171. 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.
172. 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.
173. 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
174. 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.
175. 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.
176. 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.
177. 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.
178. 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.
179. Born to Be Blue
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Budreau
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Tony Nappo, Stephen McHattie, Janet-Laine Green
Plot: A re-imagining of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's life in the 60s set with the setup being a film about himself with an enigmatic co-star who pushes him to look beyond his turbulent past and stage his own comeback.
180. Kundun
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang, Tencho Gyalpo, Tenzin Topjar
Plot: Biography about the fourteenth Dalai Lama - forced to flee from Tibet after China forced its oppressive regime on his people. Fleeing to India, the Kundun has been living in exile ever since.
