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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 65.

Amundsen (2019)

Adventure, Drama, Historie, biographical film, period drama film

Flying in an Arctic storm, elderly Roald Amundsen's plane crashes, stranding him and his companions. Waiting for news while the world assumes he has died, his brother Leon recounts the explorer's life story to Roald's Alaskan lover Bess Ma…

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A Brief History of Time (1992)

Scientific Documentary, biographical film, documentary film

A documentary film based on the life of scientist Steven Hawking. The film explores the intimate life of Steven Hawking through him, his friends and his family, as he goes through school, is diagnosed with a degenerative disease, and disco…

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I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)

Musical, biographical film, musical film

Insecure Gus Kahn wanders into the musical publishing house where Grace LeBoy is a talent judge of some influence. She challenges him to write a love song, but she does not expect him to deliver it to her home the same evening. Grace's par…

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Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)

Biographical picture, Crime, biographical film, drama film, prison film

After repeated convictions and prison sentences for robberies and violent crimes in the early 20th century, Carl Panzram (James Woods) is serving time again at Leavenworth penitentiary for burglary. Prison guard Henry Lesser (Robert Sean L…

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A Bunny's Tale (1985)

comedy drama

Engaged by a magazine to write an investigative article on publisher Hugh Hefner's nightclub chain, Steinem poses as a young woman named "Marie" and enters the Bunny training program at the New York City Playboy Club. Outfitted with phony …

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Pavarotti (2019)

Documentation, biographical film, documentary film

The documentary opens with Pavarotti, an established star opera tenor, in the Amazon jungle insisting on seeing the stage where Enrico Caruso once performed to open a new theatre house. Pavarotti wants to sing on the stage where Caruso onc…

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Too Young the Hero (1988)

biographical film, war film

Calvin Graham (Ricky Schroder), a 12-year-old boy who looks older than his age, shows up at a naval base in uniform with a set of sealed orders. After his orders are reviewed, he is arrested (without explanation) and taken to the brig. In …

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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film

thumb|upright=1.05|thumbtime=0:12|Magic Bullets, an abridged version of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, was created for educational campaigns of the United States Public Health Service Paul Ehrlich is a physician working in a German hospital. …

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The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)

Adventure, adventure film, biographical film, swashbuckler film

Set in the late 1580s, the film very loosely follows the real-life exploits of the 16th-century Irish prince Hugh Roe "Red Hugh" O'Donnell. The story begins when Hugh's father, the Chief of the Name, dies, leaving his son as Chief of Clan …

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Edwin Boyd (2011)

Biographical picture, Crime, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film

A veteran of World War II, Edwin Boyd (Scott Speedman) is disillusioned and barely getting by as a Toronto bus driver. With his wife Doreen (Kelly Reilly), whom he met in England during the war, and two young children to support, he finds …

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Alexander Hamilton (1931)

biographical film

Near Princeton, New Jersey at the end of the American Revolutionary War, Alexander Hamilton, who has been serving as an officer and aide-de-camp to General George Washington, watches fretfully from a distance while Washington makes his Far…

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From the Rough (2011)

Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film

Catana Starks is the coach for the women's swimming team at Tennessee State University. She meets her new boss, Kendrick Paulsen, who reveals the school is creating a men's golf team. Starks asks to be the team's coach and Paulsen agrees.

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The McConnell Story (1955)

biographical film, drama film

In 1941, Joseph "Mac" McConnell Jr. (Alan Ladd), a private in the Army medical corps near Fitchburg, Massachusetts, aspires to be a pilot, even going AWOL to take private lessons. While flying with his instructor, he realizes that military…

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The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film

Fresh out of pharmacy school, young Eddy Duchin travels to New York in the 1920s to take a job playing piano for bandleader Leo Reisman's orchestra at a prestigious casino in Manhattan. But upon arrival, Eddy learns there is no such job fo…

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Druids (2001)

biographical film, drama film

In 60 B.C. Gaul, Druid chieftain Gutuart and his tribe witness the passing of a comet and interpret it as the sign of the coming of a new king for Gaul. Guttuart goes to Gergovia, the capital of the Arvernes tribe, for a gathering of chief…

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Gideon's Trumpet (1980)

Biographical picture, docudrama, trial film

The story starts with the title character Clarence Earl Gideon looking into the camera and remarking how he would try to give a full account of his situation, even though he may not remember everything. The film shifts to a bar in Panama C…

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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)

Biographical documentary, Musical, biographical film, documentary film

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice covers Ronstadt's life and career from childhood to the present day. Narrated by the singer (who otherwise appears on camera only briefly in present-day footage), she describes how she grew up in Tucso…

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De Sade (1969)

Drama, biographical film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller

The middle-aged Marquis de Sade Louis Alphonse Donatien arrives at his ancestral estate of La Coste, having escaped incarceration. In the theater at the castle, he meets his uncle, the Abbé, who persuades him to stay to watch an entertainm…

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Phantom Punch (2008)

Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, boxing film, drama film

In 1950, Liston was serving a prison sentence in Missouri State Penitentiary. After knocking out the prison boxing champ Big Lester in a brawl over cigarettes, the prison athletic director Father Alois coached him to hone his boxing skills…

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Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

Biographical picture, aqua-musical, biographical film, drama film

In the late 19th century, polio-stricken Australian girl Annette Kellerman swims to improve her health. Her father Frederick, who owns a music conservatory, accepts a teaching position in England. Aboard ship, Annette encounters the Americ…

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