Biography Movies

Bukowski

65/100

The story of writer Charles Bukowski's formative years from childhood to high school and his struggles with an abusive father, disfiguring acne, alcohol addiction, and his initial attempts at writing.

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

78/100

Four women intimate with the showman tell his life story.

Ginevra's Story: Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait

39/100

Solving the mysteries of Leonardo DA Vinci's first known portrait, the first of only three women he ever painted.

Pavlos Melas

69/100

The military action of a Greek officer, Pavlos Melas, for the liberation of Macedonia from the Turks and Bulgarians. A story stick to the facts for the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks. ... See full summary »

Ludwig 1881

75/100

In 1881 Ludwig of Bavaria goes on a cruise on a Swiss lake. He takes with him a famous actor, Josef Kainz, to act out the scenes from a story which took place on the lake, at the actual locations.

Die Kurtisane von Santiago

74/100

Chile in the seventeenth century a woman kills her lover because he wants to conquer a priest. A slave commit the murder; when he is hanged religious, discover the truth.

Woman

80/100

Against the oppressive environment of religious fanaticism, political turmoil, archaic traditions, and the rise of fundamentalist Islamic movements, one extraordinary Arabian woman rises up... See full summary »

The Great John L.

72/100

Women in the life of prizefighter John L. Sullivan.

Dawn!

64/100

Biopic of Australian 3 Time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Dawn Fraser.

Pierre Richard: Komiker par excellence

89/100

The Star Maker

61/100

This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.

Summer Intensive

94/100

Hoover

68/100

A solo performance by Ernest Borgnine in the character of J. Edgar Hoover, the controversial figure who founded and headed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The Last Englishman

81/100

Biopic about a real eccentric ultra-patriotic British army officer and war hero called Lt. Col. Alfred D. Wintle, who fought in both World Wars against both the enemy and his higher-ups with the same passion.

Skin

71/100

A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.

Ivan Franko

78/100

Everybody's Gone

64/100

Childhood memories play on the mind of the central character, Garry. Many years on, he returns to his native town. Everything feels alien and strange. Our hero comes back to recover his ... See full summary »

Paul Robeson

77/100

Major events in the life of Robeson are recounted in this one-man performance.

A Season in Hell

71/100

About the last months Arthur Rimbaud spent in Africa before his untimely death (he was only 37), trafficking in arms and maybe in slaves. With a frequent use of flashback earlier moments of Rimbaud's life are explored.

Der weiße Tod

77/100

Portable Life

57/100

In the mist at the edge of a lake, the 17-year-old Sea (Ella-June Henrard) finds a mysterious medallion. It is the start of a journey around the world in which Sea lets herself be led ... See full synopsis »

Cotolay

61/100

The plot is loosely based on the legend from Galicia in north-west Spain of the founding by St Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) of the Convent of San Francisco near Santiago de Compostela in ... See full synopsis »

Warren Jeffs: Prophet of Evil

65/100

"Warren Jeffs: Prophet of Evil" pulls back the curtain on the now imprisoned religious prophet to an estimated 15,000 followers of the FLDS Church who, before going to jail for two felony ... See full summary »

The Farm of Seven Sins

69/100

In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French monarchy, was killed in the farm where he had retired. Was it a political assassination or... See full summary »

The Interrogation

70/100

In 1946, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss, the longest serving commander of Auschwitz concentration camp, is awaiting trial in a Polish prison. Albert, a young and successful Polish ... See full summary »