Genre: Biography
Year: Before 2010
347 content found
Napoléon 2002

A masterful soldier, tactician, and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte, with courage and love for his country, rises from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe. But his life ends with a fall and exile.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, romance, Romantic, War

Stars: Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, Gérard Depardieu

7.3 IMDB Rating 105 Views
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan 2007

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Amadu Mamadakov, Khulan Chuluun

7.2 IMDB Rating 6,658 Views
The King’s Speech 2010

The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter

8.0 IMDB Rating 5,558 Views
Lorenzo’s Oil 1992

Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov

7.3 IMDB Rating 82 Views
A Civil Action 1998

At the risk of bankrupting his firm and career, lawyer Jan Schlichtman takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's contaminated water supply.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Kathleen Quinlan

6.6 IMDB Rating 5,213 Views
Freedom Writers 2007

Erin Gruwell, a young teacher in a racially divided Los Angeles school, inspires her class of at-risk students, deemed incapable of learning, to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey

7.6 IMDB Rating 13,548 Views
Searching For Bobby Fischer 1993

A prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Max Pomeranc

7.4 IMDB Rating 220 Views
Frank & Jesse 1994

Western starring Rob Lowe and Bill Paxton, based on the lives of Frank and Jesse James. After the Civil War Frank and Jesse return to their family's farm. When their younger brother is murdered they embark on a mission for revenge.

Category: Biography, Drama, Western

Stars: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, Randy Travis

5.7 IMDB Rating 254 Views
Bonnie and Clyde 1967

Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

Category: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Tragedy

Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard

7.7 IMDB Rating 6,201 Views
The Soloist 2009

A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener

6.7 IMDB Rating 4,793 Views
The Cove 2009

Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones

8.4 IMDB Rating 6,530 Views
Viva Zapata! 1952

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, Western

Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn

7.3 IMDB Rating 188 Views
Quiz Show 1994

A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow

7.5 IMDB Rating 3,729 Views
Cleopatra 1963

Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison

7.0 IMDB Rating 4,516 Views
The Queen 2006

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

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell

7.3 IMDB Rating 4,767 Views
Elizabeth 1998

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

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson

7.4 IMDB Rating 340 Views
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004

The feature adaptation of Roger Lewis' book about the actor best remembered as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama, romance, Romantic

Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson

6.9 IMDB Rating 241 Views
8 Seconds 1994

This movie chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, James Rebhorn

6.6 IMDB Rating 1,843 Views
Bloodsport 1988

"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres

6.8 IMDB Rating 1,067 Views
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story 2009

Biography of Ben Carson who grew up to be Dr. Ben Carson, a world famous neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

7.5 IMDB Rating 1,324 Views