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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2818
441
A Quiet Passion
2016
Terence Davies
Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff, Keith Carradine, Jodhi May, Joanna Bacon
Biography / Drama
UK / Belgium
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
Radioactive
2019
Marjane Satrapi
Rosamund Pike, Yvette Feuer, Mirjam Novak, Ralph Berkin, Sam Riley
Biography / Drama / Romance
UK / Hungary / China / France / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
Respect
2021
Liesl Tommy
Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess, Audra McDonald
Biography / Drama / Music
Canada / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
Rustin
2023
George C. Wolfe
Colman Domingo, Aml Ameen, Glynn Turman, Chris Rock, Gus Halper
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
Sergio
2020
Greg Barker
Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, Brían F. O'Byrne, Bradley Whitford, Garret Dillahunt
Biography / Drama / History / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
Southside with You
2016
Richard Tanne
Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Taylar Fondren, Preston Tate Jr., Donald Paul
Biography / Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
Stronger
2017
David Gordon Green
Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr.
Biography | Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
Tesla
2020
Michael Almereyda
Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jim Gaffigan, Kyle MacLachlan
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
Under African Skies
2012
Joe Berlinger
Paul Simon, Hugh Masekela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ray Phiri, Miriam Makeba
Documentary / Biography / History / Music
USA / South Africa
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
A United Kingdom
2016
Amma Asante
David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Tom Felton, Laura Carmichael
Biography / Drama / Romance
Czech Republic / UK / USA
English
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2818
441
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2021
Lee Daniels
Andra Day, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence, Natasha Lyonne, Trevante Rhodes
Biography / Drama / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2818
441
Whitney
2018
Kevin Macdonald
Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Nelson Mandela, Merv Griffin
Documentary / Biography / Music
UK / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2819
442
Born to Be Wild
2011
David Lickley
Morgan Freeman, Birute Galdikas, Daphne Sheldrick
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2819
442
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
2010
Alex Gibney
Eliot Spitzer, Kim Allen, Wrenn Schmidt, Laura Somma
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2819
442
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
2014
James Keach
Glen Campbell, Bruce Springsteen, Bill Clinton, Paul McCartney, Jay Leno
Documentary / Biography / Drama / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2819
442
Julia
2021
Julie Cohen, Betsy West
José Andrés, Julia Child, André Cointreau, Susy Davidson
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2819
442
The Last Station
2009
Michael Hoffman
James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer
Biography / Drama / Period Film
Germany / Russia / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2819
442
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
Cecil B. DeMille
Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Carol Thurston
Drama / Action / Adventure / Romance / War / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2819
442
Wild
2014
Jean-Marc Vallée
Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Keene McRae, Michiel Huisman
Biography / Drama / Adventure
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2819
442
Winnebago Man
2009
Ben Steinbauer
Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, Keith Gordon, Nick Prueher, Joe Pickett
Documentary / Biography / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2820
443
The Agony and the Ecstacy of Phil Spector
2009
Vikram Jayanti
Phil Spector, Lana Clarkson, Bobby Hatfield, Bill Medley, Ronma Perry
Documentary / Music / Biography / Crime
USA / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2820
443
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
Shekhar Kapur
Jordi Mollà, Aimee King, Cate Blanchett, John Shrapnel, Geoffrey Rush
Drama / History / Biography / Epic
UK / France
English
2.5 Stars
2820
443
Every Little Step
2008
Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern
Michael Bennett, Bob Avian, Marvin Hamlisch, Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee
Documentary / Musical / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2820
443
Fighting With My Family
2019
Stephen Merchant
Dwayne Johnson, Thomas Whilley, Tori Ellen Ross, Nick Frost, Lena Headey
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Sports
UK / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2820
443
Keep the River on Your Right:
A Modern Cannibal Tale
2000
David Shapiro, Laurie Shapiro
Tobias Schneebaum, Norman Mailer, Charlie Rose, Mike Douglas
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2820
443
A Private War
2018
Matthew Heineman
Rosamund Pike, Greg Wise, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay
Biography / Drama / War
UK / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2820
443
Trumbo
2015
Jay Roach
Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning
Biography / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2826
444
Joan the Maid: The Battles
1994
Jacques Rivette
Tatiana Moukhine, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Marie Richier, Baptiste Roussillon
Biography / Drama / Epic / History
France
French
2.5 Stars
2826
444
Joan the Maid: The Prisons
1994
Jacques Rivette
Sandrine Bonnaire, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Marcel Bozonnet
Biography / Drama / Epic / History
France
French
2.5 Stars
2834
445
The Eternal Breasts
1955
Kinuyo Tanaka
Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryôji Hayama, Junkichi Orimoto, Hiroko Kawasaki
Biography / Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2837
446
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
1968
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Bob van Asperen, Bernd Weikl
Biography / History / Music / Drama
West Germany / Italy
German
2.5 Stars
2839
447
Richard III
1912
James Keane, André Calmettes
Robert Gemp, Frederick Warde, Albert Gardner, James Keane, George Moss
Drama / History / Biography / Epic
France / USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Beirut: The Last Home Movie
1987
Jennifer Fox
Documentary / Biography / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Blood Brother
2013
Steve Hoover
Rocky Braat, Steve Hoover
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
1993
Andrew Young, Susan Todd, Michael Roemer, Robert M. Young
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Daughter from Danang
2002
Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
