Biopic Films Part III

by BatBanks | created - 22 Sep 2014 | updated - 26 Jan 2016 | Public

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1. Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story (1983 TV Movie)

89 min | Biography, Drama, Music

TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and aspiring to rise above it all.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Richard Thomas, Lenora May, Liane Langland, Ann Gillespie

Votes: 350

2. Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 95 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. However, the plane disappears in the process.

Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Diane Keaton, Rutger Hauer, Bruce Dern, Paul Guilfoyle

Votes: 446

3. Liberace: Behind the Music (1988 TV Movie)

97 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Fueled by the intense poverty of his youth, Walter Valentino Liberace is determined to become the world's greatest entertainer. Explore the rises and falls, the libel and palimony suits, as... See full summary »

Director: David Greene | Stars: Victor Garber, Saul Rubinek, Michael Dolan, Maureen Stapleton

Votes: 150

4. Behind the Candelabra (2013)

TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman

Votes: 45,394

5. Scott Joplin (1977)

PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Details the life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery, Eubie Blake

Votes: 327

6. Jolson Sings Again (1949)

96 min | Biography, Music

In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, William Demarest, Ludwig Donath

Votes: 724

7. McQueen (I)

Biography, Drama | Announced

He was the ultra-cool male film star of the 1960s, and rose from a troubled youth spent in reform schools to being the world's most popular actor. Story follows his life up to his his ... See full summary »

Director: Jake Scott

8. Fleming

Biography, Drama | Announced

A look at the life of British author journalist, Ian Fleming, and the people he knew at the time created the iconic spy character, James Bond.

9. Ring of Fire (2013 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 89 min | Biography, Music, Romance

This is the story of the decades-long love affair between June Carter and her husband, Johnny Cash, a love that was stretched to the breaking point by Johnny's addiction to pills.

Director: Allison Anders | Stars: Jewel, Matt Ross, John Doe, Frances Conroy

Votes: 670

10. Mary Pickford: Love Wild

Biography, Drama | Post-production

An unconventional biopic, about Pickford, shot by the late Dan Kneece, unveils the spirit of Mary's love of storytelling, as the first pop star, female producer, and surrealist artist in N.America, truly merging art and commerce.

Director: Jennifer DeLia | Stars: Cary Elwes, Luke Arnold, Balthazar Getty, Summer Phoenix

11. Blonde (2022)

NC-17 | 167 min | Drama, History

50 Metascore

The story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Ana de Armas, Lily Fisher, Julianne Nicholson, Tygh Runyan

Votes: 71,943

12. Young Catherine (1991 TV Movie)

Unrated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History

A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Plummer, Franco Nero, Marthe Keller

Votes: 1,175

13. Casino Jack (2010)

R | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

51 Metascore

A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.

Director: George Hickenlooper | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Jon Lovitz, Ruth Marshall

Votes: 17,705 | Gross: $1.04M

14. The Countess (2009)

Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History

A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.

Director: Julie Delpy | Stars: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca

Votes: 8,657

15. Domino (2005)

R | 127 min | Action, Biography, Crime

37 Metascore

A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramírez, Rizz Abbasi

Votes: 69,379 | Gross: $10.17M

16. The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The rather eccentric (especially in her thinking) author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" becomes involved with a much younger, and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda

Votes: 1,652

17. Gia (1998 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

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.

Director: Michael Cristofer | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mercedes Ruehl

Votes: 50,259

18. Prefontaine (1997)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

55 Metascore

Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young.

Director: Steve James | Stars: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Breckin Meyer

Votes: 7,667 | Gross: $0.53M

19. In Love and War (1996)

PG-13 | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A bitter love story between a talented writer and a gentle nurse.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Chris O'Donnell, Mackenzie Astin, Margot Steinberg

Votes: 9,125 | Gross: $14.48M

20. Carrington (1995)

R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington (Dame Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) in the early twentieth century.

Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington, Samuel West

Votes: 5,775 | Gross: $3.24M

21. The Dreamer of Oz (1990 TV Movie)

100 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: John Ritter, Annette O'Toole, Rue McClanahan, Charles Haid

Votes: 587

22. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

77 Metascore

The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.

Directors: George Sidney, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 5,275 | Gross: $8.00M

23. Fleming (2014)

TV-MA | 44 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Look at the 007 creator, Ian Fleming, and his early life set against the permissive society of war-torn WWII London.

Stars: Dominic Cooper, Lara Pulver, Samuel West, Anna Chancellor

Votes: 5,279

24. Daphne (2007 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Daphne Du Maurier, author of "Rebecca" and "Jamaica Inn," becomes attracted to the wife of a publisher and to an actress.

Director: Clare Beavan | Stars: Geraldine Somerville, Elizabeth McGovern, Janet McTeer, Andrew Havill

Votes: 569

25. Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008)

R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy

With an unquenchable thirst for blood, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history.

Director: Juraj Jakubisko | Stars: Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Vincent Regan, Hans Matheson

Votes: 4,690

26. Rob Roy (1995)

R | 139 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

55 Metascore

In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth

Votes: 45,666 | Gross: $31.60M

27. The Last King (2003)

TV-14 | 188 min | Biography, Drama, History

The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his ten-year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.

Stars: Rufus Sewell, Rupert Graves, Charlie Creed-Miles, Christian Coulson

Votes: 1,813

28. Goya's Ghosts (2006)

R | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History

52 Metascore

Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid

Votes: 31,945 | Gross: $1.00M

29. Queen Margot (1994)

R | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History

Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.

Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez

Votes: 18,992 | Gross: $2.02M

30. Camille Claudel (1988)

R | 175 min | Biography, Drama, History

Camille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.

Director: Bruno Nuytten | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Madeleine Robinson, Laurent Grévill

Votes: 7,395 | Gross: $0.20M

31. Dangerous Beauty (1998)

R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.

Director: Marshall Herskovitz | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward

Votes: 19,632 | Gross: $4.53M

32. Steve Jobs (2015)

R | 122 min | Biography, Drama

82 Metascore

Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels

Votes: 178,490 | Gross: $17.77M

33. Untitled Jesse Owens Biopic

Biography, Drama, Sport | Announced

The story of Olympic champion Jesse Owens who won the gold in Track and Field events at the 1936 games.

Star: Anthony Mackie

34. No Show Jones

Biography, Drama, Music | Announced

George Jones was a living legend and is still the "Gold Standard" for Country Music. Many consider Jones to be the greatest country singer of all time, an honor that did not come without a ... See full summary »

35. Sam Cooke: Legend (2003 TV Movie)

67 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The life and tragic death of popular R&B singer Sam Cooke, who topped the music charts in the US during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Directors: Carl Franklin, Mary Wharton | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles

Votes: 60

36. Respect (2021)

PG-13 | 145 min | Biography, Drama, Music

61 Metascore

Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.

Director: Liesl Tommy | Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess

Votes: 17,839

37. Untitled Mike Tyson Biopic

Biography, Drama, Sport | Announced

A chronicle of champion boxer Mike Tyson's life.

Star: Jamie Foxx

39. Untitled David O. Selznick Biopic (TV Movie)

Drama | Announced

The life story of legendary Hollywood producer, David O. Selznick.

Director: Oren Moverman

40. Untitled Albert Einstein Project

Biography | Announced

A look at the life of Albert Einstein.

41. Untitled Sammy Davis Jr. Biopic

Biography | Announced

The life story of the popular American singer, dancer and actor, Sammy Davis Jr.

