Cinema HoundSniffing out great 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 59.
Biographical picture, crime film
Brian Deneke is a 19-year-old from Amarillo, Texas, who is into punk and the punk rock subculture. He is a local DIY promoter who books touring punk rock bands at a small run down venue. In this conservative town, there are many teenagers …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Helen Morgan begins her career as a Chicago carnival dancer. She catches the eye of fast-talking, double-dealing Larry Maddux, whose promotion catapults her to fame as a Broadway performer in Show Boat and a headliner in her own nightclub.…
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biographical film, drama film, historical film, thriller film, war film
Set after the Nazi invasion of Denmark, the film focuses on the Holger Danske resistance group's Bent Faurschou Hviid (known as Flammen) and Jørgen Haagen Schmith (known as Citronen). In a bar, Bent flirts with a woman, who identifies hers…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
Based on Jim Piersall's autobiography, the film traces his rise from the sandlots of Waterbury, Connecticut, to the Boston Red Sox professional baseball team. Karl Malden plays his domineering father who pushes him further and further. Pla…
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Documentation, Investigative Documentary, Musical, biographical film, documentary film, musical film
A documentary about the life, music and legacy of Bob Marley.
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biographical film, documentary film, historical film
Gwyneth Paltrow narrates the story of Welles Crowther, an equities trader known for saving at least ten lives during the September 11 attacks in New York City, during which he lost his own life. It includes interviews with Welles' parents …
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Drama, Historie, biographical film
In the 1980s, Leroy Logan, the son of Jamaican immigrants, decides to become a police officer in London, although he had actually aspired to a scientific education. In this way, he wants to fight racism in the police from the inside. His f…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Frederic Chopin, a talented young pianist and composer, captivates his teacher Professor Józef Elsner with his extraordinary skills at the age of 11. Elsner receives an invitation from the renowned music publisher Louis Pleyel to bring Cho…
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Biographical picture
A semi-fictional documentary centred on artist David Hockney, about making art, love, breaking up, friendships, cities and life.
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Biographical documentary, Drama Documentary
biographical film, drama film
Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, war film
The film tells of Che Guevara, a young Argentine doctor who proves his mettle during the Cuban guerrilla war in the late 1950s. He gains the respect of his men and becomes the leader of a patrol. Fidel Castro is impressed by Guevara's tact…
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biographical film
Heidi Fleiss (Jamie-Lynn Sigler), the daughter of a prominent Los Angeles doctor, becomes a prostitute for well-known Los Angeles Madam Alex (Brenda Fricker). She soon takes over her boss' operation and begins raking in $300,000 a month by…
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Biographical picture, Komödie, association football film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film
Bernie Reubens, a young Jewish boy, is about to have his bar mitzvah. Initially, he meticulously plans a lavish reception to upstage that of his older brother Alvie, but as the family's finances lurch from one disaster to another, the fami…
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biographical film
The film starts just before World War II and shows the political and personal side of Benito Mussolini's fall from power and his death and the end of the war. It delves into his relationship with his son in-law, daughter, wife, mistress, a…
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Biographical picture, biographical film
Biographical picture, Romance Film
In New Orleans in the 1850s, a whip-wielding ringmaster announces to the crowd the “attraction of the century” and “the most interesting predator” of his circus: the former royal mistress Maria Dolores Porriz y Montez, Countess von Landsfe…
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Documentation, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film
The Times of Harvey Milk documents the political career of Harvey Milk, who was San Francisco's first openly gay supervisor. The film documents Milk's rise from a neighborhood activist to a symbol of gay political achievement, through to h…
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Biographical documentary
Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
biographical film
biographical film, drama film
Born into a poor family in St. Louis, Josephine Baker struggles to make a name for herself on the vaudeville circuit. As her career progresses, so does her resentment of racial prejudice, motivating her to move to Paris—where in a short ti…
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biographical film, drama film
In 1607, an English expedition arrives on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. As John Smith explores the area, he encounters the beautiful Pocahontas. Sir Edwin Wingfield kills a bald eagle, which nearly causes a conflict with Powhatan warri…
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biographical television program, drama television series, miniseries
The film tells the true story of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton (Kenneth Branagh) and his 1914 Antarctic expedition on the ship Endurance. The story begins with him planning the expedition and finding sponsors, particularly Sir James Caird…
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