Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore biographical films about the lives of notable people.
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Drama, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, survival film, thriller film
In February 2004, when a snowstorm strands former professional hockey player Eric LeMarque atop the Sierra Nevada Mountains, he is forced to rediscover the power of faith within him in order to survive.
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
During the Prohibition era in the United States, the Algonquin Hotel is a hub for the "Vicious Circle," a group of intellectuals. Among them is Dorothy Parker, a successful writer. Dealing with a troubled marriage to a drug addict, she fin…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The life of author J. D. Salinger from his youth to the World War II era, including his romantic life and the publication of his debut novel The Catcher in the Rye.
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film
thumb|260px|left|King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton) and Anne of Cleves (Elsa Lanchester) on their wedding night in The Private Life of Henry VIII The film begins 20 years into King Henry VIII's reign and covers the last 11 years of his mar…
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Biographical picture, drama, drama film
Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The movie shows scenes of Foley's life and career, interspersed between two of Foley's friends being interviewed on the radio and his final performance and recording.
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
The film draws on Guyana Massacre: The Eyewitness Account and reports from The Washington Post at the time, to describe the life of Jim Jones from a 1960s idealist to the November 1978 mass murder/suicide of members of Peoples Temple in Jo…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, boxing film
Biographical documentary
It focuses on her father's efforts to train her and her two sisters to become chess grandmasters, and on the saga of her multiple and intense matches against the then formidable world champion Garry Kasparov.
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Biographical picture, drama film
The story is about a woman committed to a mental health facility. Prior to 1987, it was assumed that the Lanterman–Petris–Short Act allowed involuntary treatment for those who were detained under an initial three-day hold (for evaluation a…
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biographical film
The movie begins with the collapse of Karen Carpenter in the closet of her parents Harold and Agnes' home in Downey, California, on February 4, 1983. She is rushed to the hospital by paramedics, and as the EMT is placing an oxygen mask ove…
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biographical film
Biographical picture, Komödie, biographical film, comedy film, crime film
The film opens at a performance of Jan Lewan's polka band in Pennsylvania. Near the close of the show, he brings his wife, Marla, onstage to model amber jewelry, which they sell at their souvenir store. After the concert, Jan recounts to a…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The film shuffles through three time periods: the present (1961) in Paris, his childhood, and the beginning of Nureyev's ballet career six years earlier. The present day in Paris: Rudi has travelled to Paris as part of the Kirov ballet com…
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LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
In 1922, 18-year-old Salvador Dalí (Robert Pattinson) arrives at art school in Madrid. The Residencia de Estudiantes, or Students' Residence, is a modern environment which encourages Spain's brightest young minds. Salvador, who is determin…
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Biographical picture, Crime, Thriller, crime film, drama film
As he investigates the missing person report of a teenager named Christopher Gant (based on Gacy's final victim, Robert Piest), Des Plaines detective Lt. Joseph R. Kozenczak (Riley) becomes concerned that local businessman John Wayne Gacy …
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Drama, Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller film, thriller film
Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
A Greyhound bus filled with variations of Gloria Steinem of all ages drives along the road. The Glorias begin to reminisce about the past. As a young child, Gloria is charmed by her father, an antique salesman whose 'make do' attitude aggr…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
The film, starring Emma Thompson in the title role, focuses on her unusual relationship with the author Lytton Strachey, played by Jonathan Pryce, as well as with other members of the Bloomsbury Group. The film is divided into six chapters…
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Biographical picture, biographical film
At eight years old, James Dean lives with his estranged father Winton and mother Mildred in 1939 Santa Monica, California. When Mildred dies of cancer in 1940, Winton sends James on a train to Fairmount, Indiana, along with the coffin cont…
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American football film, Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Lars Knutson Rockne, a carriage builder, moves his family from Norway in 1892, settling in Chicago. His son, Knute, saves up his money and enrolls in college at the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Indiana, where he plays football. Rockne …
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
The plot closely follows the account found in Abby Johnson's memoir, Unplanned. The film opens with a depiction of Johnson's home life with her husband, Doug, and daughter, Grace. In voice-over, Abby Johnson says she was tricked into parti…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
The documentary is a blend of archival footage and new interviews with Bourdain's friends, family, and coworkers. It covers Bourdain's rise from chef, to best selling author of the memoir Kitchen Confidential, to a world famous television …
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Melodrama, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film, epic film
200px|thumb|left|"It was quite difficult to be rolled into a rug and breathe and come out looking pleased with yourself," Colbert remembered. "We only had to do that scene once." In 48 BC, Cleopatra vies with her brother Ptolemy for contro…
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