42. Fever (VII)

Biography, Drama, Music | Announced

Explores the professional and personal life of Peggy Lee whose career spanned nearly seven decades beginning with her first #1 single "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" in 1942.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Michelle Williams, Alessandro Nivola

43. Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997 TV Movie)

95 min | Biography, Drama

A story of Mother Teresa, beginning in Calcutta, India, where she faces adversity from every direction and where she lays the foundation for her crusade to help the poorest of the poor.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Keene Curtis, Helena Carroll, David Byrd

Votes: 291

44. Mother Teresa (2003 TV Movie)

110 min | Biography, Drama

Mother Teresa's life is portrayed from the beginning of her ministry to her death. She seeks to serve the poor by creating a new "congregation" in the Church, establishing refuges for the ... See full summary »

Director: Fabrizio Costa | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Sebastiano Somma, Ingrid Rubio, Michael Mendl

Votes: 773

45. Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Late in 1926 acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie disappears after marital problems and creates a media frenzy.

Director: Richard Curson Smith | Stars: Olivia Williams, Anna Massey, Raymond Coulthard, Stephen Boxer

Votes: 249

46. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

Approved | 135 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson

Votes: 8,606

47. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi

Votes: 29,188 | Gross: $24.72M

48. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981 TV Movie)

PG | 150 min | Biography, Drama

Biography focusing on the former First Lady's years in D.C., from working as a newspaper's "Inquiring Camera Girl" to meeting and being courted by Rep. Jack Kennedy to life on the campaign trail and into the White House.

Director: Steve Gethers | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, James Franciscus, Rod Taylor, Stephen Elliott

Votes: 242

49. A Woman Named Jackie (1991)

PG | 246 min | Biography, Drama

This starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.

Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Roma Downey, Anna Thomson, Bob Gunton

Votes: 339

51. Whitney (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 88 min | Biography, Drama

A chronicle of Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.

Director: Angela Bassett | Stars: Yaya DaCosta, Arlen Escarpeta, Yolonda Ross, Suzzanne Douglas

Votes: 2,074

52. Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama

R&B singer Natalie Cole narrates this docudrama about her life, adapted from her autobiography.

Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Natalie Cole, Diahann Carroll, James McDaniel, Randy J. Goodwin

Votes: 194

53. White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991 TV Movie)

PG | 94 min | Drama

Based on the book "Hot Toddy" by Andy Edmunds, this made-for-TV movie revolves around the mysterious death of 1930s movie star Thelma Todd (Loni Anderson).

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Loni Anderson, Maryedith Burrell, Robert Davi, Paul Dooley

Votes: 186

54. The Story of Will Rogers (1952)

Approved | 109 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The homespun humorist and social critic starts as a cowboy and goes on to vaudeville, movies, and radio.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Will Rogers Jr., Jane Wyman, Carl Benton Reid, Eve Miller

Votes: 529

55. Sunrise at Campobello (1960)

Not Rated | 144 min | Biography, Drama

82 Metascore

After a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career.

Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen

Votes: 1,509

56. Topsy-Turvy (1999)

R | 160 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

90 Metascore

Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith

Votes: 13,476 | Gross: $6.20M

57. Before Night Falls (2000)

R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

85 Metascore

The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.

Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olatz López Garmendia, Giovani Florido

Votes: 26,373 | Gross: $4.22M

58. Coming Through (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Celebrated actor and actress Sir Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) and Dame Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) star in this movie by award-winning playwright Alan Plater about one of the great love ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Barber-Fleming | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Helen Mirren, Alison Steadman, Philip Martin Brown

Votes: 187

59. Jack London (1943)

Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, War

Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport

Votes: 446

60. Trumbo (2015)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

60 Metascore

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

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.

Votes: 84,771 | Gross: $7.86M

61. Nora (2000)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama

70 Metascore

Dublin, 1904, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste.

Director: Pat Murphy | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Andrew Scott, Vinnie McCabe

Votes: 1,845 | Gross: $0.01M

62. James Joyce's Women (1985)

R | 88 min | Drama

In this tribute to James Joyce, Fionnula Flanagan gives a tour-de-force performance as a half-dozen or so women in Joyce's real and fictional worlds. When she portrays his wife Nora ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Pearce | Stars: Fionnula Flanagan, Chris O'Neill, James E. O'Grady, Tony Lyons

Votes: 178 | Gross: $0.38M

63. Last Call (2002 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama

Renowned writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is living the last months of his life with his youthful secretary, confidant and protege who later wrote a memoir of their time together.

