Origin: United States
Genre: Biography
325 content found
Jamesy Boy 2014

A young gang member turns his life around in prison, thanks to the friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, romance, Romantic

Stars: Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Mary-Louise Parker, Ving Rhames

6.2 IMDB Rating 5,442 Views
A Civil Action 1998

At the risk of bankrupting his firm and career, lawyer Jan Schlichtman takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's contaminated water supply.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Kathleen Quinlan

6.6 IMDB Rating 5,213 Views
Bonnie and Clyde 1967

Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

Category: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Tragedy

Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard

7.7 IMDB Rating 6,201 Views
Quiz Show 1994

A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow

7.5 IMDB Rating 3,729 Views
Judas and the Black Messiah 2021

Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons

7.4 IMDB Rating 5,393 Views
Greater 2016

The story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk-on in the history of college football.

Category: Biography, Family, Sport

Stars: Neal McDonough, Leslie Easterbrook, Christopher Severio

7.4 IMDB Rating 6,482 Views
J. Edgar 2011

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

Category: Biography, Drama, romance, Romantic

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts

6.5 IMDB Rating 5,180 Views
Pain & Gain 2013

A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

Category: Action, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie

6.4 IMDB Rating 12,818 Views
8 Seconds 1994

This movie chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, James Rebhorn

6.6 IMDB Rating 1,843 Views
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace 2023–2024

This docuseries offers extraordinary access and exclusive insight into a world-renowned mystery. Initially assumed to be a 6-year-old Ukrainian orphan with a rare bone growth disorder she was actually a fully grown adult.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary, Mystery

Stars: Dan Cody, Beth Karas, Michael Barnett

6.8 IMDB Rating 2,095 Views
Escape at Dannemora 2018

A female prison employee in upstate New York becomes romantically involved with a pair of inmates and helps them escape.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano

7.9 IMDB Rating 29,866 Views
Confirmation 2016

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States Supreme Court is called into question when Anita Hill, a former colleague, testifies that he sexually harassed her.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear

6.8 IMDB Rating 4,708 Views
Chasing Mavericks 2012

When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue

7.1 IMDB Rating 5,609 Views
Son Of The South 2020

The true story of one young white Southerner in the Summer of 1961, caught in a place and time where he had to choose which side he was on.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Lucas Till, Jim Klock, Michael Sirow

6.2 IMDB Rating 1,913 Views
Takedown 2000

This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Russell Wong, Angela Featherstone

6.2 IMDB Rating 3,809 Views
Kill the Messenger 2014

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims

6.9 IMDB Rating 5,499 Views
The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996

The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton

7.3 IMDB Rating 4,569 Views
The Philadelphia Experiment 1984

A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama

Stars: Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas

6.1 IMDB Rating 4,197 Views
I Can Only Imagine 2018

The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.

Category: Biography, Drama, Family

Stars: John Michael Finley, Madeline Carroll, Dennis Quaid

7.3 IMDB Rating 7,031 Views
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind 2020

Exploring Natalie Wood's life and career through the unique perspective of her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and others who knew her best.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Julie Salamon

7.1 IMDB Rating 3,195 Views