10 Best Biopics That Are Also Thrillers, Ranked

Some movies about real life seem designed to get hearts racing, including survival films like 127 Hours and psychological thrillers like Oppenheimer.

May 26, 2024 · 1 min · 77 words · Bryan Hughes

Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman.

A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover.

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Alan Turing in front of his machine in The Imitation Game

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Muse and another pirate surround Captain Phillips in the film Captain Phillips

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Aron Ralston (James Franco) looking up from a canyon in 127 Hours

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Tony Mendez and Jack O’Donell walking down a hallway while talking in ‘Argo’

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Jean du Pont talking to Mark Schultz in Foxcatcher

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An businessman and his daughter-in-law on the lookout while military vehicles pass in the background.

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Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison holding a paper in ‘JFK’

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Philip Baker Hall, Al Pacino, and Christopher Plummer sit during a meeting in Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’

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J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by actor Cillian Murphy, clutches his face, overcome by dread in Oppenheimer.

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All the President’s Men’ (1)

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Oppenheimer