Imdb – 7.7/10
The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich‘s 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, it portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. It stars Jesse Eisenberg as founder Mark Zuckerberg, along with Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, Armie Hammer as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Max Minghella as Divya Narendra. Neither Zuckerberg nor any other Facebook staff were involved with the project, although Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich’s book.
Stream in India – Netflix
#J5/7 rating
A great combination of script-direction-acting performance. A fabulous note on how a social media giant came into being and the entities behind it other than zuckerberg. A must watch/know film for anybody.
Imdb – 8.1/10
Ford v Ferrari (titled Le Mans ’66 in some European countries)[4] is a 2019 American sports drama film[5] directed by James Mangold and written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller. The film stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, with Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, and Ray McKinnon in supporting roles.
The plot follows a determined team of American and British engineers and designers, led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca with the mission of building the Ford GT40, a new racing car with the potential to finally defeat the perennially dominant Italian racing team Scuderia Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France.
Stream in India – Hotstar
#J7/7 rating
Thrilling story, astounding final race; couldn’t take my eyes off for once. Bale’s performance was speechless. For me, one of the rare gems with a spark movie. A must watch/know movie.
Imdb – 8.1/10
Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American pseudobiographical crime film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeff Nathanson. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, and Nathalie Baye. The film is based on the autobiography of Frank Abagnale, who allegedly, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. His foremost crime was check fraud; he became so highly skilled that the FBI later turned to him for help catching other check forgers.
#J5.5/7
Extremely entertaining and Thrilling! Phenomenal performance by Tom Hanks and Leonardo.
IMDB – 6.7/10
Battle of the Sexes is a 2017 biographical sports film directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton and written by Simon Beaufoy. The plot is loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. The film stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell as King and Riggs, leading an ensemble cast including Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell, Bill Pullman, Natalie Morales, Eric Christian Olsen and Sarah Silverman in supporting roles.
Stream in India – Hotstar
#J4.5/7 rating
Extraordinary acting by Emma Stone, it shows her completely in a different light. The way she enacts Billie Jean King is surreal. Steve Carell had an amazing performance as well. The film hooked me as it described events and personalities I was unaware of. Especially how the women brought together by Tennis started their own journey against all odds and marked history. All of this whilst facing discrimination at home and at work, then raising their families and then competing at the highest level!
No matter if you play or like sport this film deserves to be watched for Billie Jean King and an amazing portrayal of her by Emma Stone.
Imdb – 7.1/10
8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film written by Scott Silver and directed by Curtis Hanson. It stars Eminem in his film debut, alongside Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, Anthony Mackie, and Kim Basinger. The film, which contains autobiographical elements from Eminem’s life, follows white rapper B-Rabbit (Eminem) and his attempt to launch a career in hip hop, a genre dominated by Black people. The title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the highway between the predominantly Black city of Detroit and the largely white suburban communities to the north that Marshall originally lived in.
#J5/7 rating
One of the best movies to be ever made, especially Eminem’s performance along with its soundtrack is uncanny and marvelous. The direction of rap battles feels so real almost makes you feel like standing there. The supporting actor Mekhi Phifer did a fabulous job as well. A must watch/know movie. #Mw/kM.
Imdb – 8.1/10
Rush is a 2013 biographical sports film centred on the Hunt–Lauda rivalry between two Formula One drivers, the British James Hunt and the Austrian Niki Lauda[9] during the 1976 Formula 1 motor-racing season. It was written by Peter Morgan, directed by Ron Howard and starred Chris Hemsworth as Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Lauda.
#J6/7 rating
Thrilling! Damn! What a portrayal; the races, the sounds, the music kept me at the edge of my seat. Amazing! A must watch/know movie. #MwkM
Imdb – 7.3/10
Snowden is a 2016 biographical thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald. Based on the books The Snowden Files (2014) by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus (2015) by Anatoly Kucherena, the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) subcontractor and whistleblower who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) beginning in 2013. In addition to Gordon-Levitt, the film features an ensemble cast including Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood, Logan Marshall-Green, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage.
