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 71.
biographical film, sport film
Grainy black-and-white television coverage shows Gordie Howe scoring for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL), described by a commentator as "unstoppable", with numerous records for scoring and games played. He retires…
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biographical film
The plot is largely shown in flashback from the perspective of a black reporter (Lew Gilbert) interviewing both Owens and his coach to get an insight into his life. This is mainly in the context of the press investigating his prosecution f…
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Biographical picture, Historie, Romantic Drama
A young German Princess (Catherine Zeta-Jones) marries the immature future Tsar Peter III (Hannes Jaenicke). She gradually becomes a skillful politician and rises to become Catherine the Great after she overthrows her husband to embrace he…
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Tragic Comedy Film, drama film
Set in Manhattan in the early 1940s, the film focuses on the relationship between Joseph Mitchell, a writer for The New Yorker, and Joe Gould, an aging, bearded, disheveled bohemian and Harvard University graduate who wanders through the s…
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Biographical documentary, Musical, documentary film, musical film
Biographical documentary, documentary film
The film presents the life and career of Gilda Radner through her own eyes using her diaries, audio tapes, home movies and interviewing some of her closest friends at that time.
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documentary film, sport film
The documentary takes place in the 2002–03 PBA Tour season, and follows four professional ten-pin bowlers who are at various stages of their careers. Facing declining popularity and TV ratings, the Professional Bowlers Association had been…
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Biographical picture, biographical film
In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French Army, is falsely accused of selling military secrets to the Germans. He is charged with treason and, despite weak evidence against him, is convicted after being railroaded by the mili…
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biographical film, spy film
John A. Walker Jr. is a cryptologist with the US Navy on a sub.
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Biographical documentary
biographical film
The early life of Terry Sawchuk in Winnipeg, Manitoba is portrayed as lower middle class. He follows in his older brothers footsteps in becoming a pond hockey goalie. Meeting success, he is drafted by Trader Jack Adams to replace a winning…
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Historie, war film
As Augustus lies on his death bed, he recalls the events that led to the exile of his daughter, Julia. Following an assassination attempt on his life, Marcus Agrippa, Augustus's oldest friend as well as Julia's husband and father to her ch…
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Arranged Documentary, documentary film
The film begins with a historical overview, starting at its Hawaiian beginnings, then moves on to focus on the dangerous lure of big-wave surfing (surfing waves that can reach up to ). The documentary chronicles the evolution of riding at …
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Adventure, adventure film, biographical film
Nicolo Polo shows treasures from China and sends his son Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) there with his assistant (and comic relief) Binguccio (Ernest Truex). They sail from Venice, are shipwrecked, and cross the desert of Persia and the mountain…
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biographical film, drama film
The story begins in 1924 in New York City, where W. C. Fields is a Ziegfeld Follies headliner, and ends with his 1946 death in California at age 66.
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
Film Noir, Gangster Film, Thriller, crime film
Diner waitress Bonnie Parker is just as tired of her job in 1932 Texas as she is of customers like Guy Darrow, who try too hard to make her acquaintance. When she goes too far, fending off Guy with hot oil, Bonnie is fired. With her husban…
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Film Noir, Gangster Film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
A newsreel plays, summing up the gangster life of John Dillinger in detail. At the end of the newsreel, Dillinger's father walks onto the stage and speaks to the movie audience about his son's childhood back in Indiana, which he says was o…
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Bible Film, Monumental Film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film
Jacob defrauds his twin brother Esau and flees. In Haran he gets to know his cousin Rachel, and falls in love with her. Years of hard work later he marries Rachel and reconciles with his brother Esau.
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biographical film, drama film
The film is a creative interpretation of the life of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th-century Dutch artist. In the film, Goltzius is portrayed as seducing the Margrave of Alsace to obtain funding for a printing press and to publish illustrate…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Sport, drama film
The film is based on the true story of Bob Champion (portrayed by John Hurt), who was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1979. After treatment with an operation to remove the diseased testicle and chemotherapy, Champion recovered and went…
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Western film, biographical film
A tough and violent portrait of a psychopathic, yet fresh-faced youth—the infamous Billy the Kid in his grimy early days.
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Biographical documentary
Anthony Summers, the author of the book Goddess (1985), explains he began researching Marilyn Monroe after he learned that the Los Angeles County District Attorney was reopening the case of her death. Summers subsequently spent three years…
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biographical film, drama film