2015 biographical drama films

1.

Heneral Luna

2015 Filipino historical film

Overview: Heneral Luna (lit. 'General Luna') is a 2015 Filipino epic war film starring John Arcilla as the titular character Antonio Luna who led the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the early phases of ...

Release date: 9 September 2015

Genre: Action, History

Director: Jerrold Tarog

Cast: John Arcilla, Arron Villaflor, Mon Confiado, Bing Pimentel, Mylene Dizon, Perla Bautista

Producer: Daphne Chiu, Ria Limjap

Writer: Henry Francia, Sumaquel P. Hosalla

Set during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Filipino general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen ...

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Cultural depictions of Emilio Aguinaldo 12T

Historical action films 93T

Cultural depictions of José Rizal 11T

2.

Joy

2015 film by David O. Russell

Overview: Joy is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell and starring Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano, a self-made millionaire who created her own business empire ...

Release date: 25 December 2015

Genre: Drama, Biography, Comedy, History

Director: David O. Russell

Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramírez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen

Producer: Matthew Budman, J. Paul Buscemi

Writer: David O. Russell, Annie Mumolo

Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.

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2010s English-language films 5,184T

Films about women in the United States 3T

Films about single parent families 18T

3.

Life

2015 film

Overview: Life is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Anton Corbijn and written by Luke Davies. It is based on the friendship of Life photographer Dennis Stock and American actor James Dean, starring Robert ...

Release date: 9 February 2015

Genre: Drama, Biography

Director: Anton Corbijn

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Peter Lucas, Lauren Gallagher, Kendal Rae, Drew Leger, Dane DeHaan

Producer: Katherine Bridle, Iain Canning

Writer: Luke Davies

A photographer for LIFE Magazine is assigned to shoot pictures of James Dean.

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See-Saw Films films 1T

Screen Australia films 8T

Transmission Films films 1T

4.

The 33

2015 film

Overview: The 33 (Spanish: Los 33; "Los treinta y tres") is a 2015 biographical disaster-survival drama film directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Mikko Alanne, Craig Borten, Michael Thomas, and José Rivera ...

Release date: 6 August 2015

Genre: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Patricia Riggen

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mario Casas

Producer: Benjamin Anderson, María de los Angeles Cabezas

Writer: Mikko Alanne, Craig Borten

Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.

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2010s Spanish-language films 321T

2015 multilingual films 58T

2015 drama films 820T

5.

Woman in Gold

2015 British drama film directed by Simon Curtis

Overview: Woman in Gold is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Alexi Kaye Campbell. The film stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max ...

Release date: 1 April 2015

Genre: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Simon Curtis

Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons

Producer: Jim Anderson, Joanie Blaikie

Writer: Alexi Kaye Campbell, E. Randol Schoenberg

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

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2015 war drama films 26T

Films about the aftermath of the Holocaust 47T

2015 drama films 820T

6.

Black Mass

2015 American film

Overview: Black Mass is a 2015 American biographical crime drama film about American mobster Whitey Bulger. Directed by Scott Cooper and written by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, it is based on Dick Lehr and ...

Release date: 4 September 2015

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Biography

Director: Scott Cooper

Cast: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard

Producer: Michael Bassick, Scott Cooper

Writer: Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI ...

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Films about witness protection 48T

2010s English-language films 5,792T

2015 crime thriller films 61T

7.

Straight Outta Compton

2015 film directed by F. Gary Gray

Overview: Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American epic biographical drama film that depicts the rise and fall of the hip hop group N.W.A under the management of Jerry Heller. It was directed by F. Gary Gray, from ...

Release date: 14 August 2015

Genre: Biography, Music, Drama, History, Crime

Director: F. Gary Gray

Cast: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, Marlon Yates Jr

Producer: Matt Alvarez, Scott Bernstein

Writer: Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff

The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music ...

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Compton, California in fiction 2T

Films with screenplays by Andrea Berloff 6T

2010s American films 8,166T

8.

