Top Biography Movies


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

471. Wilson

Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Cedric Hardwicke
Plot: The story of Woodrow Wilson from the time of being the president of Princeton to the end of his second term.

472. For No Good Reason

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Charlie Paul
Actors: Ralph Steadman, Johnny Depp, Hunter S. Thompson, Terry Gilliam, Richard E. Grant, Jann Wenner

473. Gentleman Jim

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Walsh
Actors: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, John Loder, William Frawley

474. Chappaquiddick

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Curran
Actors: Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Bruce Dern, Kate Mara, Jim Gaffigan, Clancy Brown
Plot: In 1969 Ted Kennedy found both his political career and personal life spiraling out of control in the aftermath of a car accident that resulted in the death of a young campaign strategist Mary Jo Kopechne.

475. Cromwell

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ken Hughes
Actors: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Timothy Dalton, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin, Frank Finlay

476. Annie Get Your Gun

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sidney
Actors: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn

477. The Singing Nun

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Koster
Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson, Agnes Moorehead, Ed Sullivan, Katharine Ross

478. The Jackie Robinson Story

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred E. Green
Actors: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Richard Lane, Harry Shannon

479. Edison, the Man

Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Clarence Brown
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart, Henry Travers
Plot: On the life and work of Thomas Alva Edison.

480. Mesrine: Part II - Public Enemy #1 ( ennemi public n°1, L' )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-François Richet
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Gérard Lanvin, Samuel Le Bihan, Olivier Gourmet
Plot: Jacques Mesrine was France's most notorious criminal. Part two of his story shows him at the height of his infamy, leading to his death as he was gunned down by police in Paris.

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