Classic biographical Movies
# The Aviator
年: 2004 | 国: Germany, United States of America
監督: Martin Scorsese
キャスト: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin
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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 grow
# Lincoln
年: 2012 | 国: IN
監督: Steven Spielberg
キャスト: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader
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The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
# 12 Years a Slave
年: 2013 | 国: United States of America, United Kingdom
監督: Steve McQueen
キャスト: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano
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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not on
# The Wolf of Wall Street
年: 2013 | 国: US
監督: Martin Scorsese
キャスト: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler
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A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
# Gandhi
年: 1982 | 国: IN
監督: Richard Attenborough
キャスト: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard
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In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
# The Theory of Everything
年: 2014 | 国: United Kingdom
監督: James Marsh
キャスト: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney
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The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student J
# Oppenheimer
年: 2023 | 国: United Kingdom, United States of America
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The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
# Days of Being Wild
年: 1990 | 国: 中国
監督: Wong Kar-wai
キャスト: Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , Andy Lau Tak-Wah , Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk , Carina Lau Kar-Ling , Jacky Cheung Hok-yau
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Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
# A Beautiful Mind
年: 2001 | 国: US
監督: Ron Howard
キャスト: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer
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From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.
# The Irishman
年: 2019 | 国: US
監督: Martin Scorsese
キャスト: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano
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Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
# The Imitation Game
年: 2014 | 国: US
監督: Morten Tyldum
キャスト: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech
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Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
# Erin Brockovich
年: 2000 | 国: US
監督: Steven Soderbergh
キャスト: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger, Cherry Jones
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A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
# The King's Speech
年: 2010 | 国: United Kingdom, United States of America
監督: Tom Hooper
キャスト: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall
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The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dr
# Hotel Rwanda
年: 2004 | 国: Italy, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America
監督: Terry George
キャスト: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena, Joaquin Phoenix
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Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Ru
# JFK
年: 1991 | 国: US
監督: Oliver Stone
キャスト: Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Michael Rooker
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Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
# Braveheart
年: 1995 | 国: US
監督: Mel Gibson
キャスト: Mel Gibson, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
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Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
# Dallas Buyers Club
年: 2013 | 国: United States of America
監督: Jean-Marc Vallée
キャスト: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare, Steve Zahn
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Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
# Dangal
年: 2016 | 国: IN
監督: Nitesh Tiwari
キャスト: Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Suhani Bhatnagar
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Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.
# The Social Network
年: 2010 | 国: United States of America
監督: David Fincher
キャスト: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella
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The tale of a new breed of cultural insurgent: a punk genius who sparked a revolution and changed the face of human interaction for a generation, and perhaps forever.
# Bohemian Rhapsody
年: 2018 | 国: GB
監督: Bryan Singer
キャスト: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton
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Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
# Amadeus
年: 1984 | 国: US
監督: Miloš Forman
キャスト: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice
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Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
# The Pianist
年: 2002 | 国: FR
監督: Roman Polanski
キャスト: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox
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The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
# Lawrence of Arabia
年: 1962 | 国: GB
監督: David Lean
キャスト: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
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The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.