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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 82.

Chanel Solitaire (1981)

Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, romance film

Maurie (1973)

biographical film

The film chronicles Twyman's and Stokes's relationship from Stokes's rookie year in the NBA up until his death. Stokes and Twyman are teammates on the Rochester Royals during the 1950s (during which time the team relocates to Cincinnati). …

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Prendimi l'anima (2002)

Biographical picture, Romance Film, biographical film, melodrama, romance film, war film

Marie and Fraser, two young scholars, respectively French and Scottish, get to know each other while they are both in Moscow to research the life of the Russian psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein. The two researchers reconstruct Sabina's life …

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Crossfire Hurricane (2012)

Biographical picture, Documentation, Musical, documentary film, rockumentary

On their 50th anniversary, the Rolling Stones, with the support of archive footage and interviewed by director Brett Morgen, retrace the first 20 years of their career. The film discusses their early success in the 1960s; the way the media…

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Sister Kenny (1946)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film

In 1911, Elizabeth Kenny returns from nursing school in Brisbane, Australia, to her home in the bush of Queensland. Her mentor, Dr. McDonnell, is chief at the nearest hospital, 50 miles away.

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Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980)

biographical film

A dramatization of the life of Italian actress Sophia Loren from her childhood in Naples to her international stardom. Loren plays herself during adulthood and her mother Romilda Villani. The story begins in 1933, when Sophia's mother, Rom…

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April Showers (2009)

Biographical picture, Coming Of Age, Destiny, Drama, Drama Documentary, Social Drama, drama film

In the aftermath of a school shooting, several survivors have evacuated to the elementary school to wait for more survivors to arrive. A senior named Sean Ryan calls his friend Vicki at a coffee shop, who tells him that the shooter is Ben …

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Chief Crazy Horse (1955)

Western, Western film, biographical film

Some of the scenes in the film include a voiceover narrative told by a white trader who knew the Lakota Sioux Chief Crazy Horse. When young Crazy Horse (Victor Mature) wins his bride, rival Little Big Man (Ray Danton) goes to villainous tr…

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Noble (2014)

Biographical picture

The film is set in Vietnam in 1989, fourteen years after the end of the war. Christina Noble flies into Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), a country "that she wouldn't be able to show you on a map". With a few dollars, her own hard-won co…

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Conceiving Ada (1997)

biographical film, fantasy film, science fiction film

Emmy Coer is a computer scientist obsessed with Countess Ada Lovelace, author of the first computer algorithm, written for Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine". She is upset to discover that she is pregnant, believing that the pregnancy w…

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Casanova (2005)

Biographical picture, Komödie, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy

Telling the story of the life of 18th century Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova, based on his own twelve-volume memoirs, the one-hour episodes star Peter O'Toole as the older Casanova looking back on his life and David Tennant as the you…

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Faith of My Fathers (2005)

biographical film, war film

John McCain flies his jet from a carrier on a bombing mission over Hanoi, North Vietnam. As a warning buzzer announces incoming missiles, McCain stays with the bomb drop, but is hit by a missile. He lands in the water and is pulled ashore …

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Becoming Warren Buffett (2017)

biographical film, documentary film

The documentary covers the life and career of Warren Buffett, who is widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential investors of the 20th century. Buffett is interviewed extensively on his upbringing, his early facility with…

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Serpent of the Nile (1953)

Adventure, Historie, Romance Film, biographical film

The film opens in 44 BC, just after the assassination of Julius Caesar, and tells the story of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra (Fleming) and her relationship with the Roman general Mark Antony (Burr) from that time until their mutual suicide …

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Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003)

biographical film, drama film

The movie is a depiction of the life of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, focusing primarily on his mayoral career and response to the September 11 attacks.James Woods prepares for his role as NYC's ex-Mayor | Rudy: The Rudy Giulia…

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God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

biographical film, war film

At age 34, Army Air Force pilot Major Robert Lee Scott Jr. (Dennis Morgan) is considered too old to fly in combat, but he is recruited and volunteers to fly in a secret bombing mission from the Philippines against Tokyo, the Japanese capit…

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