Top Biography Movies


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381. The Good Nurse

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tobias Lindholm
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kim Dickens, Noah Emmerich, Malik Yoba, Ajay Naidu
Plot: Amy is a single mother, living with a life-threatening heart condition while also pushing herself to her physical and emotional limits as a night shift ICU nurse. When Charlie arrives, she finds a kindred spirit that helps her deal with her life but just when things seem to be getting better, a rash of patient deaths, seemingly pointed at Charlie, makes her take big risks to uncover a dark secret.

382. St. Louis Blues

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Allen Reisner
Actors: Nat 'King' Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Ruby Dee, Mahalia Jackson

383. Private Parts

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Betty Thomas
Actors: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris, Paul Giamatti, Gary Dell'Abate
Plot: Auto-biography of legendary shock-jock Howard Stern, including many of his radio cohorts.

384. My Way ( Cloclo )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri
Actors: Jérémie Renier, Benoît Magimel, Monica Scattini, Sabrina Seyvecou, Ana Girardot, Joséphine Japy
Plot: The life of Claude François, known as the French Elvis Presley, who gained popularity through the 60s and 70s in France, going on to sell over 70 million records both during his career and following his accidental electrocution on the eve of a U.S. visit at age 39.

385. Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Dana Nachman
Actors: Miles Scott, Natalie Scott, Nick Scott, Eric Johnston, Naomi Kyle, Mike Jutan
Plot: The Make-a-Wish foundation has provided numerous wishes to children battling a wide variety of terminal illnesses. On November 15, 2013 Miles Scott, wanting to become his favorite hero for a day, captured the attention, and heart, of the world when San Francisco was transformed into Gotham City so he could get his wish. Batkid Begins shows us how this wish came together and how it affected so many people.

386. Sanju

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 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.

387. Testament of Youth

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Kent
Actors: Alicia Vikander, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West, Emily Watson, Kit Harington
Plot: A British woman recounts her younger days growing up in the midst of WWI - a reflection on young love, the folly of war and facing the future in the darkest of times.

388. Star 80

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Fosse
Actors: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees, David Clennon
Plot: This is based on the true story of a young Playboy Playmate, Dorothy Stratten, who was killed by her abusive husband.

389. The Notorious Bettie Page

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mary Harron
Actors: Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris, Sarah Paulson, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor

390. 8 Seconds

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John G. Avildsen
Actors: James Rebhorn, Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Folse, Red Mitchell, Carrie Snodgress
Plot: Biography of Lane Frost the 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion including
his career, family, friends and loves.

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