Snowden (2016)

Snowden (2016)

Snowden is a 2016 biographical political thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald, based on the books The Snowden Filesby Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena. The cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the titular character Edward Snowden with Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom ..

Genius (2016)

Genius (2016)

Genius is a 2016 British-American biographical drama film directed by Michael Grandage and written by John Logan, based on the 1978 National Book Award-winner Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg. The film stars Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Dominic West and Guy Pearce. It was selected to compete for the Golden ..

Sully (2016)

Sully (2016)

Sully (also known as Sully: Miracle on the Hudson) is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Todd Komarnicki, based on the autobiography Highest Duty by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow. The film stars Tom Hanks as Sullenberger, with Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Autumn Reeser, Holt ..

Southside with You (2016)

Southside with You (2016)

Southside with You is a 2016 American biographical romantic drama film written and directed by Richard Tanne, in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter as a young Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson, respectively, and focuses on the couple’s first date on an evening in 1989. Principal photography began ..

Hands of Stone (2016)

Hands of Stone (2016)

Hands of Stone is a 2016 American-Panamanian biographical sports film about the career of Panamanian former professional boxer Roberto Durán. It is directed and written by Jonathan Jakubowicz, and based on a book by Christian Giudice. It stars Édgar Ramírez, Robert De Niro, Usher, Ruben Blades, Ellen Barkin, Ana de Armas, Oscar Jaenada, and John Turturro. ..

Anthropoid (2016)

Anthropoid (2016)

Anthropoid is a 2016 British-French-Czech historical thriller film directed by Sean Ellis, from a screenplay by Ellis and Anthony Frewin, starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Harry Lloyd, Toby Jones, Charlotte Le Bon andBill Milner. It tells the story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Exile Czechoslovak soldiers on 27 ..

Neerja (2016)

Neerja (2016)

Neerja is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical thriller film directed by Ram Madhvani and written by Saiwyn Quadras and Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh. It was produced by Atul Kasbekar‘s company, Bling Unplugged, alongside Vijay Singh’s Fox Star Studios. The film features Sonam Kapoor as the title character, with Shabana Azmi, Yogendra Tiku and Shekhar Ravjiani in ..

Aligarh (2016)

Aligarh (2016)

Aligarh is a 2016 Indian biographical drama film directed by Hansal Mehta and written by Apurva Asrani. It stars Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao in the lead roles. The film had its world premiere at the 20th Busan International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation. The film was released worldwide on 26 February 2016 to ..

Free State of Jones (2016)

Free State of Jones (2016)

Free State of Jones is a 2016 American war film inspired by the life of Newton Knight and his armed rebellion against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. Written and directed byGary Ross, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali and Keri Russell. It was released in the ..

All The Way (2016)

All The Way (2016)

All the Way is a 2016 American HBO biographical TV drama film based on events of the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, directed by Jay Roach and adapted by Robert Schenkkan from his play with the same title. The film stars Bryan Cranston, who reprises his role as Johnson from the play’s 2014 Broadway production, ..

Spaceman (2016)

Spaceman (2016)

Spaceman is a  biographical film about former Major League Baseball pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee written and directed by Brett Rapkin and starring Josh Duhamel, as Lee

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)

The Man Who Knew Infinity is a 2015 British biographical drama film based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel. The film stars Dev Patel as the real-life Srinivasa Ramanujan, a mathematician who after growing up poor in Madras, India, earns admittance to Cambridge University during World War I, where he ..

Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016)

Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016)

Jacobinte Swargarajyam (English: Jacob’s Kingdom of Heaven) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language biographical drama film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. Starring Nivin Pauly, Renji Panicker, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Sreenath Bhasi, Ashwin Kumar, and Sai Kumar in the lead roles, the film released on 8 April 2016 in India

Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)

Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)

Pelé: Birth of a Legend is an American biographical film about the early life of Brazilian footballer Pelé. The film is directed and written by Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist. The film stars Kevin de Paula, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rodrigo Santoro, Diego Boneta and Colm Meaney. The film is centered on the relationship between the character ..

Born To Be Blue (2015)

Born To Be Blue (2015)

Born to Be Blue is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed, produced and written by Robert Budreau. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Carmen Ejogo. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] The film is about American jazz musician Chet Baker, portrayed by Hawke. &nbsp

Sarbjit (2016)

Sarbjit (2016)

Sarbjit is a 2016 Bollywood biographical drama film directed by Omung Kumar. The film features Randeep Hooda in a titular role and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan portrays the narrative role of Sarbjit’s sister, Dalbir Kaur. Richa Chadda and Darshan Kumar play supporting roles in the film. Made on a production budget of ₹15 crore (US$2.2 million), Sarbjit premiered ..

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Miles Ahead (2015)

Miles Ahead is a 2015 American biographical film directed by Don Cheadle, which Cheadle co-wrote with Steven Baigelman, Stephen J. Rivele, and Christopher Wilkinson, based on the life of jazz musician Miles Davis. The film stars Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, and Ewan McGregor, and closed the New York Film Festival on October 11, 2015. The film takes ..

Queen of the Desert (2015)

Queen of the Desert (2015)

Queen of the Desert  is a 2015 American epic biographical drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and is based on the life of British traveller, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer and political officerGertrude Bell. The film follows Bell’s life chronologically, from her early twenties till her death. It is Herzog’s first feature film in six ..

Azhar (2016)

Azhar (2016)

Azhar is a 2016 Indian sports drama film directed by Tony D’Souza. The story is written by Rajat Arora and is inspired from the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad Azharuddin. The film is produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor for Sony Pictures Networks, and features Emraan Hashmi in the ..

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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

In the Heart of the Sea is a 2015 American-Canadian-Spanish biographical historical disaster survival–drama thriller film based on Nathaniel Philbrick‘s 2000 non-fiction book of the same name, about the sinking of the American whaling ship Essex in 1820, an event that inspired the novel Moby-Dick. It was directed and produced by Ron Howard and written ..

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I Saw The Light (2015)

I Saw the Light is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed, written, and produced by Marc Abraham, starring Tom Hiddleston as country music legend Hank Williams and Elizabeth Olsen as his first wife, Audrey Williams. It is based on the book Hank Williams: The Biography by Colin Escott, George Merritt, and William (Bill) MacEwen. ..