Top Biography Movies


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451. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Angelina Jolie
Actors: Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Tharoth Sam

452. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Merrill Graves, Michael Edwards, Melissa Brown, Rob LaBelle, Nannie Doyle, Cynthia Schneider
Plot: Karen Carpenter's eating disorder spirals out of control in this docu-drama. She and the rest of the family are portrayed by Barbie dolls.

453. Mesrine: Killer Instinct ( instinct de mort, L' )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-François Richet
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Cécile De France, Gérard Depardieu, Roy Dupuis, Ludivine Sagnier, Michel Duchaussoy
Plot: Jacques Mesrine, the Man of a Thousand Faces, became one of France's most infamous criminals and Public Enemy No. 1. This is the beginning of his story.

454. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: H.C. Potter
Actors: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan, Lew Fields, Etienne Girardot

455. This is Elvis

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Malcolm Leo, Andrew Solt
Actors: David Scott, Paul Boensch III, Johnny Harra, Lawrence Koller, Rhonda Lyn, Knox Phillips

456. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Shainberg
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander, Emmy Clarke

457. I Shot Andy Warhol

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mary Harron
Actors: Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton, Lothaire Bluteau, Jamie Harrold, Michael Imperioli
Plot: The true story of Valerie Solanas scouring New York to spread the word on
her S.C.U.M. manifesto. She meets pop artist Andy Warhol and expects him
to make a film of the manifesto, but when he doesn't she claims he has too
much control over her, and takes matters into her own hands.

458. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Actors: Margot Robbie, Tina Fey, Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Josh Charles, Alfred Molina
Plot: Wanting to escape her boring desk job, a journalist takes an offer to
report from Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Once there she
meets a fellow female reporter while making bad decisions with a war time
photographer and finding out reporting from a war zone is not always black
and white.

459. Veronica Guerin

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Emmet Bergin, Brenda Fricker, Don Wycherley

460. Thank You for Your Service

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jason Hall
Actors: Haley Bennett, Miles Teller, Amy Schumer, Kate Lyn Sheil, Joe Cole, Keisha Castle-Hughes
Plot: The effects of war linger on long after the men and women serving in the armed forces come home. Adam Schumann is one such soldier and the film explores how PTSD affects him, and those closest to him.

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