Genre: Biography
1379 content found
The Miracle Worker 1962

Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Anne Bancroft,Victor Jory,Inga Swenson,Andrew Prine

8.1 IMDB Rating 3,392 Views
The Pride of the Yankees 1942

Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Gary Cooper,Teresa Wright,Babe Ruth,Walter Brennan

7.8 IMDB Rating 2,724 Views
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his family's vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the US, this is the life- story of George M. Cohan, who produced, directed, wrote and starred in his own musical shows for which he composed his famous songs.

Category: Biography, Drama, Musical

Stars: James Cagney,Joan Leslie,Walter Huston,Richard Whorf

7.8 IMDB Rating 2,927 Views
Mr Calzaghe 2015

The story of the rise to glory of boxer Joe Calzaghe.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport

Stars: Joe Calzaghe,Enzo Calzaghe,James Dean Bradfield,Chris Eubank

7.9 IMDB Rating 3,495 Views
Truth 2015

The story of The Killian Documents controversy (a.k.a. "Rathergate") in the days leading up to the 2004 presidential election. When veteran newscaster Dan Rather and CBS News head Mary Mapes choose to air a segment on 60 Minutes exposing how President Bush avoided being drafted to Vietnam through his father's political advantages, the resulting fallout ultimately costs them their jobs and reputations.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Cate Blanchett,Robert Redford,Topher Grace,Dennis Quaid

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,643 Views
For the Love of Spock 2016

An examination of the enduring appeal of Leonard Nimoy and his portrayal of Spock in Star Trek (1966).

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Chris Pine,Zoe Saldana,Karl Urban,Jim Parsons

7.6 IMDB Rating 3,443 Views
The Gamechangers 2015

In the late 1990s middle class British brothers Sam and Dan Houser and two friends, all video game enthusiasts, devise a violent new game Grand Theft Auto, set in a fictionalized America and appearing to reward a car thief for murdering anybody who gets in the way of his crimes. In Britain the Police Federation brands it as sick and contemptible whilst politician Hillary Clinton accuses it of "stealing the innocence of our children." Most vocal of its critics is crusading Florida lawyer Jack Thompson who, in the wake of an Alabama teen-ager going on a killing spree and blaming the game, attempts to get it banned, bringing a court action against the Housers and their company Rockstar Games, now based in San Diego. However Thompson's public denunciation of the game is instrumental in determining the outcome of the court case.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Bill Paxton,Daniel Radcliffe,Joe Dempsie,Ryan Gage

6.3 IMDB Rating 3,832 Views
Ronaldo 2015

Filmed over 14 months with unprecedented access into the inner circle of the man and the sport, this is the first official and fully authorized film of one of the most celebrated figures in football. For the first time ever, the world gets vividly candid and un-paralleled, behind-closed-doors access to the footballer, father, family-man and friend in this moving & fascinating documentary. Through in-depth conversations, state of the art football footage and never before seen archival footage, the film gives an astonishing insight into the sporting and personal life of double Ballon D'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo at the peak of his career.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport

Stars: Dolores Aveiro,Hugo Aveiro,Georgie Bingham,Adrian Clarke

6.4 IMDB Rating 8,495 Views
Nina 2016

The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Zoe Saldana,David Oyelowo,Kevin Mambo,Ronald Guttman

5.2 IMDB Rating 3,949 Views
Kun en pige 1995

Endast sv flicka är en dansk film 1995, regisserad av Peter Schroeder av Lise Nørgaard memoarer med samma namn. Filmen handlar om Lise fett Jensen liv fram tills slutet av WW2.

