151. The Post
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Alison Brie, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson, Carrie Coon, Bruce Greenwood
Plot: Inspired by real events - Katharine Graham is the first female publisher of a major American newspaper when she takes over The Washington Post. Long-time editor Ben Bradlee comes across the story of a lifetime - The Pentagon Papers, a massive government cover-up of Vietnam that spans three decades and involves four presidents. The story has implications that could not only harm their careers, but their very lives - as well as the future of the newspaper itself.
152. The World's Fastest Indian
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell, Aaron Murphy, Tim Shadbolt, Annie Whittle
Plot: The life story of New Zealander, Burt Munro. In 1967, after spending years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, he packs up his bike and travels around the world to race in Utah at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Encountering obstacle after obstacle, including being denied entrance in the races, Munro defies the odds and sets a new land-speed world record.
153. Better Man
Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Gracey
Actors: Robbie Williams, Kate Mulvany, Damon Herriman, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Anthony Hayes
154. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marielle Heller
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Melissa McCarthy, Joanna Adler, Richard E. Grant, Marc Evan Jackson, Christian Navarro
Plot: Based on the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel who, during the 1970s-80s published books on the likes of Katherine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. But changing tastes means Israel finds herself no longer able to get published. Not content with this fact, she turns to a new tactic: deception, along with help from her best friend, Jack.
155. Queen of Katwe
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mira Nair
Actors: Lupita Nyong'o, David Oyelowo, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Russel Savadier, Peter Odeke, Esther Tebandeke
Plot: A young, Ugandan girl who goes from selling corn in her rural village to training to become an international chess champion after being introduced to the game.
156. tick, tick...Boom!
Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Actors: Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens, Bradley Whitford, Alexandra Shipp, Judith Light, Joshua Henry
Plot: In 1990, Jon is about to turn 30 as he waits tables in a New York City diner and at every opportunity continues to work on what he hopes to be the next great American musical. But as the as the day approached when he is to showcase his endeavor, he faces pressure all around - from his artistic girlfriend who wants to leave New York to his friend Michael who has given up on his dream in exchange for financial security to an artistic community struggling with the AIDS epidemic. It all leads to one question: What are we meant to do with the time we have?
157. Big Eyes
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Terence Stamp, Jason Schwartzman, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston
Plot: Painter Margaret Keane flourished in the 1950s, as her paintings featuring children with large eyes became the rage. In the 1960s, her husband Walter Keane started taking credit for her work, leading to a long, difficult legal battle.
158. Lion of the Desert
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone
Plot: General Rodolfo Graziani is assigned directly by Benito Mussolini to
subdue the Arabs in Libya. But early victory is out of his hands as Omar
Mukhtar and his army of Bedouins win battle after battle. But the cruel
Graziani sets upon a plan to target the civilian population: the aged, the
women and the children in order to get Mukhtar to surrender.
159. A Prayer Before Dawn
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Actors: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Panya Yimmumphai, Nicolas Shake, Pornchanok Mabklang, Billy Moore
160. I Killed My Mother ( J'ai tué ma mère )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xavier Dolan
Actors: Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément, Patricia Tulasne, Niels Schneider
Plot: Xavier Dolan both directed and stars in the semi-autobiographical look into the confused adolescence of a teenager and his love/hate relationship with his mother.
