BIOGRAPHY Movies and Tvshows - Page 23

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

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

An examination of the legacy one athlete left to the progression of his sports

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

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

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

Gloria Vanderbilt and her son Anderson Cooper discuss their notable familys history

An exploration of the global power and impact of the music of John Coltrane where the passions, experiences and forces that shaped his life and revolutionary sounds are revealed

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

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

Based on a true story of a drug addict who became a triathlon champion and a winner of Ironman competition

The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son

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

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

Mary Stuarts Saoirse Ronans attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I Margot Robbie, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution

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

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

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

The story of Rudolf Nureyevs defection to the West

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike

An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris Sam Rockwell, in which he purports to have been a C I A hitman

A music infused drama about Joe Meek, the flamboyantly gay, tone deaf, songwriter producer behind the 60s hits Have I the Right, Just Like Eddie, Johnny, Remember Me and Telstar

Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but weve had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now

Hollywood collides with a group of veterans who are tired of the typical PTSD and valor portrayed movies and decide to make an original dark humor zombie apocalypse film all on their own

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

Constructed from over 500 hours of never before seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Maradona, who played for S S C Napoli in the 1980s

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British born adults after a 7 year wait The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years

A recounting of the story of infamous British born terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who kidnapped and murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002

Covering nearly fifty years of mid 19th century turmoil, from the tumultuous Texas Revolution to the early womens suffrage movement, True Women is a gripping tale of endurance, love, and above all, gritty female determination

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206

Story about Amber Hagerman who was 9 years old when she was abducted while riding her bicycle, prompting her mother to seek out a system that alerts the nation of abducted children, we know that to be called an Amber Alert today

Oguri Shun plays Dazai Osamu who is one of the more popular novelists in Japan Like most artists he has his vulnerabilities and exposures In this case, the man is an alcoholic and lustful nomad In other words, while being married

Sir Christopher Lee plays the Lord Chief Justice of seventeenth century England who condemns women as witches to further his political and sexual needs

A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J P Morgans daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light

Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution

The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star