281. 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
282. The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Niels Mueller
Actors: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Michael Wincott, Nick Searcy
283. 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.
284. Grace of Monaco
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
Director: Olivier Dahan
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Milo Ventimiglia, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Paz Vega
Plot: Leaving Hollywood behind, former actress Grace Kelly finds herself caught in a crisis of both marriage and identity amidst a looming threat that could spell war between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle.
285. Maudie
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Aisling Walsh
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins, Kari Matchett, Gabrielle Rose, Zachary Bennett, Billy MacLellan
Plot: A local fixture in her community, Maudie works as a housekeeper, despite her arthritis, while honing her artistic skills on the side.
286. 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
287. 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
288. 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.
289. 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.
290. 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.
