Movie List for "biography"

Miracles from Heaven (2016)

Based on the incredible true story of the Beam family. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Family
Director: Patricia Riggen
Writer: Christy Beam (book), Randy Brown (screenplay)
Actors: Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson, Brighton Sharbino

Adrift (2018)

A true story of survival, as a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Writer: Aaron Kandell (screenplay by), Jordan Kandell (screenplay by), David Branson Smith (screenplay by), Tami Ashcraft (based on the book by), Susea McGearhart (based on the book with)
Actors: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas, Elizabeth Hawthorne

Mary Magdalene (2018)

Twelve men heard and spread the message of Jesus. Only one woman understood it. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Garth Davis
Writer: Helen Edmundson, Philippa Goslett
Actors: Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tahar Rahim

Jackie (2016)

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Pablo Larraín
Writer: Noah Oppenheim
Actors: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup

The Social Network (2010)

As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business. Year 2010.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Ben Mezrich (book)
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Bryan Barter, Dustin Fitzsimons

Lincoln (2012)

As the American Civil War continues to rage, America’s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. Year 2012.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tony Kushner (screenplay by), Doris Kearns Goodwin (based in part on the book “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by)
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

All the Way (2016)

Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy’s assassination and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Jay Roach
Writer: Robert Schenkkan (screenplay), Robert Schenkkan (play)
Actors: Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo, Frank Langella

The Favourite (2018)

In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writer: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
Actors: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Delves, Faye Daveney

Heaven Is for Real (2014)

A small-town father must find the courage and conviction to share his son’s extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Family
Director: Randall Wallace
Writer: Randall Wallace (screenplay), Chris Parker (screenplay), Todd Burpo (book), Lynn Vincent (book)
Actors: Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Thomas Haden Church, Connor Corum

Mary Shelley (2017)

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Writer: Emma Jensen, Haifaa Al-Mansour (additional writing by)
Actors: Elle Fanning, Bel Powley, Owen Richards, Joanne Froggatt

12 Years a Slave (2013)

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Year 2013.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Steve McQueen
Writer: John Ridley (screenplay by), Solomon Northup (based on “Twelve Years a Slave” by)
Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt

Colette (2018)

Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Wash Westmoreland
Writer: Richard Glatzer (screenplay by), Wash Westmoreland (screenplay by), Rebecca Lenkiewicz (screenplay by), Richard Glatzer (story by)
Actors: Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh

Mr. Gaga (2015)

Mr. Gaga tells the story of Ohad Naharin, renowned choreographer and artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company, an artistic genius who redefined the language of modern dance. Year 2015.

Generes: Documentary, Biography
Director: Tomer Heymann
Writer: Tomer Heymann
Actors: Ohad Naharin, Tzofia Naharin, Olivia Ancona, Avi Belleli

Monica (2011)

An accused and three politically-connected suspects are prosecuted for their involvement in the homicide of a journalist. Year 2011.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Director: Sushen Bhatnagar
Writer: Sushen Bhatnagar
Actors: Ashutosh Rana, Divya Dutta, Rajit Kapoor, Yashpal Sharma

Kill the Messenger (2014)

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA’s role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua. Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Peter Landesman, Gary Webb (book), Nick Schou (book)
Actors: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo

My Friend Dahmer (2017)

A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Marc Meyers
Writer: Marc Meyers, John Backderf (based on the book My Friend Dahmer by)
Actors: Zachary Davis Brown, Lily Kozub, Ross Lynch, Vincent Kartheiser