BIOGRAPHY Movies and Tvshows - Page 5

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

IMDb: 8.0
1975

Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank A nice simple robbery Walk in, take the money, and run Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

IMDb: 8.3
1962

The story of T E Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks

The Duchess (2008)

IMDb: 6.9
2008

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life

Starving in Suburbia 2014

IMDb: 6.1
2014

A 17 year old dancer joins a thinspiration website and devotes herself to the almost religious glorification of thin, until she becomes completely possessed by the dark world of anorexia

The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

IMDb: 7.4
2005

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The Birth of a Nation (2016)

IMDb: 6.4
2016

Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising

The Masked Saint (2016)

IMDb: 4.7
2016

A pastor and professional wrestler accepts a position at a struggling church where he helps the community both in his official capacity and as his alter ego The Saint

The Damned United (2009)

IMDb: 7.5
2009

The story of the controversial Brian Cloughs 44 day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

IMDb: 6.9
2003

A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works

Kill the Irishman (2011)

IMDb: 7.1
2011

The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970s

The Kings Speech (2010)

IMDb: 8.0
2010

The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer

Jungle (2017)

IMDb: 6.7
2017

A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be

The King and I (1956)

IMDb: 7.4
1956

A widow accepts a job as a live in governess to the King of Siams children

All the Money in the World (2017)

IMDb: 6.8
2017

The story of the kidnapping of 16 year old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

IMDb: 7.3
1994

Two teenage girls share a unique bond their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge

Lovelace (2013)

IMDb: 6.2
2013

The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life

Lonely Hearts (2006)

IMDb: 6.4
2006

Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the Lonely Hearts Killers who lured their victims through the personals

Sanju (2018)

IMDb: 7.7
2018

Sanju is a biopic of the controversial life of actor Sanjay Dutt his film career, jail sentence and personal life

Elisa & Marcela (2019)

IMDb: 6.6
2019

In 1901, Elisa Sanchez Loriga took on the identity of Mario Sanchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Marcela Gracia Ibeas

House of Saddam (2008)

IMDb: 7.5
2008

A mini series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Husseins family and his relationship with his closest advisers

The Battle of the Sexes (2013)

IMDb: 6.9
2013

A look at the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired mens champ Bobby Riggs and the current womens Wimbledon winner Billie Jean King

Soldiers Girl (2003)

IMDb: 7.8
2003

The true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night club performer

Champions (1984)

IMDb: 6.5
1984

The true story of Bob Champion, a British steeple chase jockey who, in the late 1970s, was diagnosed with cancer Rather than succumb to the disease, however, Bob stages a miraculous recovery and goes on to win the 1981 Grand Nationa

Above Suspicion (2019)

IMDb: 5.6
2019

The story that leads to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent

King of the Roaring 20s: The Story of Ar

IMDb: 5.7
1961

The story of flamboyant Prohibition era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein

Kaagaz (2021)

IMDb: 7.5
2021

A satirical comedy about a common man and the struggle he goes through to prove his existence after being falsely being declared dead on government records

Lucie Aubrac (1997)

IMDb: 6.6
1997

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the lengths she goes to to rescue her husband from

Lucy (2003)

IMDb: 6.5
2003

MOW about the life of Lucille Ball, focusing on the loving yet tumultuous relationship with Desi Arnaz

Jerry and Marge Go Large (2022)

IMDb: N/A
2022

Based on true story about couple Jerry and Marge Selbee, who won lottery and uses the money to revive their small town

The Swimmers (2022)

IMDb: 7.5
2022

A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics

Love Death (2023)

IMDb: N/A
2023

Two churchgoing couples enjoy small town family life in Texas until somebody picks up an axe

BlackBerry (2023)

IMDb: 7.9
2023

The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the worlds first smartphone

12 Years a Slave (2013)

IMDb: 8.1
2013

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery

Captain Phillips (2013)

IMDb: 7.8
2013

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U S flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years

Walk the Line (2005)

IMDb: 7.8
2005

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cashs life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins

Megan Leavey (2017)

IMDb: 7.1
2017

Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq