Top Biography Movies


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

431. 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.

432. Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mary Murphy
Actors: Mary Badham, Tom Brokaw, Rosanne Cash, Alice Finch Lee, James McBride, James Patterson

433. 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.

434. Napoleon

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Ben Miles, Ludivine Sagnier, Mark Bonnar, Ian McNeice

435. Sherman's March

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ross McElwee
Actors: Ross McElwee, Patricia Rendleman, Burt Reynolds, Charleen Swansea

436. 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.

437. Priscilla

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sofia Coppola
Actors: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Dominczyk, Dan Abramovici, Dan Beirne, Emily Mitchell
Plot: Details the more intimate side of rock 'n roll superstar Elvis as seen through the eyes of his wife, Priscilla as love, fantasy and fame collide.

438. Legend

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian Helgeland
Actors: Tom Hardy, Taron Egerton, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Colin Morgan
Plot: Follows the lives of Ronald and Reginald Kray - identical twin brothers who rose to power and terrorized London's underworld in the 1950s and 60s.

439. Gia

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cristofer
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Faye Dunaway, Kylie Travis, Scott Cohen
Plot: Follows the life of model Gia Marie Carangi from her days at a diner to her tumultuous model lifestyle filled with sex and drugs to her death at just age 26 from AIDS.

440. Mother Teresa

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fabrizio Costa
Actors: Sebastiano Somma, Olivia Hussey, Laura Morante, Ingrid Rubio
Plot: A movie about Mother Teresa's work in Calcutta, India.

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