biopic

The definition of a biopic is a dramatic movie about a famous person's life.

(noun)

An example of a biopic is the movie What's Love Got To Do With It, about Tina Turner's life.

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See biopic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Informal a film dramatizing the life of a famous person

Origin: bio(graphical) + pic(ture)

See biopic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes.

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