Movie List for "biography"

Stuck (2007) Biography Crime Drama Horror Thriller Movie

A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim. Year 2007.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Writer: John Strysik (screenplay), Stuart Gordon (story)
Actors: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard

Dark Waters (2019) Biography Drama History Thriller Movie

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Todd Haynes
Writer: Nathaniel Rich (based on The New York Times magazine article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by), Mario Correa (screenplay), Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay)
Actors: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman

Molly’s Game (2017) Biography Crime Drama Movie

The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Writer: Aaron Sorkin (written for the screen by), Molly Bloom (based on the book by)
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera

All Is True (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

A look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writer: Ben Elton
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Nonso Anozie

Saint Judy (2018) Biography Drama Movie

The story of immigration attorney Judy Wood, and how she initiated the change in U.S. law of asylum to save women’s lives. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Sean Hanish
Writer: Dmitry Portnoy
Actors: Michelle Monaghan, Leem Lubany, Common, Alfred Molina

Quills (2000) Biography Drama Movie

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor. Year 2000.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Philip Kaufman
Writer: Doug Wright (play), Doug Wright (screenplay)
Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine

Gia (1998) Biography Drama Romance Movie

The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death. Year 1998.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Michael Cristofer
Writer: Jay McInerney, Michael Cristofer
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis

Winchester (2018) Biography Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Thriller Movie

Ensconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Writer: Tom Vaughan, Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Actors: Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-O’Prey, Jason Clarke

Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018) Biography Drama History Movie

The next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini’s powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Harold Cronk
Writer: Richard Friedenberg (screenplay by), Ken Hixon (screenplay by), Laura Hillenbrand (based on the book “Unbroken” by)
Actors: Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson, Bobby Campo, David Sakurai

A Scandalous Journey (2002) Biography Drama Romance Movie

The life and scandalous loves of early 20th century poet Sibilla Aleramo. Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Michele Placido
Writer: Sibilla Aleramo (letters), Dino Campana (letters), Michele Placido, Diego Ribon, Heidrun Schleef
Actors: Laura Morante, Stefano Accorsi, Alessandro Haber, Galatea Ranzi

RBG (2018) Documentary Biography Movie

The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. Year 2018.

Generes: Documentary, Biography
Director: Julie Cohen, Betsy West
Writer: N/A
Actors: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Kittner, Harryette Helsel, Stephen Wiesenfeld

Caligula and Messalina (1981) Action Adventure Biography Drama History Movie

The seductive Messalina (Betty Roland) will stop at nothing to become the most powerful woman in Rome. Gaining the attention of the Emperor Caligula (Gino Turini), she soon finds herself at… Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Director: Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon(co-director)
Writer: Antonio Passalia
Actors: Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland, Françoise Blanchard, Raul Cabrera

The Lover (1992) Biography Drama Romance Movie

In 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other. Year 1992.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writer: Marguerite Duras (based on the novel), Gérard Brach (adaptation), Jean-Jacques Annaud (adaptation)
Actors: Jane March, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti

Frida (2002) Biography Drama Romance Movie

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Julie Taymor
Writer: Hayden Herrera (book), Clancy Sigal (screenplay), Diane Lake (screenplay), Gregory Nava (screenplay), Anna Thomas (screenplay)
Actors: Salma Hayek, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata, Alejandro Usigli

The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000) Biography Drama History Movie

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918. Year 2000.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Gleb Panfilov
Writer: Inna Churikova, Gleb Panfilov, Ivan Panfilov
Actors: Aleksandr Galibin, Lynda Bellingham, Vladimir Grachyov, Yuliya Novikova

His Wife’s Diary (2000) Biography Drama Movie

A tragic story of love and loneliness – this is the unknown life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The confused love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet Galina … Year 2000.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Aleksey Uchitel
Writer: Dunya Smirnova
Actors: Andrey Smirnov, Galina Tyunina, Olga Budina, Evgeniy Mironov