BIOGRAPHY Movies and Tvshows - Page 7

Antwone Fisher 2002

IMDb: 7.3
2002

Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins

Behind the Candelabra 2013

IMDb: 7.0
2013

A chronicle of the tempestuous six year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson

Ali (2001)

IMDb: 6.8
2001

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974

Jimmys Hall 2014

IMDb: 6.7
2014

During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re open the dance hall that led to his depor

Soul Surfer (2011)

IMDb: 7.0
2011

Teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton overcomes the odds and her own fears of returning to the water after losing her left arm in a shark attack

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

IMDb: 7.9
1989

A victim of domestic violence winds up in an ongoing struggle to get the police to take her seriously, until the abuse escalates to the worst extreme

Pride 2014

IMDb: 7.8
2014

U K gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984

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

Great Balls Of Fire 1989

IMDb: 6.2
1989

The life and career of wildly controversial rock n roll star Jerry Lee Lewis

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

IMDb: 7.8
2014

U K gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

IMDb: 6.7
2008

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII

Danny Says (2015)

IMDb: 6.7
2015

Danny Says is a documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role in music and culture of the late 20th century working for the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and man

Jet Li Fearless 2006

IMDb: 7.6
2006

A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation

Donnie Brasco (1997)

IMDb: 7.7
1997

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

IMDb: 8.0
2006

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as hes poised to begin a life changing professional career

Eat Pray Love (2010)

IMDb: 5.8
2010

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round the world journey to find herself

Amistad (1997)

IMDb: 7.3
1997

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally

Colin in Black White (2021)

IMDb: 2.2
2021

This drama series from Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay explores Kaepernicks high school years and the experiences that led him to become an activist

The Bling Ring (2013)

IMDb: 5.6
2013

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities whereabouts in order to rob their homes

The Theory of Everything (2014)

IMDb: 7.7
2014

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife

Albert Brooks Defending My Life (2023)

IMDb: 7.5
2023

A documentary about the comedian and filmmaker Albert Brooks which includes interviews from Sharon Stone, Larry David, James L Brooks, Conan OBrien, Sarah Silverman and Jonah Hill

The Naked Civil Servant (1975)

IMDb: 7.9
1975

The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England

Unbroken 2014

IMDb: 7.2
2014

After a near fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before hes caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner of war camp

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

IMDb: 8.1
2002

Barely 21 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit

Selma (2014)

IMDb: 7.5
2014

A chronicle of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965

Glory Road (2006)

IMDb: 7.2
2006

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La Bamba (1987)

IMDb: 6.9
1987

Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper

The Imitation Game (2014)

IMDb: 8.0
2014

During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians

Kill the Messenger (2014)

IMDb: 6.9
2014

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIAs role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contrasfreedom fighters in Nicaragua

Funny Lady (1975)

IMDb: 6.3
1975

Story of singer Fanny Brices stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

IMDb: 7.3
1987

Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful

Freedom Writers (2007)

IMDb: 7.6
2007

A young teacher inspires her class of at risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school

Southside with You (2016)

IMDb: 6.3
2016

Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicagos South Side

Lion (2016)

IMDb: 8.0
2016

A five year old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family

Eadweard (2015)

IMDb: 6.3
2015

A psychological drama about the turn of the century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who was the first to photograph subjects in movement and became the godfather of cinema He later murdered his wifes lover and was the last British

Boys Dont Cry (1999)

IMDb: 7.5
1999

A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska