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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 77.

Fauci (2021)

Biographical documentary, biographical film, documentary film

The film follows the life and career of Anthony Fauci, who has led the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the AIDS/HIV epidemic.

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Alex Wheatle (2020)

Biographical picture, Drama, Historie, biographical film

After enduring a childhood in a predominantly white foster home devoid of love or familial bonds, Alex Wheatle, a young Black man, finds himself in Brixton. Here, he not only experiences a sense of community for the first time in his life …

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I Aim at the Stars (1960)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film

The film portrays von Braun's progression from boyhood, through his missile work in Nazi Germany, to his later missile development for the U.S. Army, ending with the first successful launch of an American space satellite. It begins in the …

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Général Idi Amin Dada : Autoportrait (1974)

Arranged Documentary, Biographical documentary, documentary film

The film is an extended character study of its subject. It follows Amin closely in a series of formal and informal settings, combined with several short interviews in which Amin expounds his unconventional theories of politics, economics, …

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Tennessee Johnson (1942)

biographical film, drama film

Runaway tailor's apprentice Andrew Johnson (Van Heflin) wanders into the Tennessee town of Greeneville. He is persuaded to settle there. He barters his services to the librarian, Eliza McCardle (Ruth Hussey), in return for her teaching him…

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Nico, 1988 (2017)

Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, musical film

During World War II, a young Christa Päffgen watches Berlin being bombed from a distance. In 1988, Päffgen—now known as Nico—is living in Manchester. Having risen to fame as a model and a singer for the Velvet Underground, she is tired of …

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Frida (2024)

Biographical documentary, documentary film

Through her own writings and interviews, as well as brand-new animation, Kahlo chronicles and addresses her entire life and career from a first-person perspective. Many of the most pivotal and formative moments of her life are mentioned an…

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The Reluctant Saint (1962)

biographical film, drama film

Most of the key events in the movie are based on historical events or reports about the life of Saint Joseph of Cupertino. Born Giuseppe Desa, he was said to have been remarkably unclever, but was recorded by many witnesses during his life…

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My Name is Pauli Murray (2021)

biographical film, documentary film

The film follows the life of lawyer and activist Pauli Murray who was instrumental in arguing the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment outlawed discrimination based on sex. Several scholars of Murray's work are featured in t…

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The George Raft Story (1961)

biographical film, drama film

George Raft works in New York as a dancer at the Dreamland Casino. He associates with gangsters and works at mob-controlled nightclubs. One night, he protects a cigarette girl from sexual harassment from a gangster, endangering his life.

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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2024)

Biographical documentary, biographical film, documentary film

Ernest Cole exposes the horror of Apartheid through photographs, which resulted in him fleeing to the United States to avoid the then ongoing persecution of black media members in South Africa. Most of his work stayed unpublished until 201…

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The Winning Team (1952)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film

Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan) is working as a telephone lineman in Elba, Nebraska. While Alex is speaking with his boss, a man comes along and tells them that there is an exhibition baseball game between some local farmers and…

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A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009)

drama film

Having recently witnessed the death of her husband from a neurological disease, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with near-identical illness progressive supranuclear palsy and determines to end her life once her condition has reached a critical…

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Christabel (1988)

biographical film

An Englishwoman's love for a German lawyer is at the heart of one of the most extraordinary stories of the Second World War. Christabel Burton's aspiration of living in harmony with her husband Peter Bielenberg is shattered when Germany sl…

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The Masked Saint (2016)

biographical film, drama film

Chris Samuels is a former professional wrestler who retires from the ring to settle down as a small town pastor. When the pastor witnesses rampant problems in the community, he decides to moonlight as a masked vigilante fighting the injust…

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