Top Biography Movies


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

201. The U.S. vs John Lennon

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld
Actors: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Gore Vidal, Walter Cronkite

202. Carlos

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Olivier Assayas
Actors: Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Alejandro Arroyo, Ahmad Kaabour
Plot: Mini-series based on the life of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez and idealist and sociopath who founded a terrorist organization and went on to raid the 1975 OPEC meeting.

203. Rob Roy

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Actors: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth
Plot: Follows the life of Rob Roy as he becomes a true "Robin Hood."

204. Gorillas in the Mist

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi
Plot: A film version of the life of Dian Fossey and her study and protection of endangered mountain gorillas.

205. The Private Life of Henry VIII

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Korda
Actors: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander

206. Pollock

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ed Harris
Actors: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly
Plot: The life and times of one of the most polarizing American artists of the 20th- century. It's a serious and emotional look at how Pollock's demons affected both his art and his personal life.

207. Nowhere Boy

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Taylor Wood
Actors: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Thomas Sangster, Anne-Marie Duff
Plot: Explores the early childhood of John Lennon.

208. The Lords of Dogtown

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Actors: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, Rebecca De Mornay, Nikki Reed
Plot: Explores the advent of skateboarding in Venice, CA as a group of young men, dubbed the Z-Boys use vacant pools to pioneer a new sport.

209. A Brief History of Time

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking
Plot: Examines the life and work of Stephen Hawking - a brilliant mind who, despite being struck with near paralysis - has made an indelible impact on the world.

210. The Wolfpack

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Crystal Moselle
Actors: Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Krsna Angulo
Plot: In Lower East Side Manhattan, the Angulo are kept locked away from society, learning everything they know about the world around them through the films they watch. This "Wolfpack" spend their childhood reenacting their favorite scenes using elaborate props and set-ups. But their world is changed when one of the brothers escapes.

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