Best thriller biopics - Charts

USA / UK, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe

Ireland / UK, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Jim Sheridan

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite

USA, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich

USA, Biography / Thriller

Directed by: Paul Greengrass

Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener

France / Canada, Action / Drama

Directed by: Jean-François Richet

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier

UK / USA, War / Biography

Directed by: Morten Tyldum

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley

UK / USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Alan Parker

Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle

USA, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Alan J. Pakula

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford

USA, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale

USA / UK, Adventure / Drama

Directed by: Danny Boyle

Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn

USA / UK, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Jon S. Baird

Cast: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf

France / Canada, Action / Drama

Directed by: Jean-François Richet

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France

USA, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Ben Affleck

Cast: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston

Spain / Uruguay, Adventure / Drama

Directed by: J.A. Bayona

Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt

USA, Thriller / Drama

Directed by: Michael Mann

Cast: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe

UK / Czech Republic, Historical / Thriller

Directed by: Sean Ellis

Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan

USA / UK, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Oliver Stone

Cast: James Woods, Jim Belushi

UK, Documentary / Biography

Directed by: Bart Layton

Cast: Ellenie Salvo González, Ronald Kukulies

USA / Japan, Biography / Action

Directed by: Doug Liman

Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson

UK / Ireland, Crime / Thriller

Directed by: John Boorman

Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar

USA, War / Biography

Directed by: Peter Berg

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch

France / Germany, Biography / Thriller

Directed by: Oliver Stone

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley

India, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Ram Madhvani

Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi

Belgium / Netherlands, Biography / Thriller

Directed by: Lee Tamahori

Cast: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon

USA, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Tony Goldwyn

Cast: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell

Norway / Iceland, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Paul Greengrass

Cast: Jonas Strand Gravli, Thorbjørn Harr

USA / Mexico, Action / Drama

Directed by: Alejandro Monteverde

Cast: James Caviezel, Mira Sorvino

UK / USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Brad Furman

Cast: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo

USA / UK, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks

USA, Biography / Historical

Directed by: Scott Z. Burns

Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening

UK, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Brian Helgeland

Cast: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning

Italy / France, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Marco Bellocchio

Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Luigi Lo Cascio

UK, Adventure / Drama

Directed by: Paul Katis

Cast: Mark Stanley, Malachi Kirby

USA, Biography / Thriller

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Cast: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver

Hong Kong / China, Action / Thriller

Directed by: Roy Hin-Yeung Chow

Cast: Eddie Peng, Luodan Wang

USA / UK, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Jonas Åkerlund

Cast: Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen

Poland / UK, Biography / Thriller

Directed by: Agnieszka Holland

Cast: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby

USA / Canada, Crime / Thriller

Directed by: George Clooney

Cast: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore

Norway, Action / Drama

Directed by: Arne Skouen

Cast: Jack Fjeldstad, Alf Malland

Australia / Colombia, Adventure / Drama

Directed by: Greg McLean

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann

Ireland / UK, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Joel Schumacher

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley

UK, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Richard Fleischer

Cast: Richard Attenborough, John Hurt

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Joe Berlinger

Cast: Zac Efron, Lily Collins

Argentina / Spain, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Pablo Trapero

Cast: Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani

UK, Biography / Historical

Directed by: Karim Aïnouz

Cast: Jude Law, Alicia Vikander

USA, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: John McNaughton

Cast: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles

Norway, Crime / Action

Directed by: Erik Skjoldbjærg

Cast: Marit Synnøve Berg, Frode Winther

USA, Biography / War

Directed by: Chris Weitz

Cast: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley

Italy, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Gabriele Salvatores

Cast: Arnas Fedaravicius, John Malkovich

USA / Hong Kong, Biography / Adventure

Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur

Cast: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin

UK / USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Bart Layton

Cast: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan

UK, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Mike Newell

Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Tim Metcalfe

Cast: James Woods, Ellen Greene

Australia, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Justin Kurzel

Cast: Lucas Pittaway, Bob Adriaens

Japan / France, Drama / Adult

Directed by: Nagisa Ōshima

Cast: Eiko Matsuda, 藤竜也

UK, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn

Cast: Tom Hardy, Kelly Adams

Spain, Biography / Thriller

Directed by: Alberto Rodríguez

Cast: José Coronado, Eduard Fernández

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Billy Ray

Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe

USA, Drama / Romance

Directed by: John Krokidas

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, David Cross

USA / Italy, Mystery / Biography

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Cast: Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg

UK / USA, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Matthew Bright

Cast: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss

USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Atom Egoyan

Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth

UK / USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Brad Furman

Cast: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker

France / UK, Drama / Historical

Directed by: Phillip Noyce

Cast: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins

USA, Drama / Biography

Directed by: Lydia Dean Pilcher

Cast: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic

UK, Action / Adventure

Directed by: Tom Harper

Cast: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne

UK, Drama / Crime

Directed by: Peter Medak

Cast: Gary Kemp, Billie Whitelaw

USA, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Peter Landesman

Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane

USA, Biography / Mystery

Directed by: Allen Coulter

Cast: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane

UK / Germany, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: David Cronenberg

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley

South Africa, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Mandla Dube

Cast: Pearl Thusi, Gcina Mhlophe

USA / India, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Bill Condon

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl

USA, Action / Thriller

Directed by: Buzz Kulik

Cast: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach

Germany, Action / Biography

Directed by: Christian Alvart

Cast: Nadeshda Brennicke, Charly Hübner

USA, Biography / War

Directed by: Daniel Ragussis

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette

UK / Italy, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Joseph Losey

Cast: Richard Burton, Alain Delon

USA, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Josephine Decker

Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young

UK / USA, Biography / Thriller

Directed by: Nick Hamm

Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace

USA / United Arab Emirates, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Doug Liman

Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts

Canada / France, Biography / Drama

Directed by: Jean-Paul Salomé

Cast: Marc-André Grondin, Famke Janssen

Netherlands, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Gerrard Verhage

Cast: Peter Paul Muller, Chantal Janzen

USA / UK, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Michael Winterbottom

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman

USA / UK, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Benedict Andrews

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Jack O'Connell

USA / Netherlands, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green

France / UK, Action / Biography

Directed by: Cédric Jimenez

Cast: Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike

USA / Canada, Biography / Crime

Directed by: John Murlowski

Cast: Sophie Tilson, Christina Cox

Canada, Crime / Thriller

Directed by: Daniel Roby

Cast: Antoine Olivier Pilon, Josh Hartnett

USA, Biography / Crime

Directed by: Marc Meyers

Cast: Ross Lynch, Vincent Kartheiser

USA, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Craig William Macneill

Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart

France / Germany, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: Julie Delpy

Cast: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl

USA, Crime / Drama

Directed by: Clive Saunders

Cast: Mark Holton, Matt Farnsworth

USA, Drama / Thriller

Directed by: David Jacobson

Cast: Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison

USA, Action / Crime

Directed by: Tristan Patterson

Cast: Jim Sturgess, Chloë Sevigny

USA, Horror / Thriller

Directed by: Michael Feifer

Cast: Caia Coley, Kane Hodder