Category Archives: Biography
Ford v Ferrari
Release 2019
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
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Director: James Mangold
Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller
Stars: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950186/
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Ride Like a Girl
Release 2019
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Director: Rachel Griffiths
Writers: Andrew Knight, Elise McCredie
Stars: Teresa Palmer, Sam Neill, Sullivan Stapleton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7600382/
The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
The Two Popes
Release 2019
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writers: Anthony McCarten
Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8404614/
Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.
The Aeronauts
Release 2019
Genre Action, Adventure, Biography
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Director: Tom Harper
Writers: Tom Harper, Jack Thorne
Stars: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6141246/
Pilot Amelia Rennes (Felicity Jones) and scientist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon.
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Release 2019
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Director: Toby Haynes
Writers: James Graham
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Belcher, Malcolm Freeman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8425058/
Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.
Judy
Release 2019
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Rupert Goold
Writers: Tom Edge, Peter Quilter
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Rufus Sewell, Jessie Buckley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7549996/
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
The Irishman
Release 2019
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Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Charles Brandt, Steven Zaillian
Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302006/
A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Official Secrets
Release 2019
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Gavin Hood
Writers: Gregory Bernstein, Sara Bernstein, Gavin Hood, Marcia Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell
Stars: Matthew Goode, Keira Knightley, MyAnna Buring
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5431890/
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The King
Release 2019
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance, War
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Director: David Michôd
Writers: Joel Edgerton, David Michôd
Stars: Robert Pattinson,Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Tom Fisher
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7984766/
Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life.
The Current War
Release 2017
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Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Writers: Michael Mitnick
Stars: Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Macfadyen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140507/
The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.