41. The Theory of Everything
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Emily Watson, David Thewlis
Plot: The life of one of the world's most brilliant physicists, Stephen Hawking, with emphasis on the relationship he shares with his wife, Jane.
42. The Straight Story
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: G
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Joseph A. Carpenter, Jane Galloway Heitz
Plot: An old man takes a trek across the country on a lawn mower to visit his dying brother.
43. The Favourite
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn
Plot: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne is on the throne while war rages with the French. Her devoted friend, Sarah Churchill, governs the country in her stead while trying to keep the queen's health and temper under control The arrival of a new servant, Abigail, soon changes the dynamics as she at first endears herself to Sarah, and later, the queen herself.
44. Coal Miner's Daughter
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, William Sanderson
Plot: Autobiography of country music legend Loretta Lynn as she rises from poverty and homemaking to face the uphill battle of making it in the industry.
45. Straight Outta Compton
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti
Plot: In the mid 80s, the streets of Compton, L.A. were some of the most violent in the nation. In the late 80s, five young men who grew up on those streets provided a fresh, raw take on life in the 'hood and N.W.A. was born. Their meteoric rise and fall changed the music industry forever and ignited a cultural war.
46. The Last Emperor
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Ruocheng Ying, Vivian Wu
Plot: The story of the last emperor of China as told through flash backs and flash forwards.
47. Mr. Turner
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Tom Wlaschiha, Timothy Spall, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Lesley Manville
Plot: Explores the last half-century in the life of British artist J.M.W. Turner - a brilliant, if somewhat eccentric, painter.
48. Compulsion
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman
Plot: This film is based on the trial of Leopold and Loeb in the 1920s. They were the two well to do young men, who murdered a boy just to experience murder.
49. Ford v. Ferrari
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe
Plot: American car designer Carroll Shelby teams up with driver Ken Miles - taking on corporate bureaucracy, personal demons and the very laws of physics in order to design a car for Ford that will be able to take on Ferrari in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966.
50. American Sniper
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Bradley Cooper, Luke Grimes, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner
Plot: The story of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who recounts his military career, which includes more than 150 confirmed kills.
