Type: Movies
Genre: Biography
1162 content found
John Rabe 2009

After 28 years building and managing a vast Siemens plant in Nanking, John Rabe is ordered by the new Nazi regime to close it down. Before he can pack, the Japanese army, lead unofficially by a bloodthirsty imperial uncle, lays siege to the city. Rabe accepts, as prominent representative of Japans' major European ally, to head the Western ex-pats society's plan to start and run an international zone, like worked in Shangai. Rabe however wants it to save his workers and their close ones, over 200,000, and sacrifices all his personal interests.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

7.2 IMDB Rating 3,433 Views
12 OClock Boys 2013

Pug, a wisecracking 13 year old living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join The Twelve O'Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore. Converging from all parts of the inner city, they invade the streets and clash with police, who are forbidden to chase the bikes for fear of endangering the public. When Pug's older brother dies suddenly, he looks to the pack for mentorship, spurred by their dangerous lifestyle. Pug's story is coupled with unprecedented, action-packed coverage of the riders in their element. The film presents the pivotal years of change in a boy's life growing up in one of the most dangerous and economically depressed cities in the US.

Category: Biography, Crime, Documentary

4,252 Views
Courageous 2011

Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, they face danger every day. Yet when tragedy strikes close to home, these fathers are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, and their faith. From this struggle will come a decision that changes all of their lives. With action, drama, and humor, the fourth film from Sherwood Pictures embraces God's promise to "turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers." Souls will be stirred, and hearts will be challenged to be ... courageous!

Category: Biography, Drama, War

Stars: Anna Paquin,Marcia Gay Harden,Goran Visnjic,Nathaniel Parker,Steve Speirs,Paul Freeman,Michelle Dockery,Danuta Stenka,Iddo Goldberg,Maja Ostaszewska,Krzysztof Pieczynski,Rebecca Windheim,Olga Boladz,Leigh Lawson,Scott Handy

7.0 IMDB Rating 4,292 Views
Infamous 2006

On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Sigourney Weaver,Toby Jones,Gwyneth Paltrow,Sandra Bullock,Isabella Rossellini,Peter Bogdanovich,Rey Arteaga,Jeff Daniels,Daniel Craig,Justin Sherburn,Andrew Halbreich,Juliet Stevenson,Michael Panes,Hope Davis,Frank G. Curcio

7.1 IMDB Rating 4,317 Views
The Devils Double 2011

Baghdad, the playground for the rich and infamous, where anything can be bought - but for a price. This is Uday Hussein's world and with his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality, he helps himself to whatever turns him on. When army lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned to Saddam's palace, he is faced with an impossible request - to be Uday's 'fiday' - his body double, or have his family condemned to death. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption, knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death for Latif, as he battles to escape from his forced existence.

Category: Biography, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Dominic Cooper,Ludivine Sagnier,Raad Rawi,Philip Quast,Mimoun Oaïssa,Khalid Laith,Dar Salim,Nasser Memarzia,Mem Ferda,Pano Masti,Akin Gazi,Stewart Scudamore,Amrita Acharia,Elektra Anastasi,Amber Rose Revah

7.1 IMDB Rating 6,496 Views
The General 1998

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the IRA, the UVF and members of his own team.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Brendan Gleeson,Adrian Dunbar,Sean McGinley,Maria Doyle Kennedy,Angeline Ball,Jon Voight,Eanna MacLiam,Tom Murphy,Paul Hickey,Tommy O'Neill,John O'Toole,Ciarán Fitzgerald,Ned Dennehy,Vinny Murphy,Roxanna Nic Liam

7.3 IMDB Rating 3,194 Views
Tyson 1995

The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his conviction for rape. The story of his turbulent life moves quickly, never focusing for long on anything in particular.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: George C. Scott,Paul Winfield,Michael Jai White,James Sikking,Malcolm-Jamal Warner,Tony Lo Bianco,Clark Gregg,Holt McCallany,Kristen Wilson,Sheila Wills,Regal Hanley,Lilyan Chauvin,Rebekah Johnson,George Murdock,Mane Andrew

6.4 IMDB Rating 4,424 Views
Ned Kelly 2003

Though recognized for heroism as a lad, Ned Kelly can not escape the stigma of being the eldest of a brood sired by a known criminal. In days when an arrest equaled guilt and a conviction, his unfair imprisonment for horse thievery puts him steadfast, in the eyes of Victorian police, on the wrong side of things for life. With a sister unable to dissuade the unwanted advances of Constable Fitzpatrick, Ned, his brother Dan, and friends Joe Byrne and Steve Hart soon find themselves labeled "an outlaw gang" by the less-than-honorable constable. It's a designation they're apt to live up to after Ned's mother is unfairly arrested and sentenced to three years hard labor. In retaliation, the Kelly Gang strikes out against the oppressive Victorian government, with ultimately tragic results and passage into Australian folklore.

