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The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring Will Smith as salesman Chris Gardner, based on his real life.
The Report (2019 film)
The Report (2019 film), directed by Scott Z. Burns, dramatizes Daniel Jones's Senate investigation of the CIA's post-9/11 torture program, starring Adam Driver and Annette Bening, released by Amazon Studios after a $14 million Sundance buy.
The Social Network
The Social Network (2010) is David Fincher's biographical drama, written by Aaron Sorkin from Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires, starring Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg; it won three Oscars and joined the National Film Registry in 2024.
The Tender Bar (film)
The Tender Bar (film): 2021 George Clooney drama adapting J.R. Moehringer's memoir, written by William Monahan, starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Lily Rabe; Amazon release December 2021.
The Whistleblower
The Whistleblower (2010) is Larysa Kondracki's debut thriller starring Rachel Weisz as Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop and UN peacekeeper in Bosnia who exposed DynCorp-linked sex trafficking and won a British tribunal case.
The Wizard of Lies
The Wizard of Lies is a 2017 HBO television film directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff and Michelle Pfeiffer as Ruth Madoff, adapted from Diana B. Henriques's 2011 book about Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme.
Too Big to Fail (film)
Too Big to Fail (2011 HBO film), directed by Curtis Hanson, adapted from Andrew Ross Sorkin's 2009 book; dramatizes the 2008 financial crisis from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's perspective, starring William Hurt, Paul Giamatti, and Billy Crudup.
Truth (2015 film)
Truth is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by James Vanderbilt, starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford as Mary Mapes and Dan Rather.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a 1988 American biographical comedy-drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Jeff Bridges as entrepreneur Preston Tucker, who fought Detroit automakers.
Unplanned
Unplanned is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman. It dramatizes Johnson's resignation from a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas.
We Bought a Zoo
We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 American family comedy-drama directed by Cameron Crowe, loosely based on Benjamin Mee's memoir about buying a failing zoo in Devon, England.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (film)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a 2016 Paramount comedy-drama directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, starring Tina Fey as Kim Baker, adapted from Kim Barker's memoir The Taliban Shuffle about reporting in Afghanistan.
Worth (film)
Worth (2021) is a Sara Colangelo drama starring Michael Keaton as Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, based on Feinberg's memoir What Is Life Worth, released by Netflix September 3, 2021.
Wyatt Earp (film)
Wyatt Earp (1994) is Lawrence Kasdan's Western biopic starring Kevin Costner as the lawman, with Dennis Quaid as Doc Holliday. Released June 24, 1994, six months after Tombstone, it cost $63 million and grossed about $25 million domestically.