biopic

noun

bio·​pic ˈbī-(ˌ)ō-ˌpik How to pronounce biopic (audio)
: a biographical movie

Examples of biopic in a Sentence

We watched a biopic about Beethoven.
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The Film might've also dropped a big clue about who else could star in Madonna's feature-length biopic. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 Lionsgate and Universal’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael continues to inch closer to that $1 billion marker. Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026 In an illuminating scene from Michael, the record-breaking, debate-igniting music biopic, the future King of Pop and his brothers are relaxing at the pool inside the Jackson family’s lavish Hayvenhurst Estate in Encino, California. Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026 That film, of course, is Bohemian Rhapsody, which currently holds the all-time box office record as the highest grossing music biopic of all time with a worldwide box office tally of $911 million. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for biopic

Word History

Etymology

bi- entry 2 + pic entry 1

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of biopic was in 1946

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“Biopic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biopic. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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