BIOGRAPHY Movies and Tvshows - Page 85

49 Up (2005)

IMDb: 8.2
2005

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

Lane 1974 (2017)

IMDb: 6.3
2017

Lane is a 13 year old girl coming of age on a Northern California commune in the 1970s While Lane enjoys the freedom of living off the grid with her mother and younger siblings, she craves a stable normal life a life shes only

Our Nixon (2013)

IMDb: 6.7
2013

Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixons closest aides and convicted Watergate conspirators offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency

Sweet Dreams (1985)

IMDb: 7.1
1985

The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame

Brutal Glory (1989)

IMDb: 4.8
1989

The highly fictionalized making and breaking of Norman Selby, more recognizable as Kid McCoy, the real life American middleweight world boxing champion from the turn of the 20th century

My Ain Folk (1973)

IMDb: 7.5
1973

Jamie and Tommy are separated by the death of their grandmother Jamie with another relative and Tommy to a welfare home Now Jamie is all alone and his life is not at all happy taken over by silence, rejection and violence

Of Two Minds (2012)

IMDb: 6.8
2012

Of Two Minds explores the extraordinary lives, struggles and successes of three unique and compelling people living with bipolar disorder in America today Through a combination of intimate verite and revealing interviews, we experie

Ride Like a Girl (2019)

IMDb: 7.0
2019

The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup

28 Up (1984)

IMDb: 8.2
1984

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

Grey Gardens (2009)

IMDb: 7.4
2009

The lives of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith, aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Kumu Hina (2014)

IMDb: 7.4
2014

A transgender Native Hawaiian teacher inspires a young girl to fulfill her destiny of leading the schools male hula troupe, even as she struggles to find love and a committed relationship in her own life

Rosa Luxemburg (1986)

IMDb: 6.9
1986

After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists

Bricks in Motion (2015)

IMDb: 7.7
2016

A documentary that explores the diverse world of people who make stop motion animated films with LEGO bricks

Seberg (2019)

IMDb: 5.8
2019

Inspired by real events in the life of French New Wave icon Jean Seberg In the late 1960s, Hoovers FBI targeted her because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal

Green Guild (2011)

IMDb: N/A
2011

A Documentary of the everyday life of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, CA

The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (20

IMDb: 6.3
2002

This movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through the story of its President Roberto Calvi Omero Antonutti, notoriously found dead under the Bla

Swimming Upstream (2003)

IMDb: 7.1
2003

The inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton

Burning Blue (2013)

IMDb: 6.2
2013

Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray

Back on Board: Greg Louganis (2014)

IMDb: 7.5
2014

Feature length documentary about the greatest diver of all time Four time Olympic champion Greg Louganis has faced more than his share of challenges In 2011, he is far from the public eye and struggling to pay his mortgage Now, th

Brothers (1977)

IMDb: 6.5
1977

Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout

Wizard Mode (2016)

IMDb: 6.9
2016

The life of Robert Gagno, an autistic pinball player

South Bureau Homicide (2015)

IMDb: 7.6
2016

South Bureau Homicide, set in South Los Angeles, explores the unsung bond created by the homicide detectives of LAPD and the local communitys anti violent crime activists who together investigate and cope with the persistent menace

Ned Kelly (1970)

IMDb: 5.1
1970

The impoverished son of Irish immigrants is pushed by wrongful police persecution into becoming Australias most notorious bushranger

Manolo: the Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizar

IMDb: 6.4
2017

An in depth portrait of MANOLO BLAHNIK, self confessed cobbler and the man regarded by most influential fashion figures as the best shoe maker of the 20th and 21st centuries A film for anyone who has ever looked longingly at a pa

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Gr

IMDb: 7.3
2008

Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of Americas first shock jock, Washington D C radio personality Ralph Petey Greene

Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Li

IMDb: 6.6
2012

This documentary looks at architecture and design team Diller Scofidio + Renfro through the lens of two important urban projects the High Line and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

After the Ball (1957)

IMDb: 6.0
1957

The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility

Saand Ki Aankh (2019)

IMDb: 7.7
2019

Both over the age of 60, Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar inspire other women in India when they demonstrate their expert sharpshooting skills

Stato di ebbrezza (2018)

IMDb: 6.6
2018

With irony and without rhetoric, Stato Di Ebbrezza deals with the issue of alcoholism through a real story, that of renowned cabaret artist Maria Rossi Previous football player, homosexual, her subtle and brilliant talent in discove

Left on Purpose (2015)

IMDb: 7.2
2015

Left on Purpose is a documentary film about the friendship between an aging anti war activist who has decided that his last political act will be to take his own life and the filmmaker who is struggling to tell the story

I AM PATRICK (2020)

IMDb: 5.9
2020

I AM PATRICK peels back centuries of legend and myth to tell the true story of Saint Patrick Through historical re enactments, expert interviews and Patricks own writings, experience the journey from man to saint

Song Without End (1960)

IMDb: 6.1
1960

The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt Sir Dirk Bogarde, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences

Luther (1974)

IMDb: 6.4
1974

A mans views cause a rift between peasants and the church

Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)

IMDb: 7.3
1986

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life

Web Junkie (2013)

IMDb: 6.4
2013

This uniquely telling film takes an entertaining and unsettling look into Chinese rehabilitation centers treating internet addiction, which the Chinese government has classified as a serious clinical disorder

Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and V

IMDb: 6.4
2011

The true story of lifelong criminal and serial killer, Carl Panzram who wrote his autobiography for a jail guard in 1928