Genre: Biography
1344 content found
The United States vs. Billie Holiday 2021

Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she has a tumultuous affair.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund

6.3 IMDB Rating 2,840 Views
Lincoln: Divided We Stand 2021–

Lincoln: Divided We Stand is a six-part series that looks at the remarkable life and unexpected journey of Abraham Lincoln.

Category: Biography

Stars: Sterling K. Brown, Gabriel Chytry, Conan O'Brien

7.6 IMDB Rating 3,314 Views
Joe Bell 2020

The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Reid Miller, Connie Britton

5.4 IMDB Rating 1,903 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 1,478 Views
Man on the Moon 1999

The life and career of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Gerry Becker

7.4 IMDB Rating 4,840 Views
Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean 2021–

In the automotive world, John DeLorean rose from engineer to executive to icon. But under the hood of his self-created legend lies darkness and deceit.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

2,173 Views
War Dogs 2016

Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Crime

Stars: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz

7.1 IMDB Rating 3,591 Views
Eddie the Eagle 2015

The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello

7.4 IMDB Rating 1,552 Views
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle 2018

Docuseries looking back on the Jonestown Massacre on the 40th anniversary.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

Stars: Vernon Gosney, Leslie Wagner-Wilson, Tim Carter

8.1 IMDB Rating 3,576 Views
The Duke 2020

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Matthew Goode, Helen Mirren, Anna Maxwell Martin

5.9 IMDB Rating 2,032 Views
Naomi Osaka 2021

Featuring unprecedented access to Osaka, the documentary follows her pivotal year, from the U.S. Open in August 2019 and on tour, as she plays in each of the Grand Slams and prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Drama

Stars: Naomi Osaka

5,2 IMDB Rating 2,330 Views
The Pursuit of Happyness 2006

Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a "Bone Density scanner". He feels like he has made these devices. However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price. As Gardner tries to figure out how to sell them, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job; he takes on a job as a stockbroker, but before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Will Smith,Jaden Smith,Thandie Newton,Brian Howe

8.0 IMDB Rating 12,036 Views
Dream Horse 2020

Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale

6,8 IMDB Rating 1,838 Views
The World’s Fastest Indian 2005

For 25 years in Invercargill at the south end of New Zealand, Burt Munro (1899-1978) has been working on increasing the speed of his motorcycle, a 1920 Indian. He dreams of taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats to see how fast it will go. By the early 1960s, heart disease threatens his life, so he mortgages his house and takes a boat to Los Angeles, buys an old car, builds a makeshift trailer, gets the Indian through customs, and heads for Utah. Along the way, people he meets are charmed by his open, direct friendliness. If he makes it to Bonneville, will they let an old guy on the flats with makeshift tires, no brakes, and no chute? And will the Indian actually respond?

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Anthony Hopkins,Iain Rea,Tessa Mitchell,Aaron Murphy

7.9 IMDB Rating 5,264 Views
City of Lies 2018

Russell Poole and Jack Jackson investigate the murders of rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Toby Huss, Dayton Callie

6,5 IMDB Rating 2,863 Views
Blue Miracle 2021

To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama

Stars: Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Dennis Quaid, Bruce McGill

6,1 IMDB Rating 2,241 Views
The Ploy 2016

In the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his violent death.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Massimo Ranieri, Libero De Rienzo, Matteo Taranto, François-Xavier Demaison

6,3 IMDB Rating 1,856 Views
Harriet 2019

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama

Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Clarke Peters

6.6 IMDB Rating 3,630 Views
Halston 2021–

It tracks Halston as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that's synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, literally defining the era.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Rory Culkin, Rebecca Dayan, Sullivan Jones

8,1 IMDB Rating 5,090 Views
Dance of the 41 2021

At the end of the 19th century, Ignacio de la Torre married the daughter of the president of Mexico, Porfirio Díaz. Ignacio leads a double life: he rises in the traditional world of politics while being a member of a clandestine society.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Alfonso Herrera, Emiliano Zurita, Mabel Cadena

7,6 IMDB Rating 2,324 Views