Biography Movies

Lev s bílou hrívou

67/100

The film tells the exciting life of the great Czech composer Leos Janacek , (1854-1928) , also known by the thick silver hair that crowned his head and his strong character, which could overcome the adversities of fate.

Evo Pueblo

43/100

This is the history of a young farmer of the Bolivian plateau that becomes the first indigenous president of Bolivia. His childhood consists of shepherding ewes in the small school located ... See full synopsis »

Prima che la notte

73/100

The life and death of Giuseppe "Pippo" Fava, a sicilian journalist and intellectual who tried to fight the mafia through his newspaper "I Siciliani" during the 70's and the early 80's

Wrong Side of the Road

77/100

A dramatised documentary showing 48 hours in the lives of members of the Aboriginal bands, No Fixed Address and Us Mob, including the racism, hostility and harassment they receive.

A Home of Our Own

69/100

The story of Father William Wasson, who founded and operated a home for abandoned and orphaned children in Mexico.

Return to Earth

66/100

The story of Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to walk on the moon, and the problems he had after his return to Earth, including the breakup of his marriage, a nervous breakdown and his ... See full summary »

The Comedians

72/100

The Immortal Augustus Gladstone

66/100

Augustus Gladstone believes he's immortal. Squatting in an abandoned hotel in Portland, he shares colorful tales of his 150 year existence. From his travels across America during the ... See full summary »

The Gate of Departure

63/100

The Gate of Departure is a meditation on grief, death and psychological entrapment that dispenses dialogue and narrative for a visual experience that breaks the conventions.

De Gasperi, l'uomo della speranza

55/100

The biography of one of most influential Italian politicians, through the dramatic years of fascism, WWII and country economic and social rebuilding. First victim of political persecution, ... See full summary »

Eroica

73/100

El Tío

62/100

Ignacio, 31, has an obsession with the figure of his uncle, Jaime Guzmán Errázuriz, collaborator of General Augusto Pinochet and principal creator of the 1980 Constitution and decides to interpret it in a play.

The Grizzlies

85/100

In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse.

Copernicus

66/100

Villa, itinerario de una pasión

58/100

Following the underhanded murder of Pancho Villa on the outskirts of Parral, Chihuahua , the whole city mourned his death. The wake for the revolutionary hero was held by his closest ... See full summary »

Lapu-Lapu

63/100

A semi-fictonal account about the life of Filipino hero Lapu-Lapu before, during, and after the fateful Battle of Mactan

Red Passport

55/100

Reuniting with his daughter and living peacefully proves harder than expected for an ex-con still haunted by his past.

Ekk Albela

67/100

The journey of Bhagwan Dada. A common man who rose to the top and became a legend in Indian Cinema.

Milosc ci wszystko wybaczy

56/100

Loosely based on a biography of a famous Polish singer from the 1930's, Hanka Ordonowna. It opens in the Egyptian desert during African campaign in World War II where Hanka's husband is ... See full summary »

Thornwell

65/100

True story about James Thornwell, who was serving the Army in Europe when some military documents went missing. He was wrongfully accused of the theft, brutally interrogated and given drugs... See full summary »

Jason and Shirley

68/100

December 3, 1966, Oscar winning filmmaker Shirley Clarke invites Jason Holiday, a black gay hustler, drug addict and transient to her Chelsea Hotel penthouse in New York City to film him ... See full summary »

Pearl

68/100

The true story of a spirited Chickasaw daredevil whose young life in 1928 rural Oklahoma suddenly changes one Sunday afternoon. The soon-to-become famous Wiley Post lands his plane in her ... See full summary »

Brigham

51/100

The life of Brigham Young, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the better part of the 1800s, founder of Salt Lake City and the first governor of the Utah Territory.

Roger Touhy, Gangster

71/100

Jing cha ri ji

61/100

The film is inspired by the story of Hao Wanzhong, a policeman in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. Following his career, through the inner workings of a modern Chinese police department in Inner ... See full summary »