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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 74.

One Foot in Heaven (1941)

Drama, biographical film, drama film

In Stratford, Ontario, in 1904, William Spence (Fredric March), a medical student on the verge of becoming a doctor, receives "The Call" while passing a Methodist church one Sunday. His bride-to-be, Hope Morris (Martha Scott), accepts his …

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Project Nim (2011)

Animal Documentary, Documentation, Drama Documentary, documentary film

The film focuses on Project Nim, a research project that was mounted to determine whether a primate raised in close contact with humans could develop a limited "language" based on American Sign Language. The project was centered on a chimp…

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Caravaggio's Shadow (2022)

biographical film, drama film, historical film

In 1610 in Italy, Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, is considered a brilliant artist. He opposes church dogma, which dictates how religious subjects should be depicted in art. When Pope Paul V learns that Caravaggio uses pro…

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If You Could See What I Hear (1982)

Biographical picture, biographical film

Tom Sullivan is a blind college student who wants to be normal. When not in class, Tom hangs out with his friend, Will Sly, who does not treat him like a blind person. In fact, he goes out of his way to challenge Tom.

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Jolson Sings Again (1949)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film

Al Jolson returns home after an unexpected nightclub performance only to find that his wife has left him. Devastated, he trades show business for life in the fast lane: women, horses, prizefighters, and travel. His father becomes increasin…

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Convicts 4 (1962)

biographical film, crime film, drama film, prison film

It is Christmas, 1931, and John Resko wants to give his baby daughter a new teddy bear. He goes, without money, into a shop and tries to get the shopkeeper to give it to him saying he will pay him later. The prosperous shopkeeper, who clea…

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Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

biographical film

In 1745, Flora MacDonald plays a Jacobite song on the piano and is scolded by her stepfather for its seditious nature. In Italy, James, the Old Pretender, wants to make another attempt at regaining the throne of Great Britain (Scotland and…

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Walk the Proud Land (1956)

Western, biographical film, drama film

The film begins in 1874, when John Clum arrives in Tucson, Arizona as the new Indian agent of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. He meets with Arizona Territory Governor Safford and Army General Wade, both of whom mock the Departmen…

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Doomsday Gun (1994)

Political Thriller, biographical film

The younger Catholic Gerald Bull is fascinated with large-bore guns, inspired by Jules Verne's novel From The Earth To The Moon. The older Dr. Gerald Bull's career as a successful large-bore gun designer takes a turn as he is defunded by t…

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Mad Dog Coll (1961)

Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film

The film is a heavily fictionalized treatment of the life of Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, who was born in 1908 in County Donegal, Ireland. In the film, Coll is depicted as growing up with an abusive father who beats and ridicules him (the film …

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Little Pink House (2017)

biographical film, drama film

A small-town paramedic named Susette Kelo emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their homes from political and corporate interests bent on seizing the land and handing it over to Pfizer Co…

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Noriega: God's Favorite (2000)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film

The film depicts the rise of general Manuel Antonio Noriega from utter poverty to military dictator of Panama. It chronicles his involvement with drug cartels as well as the U.S. government during the Iran–Contra affair.

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The Cup (2011)

Drama, biographical film, sport film

The Melbourne Cup is called The Race That Stops a Nation, but never in the history of Australia's 150-year-old Thoroughbred Classic has there been so dramatic a contest as the 2002 running. The Cup follows the world's finest horsemen as th…

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10 Days in a Madhouse (2015)

biographical film

The film closely follows Bly's original account, and extracts much of the dialogue from Bly's 1880s exposé. In an interview on Los Angeles talk radio, Caroline Barry described Christopher Lambert bringing authenticity to the part of the an…

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Winnie (2011)

Biographical picture, biographical film

The film portrays the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (Jennifer Hudson), from her strict rural upbringing by a father disappointed she was not born a boy, to her giving up the chance to study in America in order to remain in South Africa…

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