Stream in India – Netflix
#J5/7
An informative feature. It pushed my curiosity meter. A must watch/know movie and entity in this day and age. This made me read about Julian Asange and wikileaks as well.
Imdb – 7.8/10
Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, depicting the rise and fall of the gangsta rap group N.W.A and its members Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella. The members of N.W.A were involved in the production of the film, including Ice Cube and Dr. Dre as producers, as was Eazy-E’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright, while MC Ren and DJ Yella served as creative consultants. Ice Cube is played by his real-life son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., with Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre and Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E. Paul Giamatti also stars as N.W.A’s manager Jerry Heller.
#J5/7 rating
Electrifying! A true story. It took me to their era and their success through all that chaos is amazing.
Imdb – 7.2/10
The Post is a 2017 American historical political thriller film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer. It stars Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post, and Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee, the longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, with Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Carrie Coon, Alison Brie, and Matthew Rhys in supporting roles.
Set in 1971, The Post depicts the true story of attempts by journalists at The Washington Post to publish the infamous Pentagon Papers, a set of classified documents regarding the 20-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War and earlier in French Indochina back to the 1940s.
#J5/7
The scene where Katherine Graham walks down the stairs outside the courtroom says it all. This is an acknowledgement of their courage and braveness to take a stand and be the people’s voice and not the government’s own toot horn. This is a movie that needs to be showcased across many countries where people’s voice are in danger in today’s time; They are trapped to walk the government’s beat or face the consequences of treason, where not standing up for your national anthem inside a movie hall would also constitute as same for many while there would be states whose government would slowly be spreading discrimination on the lines of religion while publicly condemning it but not taking any action against the crimes creating havoc in the name of religion. A country supposed to be moving forward will be pulled down by it’s shackles of shallow petty differences compared through the prism of religion.
Imdb – 7.1/10
On the Basis of Sex is a 2018 American biographical legal drama film based on the life and early cases of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1993 to her death in 2020, and became the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Directed by Mimi Leder and written by Daniel Stiepleman, it stars Felicity Jones as Ginsburg, with Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Jack Reynor, Cailee Spaeny, Sam Waterston, and Kathy Bates in supporting roles.
#J5.5/7
Inspiring story! The movie had a motivating vibe to it, like a build-up to something. At the end, It gave away a sense of the beginning of something great instead of the conclusion of a movie. There was a longing to keep the film going, to see more of Ruth. Her rebuttal dialogue starting with ‘radical social change’ gave me chills, it was a historical speech. A must watch, to know the difference of what it took the world to get here and yet so far away. She set the ball rolling. Now, it’s our duty and responsibility towards ourselves and her, to finish what she started.
Imdb – 8/10
The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Will Smith as Chris Gardner, a homeless salesman. Smith’s son Jaden Smith co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner’s son, Christopher Jr. The screenplay by Steven Conrad is based on the best-selling 2006 memoir of the same name written by Gardner with Quincy Troupe. It is based on Gardner’s nearly one-year struggle being homeless. The unusual spelling of the film’s title comes from a mural that Gardner sees on the wall outside the daycare facility his son attends.
#J5/7
Meaningful and heart-warming experience. Inspiring!
Imdb – 8.1/10
Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical adventure drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name written by Jon Krakauer and tells the story of Christopher McCandless (“Alexander Supertramp“), a man who hiked across North America into the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s. The film stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless and Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt as his parents; it also features Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Brian Dierker, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, and Hal Holbrook.
#J5/7
“Happiness is only real when shared”. That’s what I took from this film. Amazing journey even more amazingly shown by Sean Penn.
Imdb- 7.8/10
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about African American female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions. The film also features Octavia Spencer as NASA supervisor and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as NASA engineer Mary Jackson, with Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell in supporting roles.
#J5.5/7
About time a story like this got told. Brilliantly executed, couldn’t think of anyone else who could have done justice to these roles as they did.
