Genre: Biography
1415 content found
Coal Miner’s Daughter 1980

The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm

7.5 IMDB Rating 41 Views
11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate 2012

In 1970, famed Japanese writer Yukio Mishima commits suicide after leading a failed coup.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Arata Iura, Shinobu Terajima, Shinnosuke Mitsushima

6.0 IMDB Rating 52 Views
Maria 2024

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music, Tragedy

Stars: Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher

6.4 IMDB Rating 816 Views
Che: Part One 2008

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac

7.1 IMDB Rating 5,748 Views
Happy Face 2025–

The story of Melissa Jesperson-Moore, who at age 15 discovered that her father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, was the serial murderer known as the Happy Face Killer.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: James Wolk, Khiyla Aynne, Dennis Quaid

6.4 IMDB Rating 2,236 Views
Victor 2015

Based on a true story, a migrant teen from Puerto Rico is forced to survive the dark streets of 1962 Brooklyn. Enslaved by the power of gangs and the addiction of heroin, he must find faith and freedom before he destroys his family and himself.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Patrick Davis Alarcón, Lisa Vidal, Josh Pence

6.4 IMDB Rating 140 Views
Julie & Julia 2009

Julie Powell, a young blogger, is determined to emulate Julia Child's cooking techniques. Though separated by time, the two women share a common passion for food that intertwines their lives.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Chris Messina

7.0 IMDB Rating 5,438 Views
The Executioner’s Song 1982

The story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who lobbied for his own execution.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette

7.0 IMDB Rating 124 Views
A Dangerous Boy 2024

Reality surpasses fiction in the story of Icelandic teenage hacker Siggi, who became Julian Assange's right-hand man in the whistleblower organization Wikileaks. It's a madcap tale of paranoia, intelligence agencies, abuse, fraud, friendship and betrayal. A coming-of-age film like no other.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Sigurdur Thordarson, Julian Assange, Kristinn Hrafnsson

7.1 IMDB Rating 445 Views
Lenox Hill 2020

An intimate look at the lives of four doctors - two brain surgeons, an emergency room physician, and a Chief Resident OBGYN - as they navigate the highs and lows of working at the renowned Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: John Boockvar, David Langer, Mirtha Macri

8.6 IMDB Rating 6,691 Views
The Invisible Woman 2013

At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas

6.1 IMDB Rating 4,015 Views
The Lion in Winter 1968

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins

7.9 IMDB Rating 134 Views
Rodeo Rock 2023

When a rock wannabe is forced to replace his famous sertanejo look-alike, he faces a life-changing choice - lose his own identity or follow his heart.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Paula Cohen, Maurício de Barros, Carla Diaz

6.7 IMDB Rating 169 Views
Queen of the Desert 2015

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

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

Stars: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson

5.7 IMDB Rating 6,502 Views
Sharon Stone: Survival Instinct 2024

Made famous by her explosive performance in "Basic Instinct", Sharon Stone is forever etched in the collective unconscious as a sex symbol. But behind this cumbersome image lies an actress with a strong character. As a teenager determined to break away from a modest and violent background, she left rural Pennsylvania at an early age for New York, where she combined odd jobs with art studies. To launch her career, she agreed to play the stereotype of the silly blonde, before landing several major roles that helped her take off, including the legendary "Casino", alongside Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. Beyond acting, she invented a public persona full of humor and repartee.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Sharon Stone, Julie Gayet, Isabelle Adjani

7.0 IMDB Rating 336 Views
The Silent Enemy 1958

During WW2, Italian Navy divers use underwater chariots to mine the keels of British warships, forcing the British to send underwater demolition expert Lionel Crabbe and his team to counter these enemy actions.

Category: Action, Biography, History, War

Stars: Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Michael Craig

6.6 IMDB Rating 130 Views
Spitfire 1942

Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War

Stars: Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John

7.0 IMDB Rating 124 Views
The Alto Knights 2025

Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans who were rivals for control of a major crime family in the mid-20th century. Genovese attempted to assassinate Costello in 1957, although Costello retired from the mob.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, History

Stars: Robert De Niro, Cosmo Jarvis, Debra Messing

5.7 IMDB Rating 1,253 Views
Kinsey 2004

A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.

Category: Biography, Drama, romance, Romantic

Stars: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell

7.1 IMDB Rating 183 Views
The Motorcycle Diaries 2004

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama

Stars: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro

7.7 IMDB Rating 4,034 Views