Movie List for "biography"

The Front Runner (2018)

In 1987, U.S. Senator Gary Hart’s presidential campaign is derailed when he’s caught in a scandalous love affair. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer: Matt Bai, Jay Carson, Jason Reitman, Matt Bai (based on the book “All The Truth Is Out” by)
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Mark O’Brien

The Revenant (2015)

A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Year 2015.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Western
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Writer: Mark L. Smith (screenplay), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (screenplay), Michael Punke (based in part on the novel by)
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter

The 33 (2015)

Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Patricia Riggen
Writer: Mikko Alanne (screenplay), Craig Borten (screenplay), Michael Thomas (screenplay), Jose Rivera (screen story), Hector Tobar (book)
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin

Stan & Ollie (2018)

Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song – a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Jon S. Baird
Writer: Jeff Pope, ‘A.J.’ Marriot (inspired by the book ‘Laurel & Hardy – The British Tours’ by)
Actors: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda

Judy (2019)

Legendary performer Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Rupert Goold
Writer: Tom Edge (screenplay by), Peter Quilter (based on the stageplay “End of the Rainbow” by)
Actors: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Marielle Heller
Writer: Nicole Holofcener (screenplay by), Jeff Whitty (screenplay by)
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone

The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)

The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Director: Lars Kraume
Writer: Lars Kraume (screenplay), Olivier Guez (screenplay), Brian Cordray (Story Consultant)
Actors: Rüdiger Klink, Burghart Klaußner, Andrej Kaminsky, Jörg Schüttauf

Born to Be Blue (2015)

A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker’s musical comeback in the late ’60s. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Robert Budreau
Writer: Robert Budreau, James Luscombe (story editor)
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Tony Nappo

Stockholm (2018)

Based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the ‘Stockholm Syndrome’. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Director: Robert Budreau
Writer: Robert Budreau
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl

Ip Man 3 (2015)

When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over a local school, Master Ip is forced to take a stand. Year 2015.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Director: Wilson Yip
Writer: Tai-lee Chan, Lai-Yin Leung, Edmond Wong
Actors: Donnie Yen, Lynn Xiong, Jin Zhang, Mike Tyson

The Imitation Game (2014)

During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians. Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Morten Tyldum
Writer: Graham Moore, Andrew Hodges (book)
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Marielle Heller
Writer: Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Tom Junod (inspired by: the article “Can You Say… Hero?” by [the November 1998 Esquire Magazine article])
Actors: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson

The Good Lie (2014)

A group of Sudanese refugees, given the chance to resettle in the U.S., arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives. Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Writer: Margaret Nagle
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal

A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)

Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Family
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Writer: James Bowen (novel), Garry Jenkins (novel), Tim John, Maria Nation
Actors: Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt

Trumbo (2015)

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood’s top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Jay Roach
Writer: John McNamara, Bruce Cook (book)
Actors: Bryan Cranston, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Maldonado, John Getz

Vice (2018)

The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Adam McKay
Writer: Adam McKay
Actors: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell