Top Biography Movies


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

421. The Music Lovers

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable, Kenneth Colley, Izabella Telezynska

422. Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toby Keeler
Actors: David Lynch, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia, Jack Nance, Dean Stockwell

423. 1492: Conquest of Paradise

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean, Michael Wincott, Frank Langella
Plot: Follows the expedition of Christopher Columbus and how his struggle to
"civilize" the new world resulted in a disastrous effect on the indigenous
population.

424. The Better Angels

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: A.J. Edwards
Actors: Brit Marling, Diane Kruger, Wes Bentley, Jason Clarke, Lola Cook, Cameron Mitchell Williams
Plot: The story of the young Abraham Lincoln, the hardships he faced, the tragedy that marked him forever and the two women who guided him to legend.

425. I Am Chris Farley

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Brent Hodge, Derik Murray
Actors: Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Christina Applegate, Mike Myers, Molly Shannon, David Spade

426. 22 July

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Greengrass
Actors: Thorbjørn Harr, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden, Lars Arentz-Hansen, Anneke von der Lippe, Jonas Strand Gravli

427. Promised Land, The ( Bastarden )

Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Melina Hagberg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh

428. Destiny of a Man ( Sudba cheloveka )

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Actors: Sergei Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kiriyenko, Pavel Volkov, Yuri Averin, Kirill Alekseyev

429. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick
Actors: Mark Achbar, Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman
Plot: Follows the life of the intellectual, Noam Chomsky, as he battles the corporate media.

430. Truth

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Vanderbilt
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Bruce Greenwood
Plot: As the 2004 presidential election approached, 60 Minutes, led by CBS news head Mary Mapes and veteran newscaster Dan Rather, aired a segment on presidential hopeful George W. Bush - namely that his father's political ties led to him avoiding the Vietnam draft. When the Killian Documents were proved to be false, it led to a fallout ultimately ending the careers of many, including Mapes and, many have speculated, the retirement of Rather himself.

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