281. 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.
282. The Grey Fox
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Phillip Borsos
Actors: Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson, Timothy Webber, Gary Reineke
283. Cool Runnings
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Actors: Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba, John Candy, Raymond J. Barry
Plot: Based on the true story of gold metal Olympic bobsled coach, Irving Blitzer (John Candy). After being eliminated for cheating, Blitzer moves to Jamaica to live out his life in shame. Jamaican sprinter, Derice Bannock is disqualified at the Olympic trials after being tripped by another runner and Bannock and Blitzer become unlikely partners. Together they create the first Jamaican Olympic bobsleigh team.
284. They Died with Their Boots On
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Walsh
Actors: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn, John Litel
Plot: An interesting, if completely historically inaccurate, biography of George Armstrong Custer - from his time as a cadet to the ill-fated Battle of Little Big Horn.
285. Cleopatra
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Hume Cronyn, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall
Plot: The epic costumed drama follows the lives of Caesar, Cleopatra, Ptolemy and Mark Anthony - and all the passion, triumph and intrigue that follows their lives.
286. Hans Christian Andersen
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Vidor
Actors: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh, Philip Tonge, Erik Bruhn
Plot: More fantasy than biography, Danny Kaye plays Hans Christian Andersen - the author of many beloved fairy tales, in a story that is a fairytale version of the man's life.
287. Beyond the Sea
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Spacey
Actors: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Greta Scacchi
288. Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, The ( Große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner, Die )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Walter Steiner
289. Testament of Orpheus, The ( testament d'Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi!, Le )
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Cocteau
Actors: Jean Cocteau
290. The Lady
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luc Besson
Actors: David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh, William Hope, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Marian Yu, Nay Myo Thant
Plot: A political activist and an academic find love amidst the political turmoil no matter what comes between them.