Category: Action, Adventure, Biography

Stars: Heath Ledger,Orlando Bloom,Geoffrey Rush,Naomi Watts,Joel Edgerton,Laurence Kinlan,Philip Barantini,Kerry Condon,Kris McQuade,Emily Browning,Kiri Paramore,Rachel Griffiths,Geoff Morrell,Charles 'Bud' Tingwell,Saskia Burmeister

6.5 IMDB Rating 4,932 Views
Champions 1984

The true story of Bob Champion, a British steeple chase jockey who, in the late 1970s, was diagnosed with cancer. Rather than succumb to the disease, however, Bob stages a miraculous recovery and goes on to win the 1981 Grand National steeple chase on the horse Aldaniti.

Category: Biography, Drama, Romantic

Stars: John Hurt,Gregory Jones,Mick Dillon,Ann Bell,Jan Francis,Peter Barkworth,Edward Woodward,Ben Johnson,Kirstie Alley,Alison Steadman,Jonathan Newth,Ceri Jackson,Francesca Brill,Andrew Wilde,Judy Parfitt

6.5 IMDB Rating 3,157 Views
Educazione siberiana 2013

A drama based on a memoir about growing up as a member of the Urka community in the small republic of Transnistria.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Arnas Fedaravicius,Vilius Tumalavicius,Eleanor Tomlinson,Jonas Trukanas,Vitalij Porshnev,Peter Stormare,John Malkovich,Arnas Sliesoraitis,Pijus Grude,Ernestas Markevicius,Erikas Zaremba,Airida Gintautaite,Arvydas Lebeliunas,Viktoras Karpusenkovas,Daiva Stubraite

6.5 IMDB Rating 3,636 Views
Mordet på Jesse James av ynkryggen Robert Ford 2007

Taking place in the American Northwest in the early 1880s, the film dramatizes the last seven months in the life of famed outlaw Jesse James, beginning with the Blue Cut train robbery of 1881 and culminating in his assassination at the hands of Robert Ford the following April. In the time between these two fateful events, the young and jealous Ford befriends the increasingly mistrustful outlaw, even as he plots his demise.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Brad Pitt,Mary-Louise Parker,Brooklynn Proulx,Dustin Bollinger,Casey Affleck,Sam Rockwell,Jeremy Renner,Sam Shepard,Garret Dillahunt,Paul Schneider,Joel McNichol,James Defelice,J.C. Roberts,Darrell Orydzuk,Jonathan Erich Drachenberg

7.6 IMDB Rating 5,141 Views
The Basketball Diaries 1995

Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio,Lorraine Bracco,Marilyn Sokol,James Madio,Patrick McGaw,Mark Wahlberg,Roy Cooper,Vincent Pastore,Bruno Kirby,Jimmy Papiris,Nick Gaetani,Alexander Chaplin,Ben Jorgensen,Josh Mostel,Juliette Lewis

7.3 IMDB Rating 13,065 Views
The Express 2008

This biopic focuses on the relationship of Ernie Davis (1939-1963), a gifted African-American athlete, and his coach from 1958 to 1962 at Syracuse University, Ben Schwartzwalder (1909-1993). Schwartzwalder recruits Davis with the help of All-American running back, Jim Brown. The civil rights movement is gaining steam; Davis experiences prejudice on campus, in town, and on the field, sometimes from teammates. How he handles it and how he challenges Schwartzwalder to stand up for his players provide a counterpoint to several great seasons that lead first to a national championship and then to the Heismann Trophy.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Rob Brown,Dennis Quaid,Darrin Dewitt Henson,Omar Benson Miller,Nelsan Ellis,Charles S. Dutton,Justin Martin,Justin Jones,Nicole Beharie,Aunjanue Ellis,Elizabeth Shivers,Clancy Brown,Danny McCarthy,Regina Hoyles,Chelcie Ross

7.3 IMDB Rating 5,220 Views
Spies & Glistrup 2013

Based on true events, two notorious and provocative figures of modern Danish history, Spies and Glistrup, provide a radical view on liberty through money, sex and drugs.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Pilou Asbæk,Nicolas Bro,Jesper Christensen,Jacob Højlev Jørgensen,Kasper Leisner,Trine Pallesen,Fie Aarestrup,Anna Agerbak,Ditte Arnth,Linda Avanu,Ferdinand Glad Bach,Emilie Victoria Heimann Bertram,Morten Bjørn,Niels Juhl Boesen,Kristian Boland

6.8 IMDB Rating 3,297 Views
Les saveurs du Palais 2012

Hortense Laborie is a celebrated chef living in the Perigord region. To her great surprise, the President of the Republic appoints her as his personal cook. She accepts reluctantly but once she has accepted her nomination, Hortense works her heart and soul to produce both a stylish and authentic cuisine. For a while, she manages to impose herself thanks to her sturdy character and despite the jealousies she arouses among the other chefs. For a while only, unfortunately for her and for... the President.

