Genre: Biography
1460 content found
Barry 2016

A look into the early life of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Devon Terrell, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Mitchell

6.0 IMDB Rating 9,843 Views
Dangerous Minds 1995

LouAnne, a retired US marine, becomes a teacher in a Californian high school. But her mostly Latino and black students from an impoverished and racially segregated locality do not easily embrace her.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance

6.5 IMDB Rating 155 Views
Porn King: The Rise & Fall of Ron Jeremy 2022

The story of the porn star who, after 40 years in the adult movie industry, is now facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

Stars: Christy Canyon, Jim Powers, Alana Evans

6.1 IMDB Rating 667 Views
Alias Grace 2017

Grace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard

7.6 IMDB Rating 13,363 Views
The Salt of the Earth 2014

The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado

8.4 IMDB Rating 4,444 Views
Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson

7.4 IMDB Rating 4,195 Views
Maudie 2016

An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Zachary Bennett

7.6 IMDB Rating 4,432 Views
Admiral 2015

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.

Category: Action, Adventure, Biography

Stars: Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma

7.0 IMDB Rating 5,020 Views
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads 2019

A look at the short, mysterious life of blues legend, Robert Johnson, who was said to have made a deal with the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Terry Harmonica Bean, Rory Block, Yvonne Chireau

7.0 IMDB Rating 5,310 Views
Garbo: Where Did You Go? 2024

An urgent, timely and compelling portrait of Hollywood icon Greta Garbo, whose fame, isolation and loneliness still captures us.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Elyn Daniels

6.0 IMDB Rating 190 Views
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019

Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Felix Lemburo

7.6 IMDB Rating 5,314 Views
Brexit: The Uncivil War 2019

Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Belcher, Malcolm Freeman

7.0 IMDB Rating 6,372 Views
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America 2016

Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man. When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan. When many of these people eventually leave the Klan with Daryl's support, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods; building his collection piece by piece, story by story, person by person, in hopes of one day opening a museum of the Klan.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Daryl D. Davis, Kenneth Nwadike, Jeff Schoep

7.6 IMDB Rating 4,056 Views
El Clan 2015

The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Guillermo Francella, Gastón Cocchiarale, Peter Lanzani

6.9 IMDB Rating 3,948 Views
Nothing to Lose 2018

Self-financed fictional biopic of Brazilian bishop Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and owner of Record TV network.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Petrônio Gontijo, Day Mesquita, Beth Goulart

2.4 IMDB Rating 3,797 Views
Holy Rollers 2010

In Brooklyn, a youth from an Orthodox Jewish community is lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by his pal who has ties to an Israeli drug cartel.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Danny A. Abeckaser

5.9 IMDB Rating 4,092 Views
Mr. Turner 2014

J.M.W. Turner, an unconventional British painter, goes down memory lane and recalls his romantic relationship with a seaside landlady and the various accolades he received for his works of art.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson

6.8 IMDB Rating 5,660 Views
Assembly 2007

A soldier fights to gain recognition for comrades who died during the Chinese Civil War.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama

Stars: Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan

7.3 IMDB Rating 5,064 Views
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger 2014

A look at James 'Whitey' Bulger, one of the most infamous criminals in American history.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

Stars: Stephen Rakes, James 'Whitey' Bulger, Tommy Donahue

6.7 IMDB Rating 4,103 Views
Neruda 2016

An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán

6.8 IMDB Rating 5,048 Views