Category Archives: Biography
Million Dollar Arm
Release 2014
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Director: Craig Gillespie
Writers: Thomas McCarthy
Stars: Jon Hamm, Pitobash, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal, Aasif Mandvi
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1647668/
A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.
I Love You Phillip Morris
Release 2009
Genre Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
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Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Writers: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Steve McVicker
Stars: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Antoni Corone
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045772/
A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.
The Hurricane
Release 1999
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Director: Norman Jewison
Writers: Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, Sam Chaiton, Terry Swinton, Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon
Stars: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174856/
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
American Gangster
Release 2007
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Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson
Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/
In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.
Jarhead
Release 2005
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Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: William Broyles Jr., Anthony Swofford
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Ming Lo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418763/
Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.
The Perfect Wave
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Bruce Macdonald
Writers: Roger Hawkins, William A. Wood III, Billy Wood
Stars: Scott Eastwood, Cheryl Ladd, Patrick Lyster, Rachel Hendrix, Scott Mortensen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414822/
The Perfect wave is a LOVE STORY, with four key pillars, a young mans love for surfing, adventure, a mothers love for her son...
Jamesy Boy
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Crime, Drama, Family, Romance
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Director: Trevor White
Writers: Lane Shadgett, Trevor White
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Taissa Farmiga, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Rosa Salazar
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673734/
A young gang member turns his life around in prison, thanks to the friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Crime, Documentary
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Director: Brian Knappenberger
Stars: Tim Berners-Lee, Cory Doctorow, Peter Eckersley, Lawrence Lessig, David Segal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3268458/
The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.
The Social Network
Release 2010
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Director: David Fincher
Writers: Aaron Sorkin, Ben Mezrich
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Bryan Barter, Dustin Fitzsimons, Joseph Mazzello
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the cofounder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Public Enemies
Release 2009
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Director: Michael Mann
Writers: Ronan Bennett, Michael Mann, Ann Biderman, Bryan Burrough
Stars: James Russo, David Wenham, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke, Johnny Depp
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152836/
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.