Genre: Biography
1360 content found
Messi 2014

Lionel Messi from early life to international stardom.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport

Stars: Johan Cruyff,Kike Domínguez,Álex García,Pere Gratacós

7.5 IMDB Rating 5,197 Views
Utmaningen (Bloodsport) 1988

Frank Dux has spent most his life being trained by Tanaka to participate in the Kumite, the ultimate martial arts tournament, where participants are seriously injured, even killed. Frank decides to go despite being told by his superiors in the army that he can't because they need him. Two army officers are sent to get him and the trail leads to Hong Kong but Frank eludes them. While Frank advances, he knows that he may have to face Chong Li, the defending champion, who has killed a few participants.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama

Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme,Donald Gibb,Leah Ayres,Norman Burton

6.8 IMDB Rating 6,595 Views
Miles Ahead 2015

An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Ewan McGregor,Michael Stuhlbarg,Don Cheadle,Emayatzy Corinealdi

7.0 IMDB Rating 3,123 Views
I Saw the Light 2015

The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Tom Hiddleston,Elizabeth Olsen,Bradley Whitford,Cherry Jones

6.1 IMDB Rating 4,600 Views
Den unge Zlatan 2015

The decisive years of Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, told through rare archival footage where a young Zlatan speaks openly about his life and challenges. The film closely follows Zlatan, from his debut in Malmö FF in 1999, through his conflictual years with Ajax Amsterdam, up to the final breakthrough with Juventus in 2005. BECOMING ZLATAN is a coming-of-age film, depicting the complicated journey of this young, talented and troubled player who finally becomes a superstar in the international football world. It's a story about a young talent living under constant pressure. From the teammates in Malmö who think he's too egoistic and only plays for himself. From the tough managers of Ajax who send him to the bench, where he loses his self-confidence. From his father who tells the 18 year old Zlatan: You're nothing. You're nothing special until you've succeeded internationally. Throughout his journey, Zlatan stays true to himself. When he finally succeeds in Italy he also closes the doors to his personal life. Football superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic is an enigma, but in this story from his breakthrough years, he - for a moment - gives some glimpses into who he really is.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport

Stars: Leo Beenhakker,Hasse Borg,Fabio Capello,David Endt

7.0 IMDB Rating 9,421 Views
Love Records 2016

The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960's and 1970's Finland.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Jarkko Niemi,Tomi Alatalo,Riku Nieminen,Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

6.0 IMDB Rating 2,759 Views
Walt Before Mickey 2015

Based on the book "Walt Before Mickey" covers the early years of Walt Disney's career.

Category: Biography, Drama

2,898 Views
The Wolfpack 2015

Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed, 'The Wolfpack,' the brothers spend their childhood reenacting their favorite films using elaborate homemade props and costumes. Their world is shaken up when one of the brothers decides to revisit the outside world and everything changes.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Bhagavan Angulo,Govinda Angulo,Jagadisa Angulo,Krsna Angulo

7.1 IMDB Rating 3,758 Views
Fjärilen i glaskupan 2007

Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby - Jean-Do to his friends - awakens not knowing where he is. He is in a Berck-sur-Mer hospital, where he has been for the past several weeks in a coma after suffering a massive stroke. Although his cognitive facilities are in tact, he quickly learns that he has what is called locked-in syndrome which has resulted in him being almost completely paralyzed, including not being able to speak. One of his few functioning muscles is his left eye. His physical situation and hospitalization uncomfortably bring together the many people in his life, including: Céline Desmoulins, his ex-lover and mother of his children; Inès, his current lover; and his aged father who he calls Papinou. Among his compassionate recuperative team are his physical therapist Marie, and his speech therapist Henriette. Henriette eventually teaches him to communicate using a system where he spells out words: she reads out the letters of the alphabet in descending order of their use in the French language, and he blinks his functioning left eye when she reaches the appropriate letter. Although frustrating at start, he learns to communicate effectively but slowly using this method, so much so that with the help of Claude, a full time translator, he decides on the monumental and seemingly impossible task to keep to his pre-injury commitment of writing a book, changing its focus to life in his current state.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Mathieu Amalric,Emmanuelle Seigner,Marie-Josée Croze,Anne Consigny

8.0 IMDB Rating 3,759 Views
Berlin 36 2009

In the days leading up to the 1936 Olympics, the fate of high jumper Gretel Bergmann hangs in the balance as it is decided whether or not a Jewish athlete can be a part of the German Olympic team.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Karoline Herfurth,Sebastian Urzendowsky,Axel Prahl,Robert Gallinowski

6.4 IMDB Rating 2,913 Views
Papusza – Den romska sången 2013

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Jowita Budnik,Zbigniew Walerys,Antoni Pawlicki,Artur Steranko

7.2 IMDB Rating 2,713 Views
The Green Prince 2014

A Palestinian in Ramallah, Mosab Hassan Yousef grows up angry and ready to fight Israel. Arrested for smuggling guns at the age of 17, he's interrogated by the Shin Bet, Israel's security service, and sent to prison. But shocked by Hamas's ruthless tactics in the prison and the organization's escalating campaign of suicide bombings outside, Mosab agrees to spy for Israel. For him, there is no greater shame. For his Shin Bet handler, Gonen, there is no greater prize: "operating" the oldest son of a founding member of Hamas.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Mosab Hassan Yousef,Gonen Ben Yitzhak,Sheikh Hassan Yousef

