141. Jersey Boys
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Christopher Walken, Freya Tingley, Jeremy Luke, Vincent Piazza, Kathrine Narducci, Mike Doyle
Plot: A tale of four young men growing up in New Jersey - on the wrong side of the tracks. But not just any four young men - this is the story about The Four Seasons - a group that would lay claim to some of the most iconic hits of the 60s and who made it though good times and bad thanks to a code of honor learned on the rough streets they called home.
142. The Madness of King George
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Actors: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Graves, Amanda Donohoe, Rupert Everett
Plot: Based on the historical period when King George III suffered from a blood disorder that caused episodes of dementia - and those around him who try to combat this affliction and keeping themselves in power.
143. First Man
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Damien Chazelle
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jon Bernthal, Pablo Schreiber, Kyle Chandler, Jason Clarke
Plot: The story of Neil Armstrong, who is famous for becoming the first man to walk on the moon and the sacrifice it took to get him there.
144. Danton
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Emmanuelle Debever, Patrice Chéreau, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche
145. Topsy-Turvy
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Nottingham, Julia Rayner
Plot: After the failure of Princess Ida, the duo of Gilbert and Sullivan find their relationship strained to the breaking point. Yet their friends and associates have faith in them, and the duo stick together and the resulting play, The Mikado, becomes one of their biggest hits.
146. Lee Daniels' The Butler
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lee Daniels
Actors: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marsden, Lenny Kravitz
Plot: Focuses on the life of Eugene Allen, a man who served as head butler for the White House from 1952-1986 - and his unique insight into the changing landscape of politics and race as her served eight different presidents.
147. Hitchcock
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren, James D'Arcy, Jessica Biel, Toni Collette
Plot: Explores the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his landmark horror film Psycho in 1959.
148. A River Runs Through It
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Redford
Actors: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd, Edie McClurg
Plot: Two sons of a Presbyterian minister - one who rebels against his father and one who keeps things grounded - still find time to bond over their love of fly fishing.
149. Sully
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Aaron Eckhart, Autumn Reeser, Sam Huntington
Plot: Follows the life of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, an airline pilot responsible for the "Miracle on the Hudson" where he safely glided his damaged plane onto the Hudson River, saving all 155 people aboard. But beyond this one event, even a hero's life isn't always heroic and when people begin digging, it could ultimately destroy everything he has worked toward.
150. The Lost City of Z
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Gray
Actors: Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Angus Macfadyen, Daniel Huttlestone
Plot: Based on the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett who, at the dawn of the 20th century, comes across what he believes is a previously unknown ancient, advanced civilization deep within the Amazon. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific community, Fawcett, along with the support of his aide de camp and wife, returns to the Amazon time and time again to prove his case up until his mysterious disappearance in 1925.
