Category Archives: Biography

42

Poster for “42”
GenreBiography, Drama, Sport
DirectorBrian Helgeland
ReleasedApril 12, 2013
Runtime128 min.
PlotIn 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Remember the Titans

GenreBiography, Drama, Sport
DirectorBoaz Yakin
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2000
Runtime113 min.
PlotIn 1971 Virginia high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria. But when the school board was forced to integrate an all-black school with an all-white one, the very foundation of football’s tradition was put to …

Girl, Interrupted

GenreBiography, Drama
DirectorJames Mangold
ReleasedJanuary 14, 2000
Runtime127 min.
PlotA directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.

Into the Wild

GenreAdventure, Biography, Drama
DirectorSean Penn
ReleasedOctober 19, 2007
Runtime148 min.
PlotAfter graduating from Emory University, 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. Along the way…

American Sniper

GenreAction, Biography, Drama, War
DirectorClint Eastwood
ReleasedJanuary 16, 2015
Runtime133 min.
PlotNavy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave b…