Genre: Biography
Year: Before 2010
359 content found
Restrepo 2010

A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History, War

Stars: The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Juan 'Doc Restrepo, Dan Kearney

7.4 IMDB Rating 8,988 Views
This Is Elvis 1981

The life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Music

Stars: Elvis Presley, David Scott, Paul Boensch III

7.6 IMDB Rating 129 Views
Chopper 2000

Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo

7.1 IMDB Rating 1,742 Views
Hip hip hurra! 1987

The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, rather a portrait of a way of life. The painters became famous for the way they used the light in their work, and this has also been mirrored in the cinematography.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Lene Brøndum, Pia Vieth

5.5 IMDB Rating 1,405 Views
Gandhi 1982

The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi

8.0 IMDB Rating 104 Views
1939 1989

World War II through the eyes of a Stockholm waitress.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Helene Egelund, Helena Bergström, Per Morberg

6.1 IMDB Rating 207 Views
Chapter 27 2007

A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama, History

Stars: Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander

5.6 IMDB Rating 290 Views
Young Andersen 2005

Drama about the difficult early years of Danish writer of fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Simon Dahl Thaulow, Peter Steen, Stine Fischer Christensen

6.2 IMDB Rating 140 Views
Coal Miner’s Daughter 1980

The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm

7.5 IMDB Rating 218 Views
Che: Part One 2008

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Category: Biography, Drama, History, War

Stars: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac

7.1 IMDB Rating 5,857 Views
Julie & Julia 2009

Julie Powell, a young blogger, is determined to emulate Julia Child's cooking techniques. Though separated by time, the two women share a common passion for food that intertwines their lives.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Chris Messina

7.0 IMDB Rating 5,633 Views
The Executioner’s Song 1982

The story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who lobbied for his own execution.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette

7.0 IMDB Rating 180 Views
The Lion in Winter 1968

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins

7.9 IMDB Rating 203 Views
The Silent Enemy 1958

During WW2, Italian Navy divers use underwater chariots to mine the keels of British warships, forcing the British to send underwater demolition expert Lionel Crabbe and his team to counter these enemy actions.

Category: Action, Biography, History, War

Stars: Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Michael Craig

6.6 IMDB Rating 181 Views
Spitfire 1942

Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War

Stars: Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John

7.0 IMDB Rating 193 Views
Kinsey 2004

A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.

Category: Biography, Drama, romance, Romantic

Stars: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell

7.1 IMDB Rating 252 Views
The Motorcycle Diaries 2004

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.

Category: Adventure, Biography, Drama

Stars: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro

7.7 IMDB Rating 4,165 Views
Cadillac Records 2008

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.

Category: Biography, Drama, Music

Stars: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé

7.0 IMDB Rating 6,057 Views
Domino 2005

A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

Category: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramírez

5.9 IMDB Rating 4,830 Views
The Edge of Love 2008

Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic, War

Stars: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys

6.1 IMDB Rating 7,583 Views