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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 94.

Plaster Caster (2001)

The film explores how Cynthia developed her unique pursuit, follows the ups and downs of casting sessions with a shy guitarist and an extroverted glam rocker, and goes along for the ride as Cynthia prepares for her first gallery show in Ne…

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Little Old New York (1940)

biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, romance film

Engineer and inventor Robert Fulton (Richard Greene) comes to New York City in 1807, where he meets tavern and inn keeper Pat O'Day (Alice Faye). O'Day comes to strongly believe in Fulton and his dream after he lodges at her establishment.…

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Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018)

Documentation, biographical film, documentary film

The film follows the life, career, and activism of Jane Fonda. Robert Redford, Lily Tomlin, Troy Garity, Paula Weinstein, Ted Turner, Sam Waterston, Malcolm and Vivian Valdim appear in the film.

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A Single Woman (2008)

biographical film

In A Single Woman, Jeanmarie Simpson portrays the character of Jeannette Rankin, beginning in 1972 and moving backwards in time to Rankin's childhood in 1880s Montana. Experiencing the slaughter of American Indians in Montana and at Wounde…

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Diamond Jim (1935)

biographical film, drama film

Diamond Jim Brady (Edward Arnold) is born to an Irish saloonkeeper and his wife in 1856, but is soon orphaned. At the age of thirty, working as baggage master at the Spuyten Duyvil train station, he rents a suit and a diamond from a pawn s…

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Salvador (1986)

Anti-War Film, Fugitive Drama, Political Drama, Social Drama, biographical film, drama film, war film

Veteran photojournalist Richard Boyle, whose career has been derailed by substance abuse and arrogance, finds himself broke and abandoned by his wife. Desperate for work, he convinces his friend Doctor Rock, an unemployed disc jockey, to j…

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Silver Dollar (1932)

Biographical picture, drama film

Kansas farmer Yates Martin uproots his uncomplaining wife Sarah and baby son to 1876 Colorado in search of gold. He buys a claim, then immediately abandons it when two prospectors tell him of a strike in Leadville. Taking Sarah's prudent a…

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Big Mama (2000)

Documentation

The film follows 18 months in the life of Viola Dees (89 years old) as she tries to persuade Los Angeles authorities that she can care for her grandson, 9-year-old Walter. Born to a drug-addicted mother, Walter was put into foster care. De…

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Murrow (1986)

biographical film

The movie begins during the early days of World War II when Murrow was a combat correspondent in London broadcasting to the United States. Murrow courageously reports from the front lines and even goes on bombing missions. During a White H…

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The First Gentleman (1948)

Historical drama, biographical film, drama film

At Windsor Castle in 1810, physicians tell the Queen that King George III will not recover his sanity. Their son and heir to the throne, Prince George, becomes Regent. The Prince Regent plans to marry his only daughter Princess Charlotte, …

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Rock School (2005)

Documentation, Musical, documentary film

The film opens with the a title card and the sound of Carlos Santana's guitar solo from the song "Black Magic Woman". Paul Green, the primary subject of the film introduces the evening's concert. The camera pans to reveals that the guitari…

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Prem Sanyas (1925)

Biographical picture

200px|thumb|right|Seeta Devi and Himanshu Rai A tale from India about the origin of the Buddha, Prem Sanyas depicts the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama (portrayed by director Himansu Rai), the man who became the Buddha, as he journeys f…

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Time Indefinite (1993)

documentary film

In the film, director Ross McElwee gets married, finally putting an end to his family's worrying; his grandmother dies; his wife Marilyn has a miscarriage; and his father, a medical doctor, dies suddenly within a week of McElwee's wife's m…

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Cardinal Richelieu (1935)

biographical film, drama film

In the year 1630, the great feudal lords of France complain to the Pope that Cardinal Armand Richelieu, chief advisor and War Minister to King Louis XIII of France as well as a Prince of the Catholic Church, is confiscating their lands and…

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Benito (1993)

biographical film, drama film, historical film, war film

Mussolini arrives in a small town in 1901 and gets a job as a school teacher; he is subsequently fired for having sex with the headmaster's daughter. This would be a common theme throughout the movie. After giving up on teaching, he works …

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