Jean-Pierre Léaud essentially plays Francois Truffaut in Truffaut's recounting of his own life as a juvenile delinquent and turning his life around after being incarcerated.

Greg Kinnear plays Bob Krane, the lead of HOGAN'S HEROES, who ruined his life over his sexual addictions. Willem Dafoe is his probable murderer. True story.

Ron Howard's Oscar winning biopic with Russell Crowe as the tormented math genius and university professor. Jennifer Connelly won the Oscar as his wife.

Chris Cooper as FBI agent Robert Hanssen who was a mole for the Russians for over 20 years, selling our secrets. He had wildly conflicting personality traits. He was an Opus Dei Catholic, an especially zealous bunch. Yet he was also a sexual deviant although outwardly appearing the straightlaced company man. Ryan Phillipe plays Eric O'Neill, an agent-in-training, who helped bring him to justice.

Speilberg's film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the most captivating con man who is also a genius at financial crime, ultimately for instead of against the FBI. True story.

Susan Sarandon as a nun who counsels death row inmate Sean Penn right up to his execution for murder and rape. True story about the nun.

Oliver Stone's film stars Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors which came to the top of the music world in the late 1960s. Stone shows the story in very artistic, non linear fashion, and it totally works.

Spencer Tracy stars as Clarence Darrow trying the Scopes monkey trial (evolution in the schools) up against William Jennings Bryan.

Oliver Stone's film stars Kevin Costner as prosecuting attorney Jim Garrison who tries to unravel the conspiracy to murder Kennedy. He makes a fascinating case whether you personally believe it is fact or fiction.

Oliver Stone's film stars Anthony Hopkins as Richard Nixon. Even though he looks nothing like Nixon, Hopkins gets all the details down of Nixon that he does become him. Stone gets all of the surrounding details down authentically.

Sidney Lumet loves to study NYPD cops in his films. This is one of his very best and involves one cop turning againt the others to expose corruption. Treat Williams' Best role.

Barbet Schroeder's film about the defense of Clause Von Bulow for attempted murder of his rich wife Sunny (Glen Close) with Alan Dershowitz masterminding his court victory. Jeremy Irons won the Oscar playing Von Bulow.

Woody Allen's film with the style and structure of Fellini 's "8 1/2" but the story and the comedy is all his own. Woody beats his biographers to the punch.