Benedict Cumberbatch stars in this dark, strange, and bizarre bio of a cat lover and his wild oscillations of fortune.

Protagonists in movies certainly don’t have to be likeable, but is stiff-necked, high-handed, and wintrily remote any way to go through life (or a film)?

Based on the infamous 1947 court case in which famed singer Billie Holiday (Andra Day) was put on trial for drug possession.

The movie offers a complex examination of the players involved that is unusual for biopics, and is inherently and unabashedly political.

An intimate portrait, zeroing in on a slice of a rock star’s life, not unlike the underrated Brian Wilson biopic, Love & Mercy.

Julie Taymor’s moving, timely biopic of feminist legend Gloria Steinem.

The biopic tells the life story of singer Helen Reddy and reintroduces her to a new generation as a trailblazer in the feminist movement.

Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie presents a steely, persistent front that rarely cracks. Sam Riley matches her as her husband, the more affable Pierre.

A biopic of the French Resistance heroics of Marcel Marceau (Jesse Eisenberg), long before he would be recognized as the world’s most renowned mime.