Mai Thi Kim, Heidi Neville-Bub, Gerald Ford, Tom Miller, Tran Tuong Nhu
Documentary / Biography / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison
1998
Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack
Bernard Addison, Burl Cain, George Crawford, Wilbert Rideau, Vincent Simmons
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Finding Christa
1991
Camille Billops, James Hatch
Camille Billops
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Girls Like Us
1997
Tina Di Feliciantonio, Jane Wagner
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
In the Pit
2006
Juan Carlos Rulfo
Sofia García López, José Guadalupe Calzada
Documentary / Biography
Mexico
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)
2007
Jason Kohn
Documentary / Crime / Biography
Brazil / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Return to Homs
2013
Talal Derki
Documentary / Biography / History / War
Syria / Germany
Arabic
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Rich Hill
2014
Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos
Documentary / Biography / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Silverlake Life: The View from Here
1993
Peter Friedman, Tom Joslin
Liane Bonin, Tom Joslin, Mark Massi
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Southern Comfort
2001
Kate Davis
Robert Eads, Lola Cola, Maxwell Scott Anderson, Cas Piotrowski, Corissa Anderson
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Stand van de maan
2004
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Documentary / Religion / Biography
Netherlands
Indonesian
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Troublesome Creek - A Midwestern
1995
Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan
Bob Blankenship, Dean Eilts, Marge Harold, Gini Jordan, Grace Jordan
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Violeta Went to Heaven
2011
Andrés Wood
Francisca Gavilán, Thomas Durand, Luis Machín, Gabriela Aguilera
Biography / Music / Drama
Chile / Argentina / Brazil
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2842
448
Waiting for the Moon
1987
Jill Godmilow
Linda Bassett, Linda Hunt, Jacques Boudet, Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Drama / Biography
UK / France / USA / West Germany
English
2.5 Stars
2842
448
The Wolfpack
2015
Crystal Moselle
Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Krsna Angulo, Mukunda Angulo,
Documentary / Biography / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2851
449
Land of Silence and Darkness
1971
Werner Herzog
Heinrich Fleischmann, Vladimir Kokol, Fini Straubinger
Documentary / Biography
West Germany
German
2.5 Stars
2854
450
Anna
1993
Nikita Mikhalkov
Anna Mikhalkova, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Nikita Mikhalkov
Documentary / Biography
Russia / France
Russian
2.5 Stars
2854
450
The Basketball Diaries
1995
Scott Kalvert
Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol, James Madio, Patrick McGaw
Biography / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2854
450
Blow
2001
Ted Demme
Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens
Biography / Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2854
450
Deliver Us from Evil
2006
Amy Berg
Thomas Doyle, Oliver O'Grady
Documentary / Biography / Religion
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2854
450
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys
1997
Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Keith Fulton, Terry Gilliam, Dorothea Braemer, Kristi Connors, Ken Haas
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2854
450
Iris
2001
Richard Eyre
Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton
Biography / Drama
UK / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2854
450
Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So
1995
Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Documentary / Biography
Denmark / Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2854
450
Movie Days
1994
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Örvar Jens Arnarson, Rúrik Haraldsson, Orri Helgason
Drama / Biography
Iceland / Germany / Denmark
Icelandic
2.5 Stars
2854
450
Sleepers
1996
Barry Levinson
Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Vittorio Gassman, Brad Pitt
Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2854
450
Sunday's Children
1992
Daniel Bergman
Thommy Berggren, Henrik Linnros, Lena Endre, Jacob Leygraf, Anna Linnros
Adventure / Drama / Biography
Sweden / Denmark / Finland / Iceland / Norway
Swedish
2.5 Stars
2854
450
Teen Dreams
1994
Adawna, Frank Cardon, La Traun Parker
Frank Cardon, Adwana, Gloria, La Traun Parker
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2854
450
The Whole Wide World
1996
Dan Ireland
Vincent D'Onofrio, Renée Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell
Biography / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2858
451
Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai
1972
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Documentary / History / Biography
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2861
452
Ludwig
1972
Luchino Visconti
Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film / Epic
France / Italy / West Germany
Italian
2.5 Stars
2862
453
Cabeza de vaca
1991
Nicolás Echevarría
Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Sosa
Action / Adventure / Drama / Biography
Mexico / Spain / USA / UK
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2862
453
Casanova
1976
Federico Fellini
Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Cicely Browne, Carmen Scarpitta
Drama / Comedy / Biography / Period Film
Italy / USA
Italian
2.5 Stars
2862
453
Death of the President
1978
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Zdzislaw Mrozewski, Marek Walczewski, Henryk Bista
Drama / Biography
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2862
453
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1974
Werner Herzog
Walter Steiner
Documentary / Biography / Sports
West Germany
German
2.5 Stars
2862
453
Van Gogh
1991
Maurice Pialat
Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq
Drama / Biography / Period Film
France
French
NR
-
A Band Called Death
2012
Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett
Alice Cooper, Bobby Hackney, Dannis Hackney, David Hackney, Henry Rollins
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
NR
-
The Bridge
2006
Eric Steel, Raymond Wood
Randall Blizzard, Harold Blizzard, Chris Piner, Allison Ruby Poss, Tommy Roche
Documentary / Biography
UK / USA
English
NR
-
Cleopatra
1917
J. Gordon Edwards
Theda Bara, Fritz Leiber, Thurston Hall, Alan Roscoe, Herschel Mayall
Biography / Drama / History / Epic
USA
English (Silent)
NR
-
Dangal
2016
Nitesh Tiwari
Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Aparshakti Khurana
Action | Biography | Drama | Sports
India
Hindi
NR
-
Edison, the Man
1940
Clarence Brown
Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
NR
-
Tom Horn
1980
William Wiard
Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush, Slim Pickens
Western / Biography
USA
English
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