Genre: Biography
1344 content found
Au nom de ma fille 2016

Based on the story of Andre Bamberski, who fought to bring his daughter's presumed murderer to justice for 27 years.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Sebastian Koch, Marie-Josée Croze

7.1 IMDB Rating 107 Views
Hilary and Jackie 1998

The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain

7.3 IMDB Rating 206 Views
Young Woman and the Sea 2024

The story of competitive swimmer Trudy Ederle, who, in 1926, was the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham

7.7 IMDB Rating 1,225 Views
This England 2022

Follows the events surrounding Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Derek Barr, Simon Kunz, Rachel Sophia-Anthony

5.7 IMDB Rating 2,367 Views
Klitschko: More Than a Fight 2024

"Klitschko: Der Kampf seines Lebens" is a documentary feature on sky.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko

6.3 IMDB Rating 358 Views
El Chapo 2017–2018

A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power during the '90s as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and his ultimate downfall in 2016.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Marco de la O, Humberto Busto, Diego Vásquez

7.8 IMDB Rating 47,351 Views
Cabrini 2024

After witnessing disease and poverty in the slums of New York, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini embarks on a daring journey to persuade the hostile mayor to provide housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Cristiana Dell'Anna, John Lithgow, David Morse

7.4 IMDB Rating 412 Views
The Baader Meinhof Complex 2008

A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.

Category: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek

7.3 IMDB Rating 177 Views
Woman in Gold 2015

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl

7.3 IMDB Rating 5,222 Views
Listen to Me Marlon 2015

A documentary that utilizes hundreds of hours of audio that Marlon Brando recorded over the course of his life to tell the screen legend's story.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Marlon Brando, Stella Adler, Bernardo Bertolucci

8.1 IMDB Rating 4,028 Views
Megan Leavey 2017

Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.

Category: Biography, Drama, War

Stars: Kate Mara, Ramón Rodríguez, Tom Felton

7.1 IMDB Rating 8,219 Views
Aretha Franklin: Soul Sister 2020

A vibrant portrait of Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, who has become a symbol of freedom and power for all African American women.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Mark Bego, Renaud Bertin, Daphne Brooks

7.3 IMDB Rating 93 Views
Skandalen på Huseby 2021

Florence Stephens inherited one of Sweden's richest estates. Her home was visited by royalty and nobility. As heir to her large estate, she appoints, herself unmarried and childless, the young extravagant Prince Carl Bernadotte trustee. A well-known family secret suggests that Florence Stephens might have blood ties to the Royal family.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Florence Stephens, Carl Bernadotte, Lena Ebervall

6.1 IMDB Rating 186 Views
Karin och Carl Larsson 2023

One of the world's most famous artists' homes is located in Sundborn, Dalarna, Sweden. In this documentary we get to accompany Karin and Carl Larsson home and take part in the unique artist environment that exists at Lilla Hyttnäs.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Elsa Billgren, Ami Bergöö, Beata Heuman

7.0 IMDB Rating 124 Views
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open 2023

Over the years, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, became both a pop culture icon and a complex dramatic actress. Her career is a unique body of work that mirrors her personal life, which is more political than it might seem.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman, Gus Van Sant

6.7 IMDB Rating 227 Views
Benny och Kulturhuset 2021

A portrait of Benny Fredriksson who for 16 years was CEO of Kulturhuset / Stadsteatern. He also had a background as an actor and director. In connection with a media hunt he resigned and later took his own life.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Benny Fredriksson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Per Ahrbom

8.0 IMDB Rating 84 Views
Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker 2021

In the early days of film-biz Alice joined the company of pioneer Gaumont, rose in the ranks and directed more than 400 films. But the company eventually erased her from her credits, she was forgotten, even experts have to redisco...

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Gustave Eiffel, Léon Gaumont, Alice Guy

69 Views
Brad Pitt, la revanche d’un blond 2022

Brad Pitt is a singular actor in Hollywood's glamorous world, breaking through his "playboy image" and embodying American cinema's renewal. At the beginning there was a humble Midwestern aware of being a smokescreen for the illusi...

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Brad Pitt, Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain, Gabi Franke

6.7 IMDB Rating 182 Views
Exposing Muybridge 2021

Exposing Muybridge tells the story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema when he became the first photographer to capture something moving faster than the human eye can see--Leland Stanford's galloping horses.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Gary Oldman, Marta Braun, Philip Brookman

6.8 IMDB Rating 98 Views
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America 2019

This documentary follows the life of the renowned American director, author of more than 150 works and winner of more Oscar awards than any other, and shed light on the significance of his most outstanding films.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Paul Bandey, John Ford, Joseph McBride

5.7 IMDB Rating 97 Views