161. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Marielle Heller
Actors: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Enrico Colantoni, Wendy Makkena, Chris Cooper, Sakina Jaffrey
Plot: Based on the true story of journalist Tom Junod and Fred Rogers: Tom is a jaded and cynical journalist who thinks nothing of the fluff piece to profile Fred Rogers, beloved creator and host of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. But somewhere along the way, the empathy and kindness of Mr. Rogers reaches through his exterior and life-long friendship is born.
162. 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.
163. Experimenter
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Almereyda
Actors: Taryn Manning, Kellan Lutz, Winona Ryder, Anton Yelchin, Jim Gaffigan, Peter Sarsgaard
Plot: The true story of social psychologist Stanley Milgram who, in 1961, designed an experiment to test the limits of people to obey authority. The controversial experiment soon drew the backlash of the public and fellow scientists.
164. Amy
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Asif Kapadia
Actors: Amy Winehouse
Plot: Documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, including never-before-seen archive footage of the musician, leading up to her tragic death due to alcohol poisoning at the young age of 27 in 2011.
165. Loving Vincent
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
Actors: Aidan Turner, Saoirse Ronan, Eleanor Tomlinson, Helen McCrory, Jerome Flynn, Chris O'Dowd
166. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Junkichi Orimoto, Yasosuke Bando, Hisako Manda, Yasuaki Kurata
Plot: The life of Yukio Mishima, who committed public ritual suicide seppuku, is presented in both the day he died, his early life and three of his short stories brought to life. Explores Japanese nationalism, repressed sexuality and the secrets that define our lives.
167. The Life of Emile Zola
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Dieterle
Actors: Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Louis Calhern
Plot: The biography of French writer Emile Zola who was a muckraker in the 1860's about anti-semitism.
168. I'm Not There
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Marcus Carl Franklin, Heath Ledger, Heath Ledger
Plot: A unique biography of Bob Dylan where different characters act out several personalities of his character traits.
169. The Greatest Showman
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Gracey
Actors: Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Williams, Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Fredric Lehne
Plot: A musical that focuses on the life of P.T. Barnum - a man who rose from nothing to create the greatest show on Earth - and delight patrons from around the world.
170. Crumb
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Actors: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb, Robert Hughes, Martin Muller
Plot: R. Crumb was one of the pioneers of underground comix - Fritz the Cat and Keep On Truckin' being his most well know. This documentary/biography takes a look into the mind of this man, showcasing his artistic stylings and musings while his family and people who knew him give their own accounts of this distinctly unique man.
