Genre: Biographies
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A Dangerous Method (2011)
Cast: Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
In this David Cronenberg-helmed biopic, Viggo Mortensen stars as Sigmund Freud, whose relationship with fellow psychology luminary Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) is tested when Sabina…
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Miral (2011)
Cast: Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Willem Dafoe …
Directed by: Julian Schnabel
After rescuing children who survived a massacre in Jerusalem in 1948, a Palestinian woman establishes an orphanage that helps thousands of other children. But the success of her institution…
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The Social Network (2010)
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake …
Directed by: David Fincher
Director David Fincher's biographical drama chronicles the rise of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from Harvard student to Internet superstar. As the entrepreneur is driven to succeed, his…
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The King's Speech (2010)
Cast: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter …
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Britain's King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter for years until he seeks help from unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue in this biographical drama that…
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The Fighter (2010)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams …
Directed by: David O. Russell
After a string of defeats, Mickey Ward rediscovers his fighting will with help from trainer and half-brother Dicky (Oscar winner Christian Bale) -- a once-talented pugilist and small-town…
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The Runaways (2010)
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon …
Directed by: Floria Sigismondi
Dakota Fanning stars in The Runaways, about a group of extraordinary young women as they rise from rebellious So. California kids to rock stars of the now legendary band that paved the way…
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Secretariat (2010)
Cast: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Margo Martindale …
Directed by: Randall Wallace
When Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's thoroughbred stable, she transforms from housewife to horse breeder -- and owner of the colt that will take the 1973 Triple…
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Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Cast: Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta …
Directed by: Joann Sfar
Eric Elmosnino stars as Serge Gainsbourg in this foreign-language biopic about the life and career of the famed French singer-songwriter who, as a young Jew, survived the Nazi occupation of…
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Howl (2010)
Cast: James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm …
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
James Franco steps into the shoes of famed Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in this star-studded biopic centered around Ginsberg's poem "Howl" and the widely publicized obscenity trial that…
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Who is Clark Rockefeller? (2010)
Cast: Eric McCormack, Sherry Stringfield, Emily Alyn Lind …
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Eric McCormack ("Will & Grace") stars in this Lifetime original movie as skilled con artist Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a man who kept the FBI on its toes with a string of scams and a sham…
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Mao's Last Dancer (2010)
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
A delegation from Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy selects 11-year-old peasant villager Li Cunxin to study ballet in far-off Beijing, where he trains for seven grueling years to become…
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Bolden! (2010)
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Reno Wilson, Omar Gooding …
Directed by: Dan Pritzker
As the dance halls of early 1900s New Orleans burst with the music of jazz legend Buddy Bolden (Anthony Mackie) and his band, fans and fellow musicians swing to his loud, ornamental style --…
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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)
Cast: Alan Mckenna, Bill Milner, Ralph Ineson …
Directed by: Mat Whitecross
Taking its name from one of punk and new wave progenitor Ian Dury's most popular songs, this biopic about the Blockheads' British front man chronicles his childhood battle with…
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When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Barry Pepper, Kristi Angus …
Directed by: John Kent Harrison
Golden Globe winner Winona Ryder stars as Lois Wilson, the co-founder of Al-Anon, in this absorbing drama about love and redemption. After decades of struggling with her husband Bill's…
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Mr. Nice (2010)
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, David Thewlis …
Directed by: Bernard Rose
This biopic follows privileged drug smuggler Howard Marks, who graduated from Oxford to become a top importer of marijuana into Britain in the 1960s. Marks poses as an MI5 agent to elude…
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Marathon (2010)
Cast: Alec Dana, Bristol Pomeroy, Elizabeth Campbell …
Directed by: Biju Viswanath
Alec Dana stars as distinguished American poet laureate William Meredith Jr. in this moving drama that celebrates the longtime relationship between Meredith and his lover (and fellow bard)…
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Frankie & Alice (2010)
Cast: Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgård, Phylicia Rashad …
Directed by: Geoffrey Sax
It's a crushing battle for conscious dominance inside a disturbed woman's (Halle Berry) mind as a multiple personality disorder pits her organic self -- an African American woman --…
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Red Dirt Rising (2010)
Cast: Brad Yoder, Burgess Jenkins, R. Keith Harris …
Directed by: Kathleen 'Bo' Bobak, James Suttles
The birth of stock-car racing is captured through the story of pioneer Jimmie Lewallen (Brad Yoder), who began as a moonshine runner in 1930s North Carolina, took a break to serve in World…
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The Chief (2010)
Cast: Tom Atkins
Directed by: Steve Parys
Sports icon and Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney comes to life in all his tough but genial glory via Tom Atkins's spot-on portrayal of the lifelong Pittsburgher who turned his team…
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Masterpiece Contemporary: Lennon Naked (2010)
Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Christopher Fairbank, Allan Corduner …
Directed by: Edmund Coulthard
John Lennon, often considered to be the most intellectual and complicated of the Beatles, is the subject of this penetrating biopic that stars Christopher Eccleston as the ill-fated musician…
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Louis (2010)
Cast: Anthony Coleman, Vilmos Zsigmond, Jackie Earle Haley …
Directed by: Dan Pritzker
A fictionalized account of a jazz legend's childhood growing up in 1907 New Orleans, this whimsical silent film showcases the efforts of impoverished six-year-old Louis Armstrong…
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The Blind Side (2009)
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw …
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Oversized African American Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Leigh Anne…
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Julie & Julia (2009)
Cast: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci …
Directed by: Nora Ephron
This heartwarming, truth-inspired tale stars Amy Adams as Julie Powell, who decides to spice up her uneventful life by cooking all 524 recipes outlined in Julia Child's culinary classic…
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A Serious Man (2009)
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed …
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Larry Gopnik has hit a "rough patch," according to a colleague, and it would seem so: People are dropping dead all around him, his wife wants a "get," and his whining kids only add to the…
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Crazy Heart (2009)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell …
Directed by: Scott Cooper
When reporter Jean Craddock (Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal) interviews Bad Blake (Oscar winner Jeff Bridges) -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the…