Category: Biography, Comedy

Stars: Catherine Frot,Arthur Dupont,Jean d'Ormesson,Hippolyte Girardot,Jean-Marc Roulot,Philippe Uchan,Laurent Poitrenaux,Hervé Pierre,Brice Fournier,Roch Leibovici,Thomas Chabrol,Arly Jover,Joe Sheridan,Louis-Emmanuel Blanc,David Houri

6.3 IMDB Rating 3,314 Views
Tupac: Resurrection 2003

Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop M.Cs. of all time.

Category: Biography, Documentary, Music

Stars: Tupac Shakur,Rappin' 4-Tay,Conrad Bain,Bill Bellamy,William J. Bennett,Todd Bridges,Pat Buchanan,James Cagney,Connie Chung,Eldridge Cleaver,Kathleen Cleaver,Gary Coleman,Sean Combs,Chris Connelly,Anthony 'Treach' Criss

8.0 IMDB Rating 5,353 Views
Phil Spector 2013

Record producer Phil Spector hires Bruce Cutler to defend him when he's accused of murder. Cutler persuades Linda Kenney Baden to advise him. While the prosecution's story is contradicted by facts in the case, there is convincing circumstantial evidence against Spector, not the least of which is his appearance. As Baden gradually takes over the defense, even as she is ill with pneumonia, she must find a way to introduce ballistic evidence in a dramatic enough fashion to plant doubt in the jury's mind. Calling Specter to testify may be the only way to stage the evidence. She coaches him and rehearses him: can he (and she) pull it off?

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Al Pacino,Helen Mirren,Jeffrey Tambor,Chiwetel Ejiofor,Rebecca Pidgeon,John Pirruccello,James Tolkan,David Aaron Baker,Matt Malloy,Jack Wallace,Dominic Hoffman,Philip Martin,Grim Reaper Q.,Vernon Campbell,Adalgiza Chermont

6.3 IMDB Rating 3,289 Views
Sel8nne 2013

Translation of what's said in the trailer... Unlimited skating speed. Unbelievable scoring skill. Can he even do something else besides skate fast...

Category: Biography, Documentary, Sport

Stars: Teemu Selänne,Don Baizley,Bruce Boudreau,Brian Burke,Valtteri Filppula,Neka Haapanen,Hjallis Harkimo,Phil Housley,Kari Juurikka,Paul Kariya,Mikko Koivu,Kalervo Kummola,Jari Kurri,David McNab,Frank Moberg

7.5 IMDB Rating 3,813 Views
Hyde Park on Hudson 2012

In 1930s Hudson Valley, Margaret "Daisy" Suckley is reacquainted with her distant cousin, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to help him relax at his family estate. That aid soon develops into much more as they become lovers. That puts Daisy in a unique position as Roosevelt receives the King and Queen of Britain in 1939 for a visit. As the Royal couple copes with the President's oddly plebeian arrangements, Daisy learns that there is far more to Roosevelt's life than she realized. With the world about to be set ablaze by war, friendships are struck and perspectives are gained on that special weekend that would make all the difference with a great, but very human, president.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Bill Murray,Laura Linney,Samuel West,Olivia Colman,Elizabeth Marvel,Olivia Williams,Elizabeth Wilson,Martin McDougall,Andrew Havill,Eleanor Bron,Nancy Baldwin,Tim Beckmann,Guy Paul,Eben Young,Samantha Dakin

5.8 IMDB Rating 3,240 Views
Beyond the Law 1993

Dan Saxon (Charlie Sheen) is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, Blood (Michael Madsen), he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go?

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Charlie Sheen,Linda Fiorentino,Michael Madsen,Courtney B. Vance,Leon Rippy,Dennis Burkley,Lyndsay Riddell,Rino Thunder,Rip Torn,James Oscar Lee,Ed Adams,Hollie Chamberlain,Richard Madsen,Larry Ferguson,Ted Parks

6.4 IMDB Rating 4,574 Views