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Genre "Biography [feature]" Movies (showing 1 to 50 from 104 total)
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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Psychological Drama,
Marriage Drama.
Director:
Ron Howard.
Actors:
Russell Crowe,
Jennifer Connelly,
Ed Harris,
Paul Bettany,
Adam Goldberg,
Judd Hirsch,
Josh Lucas,
Anthony Rapp,
Christopher Plummer,
Austin Pendleton,
Jason Gray-Stanford,
Vivien Cardone.
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The true story of prominent mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. is the subject of this biographical drama from director Ron Howard. Russell Crowe stars as the brilliant but arrogant and conceited professor Nash. The prof seems guaranteed a rosy future in the early '50s after he marries beautiful student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and makes a remarkable advancement in the foundations of "game t ...
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Against the Ropes (2004)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Sports Drama.
Director:
Charles S. Dutton.
Actors:
Meg Ryan,
Omar Epps,
Charles S. Dutton,
Tony Shalhoub,
Tim Daly,
Joe Cortese,
Kerry Washington,
Skye McCole Bartusiak,
Sean Bell,
Tamara Hickey,
Tory Kittles,
Gene Mack,
Holt McCallany.
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Charles S. Dutton's feature-length directorial debut Against the Ropes is based on the real-life story of Jackie Kallen, a Jewish woman from Detroit who became a successful boxing manager. Played by Meg Ryan, Kallen works her way up in the world of boxing by believing in the fighting skills of Luther Shaw (Omar Epps). Director Dutton appears as veteran trainer Felix Reynolds, whom Kallen encourage ...
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Ali (2001)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Sports Drama.
Director:
Michael Mann.
Actors:
Will Smith,
Jamie Foxx,
Jon Voight,
Mario Van Peebles,
Ron Silver,
Jeffrey Wright,
Mykelti Williamson,
Nona Gaye,
Michael Michele,
Joe Morton,
Paul Rodriguez,
Bruce McGill,
Barry "Shabaka" Henley,
Giancarlo Esposito,
Lawrence Mason,
LeVar Burton,
Albert Hall,
David Cubitt,
Ted Levine,
Candy Ann Brown,
David Elliott,
Shari Watson,
Malick Bowens,
Michael Bentt,
James N. Toney,
Alfred Cole,
Charles Shufford,
Millard Arnold,
Jean Bikoi,
Edda Collier,
Vincent Cook,
Lee Cummings,
Victoria Dillard,
Rufus Dorsey,
Themba Gasa,
James Gilbert,
Marc Grapey,
Brad Greenquist,
David Haines,
Doug Hale,
Maestro Harrell,
David Hess,
Brandon T. Jackson,
Andrew P. Jones,
Cimanga Kalambay,
Nathaniel Malekane,
Marc Kulazite Mboli,
Henrikennyo Mukenyi,
Mark Mulder,
Zaa Nkweta,
John Ortiz,
David Prudham,
Kim Robillard,
Robert Sale,
Gailard Sartain,
LaDonna Tittle,
William Utay,
Maya Van Peebles,
Morgana Van Peebles,
Guy Van Swearingen,
Wei Yi Lu,
Wade Andrew Williams,
Damien "Bolo" Wills,
Jada Pinkett Smith.
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Notoriously obsessive director Michael Mann and star Will Smith devoted nearly two years and over 100 million dollars from the coffers of Columbia Pictures and other financiers to creating this biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife (Jada ...
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Amadeus (1984)
Genre:
Comedy Drama,
Musical Drama,
Biography [feature],
Period Film.
Director:
Milos Forman.
Actors:
F. Murray Abraham,
Tom Hulce,
Elizabeth Berridge,
Simon Callow,
Roy Dotrice,
Christine Ebersole,
Jeffrey Jones,
Charles Kay,
Kenny Baker,
Lisbeth Bartlett,
Barbara Byrne,
Gil Amelio,
Martin Cavani,
Roderick Cook,
Patrick Hines,
Nicholas Kepros,
Philip Lenkowsky,
Herman Meckler,
Jonathan Moore,
Cynthia Nixon,
Brian Pettifer,
Vincent Schiavelli,
Douglas Seale,
Miroslav Sekera,
John Strauss,
Karl-Heinz Teuber.
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For this film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that he'd left behind during the Czech political crises of 1968, bringing along his usual cinematographer and fellow Czech expatriate, Miroslav Ondricek. Amadeus is an expansion of a Viennese "urban legend" concerning the death of 18th-century musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Moz ...
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American Splendor (2003)
Genre:
Comedy Drama,
Biography [feature],
Marriage Drama.
Director:
Shari Springer Berman,
Robert Pulcini.
Actors:
Paul Giamatti,
Hope Davis,
Harvey Pekar,
Shari Springer Berman,
James Urbaniak,
Judah Friedlander,
Earl Billings,
Joyce Brabner,
Madylin Sweeten,
James McCaffrey,
Danielle Batone,
Maggie Moore.
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The documentary directing team of Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman makes their narrative feature debut with the biographical comedy drama American Splendor. Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti) is a comic book writer inspired by the work of his friend Robert Crumb (James Urbaniak). Pekar writes his comics about the sad monotony of everyday life, based on his own life in Cleveland, OH, working as a ...
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Andrei Rublev (1966)
Genre:
Historical Film,
Biography [feature],
Historical Epic,
Period Film.
Director:
Andrei Tarkovsky.
