Genre: Biography
Year: 2015
75 content found
Code of a Killer 2015

The story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror

Stars: John Simm, Anna Madeley, David Threlfall

7.6 IMDB Rating 481 Views
Woman in Gold 2015

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl

7.3 IMDB Rating 5,214 Views
Listen to Me Marlon 2015

A documentary that utilizes hundreds of hours of audio that Marlon Brando recorded over the course of his life to tell the screen legend's story.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Marlon Brando, Stella Adler, Bernardo Bertolucci

8.1 IMDB Rating 4,021 Views
The Fencer 2015

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, Sport

Stars: Märt Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Hendrik Toompere Jr.

7.1 IMDB Rating 4,511 Views
Ur Svennis skugga 2015

Tord Grip is only 1.72 tall, but still one of the greats in Swedish football. Yes, he is the baker from Ytterhogdal who through football got the world as a workplace. But constantly in the shadow of Sven-Göran "Svennis" Eriksson.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport

Stars: Sven-Göran Eriksson, Tord Grip

7.2 IMDB Rating 110 Views
The Man Who Knew Infinity 2015

The story of the life and academic career of the pioneer Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and his friendship with his mentor, Professor G.H. Hardy.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair

7.2 IMDB Rating 5,630 Views
Cleveland Abduction 2015

A single mother, who becomes the first victim of kidnapper Ariel Castro, finds herself trapped in his home for 11 years, where she eventually becomes a friend and sister to two other women who are taken captive by Castro.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Taryn Manning, Raymond Cruz, Katie Sarife

6.6 IMDB Rating 10,993 Views
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst 2015–2024

Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

Stars: Andrew Jarecki, Robert Durst, J. Patrick Burns

8.6 IMDB Rating 19,075 Views
Joy
Joy 2015

Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper

6.6 IMDB Rating 6,773 Views
Experimenter 2015

In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey authority.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: John Palladino, Anthony Edwards, Jim Gaffigan

6.6 IMDB Rating 3,918 Views
Freeheld 2015

New Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her registered domestic partner Stacie Andree battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Steve Carell

6.6 IMDB Rating 4,644 Views
Battle for Sevastopol 2015

A story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama

Stars: Yuliya Peresild, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Oleg Vasilkov

7.0 IMDB Rating 6,273 Views
Born to Be Blue 2015

A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker's musical comeback in the late '60s.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,174 Views
Spotlight 2015

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams

8.1 IMDB Rating 7,954 Views
Danny Collins 2015

An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music

Stars: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner

7.0 IMDB Rating 3,456 Views
Fotograf 2015

The life and work of internationally renown provocative Czech photographer Jan Saudek.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Karel Roden, Marie Málková, Zuzana Vejvodová

6.1 IMDB Rating 3,555 Views
The Lady in the Van 2015

A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Drama, Comedy

Stars: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent

6.7 IMDB Rating 2,979 Views
Straight Outta Compton 2015

The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell

7.8 IMDB Rating 18,128 Views
Bessie 2015

The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Queen Latifah, Kamryn Johnson, Rikki McKinney

6.6 IMDB Rating 4,573 Views
Captive 2015

A single mother struggling with drug addiction is taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run who has broken out of jail and murdered the judge assigned to his case.

Category: Action, Biography, Crime

Stars: Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Mimi Rogers

5.4 IMDB Rating 3,960 Views