Category: Biography

Stars: Waage Sandø,Inge Sofie Skovbo,Birthe Neumann,Puk Scharbau

6.3 IMDB Rating 2,875 Views
Chasing Ice 2012

'National Geographic' photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In 'Chasing Ice,' we follow Balog across the Arctic as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. Balog's hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Traveling with a young team of adventurers by helicopter, canoe and dog sled across three continents, Balog risks his career and his well-being in pursuit of the biggest story in human history. As the debate polarizes America and the intensity of natural disasters ramp up around the world, 'Chasing Ice' depicts a heroic photojournalist on a mission to gather evidence and deliver hope to our carbon-powered planet

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: James Balog,Svavar Jónatansson,Louie Psihoyos,Kitty Boone

7.8 IMDB Rating 3,236 Views
Historien om Doktor Död (You Dont Know Jack) 2010

Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1928 - 2011 ) in the 1990s, when he defies Michigan law assisting the suicide of terminally-ill persons. Support comes from his sister, a lab tech, the Hemlock Society president, and a lawyer. The child of survivors of the Armenian genocide interviews applicants: his sister video tapes them. He assembles a device allowing a person to initiate a three-chemical intravenous drip. The local D.A., the governor, and the Legislature respond. In court scenes, Kevorkian is sometimes antic. He's single-minded about giving dying individuals the right to determine how their lives will end. He wants the Supreme Court to rule. He picks a fight he can't win: is it hubris or heroism?

Category: Biography, Drama

3,560 Views
Houston: The Legend of Texas 1986

"From personal heartbreak to the epic fight for liberation, the glory of the Old West is captured in this grand life story of Sam Houston, the man whose bravery and vision led to the creation of Texas." -- from back of box

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Sam Elliott,Claudia Christian,Devon Ericson,Michael C. Gwynne

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,544 Views
Queen of Katwe 2016

A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Madina Nalwanga,David Oyelowo,Lupita Nyong'o,Martin Kabanza

7.3 IMDB Rating 4,086 Views
Monsieur Chocolat (Chocolat) 2016

The life story of Rafael Padilla, a former slave in Cuba, who unexpectedly became a star clown in the Paris of the Belle Epoque. Discovered in a small country circus in the North of France by George Footit, a British clown and acrobat, he formed a successful duo with him, 'Footit and Chocolat'. For two decades, and despite conflicts between the two artists, Footit as the authoritarian white clown and Chocolat as the Auguste Black drudge filled crowds with enthusiasm. But nothing lasts forever and the glory of Chocolat, despite his high ambitions, started to decline until his premature death in 1917.

Category: Biography, Drama

3,112 Views
Hawking 2013

Hawking is the extraordinary story of the planet's most famous living scientist, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking's private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen's world, both past and present. An inspirational portrait of an iconic figure, Hawking relates his incredible personal journey from boyhood under-achiever, to PhD genius, to being diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease and given just two years to live. Despite the constant threat of death, Hawking manages to make many remarkable scientific discoveries and rises to fame and super-stardom. Hawking - a remarkable man, and a remarkable movie.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Documentary

Stars: Stephen Hawking,Arthur Pelling,Finlay Macrae,Nathan Chapple

7.3 IMDB Rating 3,968 Views
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict 2015

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict is a feature documentary about the life of art icon Peggy Guggenheim, based on her sole authorized biography. Peggy was an heiress to the Guggenheim family who would become a central figure in the modern art movement. As she moved through the cultural upheaval of the 20th century, she collected not only art, but artists. Her colorful personal history included trysts, affairs and marriages with such figures as Samuel Beckett, Max Ernst, Jackson Pollock, Marcel Duchamp as well as countless others. While fighting through personal tragedy, she maintained her vision to build one of the most important collections of modern art, which is today enshrined in her famous Venetian palazzo. The film is a compendium of the greatest 20th century art mixed with the wild and iconoclastic life of one of the most powerful women in the history of the art world.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Peggy Guggenheim,Marina Abramovic,Dore Ashton,Stephanie Barron

7.3 IMDB Rating 3,053 Views
The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John 2003

The story of Jesus' life as told by the apostle John, narrated by Christopher Plummer.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Christopher Plummer,Henry Ian Cusick,Stuart Bunce,Daniel Kash

7.7 IMDB Rating 3,505 Views
The Amazing Howard Hughes 1977

Howard Hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a Hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Tommy Lee Jones,Ed Flanders,James Hampton,Tovah Feldshuh

6.7 IMDB Rating 2,945 Views
Messi 2014

Lionel Messi from early life to international stardom.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport

Stars: Johan Cruyff,Kike Domínguez,Álex García,Pere Gratacós

7.5 IMDB Rating 5,312 Views