Jill, Uncredited (2022)
Biographical documentary
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 111.
The Mozart Story (1948)
biographical film
Dialogues with Madwomen (1994)
Documentation, documentary film
In Dialogues with Madwomen, filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf have seven "madwomen" — including Light herself — into telling their stories. Using a mixture of home movies, archival footage of psychiatric wards, re-enactments, and int…
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And when I die, I won't stay dead (2015)
biographical film, documentary film, historical film
A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman and his insistence that poetry is fundamental to humanity's moral survival.
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Livingstone (1925)
biographical film
Diana: The Musical (2021)
biographical film, musical film
The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1936)
biographical film, musical film, romance film
Jeanne is a milliner courted by aristocrats. She first has an affair with René, a young writer for Count du Barry. She then marries the Count in order to become Louis XV's mistress.
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Tito, Margot and Me (2022)
biographical film
The best dancer in the world in the 20th century, lived a highly questioned marriage with a Panamanian politician. A niece of the couple follows the trail of the last and closest witnesses of that relationship between Roberto 'Tito' Arias …
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My Prairie Home (2013)
LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, documentary film, musical film
Luther (1964)
biographical film
It is a biographical play about the life of Luther during the years of 1506–1530. The play shows his marriage and the interactions he had with the people in his life.
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First Lady of the Revolution (2016)
adventure film, biographical film, documentary film, drama film, romance film
While visiting an aunt and uncle in the exotic countryside of Costa Rica, a young southern belle from Alabama accepted a ride on the back of a motorcycle belonging to a local charismatic farmer — a ride that would propel her down narrow mo…
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Buddha in Africa (2019)
biographical film, documentary film
Enock is six years old when he is taken to a Confucian Buddhist orphanage "Amitofo Care Center" and given the Chinese name Alu. He becomes extremely skilled in acrobatics. Suddenly he must make a choice to reunite with the culture of Afric…
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Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)
documentary film
Polis Is This is a film that follows the life of the poet Charles Olson. Filmmaker Henry Ferrini uses archival footage of Olson, as well as an array of interview subjects, including actor John Malkovich, to paint a picture of Olson and his…
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Tom (2002)
LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, documentary film
13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin Moses (2024)
Biographical documentary
The feature-length documentary MOSES – 13 Steps (German title: 13 Steps – Die unglaubliche Karriere des Edwin Moses) offers an in-depth exploration of Moses’s unprecedented dominance in the 400-metre hurdles and his broader impact on sport…
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Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse (1986)
documentary film
A glimpse of Red and reflection of his humor and humanism on his artwork.
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Instructions for Survival (2021)
LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, documentary film
The Street: A Film with the Homeless (1997)
documentary film
For six years, director Daniel Cross followed the lives of brothers Danny and John Claven and Frank O'Malley—three homeless men who spent much of their time in and around a Montreal subway station. Cross became intimately involved with the…
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Red State (2006)
biographical film, documentary film
A Prince of Lovers (1922)
biographical film, drama film, silent film
Jaha's Promise (2017)
biographical film, documentary film
Bullied to Death (2016)
LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, documentary film, drama film
The film is inspired by the true story of a fourteen-year-old American boy who died by suicide in the wake of a dramatic sequence of serious acts related to school bullying and cyberbullying. Bonded to this story are those of other young g…
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Martha & Ethel (1994)
documentary film
Martha & Ethel tells the stories of two women in their 80s: a German-Catholic woman named Martha and an African-American woman named Ethel, the former nannies of director/producer Jyll Johnstone and co-producer Barbara Ettinger. It examine…
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The Rugged Priest (2011)
biographical film