Biography Movies

Markova: Comfort Gay

69/100

Gil M Portes (Miguel/Michelle, 1999) tells the unconventional true story of Walter Dempster, Jr, otherwise known as Markova. After watching a documentary about the suffering of women forced... See full summary »

Durant's Never Closes

62/100

The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery.

General Suvorov

71/100

Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine the Great and Czar Paul I. After many ... See full summary »

The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story

56/100

True story about war prisoner Robert Garwood

Juan y Eva

58/100

The story is based on the first meeting of Juan Perón and Eva Duarte, during a fund-raising for the recent 1944 San Juan earthquake, and their growing relation.

Operation Autumn

61/100

A film about General Humberto Delgado's brutal assassination by the Portuguese fascist police in 1965.

Amorosa

59/100

About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna (1894-1940), during her turbulent marriage with David Sprengel. In a hallucination Agnes is brought to a mental hospital in Venice, carrying her fictitious autobiography.

Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

64/100

The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her father's shadow while still maintaining her own celebrity status.

Call Me Anna

65/100

Actress Patty Duke portrays herself in this autobiographical film that details her long-time struggle with mental illness.

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversion

71/100

Neurosia is the autobiography of the director Rosa von Praunheim. The movie begins with Rosa presenting his autobiography in a movie theater. Before the film begins, he is shot. But - his ... See full summary »

Victor

59/100

Despite having dreams of being a world record breaststroker since he was a child, Canadian Victor Davis came out of virtual obscurity to win the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke ... See full summary »

Calamity Jane

66/100

Biography of the famous cowgirl Martha Jane Cannary (Calamity Jane) is the Wild West character.

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

70/100

Football jock Rocky Bleier (Robert Urich) makes it all the way to the pros with the Pittsburgh Steelers, only to be drafted in the Vietnam War. Wounded by a hand grenade overseas, Bleier ... See full summary »

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

68/100

Legendary ballplayer and humanitarian Lou Gehrig and his relationship with his stalwart wife, Eleanor are portrayed in this film that focuses on the Hall of Famer's life off the baseball ... See full summary »

Bruce Lee in G.O.D.: Shibôteki yûgi

73/100

This film was made as a tribute to Bruce Lee's Game of Death. It uses archive footage from the original film and recreated scenes with stand-ins and the plotline of Bruce's screen notes to ... See full summary »

Liberace

66/100

A story of the famous pianist and entertainer, Liberace.

La Bolduc

70/100

This is the life story of Mary Travers also known by her stage name of La Bolduc. Mary Rose-Anna Bolduc, née Travers, was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as ... See full summary »

Polanski Unauthorized

28/100

An unauthorized chronicle of the life of Roman Polanski.

Kalervo Palsa ja kuriton käsi

57/100

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

69/100

Set in 1898, Cambridge, Massachusetts, depicts Annie Sullivan Macy supporting her student Helen Keller at Radcliffe College.

Where's Jack?

66/100

The adventures and the exploits of notorious English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard in 1720s London.

Winnie

70/100

Winnie is an intellectually disabled little girl who is committed to an institution by her mother at a very young age. Throughout the film, Winnie struggles for independence, and to feel as... See full summary »

We Are Moluccans

84/100

Five years conflict, thousands casualties, a football team united them

The Only Journey of His Life

71/100

As Georgios Vizneyos, one of Greece's greatest authors, degenerates in an Athens mental asylum, the tale of another story-teller, his grandfather, begins to emerge through his mad ramblings... See full summary »

Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story

68/100

This made-for-TV bio-pic is about Marilyn Bell, a Canadian teenager who, in 1954, was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. She won the Toronto Canadian National Exhibition prize ... See full summary »