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 91.
LGBTQ-related film, biographical film
In 1976, Renée Richards is on the tennis court as a professional tennis player. The film flashes back to 1964, when Renée Richards is an eye surgeon named Richard Radley (both roles played by Redgrave). Radley has a successful career and a…
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biographical film, documentary film
biographical film, drama film
biographical film, drama film
The film presents Patrick's life in chronological order. Born into a noble family in Roman Britain, he is seized by raiders in his youth and taken to Ireland as a slave, spending six years in captivity before he escapes. He trains for the …
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biographical film, comedy drama
Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.
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biographical film, drama film
Adventure, biographical film, drama film
The film follows scenes from the life of the writer-adventurer Jack London (Michael O'Shea, who somewhat resembled London) who was, among other things, oyster pirate, hobo, sailor, prospector and war correspondent. The film begins and ends…
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biographical film
The story is told from the viewpoint of Danny Bonaduce, narrated by Bonaduce himself and played on-screen by a pre-Desperate Housewives Shawn Pyfrom. Upon landing the coveted role of Danny Partridge, young Bonaduce must contend with the je…
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biographical film, drama film
The New York Times wrote this summary overview: "Dana Delany stars in this made-for-TV movie as Margaret Sanger, a nurse who, in 1914, became a pioneering crusader for women's birth control after she published a booklet on birth control te…
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Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
The movie surrounds the true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's (Erik Enge) time as a 16-year-old professional footballer at the Italian club Inter Milan.
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Biographical picture, biographical film
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Bruno Ganz), growing up in an aristocratic French family, chooses to become a pilot. To the dismay of his family, young Antoine leaves to take a job flying airmail overseas. Antoine marries beautiful Consuelo (Mir…
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biographical film
Based on the New York Times best-selling book Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, the movie tells the story of how, in 1999, 46-year-old physician Nielsen decides to leave Ohio and spend a year at the Am…
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biographical film, music documentary film
biographical film, musical film
Raised by his grandmother on New York's East Side, 13-year-old Eddie sings while another neighborhood kid, Rocky Kramer, and his gang, pick pockets. Eddie is sent by Grandma Esther to a boys' camp, where he entertains the others with his s…
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Biographical documentary
The film posits that Meredith Monk – composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist – is one of the great artistic pioneers of the modern era, yet her profound cultural influence is largely unrecognized. Monk in Pieces takes the form of…
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biographical film, drama film
biographical film
The film tells the life story of Siegfried and Roy. Siegfried discovers a magic book in a merchant's window and desires it as a means to solve his problems with his father at home. Young Roy spends time at the and eventually liberates Chic…
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Biographical picture, historical film
biographical film
Biographical documentary
Documentary that follows the life and career of musician Little Richard.
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
The film is about the life and career of American jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane.
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Marital Tragedy, biographical film
The film covers a later part of Gauguin's life (Kiefer Sutherland) from 1880 to 1897, when he resigned his job as a stockbroker to paint full-time and journey to Polynesia. It documents how Gauguin befriended Pissarro, felt compelled to pa…
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Drama, biographical film
biographical film, comedy film, documentary film