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Biography movies

Explore biographical films about the lives of notable people.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,019 films · Page 102.

Handel's Last Chance (1996)

biographical film

In 1742, Handel is heading to Dublin for the premiere of his new oratorio Messiah. Meanwhile, 10-year-old Jamie O'Flaherty is singing for money on the street. Also, Hugh was playing the Flute/Recorder and then stole gold coins from a Man's…

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Leonora in the Morning Light (2025)

Biographical picture, biographical film

In 1930s Paris, Leonora Carrington (Olivia Vinall) rebels against her aristocratic upbringing and joins the surrealist movement. She encounters artists such as Salvador Dalí and André Breton, and begins a passionate relationship with Germa…

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The Tiger Next Door (2009)

documentary film

The film is a character-driven documentary, which also reveals and explores a subculture of large wild animal keeping and breeding across the United States. The film starts from the premise that there are more tigers in private hands in th…

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El cónsul de Sodoma (2010)

LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film

In 1959, Jaime Gil de Biedma, a wealthy poet from Barcelona, visits Manila on business trip as the director of the Philippine Tobacco Company. At night, he gives free rein to his homosexuality. He meets Johnny, a young man who works in an …

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Beyond the Pale (1999)

biographical film

Two Irish men, Patrick Shaw (Patrick Clarke) and Seamus O'Sullivan (Conn Horgan), entered the U.S. illegally. Landing in New York the pair start with dreams of making it big but soon find themselves in dead-end jobs and drifting apart.

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Home, Sweet Home (1914)

Biographical picture

thumb|220px|alt=A man seated playing a violin|A still from Home, Sweet Home (1914) John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and girlfriend, Payne begins to lead a dissolute lif…

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Terminal Bar (2003)

Documentation, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film

The film is a fast-paced, photo-driven documentary of one of the seediest bars in Times Square, the Terminal Bar, as seen through haunting black-and-white photographs taken by bartender Sheldon Nadelman from 1972 to 1982.

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Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins (2008)

Animal Documentary, documentary film

The meerkat Flower is born in the Kalahari Desert on March 15, 2000, to Holly, the leader of a meerkat group called the Whiskers. After an attack by a rival group, the Lazuli, the Whiskers are forced to surrender their territory and move t…

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Milius (2013)

Biographical documentary, documentary film

The film takes a look at the life and career of John Milius, from his childhood and days as a student at the University of Southern California, to his success as a writer and director on major films like Dirty Harry, Apocalypse Now and Red…

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Document of the Dead (1985)

Documentation, Horror, documentary film, horror film, independent film, zombie film

Taking a look back from Romero's first television commercials onward, the documentary chronicles the career and stylistic techniques of Dawn of the Dead's director, George A. Romero.

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