Biography Movies

Höllengefängnis

63/100

Tony Danza stars in this riveting drama based on the true story of Jerry Rosenberg - the world's first convict turned attorney. When two cops are dead, and he's the chief suspect, Jerry ... See full summary »

Clarence Darrow

84/100

The taped performance of Henry Fonda's one-man show was aired as "IBM Presents Clarence Darrow" on September 4, 1974, on NBC.

Tango Cabaret

42/100

A fictitious biography of Aira Samulin, the goddess of dance and importer of all the international dance crazes to Finland for some fifty years. The life story of this extravagant ever-teen... See full summary »

Die Sünden der Lucrezia Borgia

55/100

Simonetta Stefanelli stars as Lucrezia Borgia in Luciano Ercoli's version of the early life of this fascinating historical persona. If the accuracy of the historical facts may be drawn into... See full summary »

Tabu: The Soul Is a Stranger on Earth

61/100

The Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl was in love with his sister. And she loved him back. Their relationship became sexual and caused quite a stir in the local society. But when his ... See full summary »

First Steps

73/100

Nan Davis, a teenage girl is hit in a car accident, and is left paralyzed. She has a tough time accepting her new wheelchair bound life. One day she gets a word about a new research being ... See full summary »

Wesley

72/100

The year is 1732. John Wesley, an irritatingly self-righteous instructor at Oxford is offered the chance to go to the new colony of Georgia, where he hopes to preach to the Indians. During ... See full summary »

Johnny Cash: The Last Great American

85/100

Abuse

69/100

Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who is making a documentary about physical child abuse. The two fall in love, and the elder ... See full summary »

Hômuresu chûgakusei

66/100

Holden On

92/100

Holden, a small-town football player, fights to keep his mental illness a secret at all costs. Based on a true story.

Glory & Honor

64/100

The true story about Robert Peary's forgotten African American employee Mathew Henson who proved crucial in their race to North Pole.

Katharina Luther

64/100

The life of Katharina von Bora, a nun in the 16th century. When reading Martin Luther's writings about the freedom of the individual, she decides to leave the monastery - and gains the trust and love of the great reformer.

The Freddie Mercury Story: Who Wants to Live Forever

76/100

A dramatization of the final years of the music world's most famous AIDS casualty, Freddie Mercury, which includes interviews with the people who knew him.

Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman

73/100

Exclusive interviews with Danny Greene's family, Federal Government Officials, Mafia associates and Cleveland Police Enforcement, with never seen before photos.

El húsar de la muerte

70/100

The story of Manuel Rodriguez

Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After

53/100

Property of the State

89/100

A woman must deal with the devastating effects of having a murderer for a brother.

The Hitler Gang

72/100

This movie shows us the rise of Adolf Hitler from a small radical political adventurer to the dictator of Germany in the way of a gangster film. Exept for some minor inaccuracies the ... See full summary »

Na Quebrada

63/100

In the ghettos of the greatest metropolis in Brazil, a midst flying bullets, love and any number of hurdles, young people's stories mingle and collide in the search for dreams and choices. ... See full summary »

Haywire

70/100

Based on autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents.

L'Oriana

58/100

The life of Italian journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci.

Riel

64/100

A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two seperate rebellions.

A Man Like Eva

61/100

A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has ... See full summary »

Les violons du bal

68/100

For many years, filmmaker Michel Drach wanted to tell the story of his childhood during WWII and his family's escape from the occupying Nazis. The film explores his bittersweet memories, ... See full summary »