Movie List for "biography"

Same Kind of Different as Me (2017)

International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Michael Carney
Writer: Michael Carney (screenplay), Alexander Foard (screenplay), Ron Hall (screenplay), Ron Hall (book), Denver Moore (book), Lynn Vincent (book)
Actors: Greg Kinnear, Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou, Jon Voight

History Of Blood (2010)

A killer bandit decides to become a politician in order to avenge deaths in his family. Year 2010.

Generes: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Writer: Shyamraj Dutta (lyrics), Sarim Momin (lyrics), Prashant Pandey (story & screenplay), Sandeep Singh (lyrics), Vayu (lyrics)
Actors: Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha, Sudeep, Abhimanyu Singh

The Pirates of Somalia (2017)

In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself with the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeds in providing the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Bryan Buckley
Writer: Bryan Buckley, Jay Bahadur (based on the book “The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World” by)
Actors: Al Pacino, Melanie Griffith, Evan Peters, Barkhad Abdi

Kilo Two Bravo (2014)

Kajaki Dam 2006. A company of young British soldiers encounter an unexpected, terrifying enemy. A dried-out river bed, and under every step the possibility of an anti-personnel mine. A mine that could cost you your leg – or your life. Year 2014.

Generes: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Paul Katis
Writer: Tom Williams (screenplay by), Tom Williams
Actors: David Elliot, Mark Stanley, Scott Kyle, Benjamin O’Mahony

Everest (2015)

The story of New Zealand’s Robert “Rob” Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest. Year 2015.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Writer: William Nicholson (screenplay), Simon Beaufoy (screenplay)
Actors: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright, Martin Henderson

The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

A major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, War
Director: Ben Lewin
Writer: Robert Rodat, Nicholas Dawidoff (based upon the book: Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg by)
Actors: Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino, Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen

The Infiltrator (2016)

A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Brad Furman
Writer: Ellen Furman (screenplay), Robert Mazur (based on the book on)
Actors: Bryan Cranston, Leanne Best, Daniel Mays, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

The Siege of Jadotville (2016)

Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Richie Smyth
Writer: Kevin Brodbin, Declan Power (based on the book by)
Actors: Richard Lukunku, Danny Sapani, Andrew Stock, Mark Strong

Stronger (2017)

Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: John Pollono (screenplay by), Jeff Bauman (based on the book “Stronger” by), Bret Witter (based on the book “Stronger” by)
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr.

Boy Erased (2018)

The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Joel Edgerton
Writer: Garrard Conley (based on the memoir Boy Erased by), Joel Edgerton (written for the screen by)
Actors: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Madelyn Cline

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)

The story of the life and academic career of the pioneer Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and his friendship with his mentor, Professor G.H. Hardy. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Matt Brown
Writer: Matt Brown (screenplay), Matt Brown, Robert Kanigel (biography)
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Malcolm Sinclair, Raghuvir Joshi

Afterimage (2016)

The story of charismatic painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski, who opposed social realism and maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstacles. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writer: Andrzej Wajda (idea), Andrzej Mularczyk (screenplay)
Actors: Boguslaw Linda, Bronislawa Zamachowska, Zofia Wichlacz, Krzysztof Pieczynski

Effie Gray (2014)

A look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia “Effie” Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge). Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Richard Laxton
Writer: Emma Thompson
Actors: Dakota Fanning, Polly Dartford, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Farhad Safinia
Writer: John Boorman, Todd Komarnicki, Farhad Safinia, Simon Winchester (book)
Actors: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer

First Man (2018)

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Damien Chazelle
Writer: Josh Singer (screenplay by), James R. Hansen (based on the book by)
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler

Richard Jewell (2019)

American security guard Richard Jewell saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely reported that he was a terrorist. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: Billy Ray, Marie Brenner (article), Kent Alexander (book), Kevin Salwen (book)
Actors: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Brandon Stanley, Ryan Boz