7.1 IMDB Rating 3,125 Views
Good Vibrations 2012

In 1970s Belfast, Terri Hooley is an idealistic rocker who finds himself caught in the middle of Northern Ireland's bitter Troubles. Seeing a parallel in the chaos with Jamaica, Hooley opens a record shop, Good Vibrations, to help bring reggae music to his city to help encourage some harmony. However, Hooley soon discovers a new music genre, punk rock, and is inspired by its youthful vitality to become an important record producer and promoter of the local scene. In doing so, Hooley would struggle both with the industry's realities and his chaotic personal life that threaten to consume him. However, he would also be instrumental in creating an alternative Irish community that would bridge his land's religious and social rivalries with an art no one expected.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Jodie Whittaker,Liam Cunningham,Richard Dormer,Dylan Moran

7.2 IMDB Rating 2,932 Views
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night 2012

Chronological look at the life and career of Johnny Carson (1925-2005), with commentary from an ex-wife and more than 30 fellow comedians, friends, employees, and biographers. The biography...

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Kevin Spacey,Steve Allen,Jack Bailey,Roseanne Barr

7.8 IMDB Rating 2,956 Views
Finding Vivian Maier 2013

Real estate agent John Maloof explains how a trip to a local auction house, in search for old pictures to use for a history book about his neighborhood, resulted in him bidding and winning a box full of old negatives. John goes through the massive quantity of negatives, describes how impressed he is by the quality of the images, becomes quickly determined they are not reverent to his project and just puts them away. That could have very likely had been the end of the story, if the power of the images had not pushed him to fall in love with photography. John confides that his photo hobby quickly motivated him to set up a darkroom and devote large amounts of time printing. As he learned more about photography, he recognized that those negatives he had bought, then stored, were the work of a real master. In an attempt to confirm his suspicion, he selected about 100 images and put them online with the hope that the feedback would confirm his judgement as to the strength of the images.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Mystery

Stars: Vivian Maier,John Maloof,Daniel Arnaud,Simon Amédé

7.7 IMDB Rating 2,760 Views
Filmage: The Story of Descendents All 2013

Long before punk rock inflicted its puncture wound on the map of mainstream music, the Descendents were in a van brewing a potent mix of pop, angst, love and coffee and influencing a generation to come. FILMAGE: The Story of DESCENDENTS/ALL follows drummer and square-peg Bill Stevenson as he pushes himself and a rotating door of band-mates to "achieve ALL," his relentless concept of "going for greatness, the utmost possible" despite any and all setbacks. Interviews with the band and contemporaries such as Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Mark Hoppus (Blink-182), Mike Watt (Minutemen), Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) and many more reveal the untold tale of one of the most overachieving and influential bands in punk, serving as a reminder to always "go for greatness," because sometimes you're gonna get it.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Music

Stars: Bill Stevenson,Milo Auckerman,Karl Alvarez,Stephen Egerton

8.3 IMDB Rating 2,914 Views
House of Versace 2013

Gina Gershon and Raquel Welch stars in this Lifetime Original Movie chronicling Donatella Versace's (Gershon) inspiring triumph over tragedy. Based on Wall Street Journal reporter Deborah Ball's widely-read book, the movie brings to light the story of Donatella, who, following the brazen murder of her brother, world-renowned designer Gianni Versace.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Gina Gershon,Enrico Colantoni,Colm Feore,Donna Murphy

5.8 IMDB Rating 3,563 Views
Mr Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story 2013

The story of the 1973 hockey season when aging legend Gordie Howe returned to the ice at the age of 44.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Michael Shanks,Kathleen Robertson,Martin Cummins,Dylan Playfair

6.9 IMDB Rating 3,490 Views
The Devils Violinist 2013

1830. Violin virtuoso and notorious womanizer Niccolò Paganini (David Garrett) is at the peak of his career, acclaimed throughout Europe. His name alone suggests countless affairs and scandals - which is exactly what his manager Urbani (Jared Harris) is doing his utmost to cultivate, for it is in his interest to market his famous client the best way possible. Only the London public has yet to be conquered. In a plan to lure Paganini to London for his British debut, English impresario John Watson (Christian McKay) and his mistress Elisabeth Wells (Veronica Ferres) risk all they own. Business-savvy Urbani ultimately manages to bring Paganini to the British capital, albeit against his will. And thanks to the rave reviews by journalist Ethel Langham (Joely Richardson), Urbani's strategy seems to be working better than he imagined. Protestors throng his hotel, causing pandemonium. Musician and manager are forced to take refuge at Watson's home, where Paganini quickly takes a liking to his host's lovely daughter Charlotte (Andrea Deck), a talented singer. She and the violinist find the way to each other's hearts through music - and Paganini falls undyingly in love with the young beauty. This displeases Urbani, however, who fears he will lose his influence on his protegé. He begins to craft a diabolical plan...

Category: Biography, Drama, Musical

Stars: David Garrett,Jared Harris,Joely Richardson,Christian McKay

6.1 IMDB Rating 3,303 Views
The Bell Witch Haunting 2013

Found-footage horror. The Robertson County Sheriff's Department has released videos found on the bodies of the Sawyer family's cell phones and video cameras. What was first thought to be a murder-suicide is now believed to be the return of a centuries-old demon responsible for America's most famous paranormal event.

Category: Biography

Stars: Marissa Lynne Johnson,Laura Alexandra Ramos

3.5 IMDB Rating 2,989 Views