Made for TV Movies (Biographies)- Looking for suggestions

purpur1

Hi all

I'm interested in checking out some of the made for tv movies, particularly biographies of famous people or persons of interest. I'm looking for some recommendations! I've seen the majority of the cinema release biographies, so would love to uncover some made for tv gems. Any recommendations are much appreciated!

What I'll be watching next:
Rasputin (1996)
Elvis: The Movie (1979)

What I've seen recently:
Ted Bundy (2002) 6/10
The Linda McCartney Story (2000) 5/10

krudler

John Adams is well worth a watch, its a miniseries though rather than a movie. Paul Giamatti plays Adams himself, has a great supporting cast too, HBO seven part series from a few years ago: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472027/

jefreywithonef

Gotti was pretty good. Strong lead performance from Assand Assante as the titular crime boss. If you're a fan of the genre then it's definitely worth a watch (features a few members of the The Sopranos cast too).

weemcd

Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1003004/

don ramo

i saw Temple Grandin there a few weeks back, about an autisic women who bacame a top scientist in the livestock industry in america, thought it was very good and it had the awesome Claire Danes in the lead role,

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278469/

pookiesboo

The girl who plays Meadow Soprano played Heidi Fleiss in Hollywood Madam. Its not a good film ,in fact its awful but thats why you should watch it!

Usually if they're made-for-TV biopics, they're dreadful, the Linda McCartney story you mentioned was hilarious, also worth checking out is Tears and Laughter:The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story where Joan and her daughter Melissa Rivers are played by...themselves.

JP Liz V1

James Franco played James Dean in a biopic a few years back and it was very good

Cardinal Richelieu

Something for you to browse

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?genres=biography&sort=num_votes&title_type=tv_movie

don ramo

Shine is an amazing film, i remember only seeing it for the first time about 3 years ago, i was baffled as to how i hadnt seen or even heard of it before,

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117631/

Arcee

It's not a biography, but Recount is one of the best I've seen. The cast is incredible and it's really gripping - even if you're not into politics