biopic means A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
biopic is pronounced /ˈbaɪ.əʊ.pɪk/.
Etymology
Clipping of biographical picture; synchronically bio + pic.
noun
- A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).“This truism helps explain why the music biopic is stuck in such a compromising loop. […] Between 2000 to 2019, 55% of leading actor and actress Oscars went to performances in a biopic. Over the past four years, the genre has been responsible for 63 Oscar nominations. Yet at the same time, hagiography has resurfaced as a pre-requisite for success. […] While one might have supposed the advent of the”