Type: Movies
Genre: Biography
1153 content found
Quills 2000

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix

7.2 IMDB Rating 766 Views
What Killed Maradona? 2021

Interviews with those close to the talented footballer reveal the different factors which may have contributed to his untimely end.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Diego Maradona

6.7 IMDB Rating 498 Views
Puncture 2011

A David and Goliath law drama about a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Chris Evans, Mark Kassen, Vinessa Shaw

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,803 Views
Temple Grandin 2010

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Claire Danes, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Catherine O'Hara

8.3 IMDB Rating 4,551 Views
Rob Roy 1995

In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama

Stars: Liam Neeson,Jessica Lange,John Hurt,Tim Roth

6.9 IMDB Rating 5,108 Views
Thank You for Your Service 2017

DreamWorks Pictures' Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield. Starring an ensemble cast led by Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Amy Schumer, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey and Jayson Warner Smith, the drama is based on the bestselling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Finkel. Jason Hall, who wrote the screenplay of American Sniper, makes his directorial debut with Thank You for Your Service and also serves as its screenwriter. Jon Kilik (The Hunger Games series, Babel) produces the film, while Ann Ruark (Biutiful) and Jane Evans (Sin City) executive produces.

Category: Biography, Drama, War

Stars: Haley Bennett,Miles Teller,Joe Cole,Keisha Castle-Hughes

6.6 IMDB Rating 8,872 Views
The Fighter 2010

Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo

7.8 IMDB Rating 7,569 Views
The Right Stuff 1983

The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama

Stars: Sam Shepard,Scott Glenn,Ed Harris,Dennis Quaid,Fred Ward,Barbara Hershey,Kim Stanley,Veronica Cartwright,Pamela Reed,Scott Paulin,Charles Frank,Lance Henriksen,Donald Moffat,Levon Helm,Mary Jo Deschanel

7.9 IMDB Rating 4,068 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 3,833 Views
Out of Africa 1985

Follows the life of Karen Blixen, who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is Complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Meryl Streep,Robert Redford,Klaus Maria Brandauer,Michael Kitchen

7.2 IMDB Rating 4,106 Views
Capote 2005

Famed writer Truman Capote, southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded murders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle Harper Lee, also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Truman knows that he has to take it to its natural conclusion, something which he cannot force. But also missing are the details of the November 14, 1959 event itself, something that neither Dick or Perry have divulged even in testimony.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Allie Mickelson,Kelci Stephenson,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Craig Archibald,Bronwen Coleman,Kate Shindle,David Wilson Barnes,Michael J. Burg,Catherine Keener,Kwesi Ameyaw,Andrew Farago,Ken Krotowich,Chris Cooper,R.D. Reid,Rob McLaughlin

7.4 IMDB Rating 3,796 Views
Cinderella Man 2005

During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock--a.k.a. the Cinderella Man--was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom. His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him--his family--was in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief. But deep inside, Jim Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor and an incredible dose the ones who are do of grit, he willed an impossible dream to come true. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete. Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer, renowned for having killed two men in the ring.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic, Sport

Stars: Russell Crowe,Renée Zellweger,Paul Giamatti,Craig Bierko,Paddy Considine,Bruce McGill,David Huband,Connor Price,Ariel Waller,Patrick Louis,Rosemarie DeWitt,Linda Kash,Nicholas Campbell,Gene Pyrz,Chuck Shamata

7.9 IMDB Rating 6,706 Views
Crown Heights 2017

När Colin Warner är felaktigt dömd för mord, hans bästa vän Carl King ägnar sitt liv åt att bevisa Colins oskuld.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Lakeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul

6.4 IMDB Rating 5,570 Views
Foxcatcher 2014

U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller

7.0 IMDB Rating 3,429 Views
Breakthrough 2019

When her 14-year-old son drowns in a lake, a faithful mother prays for him to come back from the brink of death and be healed.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Topher Grace, Josh Lucas, Mike Colter

5,7 IMDB Rating 8,579 Views
Judy Blume Forever 2023

Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work. It will examine her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Judy Blume, Molly Ringwald, Tayari Jones

7.5 IMDB Rating 625 Views
The Other Fellow 2022

An energetic exploration of male identity via the lives, personalities, and adventures of a diverse band of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name - James Bond.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Thriller

Stars: Gunnar James Bond Schäfer, James Alexander Bond, James Bond Jr.

7.5 IMDB Rating 1,050 Views
Raging Bull 1980

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci

8.2 IMDB Rating 2,266 Views
My All American 2015

Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Finn Wittrock, Robin Tunney

7.1 IMDB Rating 7,766 Views
Pawn Sacrifice 2014

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard

7.0 IMDB Rating 5,444 Views