Biographical Comedies, a list by Riz

8.2

/1582671/

81

/48458/

80

/23166/

4.0

/1982838/

80

/288/

Audience

83

/182633/

75

/47/

3.5

age 18+

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.

79

8.2

/571654/

83

/18800/

82

/11087/

3.7

/543248/

77

/367/

Audience

91

/11209/

69

/52/

3.0

age 13+

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

81

7.8

/484369/

76

/19764/

73

/8669/

3.8

/618236/

89

/329/

Audience

88

/70162/

81

/45/

3.5

age 16+

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

81

7.4

/42410/

73

/2524/

71

/410/

3.8

/138332/

98

/207/

Audience

94

/1770/

78

/46/

3.5

age 15+

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

80

7.5

/233312/

73

/8281/

75

/5236/

4.0

/624156/

93

/428/

Audience

70

/7890/

91

/53/

3.5

age 16+

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

72

6.9

/41191/

70

/2341/

67

/352/

3.3

/142742/

84

/233/

Audience

85

/474/

66

/53/

3.0

age 16+

Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.

64

6.6

/145128/

70

/6821/

65

/3975/

3.1

/104243/

61

/274/

Audience

57

/46794/

56

/48/

3.0

age 14+

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

65

6.9

/24816/

73

/1968/

73

/274/

3.1

/24293/

67

/58/

Audience

78

/89/

52

/11/

2.0

age 13+

The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.

6

75

7.1

/87558/

73

/5285/

68

/1624/

3.4

/102608/

93

/244/

Audience

86

/760/

68

/38/

3.0

age 13+

Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and face this new cutthroat world alone. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.

80

7.5

/242692/

75

/10898/

74

/5592/

3.9

/717605/

90

/388/

Audience

88

/13033/

77

/47/

3.5

age 16+

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

74

6.9

/38534/

71

/2790/

67

/370/

3.5

/103090/

84

/160/

Audience

80

/420/

70

/41/

3.5

Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle, this biopic takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.

65

7.1

/253832/

74

/18943/

69

/4701/

3.4

/248195/

62

/236/

Audience

69

/1056/

57

/41/

2.0

age 17+

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

82

7.4

/52352/

71

/702/

71

/434/

3.8

/26521/

94

/187/

Audience

86

/44621/

90

/42/

4.0

age 15+

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

83

7.5

/291040/

76

/13730/

75

/7298/

3.9

/752649/

96

/449/

Audience

83

/12155/

83

/56/

4.0

age 15+

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

63

7.2

/162378/

71

/6034/

70

/3209/

3.4

/220176/

65

/369/

Audience

61

/5480/

61

/54/

1.5

age 15+

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

73

7.3

/164226/

73

/6953/

71

/3413/

3.6

/329354/

91

/351/

Audience

85

/1124/

76

/44/

2.0

age 16+

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

59

7.0

/55289/

73

/2214/

74

/1180/

3.1

/86660/

38

/74/

Audience

94

/2226/

39

/17/

1.0

age 18+

The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.

62

6.6

/56591/

71

/5945/

62

/919/

3.0

/26218/

68

/211/

Audience

54

/809/

57

/44/

2.5

age 16+

In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel, a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.

66

7.5

/62220/

76

/1131/

74

/1023/

3.6

/29617/

60

/55/

Audience

81

/1357/

47

/22/

2.0

age 13+

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

58

6.6

/18334/

70

/319/

64

/187/

3.4

/20906/

48

/48/

Audience

72

/19071/

55

/13/

1.0

age 13+

Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans — Christina and Christopher — to fill the lonely gap in her personal life. However, as her professional and romantic relationships sour, Joan's already callous and abusive behavior towards Christina intensifies.

80

7.5

/119595/

76

/3322/

76

/1959/

3.8

/579212/

87

/223/

Audience

96

/29/

74

/44/

3.5

age 13+

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

72

7.1

/12054/

73

/448/

69

/62/

3.1

/11673/

86

/36/

Audience

87

/176/

60

/5/

age 13+

The true story of how Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community, he has to take on the elitist financial institutions of London and fight to receive the first, new banking license to be issued in over 100 years.

