Genre: Biography
1352 content found
Woman Walks Ahead 2018

Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Jessica Chastain, Sam Rockwell, Ciarán Hinds

5,5 IMDB Rating 5,989 Views
Jane 2017

The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Jane Goodall

3,775 Views
La femme la plus assassinée du monde 2018

Paula Maxa is the Parisian Grand Guignol Theatre's leading lady, famous for being murdered on stage every day. But is there a link between the theatre and a series of gruesome real-life murders?

Category: Biography, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Anna Mouglalis, Niels Schneider, Eric Godon

5,3 IMDB Rating 3,438 Views
Så længe jeg lever 2018

The story about one of Denmark's greatest musicians, John Mogensen, his success and failure throughout life as an artist, husband and father - from childhood, through his time in Four Jacks to his late success as a solo artist until his death in 1977.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Rasmus Bjerg, Henrik Noël Olesen, Harald Kaiser Hermann

7,2 IMDB Rating 6,302 Views
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America 2016

Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man. When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan. When many of these people eventually leave the Klan with Daryl's support, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods; building his collection piece by piece, story by story, person by person, in hopes of one day opening a museum of the Klan.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Daryl D. Davis, Michael Wood Jr.

7,6 IMDB Rating 3,630 Views
Bunch of Kunst 2017

British punk duo Sleaford Mods have been called "the voice of Britain" by their fans, "Britain's angriest band" by the Guardian and "The world's greatest rock 'n' roll band" by Iggy Pop. "Bunch of Kunst" follows them on their two-year journey from Nottingham bedroom recording sessions to chart success.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Music

Stars: Andrew Fearn, Steve Ignorant, Sleaford Mods

7,8 IMDB Rating 3,968 Views
The Edge of Love 2008

Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys

6,3 IMDB Rating 7,140 Views
LBJ
LBJ 2016

Lyndon Baines Johnson aligns himself with Jack Kennedy, rises to the presidency, and deals with the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Woody Harrelson, Michael Stahl-David, Richard Jenkins

6,5 IMDB Rating 5,887 Views
Concussion 2015

Will Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Will Smith,Alec Baldwin,Albert Brooks,Gugu Mbatha-Raw

7.1 IMDB Rating 8,941 Views
The Defiant Ones 2017

"The Defiant Ones" examines the partnership between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre - one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - and their leading roles in a chain of transformative events in contemporary culture.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

Stars: Trent Reznor, Gregory Schwabe, Alonzo Williams

7,930 Views
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool 2018

A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Kenneth Cranham

6,7 IMDB Rating 4,740 Views
Nada a Perder 2018

Self-financed biopic of Brazilian evangelical bishop Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and owner of Record TV network.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Petrônio Gontijo, Day Mesquita, Beth Goulart

6,9 IMDB Rating 3,263 Views
Becoming Bond 2017

The stranger-than-fiction true story of George Lazenby, a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the role of James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), despite having never acted a day in his life. Then after being offered the next seven Bond films and a $1 million signing bonus, he turned it all down...

Category: Biography, Comedy, Documentary

Stars: George Lazenby, James Walsh, Jason Maybaum

7,6 IMDB Rating 5,112 Views
Winchester 2018

Ensconced in her sprawling California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.

Category: Biography, Fantasy, Horror

Stars: Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-O'Prey

5,4 IMDB Rating 8,725 Views
Unsolved The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious BIG 2018

A scripted true crime series based on the murder investigations of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.

Category: Biography, Crime

Stars: Josh Duhamel, Wavyy Jonez, Marcc Rose

16,419 Views
Bobby Kennedy for President 2018

This four-part documentary series weaves together rare and exclusive footage of attorney general, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Drama

Stars: Robert F. Kennedy, Harry Belafonte, Dolores Huerta

8,1 IMDB Rating 5,908 Views
Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage 2005

A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held

7,6 IMDB Rating 4,592 Views
Paterno 2018

The film centers on Joe Paterno, who, after becoming the winningest coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.Paterno centers on Penn State's Joe Paterno (played by Al Pacino) in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Paterno's legacy is challenged and he is forced to face questions of institutional failure in regard to the victims.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Riley Keough, Al Pacino, Annie Parisse

7,1 IMDB Rating 4,937 Views
Julie & Julia 2009

Julia Child and Julie Powell - both of whom wrote memoirs - find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Meryl Streep,Amy Adams,Stanley Tucci,Chris Messina

7.0 IMDB Rating 5,072 Views
The Blind Side 2009

Based on the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American, Michael Oher. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne soon takes charge however, as is her nature, ensuring that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. When he expresses an interest in football, she goes all out to help him, including giving the coach a few ideas on how best to use Michael's skills. They not only provide him with a loving home, but hire a tutor to help him improve his grades to the point where he would qualify for an NCAA Division I athletic scholarship. Michael Oher was the first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Sandra Bullock,Tim McGraw,Quinton Aaron,Jae Head

7.7 IMDB Rating 13,999 Views