Category Archives: Biography

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Release 2019

Genre Biography, Drama

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Director: Marielle Heller
Writers: Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster
Stars: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3224458/

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod.

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

Genre Biography, Drama

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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

Genre Biography, Crime, Drama

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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

Genre Biography, Drama

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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.

Brian Banks

Release 2018

Genre Biography, Drama, Sport

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Director: Tom Shadyac
Writers: Doug Atchison
Stars: Greg Kinnear, Aldis Hodge, Melanie Liburd
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3920820/

A football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.