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 98.
Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
The film follows author Romain Gary as he recalls his growing up with his Lithuanian-born mother. The two leave Vilnius, Lithuania for France, where they settle in Paris. As twenty years pass, they encounter social change, age, different c…
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biographical film, crime film, drama film
Vincent Coll starts off as a New York street-fighter, and moves quickly all the way up to being a criminal kingpin in the mafia, and engages in a turf war with fellow mobster, Dutch Schultz.
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LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
Drama, Erotic Film, Historie, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, romance film
Biographical documentary
thumb|left|Fellini: "Lies are fascinating for what they reveal about the liar." A camera tracks crosswise alongside a wide, brightly appointed beach, in what appears to be the dead of winter. No bathers are in sight, only a rolling parade …
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Biographical documentary, documentary film
biographical film, drama film
The film, occasionally narrated by Joke Silva, tells the reformation story of British slave trader John Newton (Nick Moran), sailing to what is now Nigeria to buy slaves. Later, increasingly shocked by the brutality of slavery, he gives up…
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Western, Western film, biographical film, romance film
Sam Houston fights beside his friend Andrew Jackson and is wounded. Not long thereafter, Jackson is elected President of the United States and appoints Houston as governor of Tennessee. Houston is married to Eliza Allen, but his lifestyle …
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Drama, action film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film
Initially set in 2015, the plot consists of a dramatization of the genesis of the Open Arms rescue vessel by Òscar Camps. Moved by the image of a child drowned in the sea, two lifeguards travel to Lesbos, Greece. They proceed to set a resc…
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biographical film, documentary film
Mabo tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes – Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander man who left school at age 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.
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biographical film
The film details the life of Charles Manson, leading up to the murder of actress and model Sharon Tate and subsequent trial and sentencing.
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Biographical picture, Crime, Drama, drama film
biographical film
biography, documentary film
Madu features Anthony Madu, whose ballet dance video went viral in 2020 after he was captured dancing in the rain and earned a scholarship at Elmhurst Ballet School. The more-than-an-hour documentary film shines light on Anthony Madu's jou…
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biographical film, musical film
The story of vaudeville performer Eva Tanguay is told to a couple of writers who plan to do a script about her for Hollywood producer George Jessel. Her former partner Eddie McCoy tells how they met. Recently widowed, he discovered Eva as …
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drama film
Situated in the early 1980s, the plot focuses on Cindy Fralick, a parking enforcement officer who is uninspired by her job. One day, she witnesses the injuries of an accident and decides she wants to help people. She considers applying at …
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Biographical documentary
Using Einstein's own words from speeches, letters and interviews, the film documents Einstein's creation of the theory of relativity, his escape from the Nazi regime, living in Norfolk and later Long Island, and his relationship with the c…
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biographical film
biographical film
association football film, biographical film, documentary film
The film tells the story of Swedish association football player Zlatan Ibrahimović, during his formative years, through archival footage, including rare interviews with a young Ibrahimović where he speaks about his personal life and the ob…
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Drama
Haunted by the sight of hundreds of Jewish refugees outside the consulate gates, a Japanese diplomat and his wife, stationed in Kaunas, Lithuania, at the beginning of World War II, must decide how much they are willing to risk. Inspired by…
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Biographical picture, Documentation, documentary film
biographical film
Based upon his own book of his ordeals, the film is the story of Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, and the problems he had after the mission and his return to Earth, including the breakup of his marriage, his struggles with …
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Documentation, Musical, biographical film, documentary film
The main objective of the film was to explain the story behind rock phenomenon Alice Cooper. Childhood The film starts by introducing the childhood of Vincent Furnier, who later becomes better known as American singer, songwriter and actor…
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