“Cinema has always liked telling a good life story, and all kinds of biography – from the humblest to the starriest – have been given a filmic going-over,” said the Guardian.
These are the ten best biopics according to the critics of the Guardian and Observer.
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield
, Justin Timberlake
Director: Spike Lee
Stars: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett
, Delroy Lindo
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara
, Ulrich Matthes
Director: Todd Haynes
Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett
, Heath Ledger
Director: Julian Schnabel
Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner
, Marie-Josée Croze
Director: David Lynch
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt
, Anne Bancroft
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
, Serafima Birman
Ivan the Terrible, Part II
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Serafima Birman
, Pavel Kadochnikov
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman
, Harvey Pekar
Director: François Girard
Stars: Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst
, Katya Ladan
The Guardian (founded in 1821) is a British national daily newspaper, and the Observer (founded in 1791) is its Sunday sibling. They are amongst the most influential papers in the world. The Guardian and its journalists have won numerous journalism awards, especially in the last decades.
Source: The Guardian
Last checked on: 16 January 2016
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