Top Biography Movies


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

351. The Glenn Miller Story

Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Mann
Actors: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake, George Tobias, Barton MacLane

352. Blaze

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Shelton
Actors: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain, Richard Jenkins, Robert Wuhl
Plot: The aging, outspoken Louisiana governor, Earl Long fuels his conservative opponents with all the ammo they need after his frequent visits to local gentlemen establishments have him falling for the young, talented Blaze Starr.

353. Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eriq La Salle
Actors: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman
Plot: Follows the life of one of basketball's greatest street legends.

354. Joan of Arc

Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish, Ward Bond, Gene Lockhart, Leif Erickson
Plot: With France all but ruined following the 100 years war - a young farm girl hears a voice - the voice of God, she claims - telling her to lead an army to Orleans and crown Dauphin Charles VII king. Her faith brings many, and her army does indeed take Orleans - and her next target is Paris itself. But the weak-willed Charles sells his country out to England - the army is disbanded and Joan is captured and subjected to a farcical, humiliating trial.

355. The Great Ziegfeld

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Actors: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Virginia Bruce, Frank Morgan
Plot: A biography of the life of Florenz Ziegfeld, the famed producer of extravagant stage revues.

356. Dahmer

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Jacobson
Actors: Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Great, Matt Newton, Dion Basco, Kate Williamson

357. Lisztomania

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr, Rick Wakeman, Fiona Lewis

358. Flight of the Eagle, The ( Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd )

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jan Troell
Actors: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno, Charlotta Larsson, Clément Harari

359. Shut Up and Sing

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
Actors: Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Darlene Kegan, Adrian Pasdar, Rick Rubin
Plot: "Shut Up & Sing" travels with the Dixie Chicks, from the peak of their popularity as the national-anthem-singing darlings of country music and top-selling female recording artists of all time, through...( read more ) the now infamous anti-Bush comment made by the group's lead singer in 2003. The film follows the lives and careers of the Dixie Chicks over a period of three years during which they were under political attack and received death threats, while continuing to live their lives, have children, and of course make music. The film ultimately presents who the Dixie Chicks are as women, public figures, and musicians.

360. Kill Your Darlings

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Krokidas
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster, David Cross, Elizabeth Olsen
Plot: It's 1944 and the biggest name of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, find themselves brought together by a murder.

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