A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman (2012)
Rating: ★★★
Absurdist Animated Biopic
Director: Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, …
Category: Fantasy
Apollo 13 (1995)
Rating: ★★★½
True-Life Space Mission Disaster
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, …
Category: Science Fiction
Bathory (2008)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Countess Bathory Story
Director: Juraj Jakubisko
Actors: Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Hans Mathieson, Vincent Regan, …
Category: Horror
Conceiving Ada (1997)
Rating: ★
Ada Byron Biopic/Ada Recreated in Cyberspace
Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Actors: Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary, Karen Black, Francesca Faridany, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Countess (2009)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Countess Bathory Story
Director: Julie Delpy
Actors: Julie Delpy, William Hurt, Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Blomberg, …
Category: Horror
The Creep Behind the Camera (2014)
Rating: ★★
Making of The Creeping Terror /Director Biopic
Director: Pete Schuermann
Actors: Josh Phillips, Jodi Lynn Thomas, Bill LeVasseur, Laurel Harris, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (1980)
Rating: ★
“True Story” of the Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Director: Philip Leacock
Actors: Robin Ellis, Raymond Burr, Harry Andrews, Eva Marie Saint, …
Category: Fantasy
De Sade (1969)
Rating: ★★
Marquis de Sade Biopic
Director: Cy Endfield
Actors: Keir Dullea, John Huston, Lilli Palmer, Senta Berger, …
Category: Horror
Domino (2005)
Rating: ★★★
True Life Bounty Hunter/Gonzo Biopic
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Delroy Lindo, …
Category: Fantasy
Ed Wood (1994)
Rating: ★★★★
World’s Worst Director Biopic
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, …
Category: Science Fiction
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Rating: ★★
Surreal Drug Hallucinations/Hunter S. Thompson Adaptation
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Craig Bierko, …
Category: Fantasy
Fellini’s Casanova (1976)
Rating: ★★★★
Fantasticised Historical Biography
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Cicely Browne, Carmen Scarpitta, …
Category: Fantasy
Finding Neverland (2004)
Rating: ★★
Peter Pan’s Creator Biopic
Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Radha Mitchell, Julie Christie, …
Category: Fantasy
Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014)
Rating: ★
James Bond Creator Biopic Mini-Series
Director: Mat Whitecross
Actors: Dominic Cooper, Lara Pulver, Samuel West, Anna Chancellor, …
Category: Science Fiction
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Rating: ★★★★
Genre Director Biopic
Director: Bill Condon
Actors: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, …
Category: Horror
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Winnie the Pooh’s Creator Biopic
Director: Simon Curtis
Actors: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Kelly MacDonald, …
Category: Fantasy
Gothic (1986)
Rating: ★★
Mary Shelley-Lord Byron Meeting
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Natasha Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Miriam Cyr, …
Category: Horror
Hanussen (1988)
Rating: ★★★★
Charismatic Clairvoyant/Hypnotist
Director: Istvan Szabo
Category: Fantasy
Haunted Summer (1988)
Rating: ★
Mary Shelley-Lord Byron Meeting
Director: Ivan Passer
Actors: Alice Krige, Eric Stoltz, Laura Dern, Philip Anglim, …
Category: Horror
Hitchcock (2012)
Rating: ★★★★
The Making of Psycho
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Danny Huston, Scarlett Johansson, …
Category: Horror
Hollywoodland (2006)
Rating: ★★★½
The Death of TV Superman George Reeves
Director: Allen Coulter
Actors: Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins, …
Category: Science Fiction
Hugo (2011)
Rating: ★★★★
Children’s Film/Georges Melies Tribute
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, …
Category: Fantasy
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Rating: ★
Charles Dickens and the Writing of A Christmas Carol
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Actors: Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Justin Edwards, …
Category: Fantasy
Marquis de Sade (1996)
Rating: ★★
Marquis De Sade Biopic
Director: Gwyneth Gibby
Actors: Nick Mancuso, John Rhys-Davies, Janet Gunn, Charlotte Nielsen, …
Category: Horror
Mary Shelley (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Frankenstein’s Author Biopic
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Actors: Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Bel Powley, Stephen Dillane, …
Category: Horror
The Master (2012)
Rating: ★★★½
L. Ron Hubbard Biopic
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, …
Category: Science Fiction
Matthew Hopkins – Witchfinder General (1968)
Rating: ★★★½
Historical Witch Persecutions
