Top Biography Movies


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

111. vie en rose, La ( môme, La )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Olivier Dahan
Actors: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Gérard Depardieu, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Pierre Martins, Marc Barbé
Plot: Released in the USA 2007, and France in 2006, this movie tells the story of Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard in an Oscar-worthy performance).

112. The Times of Harvey Milk

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rob Epstein
Actors: Harvey Milk, Harvey Fierstein, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann, Tom Ammiano, Jim Elliot
Plot: A documentary focusing on gay-rights pioneer Harvey Milk, his struggle and triumph getting elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and his assassination, along with Mayor George Moscone by Supervisor Dan White and the reaction to this heinous act.

113. For the Love of Spock

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Adam Nimoy
Actors: Leonard Nimoy, Zachary Quinto, William Shatner, J.J. Abrams, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei

114. Society of the Snow ( sociedad de la nieve, La )

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: J.A. Bayona
Actors: Enzo Vogrincic, Esteban Bigliardi, Simon Hempe, Rafael Federman, Andy Pruss, Agustín Pardella

115. Bandit Queen

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Actors: Seema Biswas, Aditya Srivastava, Agesh Markam, Ajai Rohilla, Aseem Bajaj, Anupam Shyam
Plot: Phoolan Devi was known as the Bandit Queen - prosecuted by the Indian police while the press fawned over her.

116. You Don't Know Jack

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Al Pacino, Danny Huston, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Eric Lange, James Urbaniak
Plot: A look into the life of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who best became known after defying Michigan law by helping terminally ill patients with doctor-assisted suicide and taking the battle all the way to the Supreme Court.

117. The Diary of Anne Frank

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Shelley Winters, Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Ed Wynn, Gusti Huber, Lou Jacobi
Plot: As the "Green Police" search for Jews on the streets of Amsterdam, a young girl named Anne, her parents and another family retreat for two years to a small attic of a shop. Despite being confined to a small area and having no contact with the outside world, the families go on with their lives to the best of their ability.

118. Out of Africa

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Malick Bowens, Michael Kitchen, Michael Gough
Plot: A big game hunter lures a Danish Plantation Owner in Kenya into his passions for game and hunt while pulling her away from her husband.

119. Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple ( Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô )

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa, Akihiko Hirata, Daisuke Katô
Plot: Legendary Samurai Musashi Miyamoto travels, and comes across adversaries as he battles to become the country's greatest samurai.

120. Bohemian Rhapsody

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Dexter Fletcher, Bryan Singer
Actors: Rami Malek, Mike Myers, Joseph Mazzello, Ben Hardy, Aidan Gillen, Lucy Boynton
Plot: Queen, and lead singer Freddie Mercury, defied stereotypes and become one of the iconic rock bands of all time. Bohemian Rhapsody charts the rise of Queen, the lows suffered by Mercury as fame takes it toll - all leading to their legendary performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert - and a legacy that lives on today.

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