Genre: Biography
1360 content found
Sommeren ’92 2015

The 1992 Danish football team competes for the European Championship.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Ulrich Thomsen,Mikkel Boe Følsgaard,Cyron Melville,Esben Smed Jensen

7.0 IMDB Rating 3,075 Views
Jimi: All Is by My Side 2013

A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: André Benjamin,Hayley Atwell,Imogen Poots,Ruth Negga

5.6 IMDB Rating 3,966 Views
Ragamuffin 2014

Based on the life of Rich Mullins, a musical prodigy who rose to Christian music fame and fortune only to walk away and live on a Navajo reservation. An artistic genius, raised on a tree farm in Indiana by a callous father, Rich wrestled all of his life with the brokenness and crippling insecurity born of his childhood. A lover of Jesus and a rebel in the church, Rich refused to let his struggles with his own darkness tear him away from a God he was determined to love. As he struggled with success in Nashville and depression in Wichita, Rich desired most of all to live a life of honest and reckless faith amidst a culture of religion and conformity.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Michael Koch,David Leo Schultz,Mel Fair,Carson Aune

6.7 IMDB Rating 3,199 Views
The Perfect Wave 2014

The Perfect wave is a LOVE STORY, with four key pillars, a young mans love for surfing, adventure, a mothers love for her son, a young man falling in love for the first time, Gods love. The film takes the audience on a journey, as our hero searches for his 'perfect wave'. The journey has many unexpected turns, and twists, as our hero falls in-love and loses his way, but as fate would have it, jealousy ensues, and seeking to reconcile our hero travels to Mauritius where one event changes his life forever.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama

Stars: Scott Eastwood,Cheryl Ladd,Patrick Lyster,Rachel Hendrix

4.7 IMDB Rating 3,724 Views
Admiral 2015

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by the great Kingdom of England, France and Germany and the country itself is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.

Category: Action, Adventure, Biography

Stars: Frank Lammers,Sanne Langelaar,Barry Atsma,Lieke van Lexmond

7.1 IMDB Rating 4,171 Views
Yves Saint Laurent 2014

A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Pierre Niney,Guillaume Gallienne,Charlotte Le Bon,Laura Smet

6.2 IMDB Rating 3,507 Views
Harry & Snowman 2015

Dutch immigrant, Harry deLeyer, journeyed to the United States after World War II and developed a transformative relationship with a broken down Amish plow horse he rescued off a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. Harry paid eighty dollars for the horse and named him Snowman. In less than two years, Harry & Snowman went on to win the triple crown of show jumping, beating the nations blue bloods and they became famous and traveled around the world together. Their chance meeting at a Pennsylvania horse auction saved them both and crafted a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Eighty-six year old Harry tells their Cinderella love story firsthand, as he continues to train on today's show jumping circuit.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Drama

Stars: Harry DeLeyer,Harriet DeLeyer,Andre DeLeyer,Marty DeLeyer

7.7 IMDB Rating 3,535 Views
Paparoti 2013

Based on the true story of Kim Ho-Joong, who first appeared on Korean TV show STARKING on July 18, 2009. During the program, Kim Ho-Joong surprised people with his vocal abilities and also made people cry because of his background story. He grew up as a troubled kid who joined gangs, but because of his grandmother he began to sing in earnest.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Suk-kyu Han,Jin-woong Jo,So-ra Kang,Do-Yeon Lee

7.1 IMDB Rating 2,907 Views
Dare to Be Wild 2015

Irishwoman Mary Reynold's journey from rank outsider to winner of a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Emma Greenwell,Tom Hughes,Alex Macqueen,Janie Dee

6.5 IMDB Rating 3,335 Views
The Masked Saint 2016

"The Masked Saint" is based on a true story about one pastor's mission to help his community by risking his identity and returns to his former life as a wrestler. The triumphant story follows one man's journey and struggle between helping others and the consequences he faces doing this.

