251. Al Capone
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Wilson
Actors: Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Gist
Plot: A quite accurate portrayal of the life of prohibition era criminal kingpin Al Capone - from his days as a small-time Chicago hood to his rise as Chicago's most notorious gangster - ultimately leading to his ignoble end.
252. 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.
253. 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
254. 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
255. 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
256. 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.
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. Dangerous Beauty
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Actors: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward, Naomi Watts, Moira Kelly
259. 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.
260. Bombshell
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Margot Robbie, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Alice Eve, Alanna Ubach, Kate McKinnon
Plot: After spending years dealing with the toxic male culture at Fox News, a group of women decide they have had enough and band together to take on network boss Roger Ailes.
