Genre: Biography
1352 content found
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey 2018

On the night she plans to take her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She is released, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Katie Douglas, David James Elliott, Rossif Sutherland

7.2 IMDB Rating 1,989 Views
The First Lady 2022–

In the East Wing of the White House, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gillian Anderson

5,7 IMDB Rating 5,991 Views
Can You Ever Forgive Me? 2018

When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Crime

Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells

7,5 IMDB Rating 7,794 Views
Mrs. America 2020–

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly leads an unexpected fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Uzo Aduba, Elizabeth Banks, Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne

11,182 Views
The Offer 2022–

Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's never-before-revealed experiences of making The Godfather (1972).

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, Juno Temple

10,926 Views
Roman Empire: Reign of Blood 2016

An academic and graphic account of the rule of the famously narcissistic Roman Emperor Commodus, who inherited the Roman Empire from his father, Marcus Aurelius, at the height of its expansion in the second century AD, told over a backdrop of violence, sex, and corruption.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Drama

Stars: Aaron Irvin, Sean Bean, Aaron Jakubenko

6.9 IMDB Rating 31,804 Views
Unga Astrid 2018

Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Alba August, Maria Bonnevie, Trine Dyrholm

7.1 IMDB Rating 10,838 Views
The Whistleblower 2010

A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.

Category: Action, Biography, Crime

Stars: Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave

7.1 IMDB Rating 4,536 Views
Radio 2003

The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Debra Winger

6.9 IMDB Rating 4,915 Views
Gotti 2018

The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: John Travolta, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Kelly Preston

4.7 IMDB Rating 11,023 Views
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ 2005

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

5.4 IMDB Rating 17,605 Views
Something the Lord Mad 2004

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Cliff McMullen, Yasiin Bey, Luray Cooper

8.1 IMDB Rating 728 Views
Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago 2016

The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to the present.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Lee Loughnane, Robert Lamm, Walter Parazaider

7.0 IMDB Rating 571 Views
Dickinson 2019–2021

An inside look at the world of writer Emily Dickinson.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Adrian Enscoe, Hailee Steinfeld, Anna Baryshnikov

7.4 IMDB Rating 46,517 Views
Cocaine Godmother 2017

The real life of Colombian drug lord, Griselda Blanco, who reportedly masterminded more than 200 murders. This film presents her life story from the time she was a young girl to the end of her life.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jenny Pellicer, Alejandro Edda

5.6 IMDB Rating 7,731 Views
Burning Bush 2013

Based on real characters and events, this drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Buresová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonor Palach's sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach, Vojtech Kotek

7.9 IMDB Rating 4,834 Views
Shadowlands 1993

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.

Category: Biography, Drama, romance

Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Julian Fellowes

7.4 IMDB Rating 688 Views
Stockholm 2018

Based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the 'Stockholm Syndrome'.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Crime

Stars: Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong

6.1 IMDB Rating 743 Views
Red Dog 2011

Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Rohan Nichol

7.3 IMDB Rating 5,151 Views
Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters 2016

A chronicle of the Brontë sisters' battle to overcome obstacles and publish their novels, which would become some of the greatest in the English language.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Finn Atkins, Charlie Murphy, Chloe Pirrie

7.4 IMDB Rating 643 Views