Washington Post.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Biographical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biographical. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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