Top Biography Movies


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

491. Sunrise at Campobello

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Actors: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen, Ann Shoemaker, Alan Bunce

492. The Gathering Storm

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Loncraine
Actors: Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Linus Roache, Lena Headey, Derek Jacobi

493. Wish Me Away

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf
Actors: Chely Wright, Rodney Crowell, Christipher Wright, Stan Wright, Jennifer Archer, Russell Carter
Plot: Chronicles two years in the life of Chely Wright - a country music star and the first commercial artist to come out as gay and the subsequent response from the Nashville and LGBT communities.

494. Resistance

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Edgar Ramírez, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bella Ramsey

495. Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Scott J. Gill
Actors: Ron Jeremy, Larry Flynt, Jenna Jameson, Seymore Butts, Lexington Steele, Veronica Hart
Plot: A close examination of Ron Jeremy, a man who has become one of the most famous adult film stars of all time.

496. Max Manus

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Actors: Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ken Duken, Christian Rubeck, Viktoria Winge
Plot: After fighting the Soviets as a volunteer during the Winter War in Finland, Max Manus returns to Norway, finding it occupied by the Nazis. He joins with the Norwegian resistance movement in their fight against the Germans but is arrested. He manages to escape to Scotland where he receives the British Commando training before being sent back to Norway to carry out sabotage missions against the occupying forces. Returning to Norway with his friend Gregers Gram, his first mission is an attack on German supply ships. He is spectacularly successful, and soon he becomes a special target for the local Gestapo chief Siegfried Fehmer. Manus, however, avoids capture, and with Gram and Gunnar Sønsteby he forms the so-called "Oslo Gang".

497. Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matthew Akers
Actors: Marina Abramovic, David Balliano, Arthur Danto, David Blaine, James Franco, Ulay
Plot: Marina Abramovic, Serbian performance artist, gears up for the biggest moment of her life: a retrospective of her work at one of the premier galleries in the world: The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

498. Biggie and Tupac

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nick Broomfield
Actors: The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Nick Broomfield, Russell Poole, Voletta Wallace, David Hicken

499. Farinelli

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gérard Corbiau
Actors: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Jeroen Krabbé, Caroline Cellier, Renaud du Peloux de Saint Romain

500. Paul Williams Still Alive

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stephen Kessler
Actors: Paul Williams, Johnny Carson, Dick Clark, Burt Reynolds, Barbra Streisand, Tony Randall
Plot: Stephen Kessler, who grew up with AM-radio hits penned by Paul Williams and revels in the excess of 70s culture, decides to film a documentary on what he figures is the "late" Paul Williams, only to find that Williams is still very much alive.

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