Biography Movies

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 »

Sebastian Kneipp - Der Wasserdoktor

66/100

Man to Men

59/100

The story of the Swiss soldier, Henri Dunant (Jean-Louis Barrault), who was responsible for the founding of the Red Cross, and who was offered the first Nobel Peace Prize.

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

78/100

Four women intimate with the showman tell his life story.

TL-1 Mi reino por un platillo volador

67/100

An independent movie maker, with the only one dream; to make a movie about flying saucers attacking the city of Buenos Aires. But due to a strange disease, that dream becomes a horrible nightmare.

Kharms

62/100

The film tells the story of the life of Daniil Yuvachev, known to the world as Daniil Kharms.

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.

Alexander Parkhomenko

71/100

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 »

Dawn!

64/100

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

Ivan Franko

78/100

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

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 »

Pierre Richard: Komiker par excellence

89/100

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 »

Summer Intensive

94/100

The Star Maker

61/100

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

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.

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.

Paul Robeson

77/100

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

Rossini! Rossini!

59/100

Confucius

64/100

The life story of the highly-influential Chinese philosopher, Confucius.

Fray Escoba

70/100

Film inspired by the life of the Spanish devotee Martín de Porres.