Biography Movies

I Was an American Spy

68/100

Begins in documentary style when U. S. Army General Mark Clark authenticates Claire Phillips' adventures and achievements, as an American citizen who rendered invaluable services to her ... See full summary »

Bismarck

64/100

A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany.

Skånska mord - Hurvamorden

72/100

After 24 hours of searching, the body of ex policeman Tore Hedin is found in Brösarps-lake in Skåne. The year was 1952.

Taarka

66/100

An ethnographic musical drama about a Seto (regional ethnic minority in South-Eastern Estonia) folk-singer Hilana Taarka.

The Ann Jillian Story

59/100

Ann Jillian finds out she has cancer and the movie shows how she deals with that (the hospital treatments and impact on her life).

Bomber Harris

70/100

The history of one of the key commanders of WW2, the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris.

It's Russian

66/100

No Child of Mine

64/100

A woman accustomed to always having the last word in every situation, finds herself trying to "rescue" her grandson, Jesse, from being signed away to grow up in an institution for Down's Syndrome children.

Lola, la película

55/100

Movie about the life Lola Flores, the most famous Spanish flamenco singer of all times.

Catherine the Great

74/100

Drama documentary reconstructing the life and times of Catherine the Great of Russia.

Ramses

79/100

A chronicle of legendary Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy's rise to fame, from his early days as a stage actor in late 1950s Amsterdam to his emergence as a national music icon throughout the following two decades.

Maxwell

71/100

The final two months of the life of media tycoon Robert Maxwell.

Stars

54/100

A story of passion, rivalry, love, and friendship. Jan Banas, acclaimed Silesian football player of the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to makes his dreams come true on and off the field. Stars ... See full summary »

Keep the Faith, Baby

71/100

New Yorker Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (Harry J. Lennix) becomes a congressman and condemns all forms of segregation and discrimination.

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

70/100

Margaret Sanger, a nurse who, in 1914, became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law ... See full summary »

Und die Geigen verstummen

70/100

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.

Arletty A Guilty Passion

63/100

Paris lives under the control of German occupation. While filming "the Children of Paradise" Arletty, an unconventional actress, continues to live according to her desires. While she ... See full summary »

Your Name Here

50/100

The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi's most brilliant authors. Paranoid conspiracies of the highest order... See full summary »

Malarek

61/100

Based on Victor Malarek's best-selling autobiography, this is the true story of a streetwise kid who emerges from a violent and unjust background to become one of journalism's top reporters.

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

68/100

True story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball.

Story of San Michele

58/100

Viagem a Portugal

67/100

Maria, a Ukrainian doctor, comes to Portugal to spend a year in with her husband, also a doctor. She is approached by agents of the Immigration Services that take her to an interrogation ... See full summary »

Serpent of the Nile

48/100

In 44 BC, after the assassination of the leader of Rome Julius Caesar, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and one of the highest ranking Roman generals and Caesar's possible successor Mark Anthony begin a tragic love affair.

El Greco

63/100

16th-century Spain, the famed Italian painter El Greco journeys to Toledo to paint an altarpiece. Trouble ensues when he falls in love with a beautiful local girl.

Augustine of Hippo

69/100

This biography tells the life story of Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, a North African region during the last years of the Roman Empire. The film details Augustine's struggle to maintain ... See full summary »