Top 10 Watch-Worthy Biopic Movies

REAGAN stars Dennis Quaid as the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. It covers Reagan’s life from his childhood to his death, with a strong focus throughout the movie on his life-long fight against communism, from his battle in the Screen Actors Guild against communist infiltration in the Hollywood unions in the late 1940s to his battle against the Soviet Union’s communist tyranny in Germany and Eastern Europe. Dennis Quaid gives a bravura performance in REAGAN as the beloved President, union leader and movie star, and the movie’s focus on Reagan’s fight against communism gives a strong narrative structure to the movie’s stirring story of faith and patriotism.

HARRIET is the incredible story about how Harriet Tubman became Harriet Tubman, the woman who saved thousands of slaves and brought them to freedom before the Civil War. HARRIET is an exceptionally well-made movie with a strong Christian worldview, but it does have intense scenes and some foul language.

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN is a beautiful, engaging, original musical about the early life of P.T. Barnum, founder of the Barnum American Museum and co-founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. THE GREATEST SHOWMAN takes some liberties with Barnum’s rather full life, but it’s terrifically entertaining as well as heartwarming and features a bravura performance by High Jackman, though its worldview is mixed with strong Romantic, sometimes rebellious, elements and odd characters, like a bearded lady. Despite its Romantic content, GREATEST SHOWMAN contains strong moral elements focusing on Barnum’s love for his wife and first two daughters and stressing his belief in the human dignity of all people.

42 tells what happens when the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team signed the first black player in the Major Leagues, Jackie Robinson, in 1947. 42 is an inspirational, superb movie showing how the Christian faith of both Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson helped end racism in professional baseball. However, there is a fair amount of foul language and some racial epithets, so caution is advised, especially for children.

MIRACLE is a splendid, inspirational re-telling of the U.S. hockey team’s hard-earned road to victory play at the 1980 Olympic games in Lake Placid, New York. Though it contains some light obscenities, it is a fine, entertaining, and positive movie which shows that the success of the 1980 hockey team was not just some fluke or happy coincidence, but was the result of hard work, persistence, and detailed preparation.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE is about the story behind the most-played Christian contemporary song of all time, “I Can Only Imagine” by the band MercyMe, which involves overcoming an estranged relationship between a father and son. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE is a powerful, tear-jerker story of redemption and reconciliation through Jesus Christ with only a light caution for younger children.

I STILL BELIEVE is the poignant, heartrending true story of the famous Christian singer Jeremy Camp’s marriage to Melissa, who’s dying of cancer. Clearly and poignantly showing that true love never fails, the movie is beautifully filmed, very well acted, heartrending, and engaging.

SOUL SURFER is an inspiring, powerful story about young surfer Bethany Hamilton, who overcame great obstacles when a tiger shark took her arm while she was surfing. SOUL SURFER is an inspiring, powerful story with a wonderful performance by AnnaSophia Robb about a courageous young woman who has deep faith in Jesus Christ.

UNSUNG HERO is a true story about a Christian family from Australia’s struggles to survive and thrive in the rough and tumble music business when they move to Nashville, where they try to overcome various obstacles and serve God by making meaningful music. UNSUNG HERO is a powerful story of faith and family, told with lots of sincerity and heart while promoting family, sacrificial love, faith, prayer, honor, and courage.

Based on a bestselling book, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL tells the true story of a 4-year-old boy who visits Heaven while on an operating table and comes back to talk about his experience. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL is a beautifully made, absolutely enthralling movie that extols Christian faith and God’s love.