251. Al Capone
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Wilson
Actors: Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Gist
Plot: A quite accurate portrayal of the life of prohibition era criminal kingpin Al Capone - from his days as a small-time Chicago hood to his rise as Chicago's most notorious gangster - ultimately leading to his ignoble end.
252. Vito
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz
Actors: Vito Russo, Charles Russo, Lily Tomlin, Rob Epstein, Armistead Maupin, Jenni Olson
Plot: Vito Russo was one of the pioneering voices in the gay liberation movement and wrote "The Celluloid Closet" - the first book to openly criticize the portrayal of homosexuals iby Hollywood. When the AIDS crisis hit, he continued to sound his voice, becoming an advocate in ACT UP before his death in 1990.
253. Return of Martin Guerre, The ( retour de Martin Guerre, Le )
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Vigne
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Barrier, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Isabelle Sadoyan, Rose Thiéry
254. The Kid Stays in the Picture
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Actors: Robert Evans, Francis Ford Coppola, Ava Gardner, Jack Nicholson, Tyrone Power, William Castle
255. Ludwig
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luchino Visconti
Actors: Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe, John Moulder-Brown, Umberto Orsini
256. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred Schepisi
Actors: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor , Steve Dodds
Plot: The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
257. A Quiet Passion
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Terence Davies
Actors: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff, Keith Carradine, Jodhi May, Emma Bell
258. Dangerous Beauty
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Actors: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward, Naomi Watts, Moira Kelly
259. Battle of the Sexes
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Actors: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Morales, Alan Cumming
Plot: In 1973 two titans of tennis came together to prove if women could truly compete with men. World's women champion Billie Jean King took on ex-men's champion (and serial hustler) Bobby Riggs in what was first billed as a stunt but went on to change the course of not just tennis, but sports in general.
260. A Complete Unknown
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Scoot McNairy
Plot: In the early 60's, 19-year-old Minnesota native Bob Dylan came to New York
and found himself on a meteoric rise on the folk music scene. Perhaps no
other moment defined this period when he went electric at the 1965 Newport
Folk Festival.