Director: Michael Reeves
Actors: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Hilary Dwyer, Robert Russell, …
Category: Horror
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Rating: ★★
Historical Epic
Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, …
Category: Fantasy
Mindbender (1996)
Rating: 0
“True Life” Psychic Uri Geller Biopic
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Ishai Golan, Terence Stamp, Idan Alterman, Hetty Baynes, …
Category: Science Fiction
Miss Potter (2006)
Rating: ★★
Children’s Author Beatrix Potter Biopic
Director: Chris Noonan
Actors: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, …
Category: Fantasy
My Friend Dahmer (2017)
Rating: ★★★
True-Life Serial Killer’s High School Years
Director: Marc Meyers
Actors: Ross Lynch, Dallas Roberts, Anne Heche, Alex Wolff, …
Category: Horror
My Life as a Fairytale: Hans Christian Andersen (2001)
Rating: ★★½
Fairytale Author Biopic
Director: Phillip Saville
Actors: Kieran Bew, James Fox, Emily Hamilton, Flora Montgomery, …
Category: Fantasy
Nostradamus (1994)
Rating: ★★
Historical Biopic of a Clairvoyant
Director: Roger Christian
Actors: Tcheky Karyo, Julia Ormond, F. Murray Abraham, Assumpta Serna, …
Category: Fantasy
Open Water (2003)
Rating: ★★★★
Stranded in a Sea of Sharks/True Story
Director: Chris Kentis
Actors: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis
Category: Horror
The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
Rating: ★★★
SF Writer-Philosopher Biopic
Director: Christopher Menaul
Actors: Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda, …
Category: Science Fiction
Photographing Fairies (1997)
Rating: ★★★★
Fairies and Altered Perception
Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Toby Stephens, Ben Kingsley, Frances Barber, Emily Woof, …
Category: Fantasy
Pocahontas (1995)
Rating: ★★
Disney Animation/First Meeting Between English & American Indians
Director: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Actors: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Linda Hunt, …
Category: Fantasy
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
Rating: ★★★
Disney Animation/Pocahontas Goes to England
Director: Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond
Actors: Irene Bedard, Billy Zane, David Ogden Stiers, Donal Gibson, …
Category: Fantasy
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Wonder Woman’s Creator Biopic
Director: Angela Robinson
Actors: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Connie Britton, …
Category: Fantasy
Quills (2000)
Rating: ★★★
The Marquis de Sade Story
Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Joqauin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Kate Winslet, …
Category: Horror
Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)
Rating: ★★★★
Hammer Historical Horror Film
Director: Don Sharp
Actors: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews, …
Category: Horror
The Red Tent (1969)
Rating: ★★★½
Ill-Fated Expedition to the North Pole/Ghosts of the Dead
Director: Mickail K. Kalotozov
Actors: Peter Finch, Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale, Edward Marzevic, …
Category: Fantasy
Requiem (2006)
Rating: ★★★★
Possible Demonic Possession/True Story
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Actors: Sandra Hüller, Burghart Klaußner, Anna Blomeier, Nicholas Reinke, …
Category: Horror
The Right Stuff (1983)
Rating: ★★★½
Story of the True Life Space Mission
Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Sam Shepard, Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, …
Category: Science Fiction
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Rating: ★★★★
Making of Mary Poppins
Director: John Lee Hancock
Actors: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Annie Buckley, …
Category: Fantasy
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
Rating: ★★★
Arthur Conan Doyle Biopic-Mystery/Meta-Fiction
Director: Cilla Ware
Actors: Douglas Henshall, Tim McInnerny, Brian Cox, Allan Corduner, …
Category: Fantasy
Talking to Heaven (2002)
Rating: ★★
True-Life Medium Biopic
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Actors: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Queen Latifah, Jack Palance, …
Category: Fantasy
Vlad the Impaler (2000)
Rating: ★★
The Historical Dracula
Director: Joe Chappelle
Actors: Rudolf Martin, Jane March, Christopher Brand, Peter Weller, …
Category: Horror
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
Rating: ★★
Man Builds a Fantasy Doll Village/True Story
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Merritt Wever, Eiza Gonzalez, …
Category: Fantasy
The Whole Wide World (1996)
Rating: ★★★½
Robert E. Howard Biopic
Director: Dan Ireland
Actors: Renee Zellweger, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ann Wedgeworth, Chris Shearer, …
Category: Fantasy
Wired (1989)
Rating: ★
Surreal John Belushi Biopic
Director: Larry Peerce
Actors: Michael Chiklis, Ray Sharkey, J.T. Walsh, Gary Groomes, …
Category: Fantasy