Top Biography Movies


The Top Biography Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Biography List". Lists are calculated daily.

231. Baadasssss! ( How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Actors: Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Nia Long
Plot: The story of how Melvin Van Peebles made the movie "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song".

232. My Father's Glory ( gloire de mon père, La )

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Yves Robert
Actors: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Joris Molinas, Pierre Maguelon, Thérèse Liotard

233. My Architect

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nathaniel Kahn
Actors: Louis Kahn, Nathaniel Kahn, Sue Ann Kahn, Frank O. Gehry, I.M. Pei, Robert A.M. Stern

234. Sanju

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Actors: Anushka Sharma, Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Tabu, Manisha Koirala, Vicky Kaushal
Plot: Based on the incredible true story of Sanjay Dutt, born into the family of cinema legends, he became a film star himself, but his enigmatic life was much more: from dizzying heights to low depths, Dutt won the adulation of fans, but also came face-to-face with the underworld, went to prison and was even accused of being a terrorist. It's a story that gives credence to the saying that life is always stranger than fiction.

235. Bound for Glory

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Randy Quaid, Gail Strickland, John Lehne

236. Borg vs McEnroe

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Janus Metz
Actors: Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny, Ian Blackman, Robert Emms
Plot: Follows one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports - the 1980s tennis rivalry, across 14 matches, between the calm, collected Swede Björn Borg and the brash, volatile American John McEnroe.

237. Get on Up

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tate Taylor
Actors: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Jill Scott, Dan Aykroyd
Plot: The story of James Brown - who was raised in extreme poverty, but overcomes a troubled childhood to become of of the most influential musicians of his generation.

238. Mrs. Brown

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Madden
Actors: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Gerard Butler, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, David Westhead

239. Into the Woods

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Lapine
Actors: Bernadette Peters, Tom Aldredge, Kim Crosby, Danielle Ferland, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason
Plot: A baker and his wife journey into the woods in search of a cow, a red cape, a pair of golden slippers and some magic beans to lift a curse that has kept them childless. Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason and the rest of the original Broadway cast weave their magic spell over you in Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, directed by James Lapine, a seamless fusion of fairy tale characters and what happens after "happily ever after."

240. Promised Land, The ( Bastarden )

Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Melina Hagberg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh

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