Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore biographical films about the lives of notable people.
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Adventure, biographical film
A United States Navy officer recounts the life of John Paul Jones to new midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. In 1759, a young John Paul undergoes an apprenticeship on board a merchantman, serving on several ships and becoming th…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The story begins in 1884 with an introduction to the class-system in the Norwegian capital of Kristiania (the old name of Norway's capital, Oslo). It also shows the conditions of the Munch household, which is often visited upon by illness,…
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biographical film, musical film
biographical film, drama film, romance film
Film stars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard meet at a Hollywood party, where rugged leading man Gable eschews evening wear and screwball comedian Lombard arrives in an ambulance that wrecks his car. After an argument, it is apparent the two …
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Biographical picture, Drama Documentary
Real estate developer Fred Trump is speaking with an associate on a telephone, while his son, Donald, is stacking building blocks on a window sill that overlooks the Manhattan skyline. As a young man, Donald goes against his father's advic…
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biographical film
Fleeing both a firearms charge and the unwanted pregnancy of his girlfriend, Huddie Ledbetter leaves his father's house just barely into his twenties. He arrives at a brothel on Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, and meets its madam, …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In the 1890s, young Harry Houdini is performing with a Coney Island carnival as Bruto, the Wild Man, when Bess, a naive onlooker, tries to protect him from the blows of Schultz, his "handler". Harry also appears as magician "The Great Houd…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In 1860 Paris, a distraught man murders his wife's doctor. Chemist Louis Pasteur has publicized the theory that microbes cause diseases. Therefore, doctors should avoid spreading by washing their hands and sterilizing their instruments in …
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
Maier was a French-American woman who worked most of her life as a nanny and housekeeper to a multitude of Chicago families. She carried a camera everywhere she went, but Maier's photographic legacy was largely unknown during her lifetime.…
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Biographical picture, biographical film
Artist L. S. Lowry lived with his overbearing mother, Elizabeth, until her death in 1939.
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biographical film, drama film
The film chronicles the life of Lena Baker, born to a sharecropper family, who later worked as a maid in a small county town to support her three children. Convicted in 1945 of capital murder by an all-white, male jury, Baker was the only …
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biographical film, drama film, war film
A prelude scene in the form of a Newsreel story suggests that the film is part of a package of information about the development of atomic energy and the atomic bomb being placed in a time capsule in California, to be opened in 2446. Physi…
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Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical film
In 16th century France, Diane de Poitiers' estranged husband, the Count de Brézé, is arrested for conspiring with his cousin the Duke of Bourbon against King Francis I. Diane arrives in Francis' palace to plead for her husband's life. Fran…
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Bible Film, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film
Abram lives in Harran, a rich city. His wife Sarai is childless, and their only heir is Eliezer of Damascus. One day, Abraham hears the voice of God, who says that he must leave Harran and travel to an unknown land.
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biographical film, documentary film
The film depicts Gottfried's everyday life with his wife and two children. The film also depicts Gottfried's interactions (on occasion in his real voice) with his two sisters and his relationship with his parents. The film also discusses T…
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Biographical picture
Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
Based on the real-life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and how he put his life together again afterwards. The screenplay was written by Mark Thomas and Kevin Lewis with additi…
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
Biographical picture, biographical film, crime film
Chicago, 1919: A young Al Capone arrives to work for mob boss Johnny Torrio. He meets Torrio's top man, "Big Jim" Colosimo, who runs business and politics in the First Ward while secretly on Torrio's payroll. Prohibition is enacted a year …
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Biographical documentary, biographical film, documentary film
Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film
In Wollaston, Massachusetts in 1913, teenage student Ruth Gordon Jones dreams of a theatrical career after becoming mesmerized by a performance of The Pink Lady at a Boston theater. She writes a fan letter to leading lady Hazel Dawn, who r…
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biographical film
In the late 19th century, Scott Joplin, a young African-American musician, moves to Missouri and to make ends meet finds a job as a piano teacher. He befriends Louis Chauvin, who plays the piano in a brothel. Joplin composes ragtime music.
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Historie, biographical film, drama film, romance film
In 1823 Washington D.C., Major O'Neal and his daughter Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal run an inn that is frequented by politicians. Peggy is outspoken for a woman of her time, and when Tennessee senator Andrew Jackson visits, she affectionately r…
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Biographical picture, action film, biographical film, thriller film
The story is a biography, with fictionalized events, of the famed motorcycle daredevil, who grew up in Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life, particularly his relationship with his girlfriend/wife,…
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