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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 96.

Knockout (2000)

Action, Drama, biographical film, boxing film

Nine-year-old Isabelle "Belle" Alvarado listens to a radio broadcast of the Thrilla in Manila with her father Chuck Alvarado, an LAPD patrol officer and former Golden Gloves champion. As they celebrate Muhammad Ali's victory, Carmen Alvara…

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The Beloved Rogue (1927)

Adventure, Drama, biographical film, silent film, swashbuckler film

left|thumb|thumbtime=3|The Beloved Rogue (1927) François Villon is a poet and avid patriot whose father was burned at the stake. François is particularly committed to helping the oppressed and the weak. The Duke of Burgundy is out for the …

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Ali: An American Hero (2000)

biographical film, boxing film, drama film

Cassius Clay (David Ramsey), winner of the gold medal for boxing in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics, rises in the professional ranks and defeats heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston in a stunning upset to cap…

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The Long Island Incident (1998)

biographical film, drama film

On December 7, 1993, Jamaican émigré Colin Ferguson boarded the 5:33pm train to Hicksville at the Long Island Rail Road terminal in midtown-Manhattan and opened fire on the passengers with a 9 mm handgun soon after departure. While early s…

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Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)

Biographical picture, War Film, biographical film, drama film

The story follows the broadly true story of Edith Cavell who went to German-occupied Brussels after the onset of the First World War. Edith hides the young Frenchman Jean Rappard, but is suspected of this and her hospital is inspected by G…

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One of the Hollywood Ten (2000)

biographical film, drama film

The film opens at the 1937 Academy Awards, where Biberman's wife, Gale Sondergaard (Greta Scacchi), wins the first ever "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar. Although the anti-Fascist sentiment in her acceptance speech gets her labelled a "comm…

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The White Angel (1936)

Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale decides to become a nurse, puzzling her upper-class family (as nursing was considered a disreputable profession at the time). She travels to Germany to the only nursing school. The training is ard…

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King of the World (2000)

biographical film, boxing film, drama film

Having won the gold medal for boxing in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Kentucky native Cassius Clay (Terrence Howard) challenges professional heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston (Steve Harris) for …

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Comic Book Confidential (1988)

documentary film

The film includes profiles of twenty-two notable and influential talents in the comics field, such as Charles Burns, Art Spiegelman, Françoise Mouly, Frank Miller, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar and William M. Gaines. In…

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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)

biographical film, musical film, romance film

Set in the turn of the 20th century, the film focuses on Joseph E. Howard, an aspiring songwriter who happily sells a song to performer Lulu Madison, who later takes sole credit for the writing. He angrily confronts her, but she distracts …

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Glorious Betsy (1928)

Drama, biographical film, drama film, silent film

Elizabeth “Glorious Betsy” Patterson falls in love with Jerome, her French tutor. When her father, Colonel Patterson, informs her that the brother of Napoleon will be attending a ball in Baltimore, Jerome secretly writes to Betsy asking fo…

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Passion (1999)

musical film

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual interests (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at), which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to …

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Captain Eddie (1945)

Drama, biographical film, drama film

In World War II, famed World War I pilot Eddie Rickenbacker (Fred MacMurray), while serving as a United States Army Air Forces officer, is assigned to tour South Pacific bases. On October 21, 1942, his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress has to di…

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Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party (2005)

Documentation, Drama, Komödie, documentary film

The film opens on a beach in Malibu, where Tobolowsky recounts a miraculous swim he took on an earlier birthday. It continues in the kitchen of his home, as he boils sausages for his guests and recounts stories about his early auditions in…

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Brothers (1977)

Biographical picture, drama film

The film begins with the events surrounding the arrest and conviction of David Thomas on trumped up charges of armed robbery. He is sentenced to "one year to life" in prison. He is soon sent to Mendocino Prison, a facility described as "ou…

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