151. Lion of the Desert
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone
Plot: General Rodolfo Graziani is assigned directly by Benito Mussolini to
subdue the Arabs in Libya. But early victory is out of his hands as Omar
Mukhtar and his army of Bedouins win battle after battle. But the cruel
Graziani sets upon a plan to target the civilian population: the aged, the
women and the children in order to get Mukhtar to surrender.
152. Jersey Boys
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Christopher Walken, Freya Tingley, Jeremy Luke, Vincent Piazza, Kathrine Narducci, Mike Doyle
Plot: A tale of four young men growing up in New Jersey - on the wrong side of the tracks. But not just any four young men - this is the story about The Four Seasons - a group that would lay claim to some of the most iconic hits of the 60s and who made it though good times and bad thanks to a code of honor learned on the rough streets they called home.
153. First Man
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Damien Chazelle
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jon Bernthal, Pablo Schreiber, Kyle Chandler, Jason Clarke
Plot: The story of Neil Armstrong, who is famous for becoming the first man to walk on the moon and the sacrifice it took to get him there.
154. The Lost City of Z
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Gray
Actors: Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Angus Macfadyen, Daniel Huttlestone
Plot: Based on the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett who, at the dawn of the 20th century, comes across what he believes is a previously unknown ancient, advanced civilization deep within the Amazon. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific community, Fawcett, along with the support of his aide de camp and wife, returns to the Amazon time and time again to prove his case up until his mysterious disappearance in 1925.
155. I Killed My Mother ( J'ai tué ma mère )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xavier Dolan
Actors: Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément, Patricia Tulasne, Niels Schneider
Plot: Xavier Dolan both directed and stars in the semi-autobiographical look into the confused adolescence of a teenager and his love/hate relationship with his mother.
156. A River Runs Through It
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Redford
Actors: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd, Edie McClurg
Plot: Two sons of a Presbyterian minister - one who rebels against his father and one who keeps things grounded - still find time to bond over their love of fly fishing.
157. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marielle Heller
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Melissa McCarthy, Joanna Adler, Richard E. Grant, Marc Evan Jackson, Christian Navarro
Plot: Based on the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel who, during the 1970s-80s published books on the likes of Katherine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. But changing tastes means Israel finds herself no longer able to get published. Not content with this fact, she turns to a new tactic: deception, along with help from her best friend, Jack.
158. The Post
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Alison Brie, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson, Carrie Coon, Bruce Greenwood
Plot: Inspired by real events - Katharine Graham is the first female publisher of a major American newspaper when she takes over The Washington Post. Long-time editor Ben Bradlee comes across the story of a lifetime - The Pentagon Papers, a massive government cover-up of Vietnam that spans three decades and involves four presidents. The story has implications that could not only harm their careers, but their very lives - as well as the future of the newspaper itself.
159. Ivan the Terrible, Part I ( Ivan Groznyy I )
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Actors: Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov, Mikhail Zharov, Pavel Kadochnikov
Plot: In this first part of the two-part life of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) we explore his early days after he crowns himself Tsar of Russia and beings cultivating his power and reclaiming lost territory. From various campaigns to an illness that nearly takes his life to threats from the aristocracy and his own family - he deftly plays his hand to keep his title.
160. Big Eyes
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Terence Stamp, Jason Schwartzman, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston
Plot: Painter Margaret Keane flourished in the 1950s, as her paintings featuring children with large eyes became the rage. In the 1960s, her husband Walter Keane started taking credit for her work, leading to a long, difficult legal battle.
