BIOGRAPHY Movies and Tvshows - Page 19

One Night with the King (2006)

IMDb: 6.1
2006

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects

Fur 2006

IMDb: 6.4
2006

Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus falls in love with Lionel Sweeney, an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the

Changeling (2008)

IMDb: 7.7
2008

Grief stricken mother Christine Collins Angelina Jolie takes on the L A P D to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child

Tyson (2008)

IMDb: 7.5
2008

A mixture of original interviews, archival footage, and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson

Lords of Dogtown (2005)

IMDb: 7.1
2005

The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s

Starving in Suburbia 2014

IMDb: 6.1
2014

A 17 year old dancer joins a thinspiration website and devotes herself to the almost religious glorification of thin, until she becomes completely possessed by the dark world of anorexia

Helter Skelter (2004)

IMDb: 6.4
2004

A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself

True Story (2015)

IMDb: 6.3
2015

When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo who has taken on Finkels identity his investigation morphs into a game of cat and mouse

Love and Mercy (2015)

IMDb: 7.4
2014

In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant garde pop masterpiece In the 80s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24 hour watch of shady therapist Dr Eugene Land

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015

IMDb: 6.9
2015

A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs

Call Me Lucky (2015)

IMDb: 7.6
2015

Barry Crimmins is pissed His hellfire brand of comedy has rained verbal lightning bolts on American audiences and politicians for decades, yet youve probably never heard of him But once youve experienced Bobcat Goldthwaits brill

Amy (2015)

IMDb: 7.8
2015

Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singersongwriter Amy Winehouse

Conspiracy (TV Movie 2001)

IMDb: 7.7
2001

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so called Final Solution to the Jewish Question can be best implemented

The Gathering Storm (2002)

IMDb: 7.5
2002

Winston Churchills wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe

Coal Miners Daughter (1980)

IMDb: 7.5
1980

The life of legendary Loretta Lynn, the dirt poor Appalachian Mountains girl who rose from humble beginnings to become the Queen of Country Music

The Girl King (2015)

IMDb: 5.9
2015

THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexua

Pawn Sacrifice (2014)

IMDb: 7.0
2014

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire

Truth (2015)

IMDb: 6.8
2015

Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then President George W Bushs military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers

Queen of the Desert (2015)

IMDb: 5.7
2015

A chronicle of Gertrude Bells life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attache for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century

Trumbo (2015)

IMDb: 7.5
2015

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywoods top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs

Army of One (2016)

IMDb: 5.1
2016

After a personal visit by God himself, the eccentric construction worker Gary Faulkner takes the decision to embark on an adventure in the badlands of Pakistan to bring Al Qaedas leader Osama Bin Laden to justice

Colonia (2015)

IMDb: 7.1
2015

A young womans desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from

Only the Dead (2015)

IMDb: 7.7
2015

Australian journalist Michael Wares experiences in Iraq during the 2003 war and after

As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM (20

IMDb: 7.0
2015

A retrospective look at the life and work of influential electronic music DJ, Adam Goldstein, known as DJ AM

Miles Ahead (2015)

IMDb: 6.4
2015

An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis

I Am Bruce Lee (2012)

IMDb: 7.4
2012

Bruce Lee is universally recognized as the pioneer who elevated martial arts in film to an art form, and this documentary will reveal why Bruce Lees flame burns brighter now than the day he died over three decades ago

Fire in the Sky (1993)

IMDb: 6.5
1993

An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975 His co workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder

Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cycli

IMDb: 7.0
2014

Documents Marco Pantanis battle with addiction after winning Tour de France and Giro dItalia in 1998 until his death from cocaine poisoning six years later

Orlando (1992)

IMDb: 7.2
1992

After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world

Loving (2016)

IMDb: 7.0
2016

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Courts historic 1967 decision

Mission to Lars (2012)

IMDb: 6.7
2012

Kate and Will Spicers brother, Tom, has Fragile X Syndrome, the most common form of inherited learning disability He is also a massive fan of Lars Ulrich from Metallica They made a promise to Tom that they would get him to meet La

Greater (2016)

IMDb: 7.3
2016

The story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk on in the history of college football

Trust (2018)

IMDb: 7.6
2018

Rome, 1973 John Paul Getty III, the heir and younger member of an oil tycoons saga, is kidnapped by the Italian mafia in order to get a ransom

Stronger (2017)

IMDb: 6.9
2017

Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing

Queen of Katwe (2016)

IMDb: 7.4
2016

A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess

A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)

IMDb: 7.4
2016

The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat Based on the international best selling book