Category Archives: Biography
Hands of Stone
Release 2016
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
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Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Robert De Niro, Usher Raymond, Rubén Blades, Ana de Armas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781827/
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Girl, Interrupted
Release 1999
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Director: James Mangold
Writers: Susanna Kaysen, James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, Anna Hamilton Phelan
Stars: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.
Anthropoid
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Thriller, War
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Director: Sean Ellis
Writers: Sean Ellis, Anthony Frewin
Stars: Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe, Karel Hermánek Jr., Sara Arsteinova
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4190530/
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
The Infiltrator
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Brad Furman
Writers: Ellen Sue Brown, Robert Mazur
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Leanne Best, Daniel Mays, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Niall Hayes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355631/
A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Free State of Jones
Release 2016
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, War
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Director: Gary Ross
Writers: Leonard Hartman, Gary Ross
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell, Christopher Berry
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124037/
A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters, runaway slaves, and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
Florence Foster Jenkins
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Director: Stephen Frears
Writers: Nicholas Martin
Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4136084/
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Genius
Release 2016
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Director: Michael Grandage
Writers: A. Scott Berg, John Logan
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Laura Linney
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703957/
A chronicle of Max Perkins's time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Release 2015
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Director: Matt Brown
Writers: Matt Brown, Robert Kanigel
Stars: Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Malcolm Sinclair, Raghuvir Joshi, Dhritiman Chatterjee
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787524/
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.
Miles Ahead
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Don Cheadle
Writers: Steven Baigelman, Don Cheadle, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Don Cheadle, Keith Stanfield, Emayatzy Corinealdi
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790770/
An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
I Saw the Light
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Marc Abraham
Writers: Marc Abraham, Colin Escott, George Merritt, William MacEwen
Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, Cherry Jones, Maddie Hasson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490785/
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.