211. The Lords of Dogtown
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Actors: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, Rebecca De Mornay, Nikki Reed, Johnny Knoxville, Heath Ledger
Plot: Explores the advent of skateboarding in Venice, CA as a group of young men, dubbed the Z-Boys use vacant pools to pioneer a new sport.
212. Before Night Falls
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Julian Schnabel
Actors: Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Michael Wincott, Sean Penn, Andrea Di Stefano
213. Basquiat
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Julian Schnabel
Actors: Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper
Plot: A biopic reviewing artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's shot-gun rise to fame in
the New York 1980's art scene.
214. Shadowlands
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Joseph Mazzello, James Frain, Edward Hardwicke, John Wood
Plot: Based on the novelist of "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe", C.S. Lewis, the story shows how he cares for his wife who has cancer.
215. Nowhere Boy
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Taylor Wood
Actors: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Thomas Sangster, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey, Sam Bell
Plot: Explores the early childhood of John Lennon.
216. Anne Frank Remembered
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jon Blair
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close, Joely Richardson, Miep Gies, Hannah Pik-Goslar, Anne Frank
Plot: Using previously unreleased material, along with new interviews, this documentary presents the most well-rounded view of the Frank family, including Anne - the young girl who put a human face to the Holocaust.
217. The Lady in the Van
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Actors: Dominic Cooper, Maggie Smith, James Corden, Jim Broadbent, Frances de la Tour, Alex Jennings
Plot: When a transient woman in a van suddenly decides to squat in your driveway, what would you do? For one man what begins as a hassle turns into a much deeper bond as the two connect in unexpected ways.
218. Fair Game
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Doug Liman
Actors: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Bruce McGill, Ty Burrell, Sam Shepard, David Andrews
Plot: Based on the true story of CIA agent Valerie Plame, whose status as an
agent was revealed after her husband wrote an op-ed article in the New
York Times critical of the Bush administrations handling of weapons of
mass destruction in Iraq.
219. An Angel at My Table
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jane Campion
Actors: K.J. Wilson, Kerry Fox, Karen Fergusson, Alexia Keogh, Iris Churn, Melina Bernecker
220. Pollock
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ed Harris
Actors: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Bud Cort, John Heard
Plot: The life and times of one of the most polarizing American artists of the 20th- century. It's a serious and emotional look at how Pollock's demons affected both his art and his personal life.