67

6.7

/16908/

72

/1024/

79

/536/

2.9

/44845/

69

/127/

Audience

87

/1363/

58

/31/

2.0

age 13+

The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin' Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture phenomenon.

56

6.4

/229316/

65

/8165/

62

/4277/

3.0

/114419/

50

/203/

Audience

47

/3938/

45

/42/

2.5

age 18+

Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.

51

6.2

/25980/

68

/1887/

65

/1098/

2.8

/27964/

34

/171/

Audience

48

/1759/

40

/38/

1.5

age 13+

When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town named Marwen where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation — a testament to the most powerful women he knows — through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.

70

7.0

/124870/

71

/2463/

65

/1386/

3.2

/41204/

82

/207/

Audience

73

/226581/

67

/39/

3.0

age 16+

The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

79

7.3

/153748/

76

/4616/

73

/2542/

3.7

/94777/

90

/48/

Audience

82

/131696/

67

/15/

4.0

age 15+

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humour.

80

7.8

/183941/

74

/2396/

75

/2178/

4.1

/105042/

92

/73/

Audience

88

/107447/

70

/19/

3.5

age 16+

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

71

6.8

/82712/

67

/2168/

67

/1531/

3.3

/186965/

83

/355/

Audience

63

/480/

79

/52/

3.0

age 15+

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

57

6.4

/29757/

67

/1703/

60

/665/

2.9

/9614/

46

/165/

Audience

48

/558/

51

/30/

2.5

age 16+

After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.

72

6.8

/63438/

67

/1624/

66

/867/

3.5

/56999/

88

/172/

Audience

73

/41915/

75

/35/

age 14+

In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

70

6.7

/59909/

71

/3493/

67

/1797/

3.3

/77346/

84

/317/

Audience

71

/15925/

73

/46/

2.5

age 14+

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

74

7.5

/170022/

75

/5566/

73

/3201/

3.5

/103033/

79

/264/

Audience

84

/3927/

65

/46/

3.0

age 13+

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

54

6.8

/122282/

74

/3324/

73

/3090/

3.3

/72245/

21

/71/

Audience

73

/265305/

26

/21/

1.5

age 13+

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

79

7.6

/132948/

76

/4554/

74

/2749/

3.6

/162555/

89

/229/

Audience

88

/558/

75

/39/

3.5

age 13+

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

75

7.3

/19426/

75

/545/

73

/374/

3.4

/5936/

84

/37/

Audience

80

/3631/

age 10+

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

67

6.8

/38231/

73

/2074/

69

/1126/

3.1

/18802/

66

/198/

Audience

68

/363/

58

/36/

3.0

age 11+

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

72

7.0

/91990/

69

/1489/

67

/1073/

3.4

/32080/

80

/165/

Audience

75

/58928/

67

/33/

3.5

age 17+

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

73

7.4

/137467/

74

/2745/

73

/1679/

3.8

/77044/

64

/122/

Audience

79

/94374/

58

/34/

3.5

age 16+

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

56

6.5

/12674/

66

/254/

59

/152/

3.2

/5538/

19

/26/

Audience

73

/20005/

2.0

Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

68

7.3

/100206/

77

/6490/

71

/2036/

3.5

/78096/

82

/204/

Audience

82

/23018/

54

/34/

1.5

age 12+

The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

72

6.8

/59579/

71

/3102/

66

/1410/

3.1

/35367/

88

/236/

Audience

68

/16999/

71

/41/

3.5

age 12+

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

80

7.6

/103783/

75

/2340/

73

/1545/

3.7

/45058/

91

/202/

Audience

89

/52562/

77

/42/

3.5

age 15+

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

70

6.7

/31978/

68

/1802/

64

/698/

3.3

/18030/

89

/151/

Audience

64

/16506/

70

/30/

3.0

age 13+

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

68

6.5

/67445/

64

/1629/

61

/830/

3.3

/36042/

80

/231/

Audience

44

/359331/

66

/37/

4.0

age 15+

A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.

71

7.0

/33145/

70

/1108/

68

/494/

3.3

/7900/

78

/134/

Audience

73

/10487/

58

/31/

3.5

age 16+

An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.

77

7.2

/43979/

71

/998/

69

/524/

3.5

/10827/

91

/203/

Audience

80

/23569/

79

/39/