Category Archives: Biography
Selma
Release 2014
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Director: Ava DuVernay
Writers: Paul Webb
Stars: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Jim France, Trinity Simone, Mikeria Howard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/
A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Wild
Release 2014
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Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Writers: Nick Hornby, Cheryl Strayed
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Keene McRae, Michiel Huisman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/
A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.
Big Eyes
Release 2014
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Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Danny Huston
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126590/
A drama about the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Birdman
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Stars: Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Kenny Chin, Jamahl Garrison-Lowe, Zach Galifianakis
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2562232/
A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.
Unbroken
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport, War
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Director: Angelina Jolie
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson, Laura Hillenbrand
Stars: Matthew Crocker, Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund, Takamasa Ishihara
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809398/
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
The Imitation Game
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Morten Tyldum
Writers: Andrew Hodges, Graham Moore
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/
During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
American Sniper
Release 2014
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, War
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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Jason Hall, Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, James Defelice
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis, Ben Reed, Elise Robertson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/
Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Foxcatcher
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport, Thriller
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Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
Stars: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100089/
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher lead by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Get on Up
Release 2014
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Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Steven Baigelman
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Lennie James
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473602/
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
The Theory of Everything
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: James Marsh
Writers: Anthony McCarten, Jane Hawking
Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry, Finlay Wright-Stephens
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980516/
A look at the relationship between the famous physicist