Category: Action, Biography, Crime

Stars: Brett Granstaff,Lara Jean Chorostecki,T.J. McGibbon,Diahann Carroll

4.7 IMDB Rating 3,125 Views
Marie’s Story 2014

Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Isabelle Carré,Ariana Rivoire,Brigitte Catillon,Noémie Churlet

7.5 IMDB Rating 3,120 Views
Trumbo 2015

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Bryan Cranston,Michael Stuhlbarg,David Maldonado,John Getz

7.5 IMDB Rating 3,643 Views
Son of God 2014

The life story of Jesus is told from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Diogo Morgado,Greg Hicks,Adrian Schiller,Darwin Shaw

5.7 IMDB Rating 5,929 Views
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz 2014

The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two year legal nightmare. It was a battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron's story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he was a celebrity. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

Stars: Tim Berners-Lee,Cindy Cohn,Gabriella Coleman,Cory Doctorow

8.1 IMDB Rating 3,520 Views
Lambert & Stamp 2014

Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired by the burgeoning youth culture of the early 1960s. Lambert and Stamp searched for months and finally found in a band called the High Numbers a rebellious restlessness that was just what they were looking for. Abandoning their plans to make a film, they instead decided to mentor and manage this group, which evolved into the iconic band known as the Who. The result was rock 'n' roll history.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Richard Barnes,Ritchie Blackmore,Heather Daltrey,Roger Daltrey

6.5 IMDB Rating 3,006 Views
Rise of the Legend 2014

An orphan, whose father has been killed by dark power, attempts to bring justice back to the town.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama

Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,Eddie Peng,Luodan Wang,Boran Jing

6.5 IMDB Rating 5,764 Views
Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot 2014

THE PERFECT SHOT covers the story of Nowitzki's rise to the peaks of fame starting off at one of Germany's regional basketball leagues. It's the story of the fascinating relationship with Holger Geschwindner, his discoverer, coach and mentor. The physicist recognized young Dirk Nowitzki's talent early on and, with a mix of ambitious daring and scientific precision, led him all the way to the top. It is a Film about Dirk Nowitzki and Holger Geschwindner: how they became who they are. It is about the unique relationship between the cosmopolitan mentor and his timid student, who made it to where his teacher had previously only dreamed of: the NBA Championship.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport

Stars: Kobe Bryant,Rick Carlisle,Vince Carter,Mark Cuban

7.6 IMDB Rating 3,293 Views
The Golden Era 2014

The life of Chinese writer Xiao Hong, from her childhood in the Heilongjiang Province to her final days in Hong Kong's Repulse Bay. The love of the author's life, newspaper editor Xiao Jun and the inspiration she drew from him as well as the surrounding literary scene in creating some of China's most enduring masterpieces is explored against the backdrop of a turbulent time that included the formation of the Chinese Communist government and World War II.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Wei Tang,Shaofeng Feng,Zhiwen Wang,Yawen Zhu

6.3 IMDB Rating 2,940 Views
Lady Sings the Blues 1972

Born Elinore Harris, Billie Holiday had a difficult teen and young adulthood period, which included working in brothels, both as a cleaning woman and a prostitute, and being raped. Through this difficulty, she dreamed of becoming a jazz singer. She got her initial singing break when she applied at a Harlem club that was looking for a dancer, but where she got hired as a singer. There, she met and fell in love with the suave Louis McKay. After this initial break, Billie wanted her singing career to move to the mainstream clubs in downtown Manhattan. She took a risk when she agreed to be the lead singer for the Reg Hanley Band, a primarily white group, who convinced her that she would have to make her mark in regional tours before her Manhattan dream could happen. As Billie tried to advance her career, pressures of life, including being a black woman, led to her not so secret substance abuse (especially of heroin), not so secret because of her increasingly erratic behavior, both on stage and off. As those around her, including Louis, worked to support Billie emotionally to get off drugs, Billie faced other issues, such as open narcotic use being a criminal offense, which in combination with the effects of the heroin use itself could be Billie's downfall despite her singing talent.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Diana Ross,Billy Dee Williams,Richard Pryor,James T. Callahan

7.1 IMDB Rating 3,306 Views
The Miracle Worker 1962

Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Anne Bancroft,Victor Jory,Inga Swenson,Andrew Prine

8.1 IMDB Rating 3,265 Views