Biography Movies

Tangiwai

72/100

A dramatic story about a cricketer and his fiancée.

Star Boys

57/100

Two Finnish boys battle adolescence and family troubles. Meanwhile, their homes are being encroached upon by inevitable urban development.

Monkeys Like Becky

71/100

While the mentally-ill inmates of the Therapeupic Community of Martutene prepare a performance about the life of Portuguese psychiatrist António Egas Moniz, who developed the surgical ... See full summary »

Reed, México insurgente

68/100

A dramatization of John Reed's newspaper accounts of the Mexican Revolution. Considered the first real film in Mexican cinema to be made on the Mexican Revolution.

Pablo

69/100

Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from Havana, during the pre-Cuban revolution to ... See full summary »

Dave Allen at Peace

67/100

Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this factual drama follows Dave Allen from childhood to becoming one of the UK and Ireland's comedy greats, with just a whiskey, a cigarette and ... See full summary »

Segel im Sturm

72/100

Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.

The Orphanage

62/100

The story of courage and sacrifice of Iranians in the time of war and famine.

Cider with Rosie

65/100

A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.

Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story

62/100

The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife. After being dismissed from the Milwaukee police, Laurie Bembenek is swept off her feet ... See full summary »

The Mace with Three Seals

75/100

At the end of the 16th century, Wallachia's ruler Michael the Brave dreams of uniting the kingdoms of Wallachia,Transylvania and Moldavia into a single country known as The United Principalities.

Skånska mord - Hurvamorden

72/100

After 24 hours of searching, the body of ex policeman Tore Hedin is found in Brösarps-lake in Skåne. The year was 1952.

I Was an American Spy

68/100

Begins in documentary style when U. S. Army General Mark Clark authenticates Claire Phillips' adventures and achievements, as an American citizen who rendered invaluable services to her ... See full summary »

Against All Hope

38/100

A man struggling with alcoholism turns to a reverend for help

Grossmeyster

70/100

Chess Grandmaster Sergei Khlebnikov is a highly talented and unusual person, living in the 1970s Soviet Union. His is obsessed with making a beautiful game. But his emotional and irrational... See full summary »

Bismarck

64/100

A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany.

Taarka

66/100

An ethnographic musical drama about a Seto (regional ethnic minority in South-Eastern Estonia) folk-singer Hilana Taarka.

Bomber Harris

70/100

The history of one of the key commanders of WW2, the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris.

It's Russian

66/100

The Ann Jillian Story

59/100

Ann Jillian finds out she has cancer and the movie shows how she deals with that (the hospital treatments and impact on her life).