biography

Wild Bill
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IMDB
5.9 (6199 votes)
Budget
30,000,000.00$
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.

Genre
IMDB
7.2 (102472 votes)
Budget
60,000,000.00$
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

Beautiful Boy | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.3 (41793 votes)
Budget
25,000,000.00$
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

Into the Wild | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
8.1 (543306 votes)
Budget
15,000,000.00$
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

Genre
IMDB
5.8 (5361 votes)
Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.

Genre
IMDB
7.7 (5467 votes)
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

Genre
IMDB
6.5 (118647 votes)
Budget
35,000,000.00$
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.

Total Eclipse | France| United Kingdom| Belgium
Genre
IMDB
6.6 (12733 votes)
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.

Genre
IMDB
7.5 (364746 votes)
Budget
110,000,000.00$
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
8.0 (1284 votes)
Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard Schickel.

Breakfast with Hunter | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.5 (708 votes)
Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing from cinema verite film and digital video that he shot over many years on the road with Dr. Thompson, Breakfast with Hunter follows several story lines in the trials (literally) and triumphs of this cultural icon who created his own genre of writing - Gonzo journalism.

Before Night Falls | United States of America| Mexico
Genre
IMDB
7.2 (23261 votes)
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

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