The Danish Girl

2015 film by Tom Hooper

Overview: The Danish Girl is a 2015 biographical romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper, based on the 2000 novel of the same title by David Ebershoff, and loosely inspired by the lives of Danish painters Lili ...

Release date: 5 September 2015

Genre: Drama, Biography, Romance

Director: Tom Hooper

Cast: Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Tusse Silberg, Adrian Schiller, Amber Heard, Emerald Fennell

Producer: Tim Bevan, Liza Chasin

Writer: Lucinda Coxon, David Ebershoff

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they ...

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2010s British films 1,709T

2010s American films 8,133T

Biographical films about LGBT people 91T

9.

The Clan

2015 film

Overview: The Clan (Spanish: El clan) is a 2015 biographical crime film written and directed by Pablo Trapero and starring Guillermo Francella and Peter Lanzani. It was selected to be screened in the main competition ...

Release date: 13 August 2015

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Pablo Trapero

Cast: Guillermo Francella, Gastón Cocchiarale, Peter Lanzani, Stefanía Koessl, Aníbal Barengo, Aldo Onofri

Producer: Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar

Writer: Julian Loyola, Esteban Student

The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.

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El Deseo films 27T

2015 crime drama films 43T

Argentine biographical drama films 10T

10.

Abzurdah

2015 Argentine film

Overview: Abzurdah is a 2015 Argentine biographical romantic drama film directed by Daniela Goggi, based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Cielo Latini. The film stars Eugenia China Suárez and Esteban ...

Genre: Drama, Biography, Romance

Director: Daniela Goggi

Cast: China Suárez, Esteban Lamothe, Gloria Carrá, Rafael Spregelburd, Tomás Ottaviano, Julieta Gullo

Producer: Hernán Guerschuny, Axel Kuschevatzky

Writer: Daniela Goggi, Cielo Latini

Cielo, a wealthy middle-class teenager, meets an older man online and falls obsessively in love. The relationship grows unstable, as she starts reaching ...

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Films based on autobiographical novels 15T

Argentine biographical drama films 10T

Films about eating disorders 22T

11.

Full Out

2015 Canadian TV series or program

Overview: Full Out, also known as Full Out: The Ariana Berlin Movie, is a 2015 drama young-adult TV movie directed by Sean Cisterna based on the life story of American gymnast Ariana Berlin.

Genre: Biography, Family, Sport, Drama

Director: Sean Cisterna

Cast: Ana Golja, Jennifer Beals, Sarah Fisher, Ashanti Bromfield, Robbie Graham-Kuntz, Lamar Johnson

Producer: Sean Cisterna, Jay Deverett

Writer: Willem Wennekers, Jay Deverett

A young gymnast's Olympic aspirations are crushed after a debilitating accident.

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Canadian drama television films 231T

Films directed by Sean Cisterna 3T

English-language Canadian films 2,725T

12.

Bajirao Mastani

2015 Indian epic historical romance film

Overview: Bajirao Mastani is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language epic historical tragedy film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who co-produced it with Eros International and composed its soundtrack. The film stars Ranveer ...

Release date: 18 December 2015

Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Action

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Tanvi Azmi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Raza Murad

Producer: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Chetan Deolekar

Writer: Nagnath S. Inamdar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali

An account of the romance between the Maratha general, Baji Rao I and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand.

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2010s historical drama films 207T

2015 drama films 820T

Indian biographical drama films 105T

13.

Trumbo

2015 film directed by Jay Roach

Overview: Trumbo is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Jay Roach and written by John McNamara. The film stars Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Michael ...

Release date: 12 September 2015

Genre: Biography, Drama

Director: Jay Roach

Cast: Bryan Cranston, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Maldonado, John Getz, Diane Lane, Laura Flannery

Producer: Kevin Kelly Brown, Michelle Graham

Writer: John McNamara, Bruce Alexander Cook

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.

