Biography Movies

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 »

Gregório de Mattos

68/100

The life of irreverent poet Gregório de Mattos, who lived in Bahia, Brazil, in the 17th century. Nicknamed Mouth of Hell, he used his transgressive poetry against the élite of the time.

Time Flies When You're Alive

89/100

Time Flies When You're Alive is a gripping one-man show. Paul Linke recounts, in no small detail the highs and lows of his marriage, specifically around his wife's losing struggle with ... 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 »

Malou

74/100

Malou feels that the difficulties she is experiencing in her relationships lie in her past and so she searches out information about her mother. Her mother, a nightclub singer who lived in ... See full summary »

L'oro di Scampia

74/100

Glorious

58/100

The compelling story of a young man's journey from rage and gang violence to the unusual gift that God would use to turn his life around.

Abschied

70/100

In August 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the seventeen year-old son of a Munich bürger, makes a decision: he will not take part in this war. This... 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 »

Erzählungen über Lenin

69/100

Justin Bieber: This Is My World

34/100

This profile takes you on the path to the Justin Bieber phenomenon and includes his performances of current hits including "Baby" and "One Time" to video of backstage footage, interviews with Bieber, Usher, and more.

LGBT United

46/100

A documentary on the challenges encountered by LGBT individuals in their childhood, at school, when coming out, and in many social settings. The viewer will experience the multiple ... See full summary »

Another World

79/100

Playing Lecuona

83/100

A fabulous documentary with the all star Latin Jazz pianists and musicians doing the narration. Michel Camilo, Chucho Valdez and Ganzalo Rubalcaba. Music is the universal language.

Hendrix on Hendrix

73/100

An unauthorized biography. Leon Hendrix, brother to Jimi opens up in an exclusive interview first looking...

Die Schlacht von Cedynia

68/100

Rasputin

61/100

Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.

The Lastbenchers

73/100

Its a movie about the life of LastBenchers who are failures in their academic life but when it comes to real life they struggles hard to become someone whom world can recognize and judge ... See full summary »

Pierlequin

29/100

Filmed as both a biopic and a parable, this film covers the life of Leonid Engibarov and famous clown/poet in Armenia in the 1960's and 1990's. It is also an allegory of the love affair of ... See full summary »

David Oistrakh: Artist of the People?

82/100

A portrait of violinist David Oïstrakh, from his birth in Odessa in 1908 until his in 1974, and his career under Stalin's left wing terrorist regime. Featuring interviews with his peers ... See full summary »

Sokola Rimba

74/100

Following Butet Manurung's journey from anthropologist to educator to activist as she works with the indigenous Orang Rimba people who live upstream the Makekal river in the forest of Bukit Duabelas of Jambi, Sumatera, Indonesia.

Bolshaya doroga

70/100

Jaroslav Hasek - an acclaimed Czech comedy writer and anarchist - wants nothing but to drink beer in his favorite pub. Instead he is enrolled in the Austro-Hungarian army as the WWI starts. Not that he is planning to fight.

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict

66/100

This drama documentary for cinema explores the pacifism that was such a powerful influence on composer Benjamin Britten's life and work. The story begins in 1929 at Gresham's School in ... See full summary »