Top Biography Movies


The Top Biography Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Biography List". Lists are calculated daily.

91. October Sky

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg
Plot: Based on true events, in the 1950's a coal miner's son is obsessed with the launching of Sputnik 1. It causes some conflict with his father, but leads to him building a rocket with his friends.

92. Molly's Game

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Rachel Skarsten, Chris O'Dowd
Plot: Based on the true story of Molly Bloom, who was many things - an attractive, young woman, a world-class Olympic skier and purveyor of the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game. Hollywood royalty, sports superstars and business titans all took part in the game - as did the Russian Mob - which brought the FBI down on Molly. With the world seeing nothing but what the tabloids said, she could only count on one person - her defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, to be her ally and tell her story.

93. The General

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Jon Voight, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Angeline Ball
Plot: Martin Cahill was an Irish folk hero and criminal - pulling off brazing robberies with his team. But soon he has trouble from not just the police and the IRA - but even from members of his own team.

94. Dark Waters

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Mark Ruffalo, William Jackson Harper, Bill Pullman, Tim Robbins, Victor Garber
Plot: A corporate defense attorney finds himself up against one of the world's most powerful chemical companies, DuPont, when he takes on an environmental case that leads down a rabbit hole of corruption and deceit.

95. The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeff Feuerzeig
Actors: Daniel Johnston, Matt Groening, Thurston Moore, Louis Black, Don Goede, Mabel Johnston

96. The Salt of the Earth

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Actors: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Hugo Barbier, Jacques Barthélémy, Lélia Wanick Salgado

97. Sea Inside, The ( Mar adentro )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Actors: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Alberto Amarilla

98. Man on the Moon

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti, Courtney Love, Michael Kelly, Vincent Schiavelli
Plot: The life and times of comedian Andy Kaufman.

99. The Pride of the Yankees

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Gary Cooper, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Teresa Wright, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen
Plot: The story of the life of famous baseball player for the New York Yankees, Lou Gehrig.

100. Waltz with Bashir ( Vals Im Bashir )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Animation/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ari Folman
Actors: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi, Yehezkel Lazarov, Mickey Leon
Plot: When former Israeli soldiers confront their recurring nightmares about the atrocities of war, they're not sure if their dreams are real, imaginary, or just the gateway to a flood of memories they'd rather not have to face...

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