Genre: Biography
Year: Before 2010
344 content found
Searching For Bobby Fischer 1993

A prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Max Pomeranc

7.4 IMDB Rating 114 Views
Frank & Jesse 1994

Western starring Rob Lowe and Bill Paxton, based on the lives of Frank and Jesse James. After the Civil War Frank and Jesse return to their family's farm. When their younger brother is murdered they embark on a mission for revenge.

Category: Biography, Drama, Western

Stars: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, Randy Travis

5.7 IMDB Rating 196 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 6,127 Views
The Soloist 2009

A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener

6.7 IMDB Rating 4,693 Views
The Cove 2009

Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones

8.4 IMDB Rating 6,444 Views
Viva Zapata! 1952

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, Western

Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn

7.3 IMDB Rating 112 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 3,653 Views
Cleopatra 1963

Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison

7.0 IMDB Rating 4,418 Views
The Queen 2006

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell

7.3 IMDB Rating 4,694 Views
Elizabeth 1998

The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson

7.4 IMDB Rating 282 Views
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004

The feature adaptation of Roger Lewis' book about the actor best remembered as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama, romance, Romantic

Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson

6.9 IMDB Rating 202 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 1,768 Views
Bloodsport 1988

"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres

6.8 IMDB Rating 1,004 Views
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story 2009

Biography of Ben Carson who grew up to be Dr. Ben Carson, a world famous neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

7.5 IMDB Rating 1,248 Views
Hitlers Family in the Shadow of the Dictator 2005

This film provides history about members of Adolf Hitler's family of origin and surviving members of his family up to the date of it's release. It highlights suspected reasoning for Hitler's attempts at eradicating any and all traces of his family's existence from public record during his time in power.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Florian M. Beierl, Adolf Hitler, Alois Hitler

6.8 IMDB Rating 286 Views
Tom Horn 1980

An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romantic, Western

Stars: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth

6.8 IMDB Rating 368 Views
Hitler – Dead Men Talking 2004

Category: Biography, Documentary

251 Views
Hitler’s Fixer 2001

Martin Bormann, the man who, at the end, controlled all access to Hitler, was regarded by his Fuhrer as his most loyal comrade and was named as the executor of Hitler's will.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Michael Kitchen

7.2 IMDB Rating 337 Views
Gentleman Jim 1942

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert, Jim Corbett, uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic, Sport

Stars: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson

7.5 IMDB Rating 181 Views
Ray
Ray 2004

The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music, Tragedy

Stars: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington

7.7 IMDB Rating 879 Views