Biography Movies

Shine on Harvest Moon

65/100

Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

The Last Executioner

65/100

The story of Thailand's last prison executioner.

Karate Bear Fighter

69/100

This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.

Hans Staden

66/100

On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to ... See full summary »

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

67/100

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his ... See full summary »

Ignatius of Loyola

57/100

'If you could hear the voice of God, would you want to keep it secret?' A historical drama based on the memoirs of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. This is the story of ... See full summary »

Vows of Deception

61/100

A wife is on trial for the murder of her husband.

Silver Dollar

65/100

Yates and Sarah Martin are barely getting by in a Colorado boom town grocery store. Sudden wealth leads to greater prosperity and political power. In Denver Yates buys a mansion and builds ... See full summary »

The Tiger Woods Story

42/100

Biography of Tiger Woods from his birth to him winning his first golf major at the Augusta Masters in 1997.

Falling Angels

63/100

The Christine Jorgensen Story

56/100

A sex-change operation that changed "George" into "Christine" in 1950s Denmark.

Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story

63/100

TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and aspiring to rise above it all.

Augustinus

67/100

The story of the life and conversion of Aurelius Augustinus to Saint Augustine of Hippo.

Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs

68/100

King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks ... See full summary »

Michael Jordan: An American Hero

44/100

It starts as a little kid and shows the man behind the legend grow up to the nba

A Harlot's Progress

71/100

Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.

Edo Porn

67/100

The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.

A Bunny's Tale

60/100

A dramatization of Gloria Steinem's undercover investigation of the working conditions Bunnies faced at the Playboy Clubs.

Näsimi

82/100

Imadaddin Nasimi, well-known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society.

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

81/100

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

Soraya

64/100

Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.

Jack London

52/100

Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).

Omar Khayyam

60/100

During the 11th century, Persian poet Omar Khayyam's lover marries the Shah but the Shah, whose life is threatened by a sect of assassins, appoints Omar royal advisor.

Hefner: Unauthorized

48/100

The Four Assassins

67/100

Four friends learn kung fu to avenge the death of their friend against the manchus.