Biography Movies

Matters of Life & Dating

49/100

A dramatic and lighter look at breast cancer told from a single woman's point of view. It's the true story of Linda Dackman (Ricki Lake), following her as she tries to re-enter the dizzying... See full summary »

Valo

53/100

A historical drama about a small boy, who decides to dedicate his life for fighting for goodness.

The Yellow House

72/100

Covers the short period the two master painters spent as roommates in Van Goghs house and tensions and personality conflicts that ensued.

Vivekananda

70/100

The film is based on the life of Bengali, Hindu monk Narendra Nath Datta aka Vivekananda from his birth (1863) to his returned to India from the west (1887). It is spiritual take on ... See full summary »

Mapplethorpe

67/100

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

Curtin

75/100

The film covers the period from just before Curtin became Prime Minister until the return of the 6th and 7th Divisions to Australia at the start of the Pacific war.

Henry V

77/100

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

August

62/100

In 1876, Strindberg is penniless and once again his play "Master Olof" is rejected by the Royal Dramatic Theater. Debt collectors his furniture and Strindberg is on the verge of committing suicide.

Ek Thi Marium

86/100

Marium Mukhtar (Sanam Baloch) achieves her dream of becoming a fighter pilot and becomes the first female flying officer of Pakistan to embrace martyrdom.

Karl May

71/100

This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's "German Trilogy" on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich.

When Hell Was in Session

79/100

In 1965, Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's jet is shot down over North Vietnam and he is captured by the enemy who holds him in various brutal POW camps for more than seven years.

A Few People, a Little Time

69/100

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.

Over the Waves

66/100

The biography of the famous mexican waltz composer Juventino Rosas

Year One

61/100

The story of Christian Democrat leader De Gasperi and his struggle to lead Italy in the years after the end of World War Two.

Skånska mord - Esarparen

69/100

Esarparen is a man who a long time wished death of his wife and suddenly is accused of murdering her. He protests his innocence. Does he speak the true or is he the man who could kill his ... See full summary »

The Belle of Amherst

85/100

Portrait of 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson based on her poems, letters and notes. This is a taped broadcast of a live one-woman performance.

Spirit of Youth

61/100

The story of the rise of boxer Joe Thomas, which paralleled the life of Joe Louis.

Diary for My Lovers

69/100

Women He's Undressed

69/100

A documentary about the life of the Australian costume designer and three time Oscar winner Orry-Kelly.

Jean Moulin - Leben im Widerstand

67/100

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

81/100

The life of George Washington as the first President of the United States of America and his 8 years running his country. The trials he faces dealing with mobs and riots while keeping the country together.

Stan & Ollie

69/100

Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.

Motorcycle Girl

78/100

Based on the boundary-breaking motorcycle journeys of Zenith Irfan who, at 20 years of age, is the first Pakistani woman to have made a solo motorcycle journey through the northern regions of the country.

Lafayette

65/100

During the American War of Independence, French officer and nobleman La Fayette comes to America's aid with men, money and weapons and becomes a Major-General under George Washington's command.

Ciprian Porumbescu

68/100

As the Chinese acknowledge it, this gem envisions the patriotic and tragic life of Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu.