Top Biography Movies


The Top Biography Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Biography List". Lists are calculated daily.

401. The Left Handed Gun

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arthur Penn
Actors: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, James Best, James Congdon, Hurd Hatfield

402. Sacco & Vanzetti ( Sacco e Vanzetti )

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Giuliano Montaldo
Actors: Gian Maria Volontè, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack, Rosanna Fratello, Geoffrey Keen, Milo O'Shea
Plot: The story is based on the events surrounding the trial and judicial execution of Nicola
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti , two anarchists of Italian origin, who were sentenced to
death by a United States court in the 1920s

403. The Crash Reel

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lucy Walker
Actors: Shaun White, Kevin Pearce, Scotty Lago, Jake Burton, Luke Mitrani, Jack Mitrani

404. Maria by Callas

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tom Volf
Actors: Maria Callas, Fanny Ardant, Joyce DiDonato, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Aristotle Onassis
Plot: A deeply personal look into the life of Greek-American opera singer Maria
Callas as told in her own words.

405. Remembering Gene Wilder

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Frank
Actors: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, Carol Kane, Ben Mankiewicz, Harry Connick Jr.

406. Denial

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Rachel Weisz, Andrew Scott, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Gatiss, Harriet Walter
Plot: Denial follows the real-life case between writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt and David Irving, who sues Lipstadt for libel when she accuses him of being a Holocaust denier. In the English legal system the burden of proof falls on the accused, thus Lipstadt and her team must prove the Holocaust actually happened in a court of law.

407. Vincent & Theo

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine, Jean-François Perrier, Yves Dangerfield, Hans Kesting

408. Triumph of the Spirit

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert M. Young
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Kelly Wolf, Costas Mandylor

409. Jodhaa Akbar

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Actors: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood, Poonam Sinha, Ila Arun, Suhasini Mulay
Plot: What begins as a strategic alliance between two cultures becomes a genuine opportunity for true love in this epic romance set amid the opulence and glamour of the 16th century and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar agrees to marry the Raja Bharmal's daughter, Jodhaa. But he never expected her stunning beauty, fierce intelligence and considerable charms to inspire him to win her heart.

410. Lemmy

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Greg Olliver, Wes Orshoski
Actors: Lemmy, Alice Cooper, David Grohl, James Hetfield, Joan Jett, Ozzy Osbourne
Plot: In Lemmy, directors Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski explore the amazing life and career of heavy metal pioneer and cultural icon Lemmy Kilmister, the life force behind the enduring, influential band Motörhead.

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