Biography Movies

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

67/100

After many years of trying, Orville and Wilbur Wright succeed in making their heavier-than-air aircraft fly, south of Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903. They later try to sell their invention to the US government.

Portrait of a Mobster

68/100

This movie portrays the rise and fall of 1920s gangster Dutch Schultz. While building his own mob ring, he romances Iris, the daughter of a man he killed. When Iris marries a cop, Schultz ... See full summary »

It's Good to Be Alive

70/100

The story of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella, whose career was cut short when he lost the use of his legs in an auto accident in January of 1958.

Einstein

64/100

A look at the relationship between renowned scientist Albert Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Maric.

Pretty Boy Floyd

57/100

Trying to shake his troubled past and start a new honest life, Floyd loses his job because of that past. With nowhere to go but back home in Oklahoma he gets news that his father's been ... See full summary »

Luz del Fuego

58/100

The biography of controversial Brazilian artist Luz del Fuego (her artistic name), highlighting her eccentric lifestyle and public manifestations. As in the film, she is best remembered for... See full summary »

Jack

68/100

The life story of Jack Layton, the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party who passed away in 2011 only months after leading his party to a historic victory.

The End of Summer

62/100

Tomoko is sick and tired of her relationship with unpopular talented writer Shingo, who is married and has children. Tomoko then enters into a sexual relationship with younger man Ryota, but Tomoko is still not satisfied.

The Best of Friends

81/100

Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique twenty-five-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun), Sir Sydney Cockerell (museum ... See full summary »

Missing Victor Pellerin

70/100

In the 90's, Victor Pellerin, a young star of the Art scene, burns a fortune in paintings and leaves Montreal without a trace. Sophie Deraspe revisits the events, and meets the many people ... See full summary »

Elvis Lives!

35/100

Plagued by a heavy drug addiction and his failing voice, The King is desperate to make things right with himself, his deceased brother, and God. His attempts to get back on track are ... See full summary »

Monday After the Miracle

70/100

The story of Helen Keller's years at Radcliffe College.

Down on Us

39/100

The story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin, and how their message for their generation made them targets of a US government plot.

Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy

74/100

Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy, who spent four years and six months in prison following the Watergate scandal.

Dixie

66/100

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music publisher, but refuses to sell his most... See full summary »

Conquest of Peter the Great

72/100

Amelia Earhart

69/100

Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in 1937.

Enrico Fermi - Sein Weg zum Ruhm

71/100

It's about a group of highly-gifted young men known as the via Panisperma Boys, led by physicist Enrico Fermi.

Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed

75/100

After inhabiting dozens of comical alter-egos over the course of her award-winning career, Tracey Ullman finally 'takes on' the one role that spawned all of her characters--herself. This ... See full summary »

Der Wagner-Clan. Eine Familiengeschichte

61/100

In the Storyline I read: "a secret which becomes crucial in tragic blackmail as well as Ricahrd's disputable paternity of youngest daughter Eva". Now the disputed paternity concerns not Eva, but Isolde.