11. The Aviator
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Alan Alda
Plot: The story of Howard Hughes; a Texas tycoon who is an eccentric germaphobe who has spells of genius as well as insanity.
12. The Sound of Music
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Biography
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond
Plot: A young woman travels from home town in Austria to become a maid/nanny for a widowed naval officer. She teaches his children how to sing and enjoy life better. Musical.
13. Oppenheimer
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon
Plot: Follows the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his contribution in developing the atomic bomb and the mark it left on his life both professional and personal.
14. Ray
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Harry J. Lennix, Terrence Howard
Plot: The biopic of Ray Charles, from childhood to success as a musician.
15. Serpico
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire
Plot: Frank Serpico is an honest cop in a corrupt force. How long can he stay clean? And will other cops trust him or want him out of the way? Al Pacino is... Frank Serpico.
16. Capote
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bennett Miller
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper, Craig Archibald
Plot: The Biography of a writer who closely follows the murders of a Kansas family and their reasons for the crime. Capote develops a relationship with one of the killers while traveling back and forth from his home and the jail.
17. Spotlight
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Actors: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
Plot: The Boston Globe investigates the local Catholic Archdiocese and uncovers secrets long buried - a massive cover-up of child molestation that shakes the foundations of the Catholic church to its core.
18. The Pursuit of Happyness
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Actors: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe
Plot: Based on a true story, in 1981 struggling salesman Chris Gardner wants nothing more than the best for his family, especially his son. When his wife leaves him, he takes custody of his son and secures a non-paying internship at Dean Witter. With money dwindling and time always against him, he will let nothing stand in the way of his future.
19. Elizabeth
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes
Plot: The young monarch Elizabeth I rises to power and must contend with endless attempts to set her up with a suitor, a combative Catholic church and her burgeoning romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
20. Finding Neverland
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman, Kelly Macdonald
Plot: The biography of the creator of Peter Pan and the inspirations that helped him.
