Type: Movies
Genre: Biography
Year: 2012
27 content found
Cesar Millan: The Real Story 2012

The rise of Cesar Millan from impoverished illegal immigrant to celebrity dog trainer and international superstar.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Jahira Dar, Lou Dimovitch, Tara King

7.2 IMDB Rating 95 Views
Chasing Mavericks 2012

When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue

7.1 IMDB Rating 5,369 Views
Lincoln 2012

As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn

7.3 IMDB Rating 7,413 Views
The Sessions 2012

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy

7.2 IMDB Rating 3,707 Views
To Write Love on Her Arms 2012

A drama centered around Renee Yohe and her battle with drugs, depression, and other life issues that ultimately leads to the founding of charity group To Write Love on Her Arms.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Kat Dennings, Chad Michael Murray, Rupert Friend

6.5 IMDB Rating 3,656 Views
Hitchcock 2012

The relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.

Category: Biography, Drama, romance, Romantic

Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,470 Views
Searching for Sugar Man 2012

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Music

Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey

8.2 IMDB Rating 6,037 Views
Game Change 2012

Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson

7.4 IMDB Rating 4,232 Views
The Iceman 2012

The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When he was finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor his daughters had any clue about his real profession.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, James Franco

6.8 IMDB Rating 8,970 Views
For No Good Reason 2012

Johnny Depp pays a visit to Ralph Steadman, the renown artist and the last of the original Gonzo visionaries who worked alongside Hunter S. Thompson.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Ralph Steadman, Johnny Depp, Hunter S. Thompson

7.0 IMDB Rating 2,955 Views
Into the White 2012

Norway, WWII: A group of British and German soldiers find themselves stranded in the wilderness after an aircraft battle. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to place the rules of ...

Category: Action, Biography, Drama

Stars: Florian Lukas, David Kross, Lachlan Nieboer

7.1 IMDB Rating 5,876 Views
Big Miracle 2012

An animal-loving volunteer and a small-town news reporter are joined by a native Alaskan boy to rally an entire community - and eventually rival world superpowers - to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

Category: Biography, Drama, Family

Stars: John Pingayak,Ahmaogak Sweeney,John Chase,Ishmael Angalook Hope

6.5 IMDB Rating 3,824 Views
Argo 2012

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman

7.7 IMDB Rating 6,120 Views
Kon-Tiki 2012

Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

Category: Action, Adventure, Biography

Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård

7.2 IMDB Rating 5,611 Views
Hemingway & Gellhorn 2012

It was a romance born out of war...and later torn apart by it. This powerful drama recounts one of the great love stories of the 20th century: the relationship between literary giant Ernest Hemingway and trailblazing war correspondent Martha Gellhorn.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Nicole Kidman,Clive Owen,David Strathairn,Rodrigo Santoro,Molly Parker,Parker Posey,Tony Shalhoub,Santiago Cabrera,Lars Ulrich,Peter Coyote,Joan Chen,Saverio Guerra,Mark Pellegrino,Remy Auberjonois,Anthony Brandon Wong

6.1 IMDB Rating 5,295 Views
En kongelig affære 2012

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm

7.6 IMDB Rating 4,906 Views
Palme 2012

The life and times of Olof Palme, the prime minister of Sweden until his assassination in 1986.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Olof Palme,Catharina Palme,Lisbet Palme,Richard Guston,Olof Ruin,Tage Erlander,Lennart Geijer,Lars Edelstam,Nikolai Bulganin,Nikita Khrushchev,Vyacheslav Molotov,Ingvar Carlsson,Jan O. Karlsson,Mårten Palme,Duke of Halland Prince Bertil

7.6 IMDB Rating 3,911 Views
Mission to Lars 2012

Kate and Will Spicer's brother, Tom, has Fragile X Syndrome, the most common form of inherited learning disability. He is also a massive fan of Lars Ulrich from Metallica. They made a promise to Tom that they would get him to meet Lars. Tom's dream is their promise. Together they went on a Mission to Lars.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Documentary

Stars: Kate Spicer,Tom Spicer,William Spicer,Lars Ulrich

5.5 IMDB Rating 2,956 Views
The Sapphires 2012

1968 was the year that changed the world. And for four young Aboriginal sisters from a remote mission this is the year that would change their lives forever. Around the globe, there was protest and revolution in the streets. Indigenous Australians finally secured the right to vote. There were drugs and the shock of a brutal assassination. And there was Vietnam. The sisters, Cynthia, Gail, Julie and Kay are discovered by Dave, a talent scout with a kind heart, very little rhythm but a great knowledge of soul music. Billed as Australia's answer to 'The Supremes', Dave secures the sisters their first true gig, and flies them to Vietnam to sing for the American troops. Based on a true story, THE SAPPHIRES is a triumphant celebration of youthful emotion, family and music.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Chris O'Dowd,Deborah Mailman,Jessica Mauboy,Shari Sebbens,Miranda Tapsell,Tory Kittles,Eka Darville,Lynette Narkle,Kylie Belling,Gregory J. Fryer,Don Battee,T.J. Power,Tanika Lonesborough,Nioka Brennan,Tammy Anderson

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,114 Views
The Imposter 2012

A documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Nicholas Barclay,Carey Gibson,Bryan Gibson,Beverly Dollarhide

7.5 IMDB Rating 5,412 Views