Biography Movies

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

70/100

A satirical look at the fascinating 'secret' TRUE life of disgraced 1980's Tory politician turned bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. The Truth, the whole truth and everything BUT the truth.

Swanee River

65/100

More fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the ... See full summary »

John Wycliffe: The Morning Star

67/100

The story of 14th century John Wycliffe, AKA "The Morning Star of the Reformation", who was the first to translate the Bible into English.

Matters of Life & Dating

49/100

A dramatic and lighter look at breast cancer told from a single woman's point of view. It's the true story of Linda Dackman (Ricki Lake), following her as she tries to re-enter the dizzying... See full summary »

Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno

80/100

The Sheldon Kennedy Story

61/100

Alberta (Canada) rural farm-boy Sheldon Kennedy feels abused by dad when punished for poor performances compared to big brother Troy. Being recruited for professional ice-hockey at age 14 ... See full summary »

A Place to Be Loved

65/100

Gregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natural father, finds the foster family he is put into to be the type of family he needs and ... See full summary »

Valo

53/100

A historical drama about a small boy, who decides to dedicate his life for fighting for goodness.

Merry Riana: Mimpi Sejuta Dolar

68/100

Riots in Indonesia , requires Merry Riana and her family who is a Chinese ethnic to move abroad. On their way to the airport, his family was robbed,their money, phones and document are ... See full synopsis »

Mapplethorpe

67/100

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

Curtin

75/100

The film covers the period from just before Curtin became Prime Minister until the return of the 6th and 7th Divisions to Australia at the start of the Pacific war.

Henry V

77/100

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Ek Thi Marium

86/100

Marium Mukhtar (Sanam Baloch) achieves her dream of becoming a fighter pilot and becomes the first female flying officer of Pakistan to embrace martyrdom.

August

62/100

In 1876, Strindberg is penniless and once again his play "Master Olof" is rejected by the Royal Dramatic Theater. Debt collectors his furniture and Strindberg is on the verge of committing suicide.

The Yellow House

72/100

Covers the short period the two master painters spent as roommates in Van Goghs house and tensions and personality conflicts that ensued.

Vivekananda

70/100

The film is based on the life of Bengali, Hindu monk Narendra Nath Datta aka Vivekananda from his birth (1863) to his returned to India from the west (1887). It is spiritual take on ... See full summary »

Karl May

71/100

This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's "German Trilogy" on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich.

FDR: A One Man Show

77/100

Chris Elliot plays FDR in his live "One Man Show" about the life and times of the president, however, he looks and sounds nothing like the man and he re-enacts events from Roosevelt's life that never happened.

A Few People, a Little Time

69/100

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.

When Hell Was in Session

79/100

In 1965, Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's jet is shot down over North Vietnam and he is captured by the enemy who holds him in various brutal POW camps for more than seven years.