Top Biography Movies


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391. The Left Handed Gun

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arthur Penn
Actors: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, James Best, James Congdon, Hurd Hatfield

392. Phil Spector

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Mamet
Actors: Al Pacino, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Tambor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Pirruccello, James Tolkan
Plot: Explores the relationship of music legend Phil Spector and his defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while he is on trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.

393. Truth

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Vanderbilt
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Bruce Greenwood
Plot: As the 2004 presidential election approached, 60 Minutes, led by CBS news head Mary Mapes and veteran newscaster Dan Rather, aired a segment on presidential hopeful George W. Bush - namely that his father's political ties led to him avoiding the Vietnam draft. When the Killian Documents were proved to be false, it led to a fallout ultimately ending the careers of many, including Mapes and, many have speculated, the retirement of Rather himself.

394. All the Mornings of the World ( Tous les matins du monde )

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alain Corneau
Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Carole Richert
Plot: A respected court composer recounts how he learned to truly play music.

395. Denial

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Rachel Weisz, Andrew Scott, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Gatiss, Harriet Walter
Plot: Denial follows the real-life case between writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt and David Irving, who sues Lipstadt for libel when she accuses him of being a Holocaust denier. In the English legal system the burden of proof falls on the accused, thus Lipstadt and her team must prove the Holocaust actually happened in a court of law.

396. The Crash Reel

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lucy Walker
Actors: Shaun White, Kevin Pearce, Scotty Lago, Jake Burton, Luke Mitrani, Jack Mitrani

397. Maria by Callas

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tom Volf
Actors: Maria Callas, Fanny Ardant, Joyce DiDonato, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Aristotle Onassis
Plot: A deeply personal look into the life of Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas as told in her own words.

398. Remembering Gene Wilder

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Frank
Actors: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, Carol Kane, Ben Mankiewicz, Harry Connick Jr.

399. Vincent & Theo

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine, Jean-François Perrier, Yves Dangerfield, Hans Kesting

400. Triumph of the Spirit

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert M. Young
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Kelly Wolf, Costas Mandylor

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