Biography Movies

The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public.

Edvard Munch is a TV movie starring Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, and Kerstii Allum. Following a rough chronology from 1884 to 1894, when Norwegian artist Edvard Munch began expressionism and established himself as northern Europe's most...

Lepke is a movie starring Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer, and Michael Callan. Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood.

A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.

The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.

During WW2, a Dutch family caught hiding Jews is sent to a concentration camp where their Christian faith helps them endure the hardships.

Dersu Uzala is a movie starring Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, and Mikhail Bychkov. The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.

Dog Day Afternoon is a movie starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, and Penelope Allen. Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly...

Walking Tall Part II is a movie starring Bo Svenson, Luke Askew, and John Davis Chandler. Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late-1960s...

L'histoire d'Adèle H. is a movie starring Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, and Sylvia Marriott. Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.

Lisztomania is a movie starring Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, and Paul Nicholas. Composer and pianist Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many...

Young ski champion Jill Kinmont is left paralyzed after a tragic skiing accident. Her best friend suffers the same fate after contracting polio. Jill must slowly put her life back together again with the help of those close to her.

Un sac de billes is a movie starring Richard Constantini, Paul-Eric Shulmann, and Joseph Goldenberg. Two young French Jewish boys and their family struggle to survive in WWII during the invasion of Germans.

Ma Ge Bo Luo is a movie starring Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi, and Szu Shih. Four friends learn kung fu to avenge the death of their friend against the manchus.

A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.

This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.

All the President's Men is a movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, and Jack Warden. "The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President...

From his childhood in Hong Kong to his rise to movie stardom, the life of Bruce Lee is revealed in this film.

The girl next door makes a teen born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germ-free bubble.

Bound for Glory is a movie starring David Carradine, Ronny Cox, and Melinda Dillon. The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.

Il Casanova di Federico Fellini is a movie starring Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, and Cicely Browne. The myth of Giacomo Casanova, the notorious womanizer is presented as a pitiable and terrifying figure. A sex scandal lands him...

Director Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

He's powered his Harley over cars, trucks, lions, infernos and plummeted headlong into a canyon. But if the mob has its way, his next incredible leap will land him six feet under.

Greased Lightning is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, and Pam Grier. The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.

MacArthur is a movie starring Gregory Peck, Dan O'Herlihy, and Ed Flanders. Biopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War.

Valentino is a movie starring Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, and Michelle Phillips. The life of 1920s movie star and sex symbol, Rudolph Valentino.

Scott Joplin is a TV movie starring Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, and Margaret Avery. Details the life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

Several years after the deaths of Dick Buek and her father, Jill Kinmont and her mother leave Los Angeles to spend their summer in their hometown of Bishop, California. They rent a summer house from a handsome truck driver named John

A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.

The Buddy Holly Story is a movie starring Gary Busey, Don Stroud, and Charles Martin Smith. The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.

Jimmie Blacksmith, the son of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, falls victim to much racist abuse after marrying a white woman, and goes on a killing spree and finds himself on the run in the aftermath.

Midnight Express is a movie starring Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, and Bo Hopkins. Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companions

Escape from Alcatraz is a movie starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, and Roberts Blossom. Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a...

Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.

My Brilliant Career is a movie starring Judy Davis, Sam Neill, and Wendy Hughes. A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.

Filmed on location in Israel at authentic biblical sites, this inspirational drama and commercial success retells the life of Christ.

Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

The Long Riders is a movie starring David Carradine, Stacy Keach, and Dennis Quaid. The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who...

A pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People.

Bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is receiving death threats from a criminal he helped put away. This while his girlfriend is about to give birth, an event he isn't looking forward to.

The Elephant Man is a movie starring Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, and Anne Bancroft. A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade,...

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo is a movie starring Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, and Peggy Bussieck. A teen girl in 1970's Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and...

In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.

An adaptation of George Buchner's novella, "Lenz", chronicling the poet Jakob Lenz's slide into insanity and madness. The setting is transposed from 18th century Germany to New York in the early 1980s.

Chariots of Fire is a movie starring Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, and Nicholas Farrell. Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.