BIOGRAPHY Movies and Tvshows - Page 22

Jacquot de Nantes (1991)

IMDb: 7.7
1991

A boy growing up in Nantes during WW2 around his fathers mechanic workshop has a love for puppet shows and cinema and develops it into his own art Jacques Demy, the artist at the end of his life, reflects on his childhood influe

Hysteria (2011)

IMDb: 6.7
2011

The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science

Jesus (1999)

IMDb: 6.0
1999

A movie about the life, work and death of Jesus as we know it from the Bible

Kennedy (2023-)

IMDb: 8.0
2023–

A chronicle of John F Kennedys life, including his youth, ascension into politics, presidency, and his lasting impact on history

Ferrari (2023)

IMDb: 6.6
2023

Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferraris auto empire in crisis, the ex racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000 mile race across Italy

Scoop (2024)

IMDb: 6.5
2024

How the BBC obtained the bombshell interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Hilma (2022)

IMDb: 6.0
2022

Exploring Hilma af Klints enigmatic life, now recognized as one of the Western worlds first abstract artists

Tupac Biggie Worlds Collide (2023)

IMDb: N/A
2023

Worlds collided as the biggest rivalry in music history between two of the most talented rappers, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, ended in death as their careers skyrocketed Their murders remain unsolved today

The Five Pennies (1959)

IMDb: 7.1
1959

Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning Louis Satchmo Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling granite voice Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun

Finding Altamira (2016)

IMDb: 6.0
2016

Life and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century Altamiras caves

Why Do Fool Fall In Love 1998

IMDb: 6.4
1998

Three women each claim to be the widow of 1950s doo wop singer Frankie Lymon, claiming legal rights to his estate

The Iceman (2012)

IMDb: 6.8
2012

The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession

Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

IMDb: 6.9
1950

The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her loveprofessional rival, Frank Butler

Rob Roy (1995)

IMDb: 6.9
1995

In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite

Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All Part One

IMDb: 8.1
2015

From his birth in 1915 to his Oscar win for From Here To Eternity in 1953

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

Girl Interrupted (1999)

IMDb: 7.3
1999

Based on writer Susanna Kaysens account of her 18 month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s

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

Rocketman (2019)

IMDb: 7.3
2019

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton Johns breakthrough years

Christine (2016)

IMDb: 6.9
2016

The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career

I Am Michael (2015)

IMDb: 5.6
2015

Based on the fascinating true life story of Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes a Christian pastor after identifying as a heterosexual

Ekaterina (2014 )

IMDb: 8.1
2014–

The life of the Russian Empress Ekaterina II Catherine the Great, a German born princess who came to Russia as bride for the young Peter III, chosen by his aunt Elisabeth, and who, once she came into power, transformed the Russian

Evita (1996)

IMDb: 6.3
1996

The hit musical based on the life of Eva Peron Evita Duarte, a B picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Peron, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina

The Normal Heart (2014)

IMDb: 7.9
2014

A gay activist attempts to raise H I V and A I D S awareness during the early 1980s

A Mighty Heart (2007)

IMDb: 6.6
2007

Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)

IMDb: 7.0
1972

On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages

J. Edgar (2011)

IMDb: 6.5
2011

J Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F B I for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis

IMDb: 6.4
1997

Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the worlds top Olympic divers Some topics discussed were Gregs childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus

Lonely Hearts (2006)

IMDb: 6.4
2006

Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the Lonely Hearts Killers who lured their victims through the personals

Gotti (2018)

IMDb: 4.7
2018

The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son

The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (2017)

IMDb: 6.0
2017

Young and wide eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, only to find their marriage turning stranger, darker and more disturbing as time passes

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

IMDb: 6.9
1988

The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bun

IMDb: 7.8
2019

A look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy, featuring interviews with him on death row

Welcome to Marwen (2018)

IMDb: 6.2
2018

A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

IMDb: 7.2
1941

A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876

Fosse/Verdon (2019 )

IMDb: 7.9
2019

An inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographerdirector, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time