Best biographical thrillers - Charts
Best biographical thrillers
1. American Gangster (2007)
USA / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
3. L'Echange (2008)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
4. Captain Phillips (2013)
USA, Biography / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener
5. Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
7. All the President's Men (1976)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
8. Midnight Express (1978)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle
9. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale
10. 127 Hours (2010)
USA / UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn
11. Tetris (2023)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jon S. Baird
Cast: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf
12. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France
14. Society of the Snow (2023)
Spain / Uruguay, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt
15. The Insider (1999)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe
16. Anthropoid (2016)
UK / Czech Republic, Historical / Thriller
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan
17. Salvador (1986)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: James Woods, Jim Belushi
19. American Made (2017)
USA / Japan, Biography / Action
Directed by: Doug Liman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson
20. The General (1998)
UK / Ireland, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: John Boorman
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar
21. Lone Survivor (2013)
USA, War / Biography
Directed by: Peter Berg
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch
23. Flight 73 (2016)
India, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Ram Madhvani
Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi
24. The Devil's Double (2011)
Belgium / Netherlands, Biography / Thriller
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier
26. Conviction (2010)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Cast: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell
28. Sound of Freedom (2023)
USA / Mexico, Action / Drama
Directed by: Alejandro Monteverde
Cast: James Caviezel, Mira Sorvino
29. L'Infiltré (2016)
UK / USA, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Brad Furman
Cast: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo
30. The Post (2017)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks
31. The Report (2019)
USA, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Scott Z. Burns
Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening
35. House of Gucci (2021)
USA, Biography / Thriller
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver
36. Rise of the Legend (2014)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Roy Hin-Yeung Chow
Cast: Eddie Peng, Luodan Wang
37. Lords of Chaos (2018)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Jonas Åkerlund
Cast: Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen
38. Mr. Jones (2019)
Poland / UK, Biography / Thriller
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby
39. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
USA / Canada, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: George Clooney
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore
40. Nine Lives (1957)
Norway, Action / Drama
Directed by: Arne Skouen
Cast: Jack Fjeldstad, Alf Malland
42. Firebrand (2023)
UK, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Karim Aïnouz
Cast: Jude Law, Alicia Vikander
43. Veronica Guerin (2003)
Ireland / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley
44. 10 Rillington place (1971)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Richard Attenborough, John Hurt
45. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Joe Berlinger
Cast: Zac Efron, Lily Collins
46. The Clan (2015)
Argentina / Spain, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Pablo Trapero
Cast: Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani
47. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: John McNaughton
Cast: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles
48. Hold-up (2010)
Norway, Crime / Action
Directed by: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Cast: Marit Synnøve Berg, Frode Winther
49. Operation Finale (2018)
USA, Biography / War
Directed by: Chris Weitz
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley
50. Siberian Education (2013)
Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Gabriele Salvatores
Cast: Arnas Fedaravicius, John Malkovich
51. Adrift (2018)
USA / Hong Kong, Biography / Adventure
Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin
52. American Animals (2018)
UK / USA, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Bart Layton
Cast: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan
53. Dance with a Stranger (1985)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Mike Newell
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett
54. Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Tim Metcalfe
Cast: James Woods, Ellen Greene
55. Snowtown (2011)
Australia, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Justin Kurzel
Cast: Lucas Pittaway, Bob Adriaens
56. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Japan / France, Drama / Adult
Directed by: Nagisa Ōshima
Cast: Eiko Matsuda, 藤竜也
58. Smoke & Mirrors (2016)
Spain, Biography / Thriller
Directed by: Alberto Rodríguez
Cast: José Coronado, Eduard Fernández
60. Kill Your Darlings (2013)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: John Krokidas
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, David Cross
61. All the Money in the World (2017)
USA / Italy, Mystery / Biography
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg
62. Ted Bundy (2002)
UK / USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Matthew Bright
Cast: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss
63. Noeud du diable (2013)
USA, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth
64. City of Lies (2018)
UK / USA, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Brad Furman
Cast: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker
65. Catch a Fire (2006)
France / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins
66. A Call to Spy (2019)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Lydia Dean Pilcher
Cast: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic
67. The Aeronauts (2019)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Tom Harper
Cast: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne
69. Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Peter Landesman
Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane
70. Hollywoodland (2006)
USA, Biography / Mystery
Directed by: Allen Coulter
Cast: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane
72. Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu (2017)
South Africa, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Mandla Dube
Cast: Pearl Thusi, Gcina Mhlophe
73. The Fifth Estate (2013)
USA / India, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Bill Condon
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl
74. The Hunter (1980)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach
75. Banklady (2013)
Germany, Action / Biography
Directed by: Christian Alvart
Cast: Nadeshda Brennicke, Charly Hübner
76. Imperium (2016)
USA, Biography / War
Directed by: Daniel Ragussis
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette
77. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
UK / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Joseph Losey
Cast: Richard Burton, Alain Delon
78. Shirley (2020)
USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Josephine Decker
Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young
79. Driven (2018)
UK / USA, Biography / Thriller
Directed by: Nick Hamm
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace
80. Fair Game (2010)
USA / United Arab Emirates, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Doug Liman
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts
81. The Chameleon (2010)
Canada / France, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Jean-Paul Salomé
Cast: Marc-André Grondin, Famke Janssen
82. The Preacher (2004)
Netherlands, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Gerrard Verhage
Cast: Peter Paul Muller, Chantal Janzen
83. A Mighty Heart (2007)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman
84. Seberg (2019)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Benedict Andrews
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Jack O'Connell
85. Party Monster (2003)
USA / Netherlands, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green
86. The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
France / UK, Action / Biography
Directed by: Cédric Jimenez
Cast: Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike
87. Crimes of the Mind (2014)
USA / Canada, Biography / Crime
Directed by: John Murlowski
Cast: Sophie Tilson, Christina Cox
89. My Friend Dahmer (2017)
USA, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Marc Meyers
Cast: Ross Lynch, Vincent Kartheiser
90. Lizzie (2018)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Craig William Macneill
Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart
91. The Countess (2009)
France / Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Julie Delpy
Cast: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl
93. Dahmer (2002)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: David Jacobson
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison
94. Electric Slide (2014)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tristan Patterson
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Chloë Sevigny
