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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 104.

Ballerina (1966)

action film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film

The story opens with Mette greeting Kirsten at the airport following the latter's return from a successful dance tour. They ride into the city together where Kirsten notices that Mette is slightly down-hearted about her own progress at bal…

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Enemy of Women (1944)

biographical film, drama film, propaganda film

Paul Joseph Goebbels, a down-on-his-luck playwright, boards with German military pensioner Colonel Eberhardt Brandt. While there, Goebbels falls in love with Brandt's daughter, Maria, an aspiring actress who does not return his affections.…

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Dreams on Spec (2007)

documentary film

The film follows three aspiring screenwriters as they struggle to turn their scripts into movies. David is a hip talent agent's assistant with three scripts circulating around town. He's plugged into "young Hollywood" - and when he's not w…

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Crime After Crime (2011)

documentary film

Crime After Crime tells the dramatic story of the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of domestic violence. She was wrongly convicted of the murder of her abusive boyfriend and sentenced to 25 years to life in pri…

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They Flew Alone (1942)

biographical film, drama film, propaganda film, war film

The film chronicles the life of Amy Johnson, the British pilot who gained world attention in the 1930s for her exploits, among them two solo record flights from London to Cape Town in South Africa. She joined the Air Transport Auxiliary at…

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Clerk (2021)

Biographical documentary

The film documents the life and career of Kevin Smith, a filmmaker who broke into the industry with the low-budget comedy Clerks. It features interviews with various actors, directors, and other figures who have associated with Smith durin…

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This Filthy World (2006)

Biographical documentary, documentary film

Jeff Garlin films a performance of Waters' one-man show. The filmmaker talks for an hour and a half about different subjects that made him into who he is today while standing on a stage decorated with a pile of trash, some roses, and a con…

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Hibakusha (2012)

Kaz Suyeishi (Anna Cheung), a Japanese woman in her late fifties, finds herself reminiscing and reliving every minute of the events leading up to the bombing and decimation of her beloved hometown Hiroshima. Set in early August ‘85, exactl…

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Roberto Succo (2001)

Biographical picture, Crime

A film based on the true story of a notorious Italian criminal. Roberto Succo was a psychiatric patient who murdered his parents and embarked on a crime spree across Europe in the 1980s. He committed multiple violent crimes, including arme…

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Bearing Witness (2005)

documentary film

It follows five women reporters and the challenges they face as they work in Iraq during the Second Gulf War. Molly Bingham is an experienced photographer who was held for several days at Abu Ghraib prison at the start of the war. Marie Co…

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The Flying Irishman (1939)

biographical film

thumb|right|Douglas Corrigan as himself in the lead role. In 1938, an unlikely event unfolds as pilot Douglas Corrigan returns to the United States after his transatlantic flight, made "the wrong way" across the Atlantic. The passion to fl…

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