Biography Movies

Ginger: More Than a Game

73/100

A semi-documentary about Radivoj Korac, one of the best basketball players who ever lived.

Henry Dunant - Das Rot auf dem Kreuz

63/100

Henry Dunant, son of a Geneva francophone upper class bourgeoisie family, works for a Swiss exploitation company in French Algeria; when the colonists are thirsty, he returns determined to ... See full summary »

Veerapandiya Kattabomman

76/100

When the British East India Company forces polygar Kattabomman to pay taxes, levies and be their subsidiary ruler, he openly defies their policy and battles them until his arrest and hanging.

Turning Table

71/100

While working at his editing table cartoon maker Paul Grimault is visited by a little clown, the star of his movie "Le Roi et l'Oiseau". Paul, who is delighted, shows his guest several ... See full summary »

George

66/100

The Prince of Adventurers

71/100

I Aim at the Stars

62/100

The story of rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun's career, from the 1920s until the late 1950s.

Walking in the Opposite Direction

86/100

The tragedy of Adrian's battle with himself and his disease balanced with his joy and love of life and his creativity. This is the universal story of the razor's edge that so many artists walk between heaven and hell.

Murph the Surf

65/100

Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called "The Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th ... See full summary »

Aus einem fernen Land

55/100

The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtyla was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Thirteen years later, Nazi Germany attacks ... See full summary »

Bogie

52/100

This TV movie focuses on the life of actor Humphrey Bogart, particularly the part of his life when his marriage to actress Mayo Methot was breaking up and his relationship with future wife ... See full summary »

The Eddie Cantor Story

57/100

The Count

55/100

Sleazy impostor, then dance band singer Pertti Ylermi Lindgren merrily re-enacts some of his real-life engagements to 76 different women in the late 1960s. After posing as an aristocrat, ... See full summary »

Persona Non Grata

64/100

Against his country's orders, a Japanese diplomat issues visas to refugees, saving over 6,000 Jewish lives at the outbreak of World War II.

Steve Jobs: iGenius

51/100

Steve Jobs was the modern day Thomas Edison! From his ground breaking i-phones, i-pads and i-pods to paternity issues and finding the sister he never knew, this program will delve into the ... See full summary »

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story

67/100

The autobiographical story of the life of country music legend Dottie West.

Tag der Verzweiflung

70/100

Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.

Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way

54/100

Joe Torre after failing to win a championship when he was a professional baseball player and as Manager to three teams is named Manager of the Yankees. And he finds himself having players ... See full summary »

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino

71/100

Camões

65/100

The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.

The Disciple

32/100

From a non-mythical perspective, The Disciple presents with high production value, the life of Jesus from a daring new angle, a human, without divinity, fallible and worrying disciple of God and the People on very real ground.

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

56/100

Based on the true story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, rivals for the USA Olympic Ice Skating team. When Kerrigan is savagely attacked, people begin to wonder if the intense rivalry ... See full summary »

Grzimek

66/100

Follows the life and work of the renowned German zoologist, zoo director and book author Bernhard Grzimek.

Céleste

68/100

In 1914, with men gone to war, Marcel Proust hired Céleste Albaret as his attendant. More than eight years later, she was at his side when he died. During this entire time, she only entered... See full summary »

Baby M

65/100

A childless couple enlists the help of a woman to be their surrogate for their first child. What ensues changes their lives and laws of surrogacy.