171. Baader Meinhof Complex, The ( Baader Meinhof Komplex, Der )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Jan Josef Liefers, Stipe Erceg
Plot: The roots of the infamous German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, are traced to the turbulent events of the late 1960s. When a political riot leaves a protester dead and an assassination attempt is made on a left-wing leader, student radicals Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin join forces with journalist Ulrike Meinhof to form a violent faction that turns to bombings, kidnappings, and murder to achieve its goals.
172. Lust for Life
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn , James Donald, Pamela Brown, Everett Sloane, Henry Daniell
Plot: Based on the life of Vincent Van Gogh - a brilliant artist and tortured genius who never found a connection with the people or women in his life, but still earns some respect while his brother, Theo, never gives up on him.
173. American Me
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward James Olmos
Actors: Sal Lopez, Vira Montes, Roberto Martín Márquez, Dyana Ortelli, Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe
Plot: A gangster is released from prison and tries to make sense of his life.
174. Boys Town
Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norman Taurog
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Edward Norris
Plot: Father Flanagan starts "Boys Town" after hearing a convicts story. Hoping
to help wayward boys, one such charge is Whitey Marsh. The boy attempts
numerous escapes, but returns - but he wants nothing more than to join his
brother Joe in a local gang.
175. Cobain: Montage of Heck
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Brett Morgen
Actors: Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Courtney Love, Krist Novoselic
176. The Founder
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Lee Hancock
Actors: Linda Cardellini, Michael Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Nick Offerman, Laura Dern, John Carroll Lynch
Plot: The life and times of the man behind most successful fast-food franchise on Earth, McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc.
177. Frances
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Graeme Clifford
Actors: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, James Karen, Lane Smith
Plot: The story of Francis Farmer as she goes from an actress to the mental asylum.
178. Nixon
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, E.G. Marshall
Plot: Oliver Stone's examination of Richard Nixon - from his strict Quaker upbringing to early political stirrings and the devastating loss to John F. Kennedy. Although sharing little charisma, his political machinations eventually pay off when he is elected president in 1968 - but, though safely ahead in polls, is brought down by paranoia when the Watergate scandal hits.
179. Conviction
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Actors: Sam Rockwell, Hilary Swank, Juliette Lewis, Minnie Driver, Ari Graynor, Clea DuVall
Plot: When her brother exhausts all sources to overturn his robbery and murder charge, single mother Betty Anne Waters puts herself through law school in order to fight his conviction.
180. Machine Gun Preacher
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker, Barbara Coven
Plot: Sam Childers spent his life as a drug-dealing biker until he found God. He found a way to put his faith and former life to use by taking on the task of coming to the aid of Sudanese children forced to become soldiers.
