Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore biographical films about the lives of notable people.
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In 1950s New York, Harvard University graduate and aspiring poet John Malcolm Brinnin (Elijah Wood) embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hero, acclaimed Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Celyn Jones).
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biographical film
Historie, biographical film, drama film, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=10|The Divine Lady In the late 18th century, Lady Hamilton has had a somewhat turbulent relationship with the British people, especially the aristocracy. Born Emma Hart from a very humble background (she being the daughter …
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Biographical picture, Crime, drama film
Samantha Crawford lives a dream life. She is happily married on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she's told and illustrated since childhood have become published books. When her husband Billy is tragically killed,…
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Adventure, biographical film, romance film, war film
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect its inhabitants from the ravages of the occupying French nobles and their army. After defe…
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Biographical picture
In 430 AD, in the besieged city of Hippo, the seventy-year-old bishop Augustine tells Jovinus, a captain of the Roman guards, the story of how his Christian mother, Monica, saved him. Born in the North African city of Thagaste, Augustine s…
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biographical film, drama film, sport film
De Guzman's teleplay was adapted from two well-received biographies, Kal Wagenheim's Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend and Robert Creamer's Babe: The Legend Comes to Life, both published in 1974.
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Biographical picture, Romance Film, romance film
The film opens with Harry as a young boy on an excursion in Africa with his family after his mother's funeral, where he has a dramatic encounter with a lion. The movie then cuts to Meghan as a young girl, grappling with issues of her birac…
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biographical film
The film begins with Reilly recounting his childhood and his parents in New York City and Connecticut. We meet his family—an institutionalized father, a racist, baseball bat-wielding mother, and a lobotomized aunt, amongst others. "Eugene …
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drama fiction
Harry Nash, a hardware store clerk, has achieved a degree of local celebrity due to his powerful performances in community theatre. Yet when not on the stage or in a rehearsal, Harry retreats into an insecure and painfully shy personality.…
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biographical film, musical film
As Jan and Dean rise to the top of the music industry, a horrible car accident leaves Jan incapacitated and their dreams shattered. With the help of Dean and others, Jan slowly recovers, learning again to walk and talk. A comeback to the m…
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athletics film, biographical film, drama film
Historical drama, biographical film, drama film, historical film, musical film
In the year 1787, Mozart escapes Vienna for Prague, but his presence unleashes a series of dramatic events set off by a forbidden love affair with young soprano Zuzanna. His passionate response to danger and heartbreak ultimately expressed…
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Biographical documentary
Early life and career The film recounts how a young Barker became interested in drumming after watching the Muppets character Animal, leading his parents to buy him a children's drum kit and enroll him in lessons. It also revisits the deat…
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War Film, war film
It is 1941. Tweed is at a radio outpost on Guam from where he expects to return to mainland America. His replacement, Roy, arrives with Vicente, a local.
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Biographical picture, biographical film
In late 1800s, Annie Oakley, a young woman from the Ohio backwoods, delivers six dozen quail that she has shot to the owner of the general store. He sends them to the MacIvor Hotel in Cincinnati, where the mayor is holding a large banquet …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In 1869, anxious to be more than a tramp telegraph operator, Edison travels to New York at the prompting of an old friend, Bunt Cavatt. He goes to work for Bunt's uncle, Ben Els. He tries to persuade financier Mr.
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Aboard a steamship from Naples, young Rudolph Valentino works as a dancer. He falls in love with actress Joan Carlisle. Maria Torres, the leader of the dance ensemble, grows jealous and dismisses Rudolph.
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biographical film
Biographical documentary, documentary film, martial arts film
The film has five parts, the first three of which present an overview of Bruce Lee's life, including interviews of his widow, Linda Lee Cadwell, Lee's best student Taky Kimura, Hapkido Grandmaster Ji Han-jae and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who co…
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biographical drama film
The lives of Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman are set against the golden era of Hollywood, HUAC and the issue of McCarthyism of the 1950s. This intimate look at the lives of two of this century's literary titans follows their tumultuou…
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biographical film, drama film
Musical, biographical film, musical film
A fictionalized biopic of Chauncey Olcott, the movie traces the rise of an Irish-American tenor to stardom at the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th.
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
Thirteen-year-old Kenny lives with his family in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He is just like any other kid his age, spending his free time skateboarding and sparring with his older brother, Eddy. The only thing s…
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