Top Biography Movies


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331. Judy

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rupert Goold
Actors: Renée Zellweger, Bella Ramsey, Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Finn Wittrock
Plot: Judy Garland, beloved performer, arrives in London in the winter of 1968 for a series of sold-out concerts.

332. Rich Hill

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos
Actors: Alyssa Jewell, Andrew Jewell, Elizabeth Jewell, Willie Jewell
Plot: In rural Missouri, we follow the lives of three boys, and their tenuous bond with their families, as they struggle with impoverished life.

333. Riding in Cars with Boys

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Penny Marshall
Actors: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia, Brittany Murphy, James Woods, Lorraine Bracco
Plot: A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.

334. The Desert Fox

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler, Everett Sloane, Richard Boone

335. The Executioner's Song

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats, Jordan Clarke

336. Hilary and Jackie

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Anand Tucker
Actors: Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey, Charles Dance, Rupert Penry-Jones
Plot: Based in the biography of Jacqueline du Pré.

337. Colette

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wash Westmoreland
Actors: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson, Fiona Shaw, Ray Panthaki, Aiysha Hart
Plot: Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette marries Parisian writer "Willy" moving from her rural French home to the heart of intellectual and cultural spledor: Paris. When Willy convinces her to ghostright for him, she comes up with Colette, a semi-autobiographical tale, which becomes a best-seller and sensation. She pens additional novels about Claudine, but makes her mark moreso when she fights for artistic rights over her creation, sparking a change that has lasting effects on gender conformity.

338. Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Elias Koteas
Plot: Based on a true story - following the end of WWII, Preston Tucker has a grand idea to challenge the auto industry with his maverick attitude and revolutionary designs, along with some smooth-talking, Tucker began his dream only to run afoul of the SEC.

339. Dumb Money

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Craig Gillespie
Actors: Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Nick Offerman, Sebastian Stan, America Ferrera
Plot: Based on the true story of the Gamestop sage where Keith Gill harnesses the power of Reddit to turn rapidly failing Gamestop into the hottest meme-inspired stock. From Robin Hood to hedge funds to ordinary people - everyone finds a way to love or hate the outcome as it turns Wall Street on its head.

340. Wilde

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian Gilbert
Actors: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones, Tom Wilkinson

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