251. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Angela Robinson
Actors: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, JJ Feild, Connie Britton, Bella Heathcote, Maggie Castle
Plot: Dr. William Marston was a Harvard professor, psychologist and inventor - and also the creator of Wonder Woman. He was inspired by both his wife, Elizabeth - also an psychologist and inventor, along with Olive Byrne, a former student. All three formed a polyamorous relationship which helped shape Wonder Woman, and the controversy surrounding the character.
252. LBJ
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, C. Thomas Howell, Rich Sommer, Bill Pullman, Jeffrey Donovan
Plot: When an assassin's bullet took the life of President John F. Kennedy in November of 1963, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson found himself sworn in as the 36th president of the United States. But his story began long before that - through both victories and defeats, but his true legacy would be battling opposition both from within his own party and across the aisle, resulting in the passing of the landmark Civil Rights Act.
253. Girl with a Pearl Earring
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Webber
Actors: Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis
254. Snowden
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Tom Wilkinson, Zachary Quinto, Melissa Leo, Timothy Olyphant
Plot: A look into the not-so-simple life of Edward Snowden, a CIA employee who would become responsible for the most sever case of leaking classified documents -a decision that continues to reverberate to this day.
255. Vito
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz
Actors: Vito Russo, Charles Russo, Lily Tomlin, Rob Epstein, Armistead Maupin, Jenni Olson
Plot: Vito Russo was one of the pioneering voices in the gay liberation movement and wrote "The Celluloid Closet" - the first book to openly criticize the portrayal of homosexuals iby Hollywood. When the AIDS crisis hit, he continued to sound his voice, becoming an advocate in ACT UP before his death in 1990.
256. The Kid Stays in the Picture
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Actors: Robert Evans, Francis Ford Coppola, Ava Gardner, Jack Nicholson, Tyrone Power, William Castle
257. A Quiet Passion
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Terence Davies
Actors: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff, Keith Carradine, Jodhi May, Emma Bell
258. Return of Martin Guerre, The ( retour de Martin Guerre, Le )
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Vigne
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Barrier, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Isabelle Sadoyan, Rose Thiéry
259. Ludwig
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luchino Visconti
Actors: Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe, John Moulder-Brown, Umberto Orsini
260. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred Schepisi
Actors: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor , Steve Dodds
Plot: The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
