Top Biography Movies


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201. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jan Harlan
Actors: Tom Cruise, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Paul Mazursky, Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen
Plot: Stanley Kubrick's frequent collaborator and brother-in-law, Jan Harlan, offers a fascinating inside look at the genius behind such films as 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket and Dr. Strangelove.

202. The U.S. vs John Lennon

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld
Actors: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Gore Vidal, Walter Cronkite, G. Gordon Liddy, Noam Chomsky

203. Carlos

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Olivier Assayas
Actors: Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Alejandro Arroyo, Ahmad Kaabour, Talal El-Jordi, Juana Acosta
Plot: Mini-series based on the life of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez and idealist and sociopath who founded a terrorist organization and went on to raid the 1975 OPEC meeting.

204. Rob Roy

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Actors: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Brian Cox
Plot: Follows the life of Rob Roy as he becomes a true "Robin Hood."

205. Gorillas in the Mist

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi, Iain Cuthbertson, Constantin Alexandrov
Plot: A film version of the life of Dian Fossey and her study and protection of endangered mountain gorillas.

206. The Private Life of Henry VIII

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Korda
Actors: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander, Laurence Hanray, Merle Oberon

207. Pollock

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ed Harris
Actors: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Bud Cort, John Heard
Plot: The life and times of one of the most polarizing American artists of the 20th- century. It's a serious and emotional look at how Pollock's demons affected both his art and his personal life.

208. Nowhere Boy

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Taylor Wood
Actors: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Thomas Sangster, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey, Sam Bell
Plot: Explores the early childhood of John Lennon.

209. A Brief History of Time

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking, Basil King, Roger Penrose
Plot: Examines the life and work of Stephen Hawking - a brilliant mind who, despite being struck with near paralysis - has made an indelible impact on the world.

210. The Lords of Dogtown

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Actors: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, Rebecca De Mornay, Nikki Reed, Johnny Knoxville, Heath Ledger
Plot: Explores the advent of skateboarding in Venice, CA as a group of young men, dubbed the Z-Boys use vacant pools to pioneer a new sport.

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