Director: Henry Bromell | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Neve Campbell, Sissy Spacek, Shannon Lawson

Votes: 985

64. Private Parts (1997)

R | 109 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

67 Metascore

The autobiographical story of Howard Stern, the radio rebel who is now also a TV personality, an author and a movie star.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Howard Stern, Mary McCormack, Robin Quivers, Fred Norris

Votes: 39,191 | Gross: $41.20M

65. To Hell and Back (1955)

Approved | 106 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly

Votes: 5,961

66. Evita (1996)

PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History

45 Metascore

The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Madonna, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Nail

Votes: 37,571 | Gross: $50.05M

67. Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987 TV Movie)

282 min | Biography, Drama

The true story of one of the richest women in America - heiress to the Woolworth fortune. She had vast wealth and seven husbands, but never found lasting love.

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, David Ackroyd, Stéphane Audran, Amadeus August

Votes: 501

68. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

Approved | 180 min | Biography, Drama, Family

59 Metascore

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Millie Perkins, Shelley Winters, Joseph Schildkraut, Richard Beymer

Votes: 13,686 | Gross: $5.01M

69. The Diary of Anne Frank (1980 TV Movie)

109 min | Biography, Drama

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright, James Coco, Doris Roberts

Votes: 633

70. The Diary of Anne Frank (2009)

30 min | Biography, Drama, History

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Stars: Kate Ashfield, Geoffrey Breton, Ron Cook, Tim Dantay

Votes: 3,418

71. P.T. Barnum (1999 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 138 min | Biography, Drama

The story of the great American showman and promoter.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Beau Bridges, Jordan Bridges, Cynthia Dale, Natalie Radford

Votes: 191

72. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama

Biography of Ben Carson who grew up to be Dr. Ben Carson, a world famous neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins.

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Alora Adams

Votes: 15,885

73. Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000 TV Movie)

R | 92 min | Biography, Horror, Thriller

The dramatized story of Dracula, looking at the historic events rather than the Hollywood version.

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Rudolf Martin, Jane March, Christopher Brand, Peter Weller

Votes: 2,668

74. Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)

Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, War

The life of Anne Frank and her family from 1939 to 1945: pre-war fears, invasion of Netherlands by German troops, hiding in Amsterdam, deportation to the camps, return of Anne's father.

Stars: Ben Kingsley, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Brenda Blethyn, Lili Taylor

Votes: 5,415

75. Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)

PG-13 | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Genoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck, Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward

Votes: 3,225 | Gross: $8.25M

76. Molokai (1999)

PG | 113 min | Biography, Drama

The true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

Director: Paul Cox | Stars: David Wenham, Kate Ceberano, Jan Decleir, Chris Haywood

Votes: 1,465

77. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

R | 130 min | Biography, Drama

79 Metascore

The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Brett Harrelson

Votes: 100,716 | Gross: $20.19M

78. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

PG-13 | 136 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

55 Metascore

Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber, breaks out of prison and travels to the holy city of Lhasa. He is employed as an instructor to the 14th Dalai Lama and soon becomes his close confidante.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, BD Wong, Mako

Votes: 155,898 | Gross: $37.96M

79. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

R | 105 min | Biography, Drama

72 Metascore

Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 6,538 | Gross: $1.65M

80. Nostradamus (1994)

R | 119 min | Biography, Drama

Nostradamus (1503-66) was a French doctor, astrologer and seer during the Inquisition, successful in treating patients during an outbreak of plague.

