The Queen(2006)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 88

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.



I, Tonya(2017)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 86

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.



Erin Brockovich(2000)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.



Julie & Julia(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.



My Week with Marilyn(2011)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).



Big Eyes(2014)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.



The Iron Lady(2011)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 71

An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.



The Favourite(2018)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 94

In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne (Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Weisz) governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail (Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.



Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.



Funny Girl(1968)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfield girl, subsequent career and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.



Silkwood(1983)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.



Evita(1996)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 44

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.



Elizabeth(1998)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A film of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.



The Sound of Music(1965)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.



The Miracle Worker(1962)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.



Lady Sings the Blues(1972)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 13

The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.



The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life.



Star!(1968)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A musical biography of Gertrude Lawrence, who led a hustling and bustling life on the stage.



The Other Side of the Mountain(1975)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Young ski champion Jill Kinmont is left paralyzed after a tragic skiing accident. Her best friend suffers the same fate after contracting polio. Jill must slowly put her life back together again with the help of those close to her.



Island of the Blue Dolphins(1964)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.




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