Biography Movies

Rossini! Rossini!

59/100

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 »

Confucius

64/100

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

Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn

30/100

The supposed story of superstar Marilyn Monroe's death...as told by a "friend" of hers. Watch flashbacks from "Goodbye Norma Jean" as it leads up to the night when Marilyn Monroe died.

Simone

59/100

SIMONE has made a decision: after years of relationships with women, she decides to be with a man for the first time. The film broaches sexual freedom issues through the experiences of its ... See full summary »

The Great Victor Herbert

67/100

La Malibran

67/100

The rise and fall of a diva circa 1820.

Rabea el adawaya

60/100

The film is based on the life of the female Muslim saint Rabia Basri.

Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu

80/100

Solomon Mahlangu is a Mamelodi township schoolboy-hawker who, after the events of June 16th joins the military wing of the ANC to fight against the brutal oppression of the Apartheid regime... See full summary »

Puccini

70/100

Giacomo Puccini, the son of a Tuscan organist, achieves world-wide recognition as a composer of operas and dies from throat cancer in the middle of an artistic crisis, at the age of just sixty-six.

Moa

53/100

The life of Swedish writer Moa Martinson. In 1925 Moa's two youngest children drowns. She is politically active and a passionate. 1928 her husband commits suicide. The next year she marries... See full summary »

Spartacus

57/100

Fray Escoba

70/100

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

Fuga per la libertà - L'aviatore

66/100

Chrisye

76/100

Finding passion and talent in the world of music does not make Chrisye peaceful throughout his life. Since he is a teenager, he has to defy his father who wants him to be an engineer. He ... See full summary »

Tom Logan (Director)

95/100

Following Director Tom Logan on a film shoot.

Adriano Olivetti: La forza di un sogno

64/100

Belyy sneg Rossii

72/100

Und keiner weint mir nach

55/100

Leo and Marili grow up in a working class neighborhood in post world war one Munich in Germany. They make their first holy communion, fall in love for the first time, graduate from school ... See full summary »

Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing

66/100

The life of Vincent Van Gogh, as presented through the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The museum gives an intimate look at Vincent's life through his brother, Theo Van ... See full summary »

The White Crow

75/100

The story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West.

Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making

68/100

A prequel of the Trudeau miniseries which focuses on Pierre Trudeau's Quebec years before he came to Ottawa.

Countess Cosel

66/100

"The Countess Cosel" is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia von Brockdorff, a German noblewoman who became mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector ... See full summary »

Winslow Homer: An American Original

65/100

Winslow Homer leaves his post as Civil War illustrator and seeks solitude. He meets two teenagers who, like him, are haunted by the aftermath of the war.

Paul VI: The Pope in the Tempest

74/100

The service of Pope Paul VI presents tremendous challenges for humanity not only in the political, cultural and economic aspects of the world but also in the spiritual life of The Church. ... See full summary »