Director: Roger Christian | Stars: Tchéky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer

Votes: 3,134 | Gross: $0.36M

81. Rasputin (1996 TV Movie)

R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History

HBO biopic about the infamous "mad monk" Rasputin from the court of Czar Nicholas II in Russia.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen, David Warner

Votes: 3,981

82. Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)

Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Horror

Thrown out of his monastery for licentious and drunken behavior, Rasputin travels to St Petersburg in pursuit of wealth and prestige. He soon gains influence at court with his powers of healing and of hypnotism.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews

Votes: 3,461

83. Evel Knievel (1971)

GP | 88 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big jump.

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: George Hamilton, Sue Lyon, Bert Freed, Rod Cameron

Votes: 1,048 | Gross: $0.04M

84. Jesus (1999)

TV-PG | 77 min | Biography, Drama, History

A movie about the life, work and death of Jesus as we know it from the Bible.

Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Debra Messing, Jacqueline Bisset, Gary Oldman

Votes: 3,259

85. The Miracle Maker (1999)

G | 90 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

The story of Jesus Christ.

Directors: Derek W. Hayes, Stanislav Sokolov | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Michael Bryant, Julie Christie, Rebecca Callard

Votes: 1,779

86. Babe (1975 TV Movie)

106 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of Babe Didrickson, who won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics and returned to become a world champion golfer, her battles to be accepted as a woman in a man's sports world, and her fight against cancer.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Susan Clark, Alex Karras, Slim Pickens, Jeanette Nolan

Votes: 322

87. Florence Nightingale (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The fact-based story of the pioneer of nursing, known as "the Lady with the Lamp".

Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Timothy Dalton, Timothy West

Votes: 366

88. Zelda (1993 TV Movie)

Biography, Drama

Famous 1920s modernist US writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre's relationship began quite passionately, but he slowly fell into alcoholism and she was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rutanya Alda, Sylvie Boucher

Votes: 146

89. Victoria & Albert (2001)

200 min | Biography, Drama, History

The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, a longtime royal love story.

Stars: Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, James Callis, Diana Rigg

Votes: 1,038

90. The Fighter (I) (2010)

R | 116 min | Action, Biography, Drama

79 Metascore

Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo

Votes: 388,832 | Gross: $93.62M

91. Out of Africa (1985)

PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

69 Metascore

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen

Votes: 86,332 | Gross: $87.10M

92. Kundun (1997)

PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History

74 Metascore

From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang

Votes: 30,495 | Gross: $5.53M

93. Henry & June (1990)

NC-17 | 136 min | Biography, Drama

62 Metascore

Anaïs Nin meets American writer Henry Miller in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening, which includes Henry and his wife June.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Richard E. Grant

Votes: 14,188 | Gross: $11.57M

94. Girl, Interrupted (1999)

R | 127 min | Biography, Drama

51 Metascore

A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy

Votes: 211,260 | Gross: $28.87M

95. Braveheart (1995)

R | 178 min | Biography, Drama, War

68 Metascore

Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.

Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen

Votes: 1,091,156 | Gross: $75.60M

96. Cadillac Records (2008)

R | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Music

65 Metascore

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé, Columbus Short

Votes: 23,121 | Gross: $8.20M

97. Bound for Glory (1976)

PG | 147 min | Biography, Drama, Music

70 Metascore

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland

Votes: 5,587

98. Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)

Not Rated | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.

Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: George Hamilton, Susan Oliver, Red Buttons, Arthur O'Connell

Votes: 863

99. Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 180 min | Biography, Drama

This biopic depicts troubled actress Frances Farmer's Seattle childhood, college years, political involvement, show business success, doomed love affair with playwright Clifford Odets, and her eventual mental breakdown.

Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Susan Blakely, Lee Grant, Royal Dano, Joe Lambie

Votes: 128

100. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015)

TV-MA | 84 min | Biography

A chronicle of Marilyn Monroe's family life and how she succeeded in hiding her most intimate secrets from the press and an invasive world.

Stars: Susan Sarandon, Kelli Garner, Embeth Davidtz, Jack Noseworthy

Votes: 1,875



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