Genre: Biography
1500 content found
Boys Don’t Cry 1999

A young transgender man named Brandon navigates love, life, and trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, romance

Stars: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard

7.5 IMDB Rating 397 Views
Big Boys Don’t Cry 2020

Connolly recalls childhood in children's home after police probe friend's suicide. He struggles to connect with Anthea while confronting those behind his troubled past and friend's death. Inspired by real events.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Daniel Adegboyega, Victoria Alcock, Karanja Augostos

6.7 IMDB Rating 455 Views
Funny Lady 1975

Story of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, romance, Romantic

Stars: Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif

6.2 IMDB Rating 380 Views
Barry 2016

A look into the early life of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Devon Terrell, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Mitchell

6.0 IMDB Rating 10,222 Views
Dangerous Minds 1995

LouAnne, a retired US marine, becomes a teacher in a Californian high school. But her mostly Latino and black students from an impoverished and racially segregated locality do not easily embrace her.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance

6.5 IMDB Rating 364 Views
Porn King: The Rise & Fall of Ron Jeremy 2022

The story of the porn star who, after 40 years in the adult movie industry, is now facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

Stars: Christy Canyon, Jim Powers, Alana Evans

6.1 IMDB Rating 971 Views
Alias Grace 2017

Grace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard

7.6 IMDB Rating 13,725 Views
The Salt of the Earth 2014

The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado

8.4 IMDB Rating 4,717 Views
Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson

7.4 IMDB Rating 4,409 Views
Maudie 2016

An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Zachary Bennett

7.6 IMDB Rating 4,743 Views
Admiral 2015

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country 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

7.0 IMDB Rating 5,335 Views
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads 2019

A look at the short, mysterious life of blues legend, Robert Johnson, who was said to have made a deal with the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Terry Harmonica Bean, Rory Block, Yvonne Chireau

7.0 IMDB Rating 5,486 Views
Garbo: Where Did You Go? 2024

An urgent, timely and compelling portrait of Hollywood icon Greta Garbo, whose fame, isolation and loneliness still captures us.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Elyn Daniels

6.0 IMDB Rating 394 Views
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019

Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Felix Lemburo

7.6 IMDB Rating 5,542 Views
Brexit: The Uncivil War 2019

Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Belcher, Malcolm Freeman

7.0 IMDB Rating 6,657 Views
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America 2016

Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man. When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan. When many of these people eventually leave the Klan with Daryl's support, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods; building his collection piece by piece, story by story, person by person, in hopes of one day opening a museum of the Klan.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Daryl D. Davis, Kenneth Nwadike, Jeff Schoep

7.6 IMDB Rating 4,223 Views
El Clan 2015

The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Guillermo Francella, Gastón Cocchiarale, Peter Lanzani

6.9 IMDB Rating 4,243 Views
Nothing to Lose 2018

Self-financed fictional biopic of Brazilian bishop Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and owner of Record TV network.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Petrônio Gontijo, Day Mesquita, Beth Goulart

2.4 IMDB Rating 4,051 Views
Holy Rollers 2010

In Brooklyn, a youth from an Orthodox Jewish community is lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by his pal who has ties to an Israeli drug cartel.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Danny A. Abeckaser

5.9 IMDB Rating 4,397 Views
Mr. Turner 2014

J.M.W. Turner, an unconventional British painter, goes down memory lane and recalls his romantic relationship with a seaside landlady and the various accolades he received for his works of art.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson

6.8 IMDB Rating 5,942 Views