Biography Movies

La macchinazione

65/100

In the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his violent death.

Rock Hudson

61/100

Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his ... See full summary »

Coming Out of the Ice

65/100

Victor and his family moved to the USSR in the mid '30's. When he refused to sign his skydiving accomplishment as a citizen of the USSR, he was not tried but simply sent to prison. His ... See full summary »

El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol

70/100

Juan Orol, was born in Galicia, Spain at the end of the XIX Century. As a child, his mother sent him away to Cuba, looking for a relative he never found. He grew up wildly and encroached in... See full summary »

Liebesträume

71/100

Pianist and composer Liszt was giving performances all over Europe and made his famous concert tour to St. Petersburg, Russia. Liszt's brilliant piano playing impressed the Russian royalty ... See full summary »

Belgrano

65/100

An Argentine film of the genre biopic, based on the life of the Argentine heroine Manuel Belgrano.

Solo, Solitude

75/100

Wiji Thukul, a well-known poet, is designed as a suspect activist. With the police looking for him, Wiji is forced to leave Solo for Borneo, thousands of kilometers away.

Ohm Krüger

70/100

Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa.

Melvin Purvis G-MAN

62/100

Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.

Cavalcade

49/100

An accomplished playboy Leo neglects his girlfriend and enjoys parties. His girlfriend parts from him and then, when he wants to see her once more, he has an accident. He survives, but his ... See full summary »

Faustyna

66/100

The Life of saint Maria Faustyna Kowalska, a Polish Nun.

Anthony, Warrior of God

64/100

The life of Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) from his arrival on Sicily's shores via shipwreck in 1221 to his death. He's a Portuguese monk who, once in Italy, seeks out St. Francis. Anthony's ... See full summary »

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

61/100

Der Mann mit dem Fagott

66/100

The story of Udo Jürgens, one of the most popular musicians (singer and pianist) of German speaking Europe, beginning with the story of his grandfather being inspired to emigrate to Russia ... See full summary »

The Miner

77/100

2009, Slovenia, European Union. For 30 years, Alija, the miner, has been one of the many Bosnian immigrant workers. Due to the crisis, miners are losing jobs. Alija is sent to check an ... See full summary »

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story

57/100

This film is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos a prostitute-turned-serial killer who preyed mostly on truck drivers.

Diamond Jim

71/100

The story of legendary gambler Diamond Jim Brady and his romance with entertainer Lillian Russell.

P.T. Barnum

66/100

The story of the great American showman and promoter.

Der eiserne Gustav

64/100

Gustav Hartmann is in trouble. Because of the new taxis he doesn't get many passengers in his horse-drawn carriage. To prove what he and his horse are capable of, he starts a trip from ... See full summary »

Du bist nicht allein - Die Roy Black Story

63/100

Baczynski

59/100

The short life and vast legacy of the legendary Polish wartime poet of the lost generation, Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski.

Cliffy

72/100

Set against the backdrop of the early eighties, Cliffy retraces his extraordinary journey from famously training in gumboots among cow paddocks through the epic six-day period of the ultra ... See full summary »

Betrayed by Love

53/100

An FBI agent and his pretty informant become lovers, which leads to tragedy.

Der Fall Wilhelm Reich

62/100

At the end of his life, Wilhelm Reich - psychiatrist and experimental scientist searching for the fundamentals of life - finds himself on trial, charged with deception. His dream of ... See full summary »

Little Mo

63/100

Biography of tennis star Maureen Connolly, the first woman to win all Grand Slam titles in one year.