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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 35.

Hilary and Jackie (1998)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film

In 1960s London, Derek and Iris du Pré support their daughters, Hilary and Jackie, in pursuing music professionally after being instructed throughout their childhoods by their mother; the flute for Hilary, and the cello for Jackie. Though …

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Ink (2026)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film

Cross Creek (1983)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, historical drama, romance film

In 1928 in New York State, aspiring author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings advises her husband that her last book was rejected by a publisher, she has bought an orange grove in Cross Creek, Florida, and she is leaving him to go there. She drives …

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The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film

Lou Gehrig is a young Columbia University student whose old-fashioned mother wants him to study hard and become an engineer, but the young man has a gift for baseball. A sportswriter befriends Gehrig and persuades a scout to come see him p…

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Kid 90 (2021)

Documentation, biographical film, documentary film, historical film

In the 1990s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera with her everywhere she went. David Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Brian Austin Green, Stephen Dorff, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Danny Boy O'Connor and Heather McComb appear in the film, while Ha…

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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)

Documentation, biographical film, documentary film

The film examines the life and career of photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her efforts to hold Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid epidemic. Goldin, a well known photographer whose work often docum…

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Double Teamed (2002)

Drama, Sport, teen film

In 1985, fourteen-year-old identical twins Heather and Heidi Burge are forced by their overly-pushy father to leave their former school and attend a different school to have better chances at college scholarships. Heidi, however, tended to…

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Restoration (1995)

Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film

Young doctor Robert Merivel enters into King Charles II of England's service after saving the King's favorite spaniel. Merivel revels in debauched pleasure and popularity at court until the King arranges for him to wed Celia, a royal mistr…

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Navalny (2022)

Documentation, biographical film, documentary film

The film is about the events related to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the subsequent investigation into the poisoning. On August 20, 2020, Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, falling sick durin…

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The Great White Hope (1970)

Romance Film, Sport, biographical film, boxing film, drama film, romance film

Set between 1910 and 1915, the story follows Jack Jefferson, patterned after real-life boxer Jack Johnson, going on a hot streak of victories in the boxing ring as he defeats every white boxer around. Soon the press and others who want to …

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Lisztomania (1975)

Biographical picture, Fantasy, Komödie, Musical, biographical film, musical film

The film tells of Liszt's life through surrealistic episodes blending fact, fantasy, and anachronistic elements. At the start, Liszt is caught in bed with Marie d'Agoult by her husband, the Count d'Agoult. The count challenges Liszt to a s…

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Bound for Glory (1976)

Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film

In 1936, amid the Great Depression, Woody Guthrie performs guitar at a gas station. A customer offers $1 to anyone who can address his worries, and Guthrie succeeds by providing a satisfactory answer. Subsequently, Guthrie begins painting …

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Without Limits (1998)

Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film

The film follows the life of runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon, where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, to the Olympics in Munich, and his early death at age 24 in a car cras…

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Alice's Restaurant (1969)

Komödie, Marital Tragedy, Satire, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy film, drama film

In 1965, bohemian musician Arlo Guthrie has attempted to avoid the draft by attending college in Montana. His long hair and unorthodox approach to study gets him in trouble with local police as well as residents, so he quits school and hit…

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90 Minutes in Heaven (2015)

Drama, biographical film, drama film

Baptist minister Don Piper is involved in a horrific car crash, pronounced dead at the scene and covered by a tarp. Ninety minutes later, having been brought to a hospital, he returns to life and claims to have seen Heaven and visited with…

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Brian Banks (2018)

Biographical picture

Brian Banks is a 27-year-old former high school football star living with his mother in Long Beach, California. Banks is currently on parole and registered as a sex offender due to an incident 11 years prior where he and a classmate, Kenni…

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Buddy (1997)

Komödie, biographical film, comedy drama, docudrama

Set in the 1930s, eccentric millionaire Trudy is an unapologetic animal lover. Trudy takes her two newly arrived chimpanzees Joe and Maggie to the movies, causing lots of stares. Returning home to her grand estate, she greets her varied an…

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

Komödie, Musical, Western, biographical film, comedy film, musical film

Rescued from the Colorado River as an infant and raised by Seamus Tobin, tomboy Molly Tobin is determined to find a wealthy man to marry. She journeys to Leadville, Colorado and is hired as a saloon singer by Christmas Morgan. After miner …

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Boudica: Queen of War (2023)

Action, Biographical picture, Historical drama, action film, adventure film, sword-and-sandal film

Boudica is the wife of Prasutagus, king of the Iceni, in the aftermath of the Roman conquest of Britain. Although there is an old legend of the Trinovantes about a woman warrior who will lead them to victory, they embrace Roman culture and…

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PT 109 (1963)

War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film

In August 1942 the American forces are fighting the Japanese in the South Pacific during World War II. Fresh out of PT boat training school in Melville, Rhode Island, U.S. Navy Lieutenant, junior grade John F.

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The Fire Inside (2024)

Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, boxing film, sport film

Claressa “T‑Rex” Shields, a determined teenager from Flint, Michigan, refuses to be confined by the chaos of her upbringing. When she walks into the boys‑only boxing gym of former pro Jason Crutchfield, she demands a chance to train. Despi…

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