Top Biography Movies


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371. Hannah Arendt

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Actors: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Nicholas Woodeson
Plot: Explores the life of philosopher, political theorist and reporter Hannah Arendt as she covers the trial of notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.

372. Southside with You

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Tanne
Actors: Tika Sumpter, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Parker Sawyers, Phillip Edward Van Lear
Plot: Follows future president Barak Obama as he takes future first lady Michelle on their first date across Chicago's South Side.

373. Gospel According to St. Matthew, The ( Vangelo secondo Matteo, Il )

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante

374. Final Portrait

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stanley Tucci
Actors: Armie Hammer, Geoffrey Rush, Clémence Poésy, Tony Shalhoub
Plot: On a short trip to Paris in 1964, author and art connoisseur James Lord finds himself agreeing to sit for a portrait for his friend Alberto Giacometti. Told that it will only take a few days, and intrigued by the process, Lord agrees - opening the door to the insight, beauty, chaos, frustration and genius of the artistic endeavor.

375. Skin

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Nattiv
Actors: Jamie Bell, Vera Farmiga, Mike Colter, Danielle Macdonald

376. The Iron Claw

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean Durkin
Actors: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney

377. St. Louis Blues

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Allen Reisner
Actors: Nat 'King' Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald

378. Private Parts

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Betty Thomas
Actors: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris
Plot: Auto-biography of legendary shock-jock Howard Stern, including many of his radio cohorts.

379. My Way ( Cloclo )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri
Actors: Jérémie Renier, Benoît Magimel, Monica Scattini, Sabrina Seyvecou
Plot: The life of Claude François, known as the French Elvis Presley, who gained popularity through the 60s and 70s in France, going on to sell over 70 million records both during his career and following his accidental electrocution on the eve of a U.S. visit at age 39.

380. Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Dana Nachman
Actors: Miles Scott, Natalie Scott, Nick Scott, Eric Johnston
Plot: The Make-a-Wish foundation has provided numerous wishes to children battling a wide variety of terminal illnesses. On November 15, 2013 Miles Scott, wanting to become his favorite hero for a day, captured the attention, and heart, of the world when San Francisco was transformed into Gotham City so he could get his wish. Batkid Begins shows us how this wish came together and how it affected so many people.

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