BIOGRAPHY Movies and Tvshows - Page 13

Chopper (2000)

IMDb: 7.2
2000

Chopper tells the intense story of Mark Chopper Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison His book, From the Inside, upon which the film is based, was a best seller

El Cid (1961)

IMDb: 7.2
1961

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar a k a El Cid overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors

O.J.: Made in America (2016)

IMDb: 8.9
2016

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O J Simpson, whose high profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation

Senna (2010)

IMDb: 8.5
2010

A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34

Hillary (2016)

IMDb: 7.3
2016

The biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, who, as a boy, was raised in a strict family, but eventually has to rebel against his stern fathers backward ideals, to follow his own convictions He wants to climb mountains

Michael the Brave (1971)

IMDb: 8.5
1971

At the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country

Total Divas (2013)

IMDb: 6.5
2013–

Follow the lives of the WWE divas in their work and relationships

Gia (1998)

IMDb: 7.0
1998

The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death

The Color of Freedom (2007)

IMDb: 7.1
2007

Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years The prisoners name was Nelson Mandela

Against the Sun (2014)

IMDb: 6.5
2014

A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission

Vice (2018)

IMDb: 7.2
2018

The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today

The Devils Violinist (2013)

IMDb: 6.1
2013

19th Century violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini incurs the wrath of his diabolical manager while preparing for his debut performance in London, and falling for the daughter of an English impresario

Vita & Virginia (2018)

IMDb: 5.8
2018

Its the fascinating true story about the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville West and literary icon Virginia Woolf

Prosecuting Evil (2018)

IMDb: 7.5
2018

A portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace

Bombshell (2019)

IMDb: 6.8
2019

A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network

Togo (2019)

IMDb: 8.0
2019

The story of Togo, the sled dog who led the 1925 serum run despite being considered too small and weak to lead such an intense race

Above Suspicion (2019)

IMDb: 5.6
2019

The story that leads to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent

The Long Road Home (2017 )

IMDb: 7.5
2017–

American forces occupying Iraq are ambushed in a Baghdad neighborhood

Unabomber: In His Own Words (2020)

IMDb: 7.2
2020

The beginning of the Unabombers campaign of terror from 1978 to 1985 a look into his childhood to discover what might have turned the young mathematical genius with few friends, Ted Kaczynski, into a sociopathic terrorist

Francesco (1989)

IMDb: 6.4
1989

Docudrama about the life of St Francis of Assisi

Borgia (20112014)

IMDb: 7.8
2011–2014

Story of the rise and the fall of the Renaissance dynasty

Tiger (2020)

IMDb: 7.8
2021

A look at the life, success and scandals of golf legend Tiger Woods

Madame Claude (2021)

IMDb: 5.4
2021

Paris, in the late 1960s Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the French political and criminal worlds But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks

Crazy, Not Insane (2020)

IMDb: 6.9
2020

An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers

Halston (2021 )

IMDb: 7.5
2021

The story of a man who leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire thats synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, literally defining the era

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)

IMDb: 6.5
1965

In turbulent 16th century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return

Ghislaine Maxwell: Epsteins Shadow (2021

IMDb: 6.5
2021–

Ghislaine Maxwell Epsteins Shadow

Roots (1977)

IMDb: 8.4
1977

A dramatization of author Alex Haleys family line from ancestor Kunta Kintes enslavement to his descendants liberation

Respect (2021)

IMDb: 6.8
2021

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The Three Stooges (2000)

IMDb: 7.0
2000

A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe Howard

Marilyn Monroe Declassified (2016)

IMDb: 6.9
2016

Marilyn Monroe Declassified is a feature documentary by director Paul Davids about Marilyn Monroes life and career and her untimely, mysterious death in 1962 at age 36 Perhaps the most groundbreaking aspect of this film Declassi

Ted Bundy Falling for a Killer (2020)

IMDb: 7.8
2020

After nearly 40 years of silence, Elizabeth Kendall Ted Bundys former girlfriend and her daughter Molly share their experiences with unsettling new details about the notorious serial killer

Dali (1991)

IMDb: 5.9
1991

Biography of famed artist Salvador Dali, focusing mainly on his relationship with girlfriend Gala and the time they spent in New York City in 1940 and his early days in Spain collaborating with filmmaker Luis Bunuel

Prodigy (2020-)

IMDb: 2.7
2020–

Documentary series profiles young athletes who are on the brink of becoming the next superstars in their respective sports

The Pilot A Battle for Survival (2021)

IMDb: 6.5
2021

December of 1941, Northwestern Front A German tank column is moving towards Moscow During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlevs IL 2 is shot down Komlev manages to crash land his plane in a remote forest clearing

The Staircase (2022)

IMDb: 7.5
2022

Tells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16 year judicial battle that followed