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2010s English-language films 5,177T

2015 drama films 820T

Cultural depictions of John Wayne 14T

14.

Walt Before Mickey

2015 American film

Overview: Walt Before Mickey is a 2015 American biographical drama film about the early years of Walt Disney based on the book Walt Before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919–1928 by Timothy S. Susanin, with a f ...

Genre: Drama, Biography

Director: Khoa Le

Cast: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jon Heder, Armando Gutierrez, David Henrie, Jodie Sweetin, Taylor Gray

Producer: John Arundel, Arthur L. Bernstein

Writer: Timothy Susanin, Diane Disney

Based on the book "Walt Before Mickey" covers the early years of Walt Disney's career.

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Laugh-O-Gram Studio 3T

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit 4T

2015 comedy films 484T

15.

Steve Jobs

2015 film directed by Danny Boyle

Overview: Steve Jobs is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin. A British-American co-production, it was adapted from the 2011 biography by Walter Isaacson and interviews ...

Release date: 5 September 2015

Genre: Biography, Drama

Director: Danny Boyle

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg, Katherine Waterston

Producer: Bernard Bellew, Danny Boyle

Writer: Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three ...

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Culture of Silicon Valley 9T

Films about father–daughter relationships 149T

2015 drama films 820T

16.

I Saw the Light

2015 American film

Overview: I Saw the Light is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed, written, and produced by Marc Abraham, starring Tom Hiddleston as country music legend Hank Williams and Elizabeth Olsen as his first ...

Release date: 11 September 2015

Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance

Director: Marc Abraham

Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, Cherry Jones, Maddie Hasson, Wrenn Schmidt

Producer: Marc Abraham, Anastasia Brown

Writer: Marc Abraham, Colin Escott

The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film ch ...

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Films directed by Marc Abraham 2T

Films scored by Aaron Zigman 60T

2015 drama films 820T

17.

Spotlight

2015 American drama film directed by Tom McCarthy

Overview: Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. The film follows The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team, the oldest continuously operating ...

Release date: 3 September 2015

Genre: Thriller, Biography, Drama, History

Director: Tom McCarthy

Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James

Producer: Michael Bederman, Kate Churchill

Writer: Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the ...

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2010s American films 31T

2010s English-language films 5,253T

Films with screenplays selected in The Black List 118T

18.

Queen of the Desert

2015 American film

Overview: Queen of the Desert is a 2015 American epic biographical drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and is based on the life of British traveller, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer and ...

Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance

Director: Werner Herzog

Cast: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damian Lewis, Jihad Abdou, Jenny Agutter

Producer: Michael Benaroya, Jonathan Debin

Writer: Werner Herzog

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn ...

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2015 drama films 820T

2010s biographical drama films 330T

Adventure films based on actual events 32T

19.

Our Brand Is Crisis

2015 American film

Overview: Our Brand Is Crisis is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Peter Straughan, based on the 2005 documentary film of the same name by Rachel Boynton. The film gives ...

Release date: 11 September 2015

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: David Gordon Green

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy

Producer: Stuart M. Besser, Sandra Bullock

Writer: Rachel Boynton, Peter Straughan

A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term ...

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2010s English-language films 2,935T

2010s political comedy-drama films 7T

American political comedy-drama films 21T

20.

Ennu Ninte Moideen

2015 film by R. S. Vimal

Overview: Ennu Ninte Moideen (transl. Yours Truly, Moideen) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language biographical romantic drama film written and directed by R. S. Vimal, based on the real-life story of Kanchanamala ...

Genre: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: R.S. Vimal

Cast: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Saikumar, Tovino Thomas, Lena, Sudheer Karamana

Producer: Dr. Suresh Kumar, Deepak Parameswaram

Writer: R.S. Vimal

Based on the real-life love story of Moideen and Kanchanamala, which happened in the 1960s in the backdrop of Calicut.

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2015 romantic drama films 103T

2015 directorial debut films 304T

2015 drama films 820T