Biography's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Biography? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Biography titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 2016 25 great titles Best: Hacksaw Ridge
  2. #2 2019 25 great titles Best: Everybody’s Everything
  3. #3 2017 25 great titles Best: The Greatest Showman
  4. #4 2018 25 great titles Best: On My Skin
  5. #5 2024 25 great titles Best: Senna
  6. #6 2023 25 great titles Best: Oppenheimer
  7. #7 2014 25 great titles Best: The Imitation Game
  8. #8 2015 25 great titles Best: The Big Short
  9. #9 2013 24 great titles Best: The Wolf of Wall Street
  10. #10 2020 23 great titles Best: Veneno
  11. #11 2021 22 great titles Best: The Alpinist
  12. #12 2022 22 great titles Best: Elvis
  13. #13 2008 15 great titles Best: Changeling
  14. #14 2009 15 great titles Best: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
  15. #15 2006 14 great titles Best: The Pursuit of Happyness
  16. #16 2025 12 great titles Best: I Swear
  17. #17 2012 12 great titles Best: The Men Who Built America
  18. #18 2010 11 great titles Best: Senna
  19. #19 2004 11 great titles Best: Something the Lord Made
  20. #20 2007 10 great titles Best: Freedom Writers
  21. #21 2011 10 great titles Best: Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler
  22. #22 1993 9 great titles Best: Schindler's List
  23. #23 1999 9 great titles Best: The Straight Story
  24. #24 2000 8 great titles Best: One Hundred Steps
  25. #25 2002 7 great titles Best: The Pianist
  26. #26 2005 7 great titles Best: Cinderella Man
  27. #27 1995 7 great titles Best: The Beatles Anthology
  28. #28 1987 5 great titles Best: The Last Emperor
  29. #29 2003 5 great titles Best: Radio
  30. #30 1956 5 great titles Best: Somebody Up There Likes Me
  31. #31 2001 5 great titles Best: Anne Frank: The Whole Story
  32. #32 1994 5 great titles Best: Immortal Beloved