Top Biography Movies


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

91. The General

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Jon Voight
Plot: Martin Cahill was an Irish folk hero and criminal - pulling off brazing robberies with his team. But soon he has trouble from not just the police and the IRA - but even from members of his own team.

92. Green Book

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Farrelly
Actors: Linda Cardellini, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Don Stark
Plot: In the 1960s, Italian-American bouncer Tony Lip becomes the personal driver of black classical pianist Don Shirley as he plays a series of venues in the south.

93. The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeff Feuerzeig
Actors: Daniel Johnston, Matt Groening, Thurston Moore, Louis Black

94. The Salt of the Earth

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Actors: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Hugo Barbier

95. Yankee Doodle Dandy

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning
Plot: A biography portraying the life of George Cohan as it follows him through his beginning singing and acting career to further down the line when he writes and dances in his own plays.

96. Dark Waters

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Mark Ruffalo, William Jackson Harper, Bill Pullman
Plot: A corporate defense attorney finds himself up against one of the world's most powerful chemical companies, DuPont, when he takes on an environmental case that leads down a rabbit hole of corruption and deceit.

97. Sea Inside, The ( Mar adentro )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Actors: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera

98. Man on the Moon

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti, Courtney Love
Plot: The life and times of comedian Andy Kaufman.

99. The Pride of the Yankees

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Gary Cooper, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Teresa Wright
Plot: The story of the life of famous baseball player for the New York Yankees, Lou Gehrig.

100. Waltz with Bashir ( Vals Im Bashir )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Animation/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ari Folman
Actors: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi
Plot: When former Israeli soldiers confront their recurring nightmares about the atrocities of war, they're not sure if their dreams are real, imaginary, or just the gateway to a flood of memories they'd rather not have to face...

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