Imdb – 7.8/10
The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Adam McKay. Written by McKay and Charles Randolph, it is based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis showing how the financial crisis of 2007–2008 was triggered by the United States housing bubble. The film stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt, with Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Finn Wittrock, and Marisa Tomei in supporting roles.
#J6/7
A phenomenal film with an outstanding all round performance. Best way to explain the 2008 market crisis. Very helpful especially if you don’t want to read about it and go through all that exhausting financial jargon hearing your own voice in your head instead of Gosling’s.
Imdb – 8.2/10
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (transl. Run, Milkha, run) is a 2013 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra from a script written by Prasoon Joshi. The story is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete and Olympian who was a champion of the Commonwealth Games and two-times 400m champion of the Asian Games. It stars Farhan Akhtar in the titular role, with Sonam K Ahuja, Divya Dutta, Meesha Shafi, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Art Malik, and Prakash Raj in supporting roles. Sports was coordinated by the American action director Rob Miller of ReelSports.
Stream in India – Hotstar
#J6/7 rating
Best biopic i have witnessed yet!
It moves you, it instills a motivational vibe to get up and fight/work hard everyday with determination. The story of Milkha Singh is so well woven together and put that with talented Farhan Akhtar through the lens of rakeysh omprakash mehra is surreal at best.
Imdb – 7.6/10
Moneyball is a 2011 American biographical sports drama film directed by Bennett Miller and written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. The film is based on Michael Lewis‘s 2003 nonfiction book of the same name, an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball team’s 2002 season and their general manager Billy Beane‘s attempts to assemble a competitive team.
In the film, Beane (Brad Pitt) and assistant general manager Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), faced with the franchise’s limited budget for players, build a team of undervalued talent by taking a sophisticated sabermetric approach to scouting and analyzing players.
Stream in India – Netflix
#J5.5/7 rating
The noise behind the curtains, the deals, the challenges, all to become a champion, competing year after year in this cutthroat competition with a budget and to make the best of it and stand out yet remain in the imbalance of uncertainty that anytime in the year it might all come crashing down and you will have to regroup and start fresh for next year for another attempt at the cup.
IMDB – 7.3/10
Coach Carter is a 2005 American biographical teen sports drama film starring Samuel L. Jackson and directed by Thomas Carter. The film is based on the true story of Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter (played by Jackson), who made headlines in 1999 for suspending his undefeated high school basketball team due to poor academic results. The story was conceived from a screenplay co-written by John Gatins and Mark Schwahn, who created the television series One Tree Hill. The film also recycles a handful of plot devices from another television series, The White Shadow, which director Carter also co-starred in. The ensemble cast features Rob Brown, Channing Tatum, Debbi Morgan, Robert Ri’chard and singer Ashanti.
Stream in India – Netflix
#J5/7 rating
Its a well balanced sports drama with some actual good viewable basketball moves that made the difference for me. The performance by all actors, especially Samuel jackson connects you and electrifies you, so much so you end up rooting for their team when they play, if you are a sport fan like me. It’s a versatile audience movie, anybody can enjoy it unless someone is in a particular mood to watch something else like a action-drama or a romcom or something spooky.
IMDB – 7.8/10
Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. The screenplay, written by Gregory Allen Howard, is based on the true story of coach Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington, and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) football team in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971. Will Patton portrays Bill Yoast, Boone’s assistant coach. Real-life athletes Gerry Bertier and Julius Campbell are portrayed by Ryan Hurst and Wood Harris, respectively.
Stream in India – Hotstar
#J6/7 rating
Inspiring. The film addresses stereotypes and racism flowing through a town and how a football team becomes the torch bearer for change and push for equality and harmony instilled by a team of handful coaches led by herman boone and his new assistant coach Bill Yoast.
The film does this while filling it with many funny moments amid scenes (like a banter between players, or their locker room scenes once the team starts to get along) and a great soundtrack.
#JOPO 