Actors:
Anatoli Solonitsin,
Ivan Lapikov,
Nikolai Sergeyev,
Nikolai Grinko,
Nikolai Burlyayev,
Irma Raush,
Yuri Nazarov,
Yuri Nikulin,
Rolan Bykov,
Nikolai Grabbe,
Mikhail Kononov,
Stepan Krylov,
Andrei Tarkovsky.
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Widely recognized as a masterpiece, Andrei Tarkovsky's 205-minute medieval epic, based on the life of the Russian monk and icon painter, was not seen as the director intended it until its re-release over twenty years after its completion. The film was not screened publicly in its own country (and then only in an abridged form) until 1972, three years after winning the International Critics Prize a ...
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Antwone Fisher (2002)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Psychological Drama.
Director:
Denzel Washington.
Actors:
Derek Luke,
Joy Bryant,
Denzel Washington,
Salli Richardson,
Earl Billings,
Kevin Connolly,
Viola Davis,
Rainoldo Gooding,
Novella Nelson,
Yolonda Ross,
Kente Scott,
Stephen Snedden,
Eddie Baccus,
Bob Banks,
Brandon Biggins,
Linda Cevallos,
Lynne Charles,
Michelle Davison,
Jason Dixon,
Fran Dorsey,
O.L. Duke,
Na'tasha Marie Evans,
Margaret Ford-Taylor,
David Fowler,
Angela Gillespie-Winborn,
Lissy Gulick,
Cory Hodges,
Teresa Hoefke,
Leonard Earl Howze,
Doug Jewell,
Kim Johnson,
Vernée Watson Johnson,
Malcolm David Kelley,
Sean'e La'dae,
Brandon Lewis,
Jada S. Louie,
Mary Bradley Marable,
Rebecca Morris,
Leo Nepomuceno,
Andreas Patton,
Rita Pearson,
John Pittman Jr.,
Timothy Reddick,
Edward C. Reynolds III,
Janaya Reynolds,
Charlie Robinson,
Ruth Stehle,
Cordell Stokes,
Kang Sung,
Jascha Washington,
Ellis Williams,
De'Angelo Wilson.
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The directorial debut of Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, Antwone Fisher is an autobiographical drama written by the real-life Antwone Fisher. Played by newcomer Derek Luke, Antwone is a volatile young sailor in the Navy, getting into trouble for his constant fighting. When he gets appointed to see naval psychiatrist Dr. Jerome Davenport (Denzel Washington), he begins to reveal the e ...
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Backbeat (1994)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Rock Musical.
Director:
Iain Softley.
Actors:
Sheryl Lee,
Stephen Dorff,
Ian Hart,
Gary Bakewell,
Chris O'Neill,
Kai Wiesinger,
Charlie Caine,
James Doherty,
Paul Humpoletz,
Wolf Kahler,
Gertan Klauber,
Spike Lee,
Sharif Rashed,
Rob Spendlove,
Albert Welling,
Carlton Williams,
Scot Williams.
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The Beatles' early days as a struggling bar band are depicted in this fact-based drama, which tells the little-known story of original member Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff). A close friend of John Lennon, Sutcliffe acts as the band's original bassist, accompanying them on their early gigs in Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany. The friendship becomes strained, however, when Sutcliffe falls in love ...
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Basquiat (1996)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Julian Schnabel.
Actors:
Jeffrey Wright,
Michael Wincott,
Benicio Del Toro,
Claire Forlani,
David Bowie,
Dennis Hopper,
Robert Alexander,
Julie Araskog,
Michael Badalucco,
Paul Bartel,
Ron Brice,
Denise Burse,
Richard Butler,
Michael Chow,
Hope Clarke,
Willem Dafoe,
Francis Dumaurier,
Jose Luis Ferrer,
Joseph R. Gannascoli,
Joe Glasco,
Leonard Jackson,
Irene Kiss,
Jean-Claude LaMarre,
Vincent Laresca,
Linda Larkin,
Courtney Love,
Elina Löwensohn,
David McDermott,
Peter McGough,
Alex Nemo,
Tatum O'Neal,
Gary Oldman,
Paul Outlaw,
Steven Parenago,
Vladamir Parenago,
Chuck Pfeifer,
Parker Posey,
Chuck Preiffer,
Steve Randazzo,
Rockets Redglare,
Richard the Ox,
Rene Rivera,
Sam Rockwell,
Esther G. Schnabel,
Jack Schnabel,
Lola Schnabel,
Olatz Maria Schnabel,
Stella Schnabel,
William Seymour,
Dave Shelley,
Tarmo Urb,
Christopher Walken,
Frederick Weller,
Brian Wright.
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Andy Warhol was a phenomenon who warrants a lot of explaining: a completely colorless mega-star celebrity, and a kind of LaBrea Tarpit for a vivid and talented collection of oddballs in the New York scene. He fostered their continued degeneration into weird lifestyles and heavy drug use; and at the same time acted as their mentor, agent, and sponsor. One artist who came to be part of Warhol's &quo ...
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Becoming Jane (2007)
Genre:
Drama,
Period Film,
Romantic Drama,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Julian Jarrold.
Actors:
Anne Hathaway,
James McAvoy,
Julie Walters,
James Cromwell,
Maggie Smith,
Anna Maxwell Martin,
Lucy Cohu,
Laurence Fox,
Ian Richardson,
Joe Anderson,
Leo Bill,
Jessica Ashworth,
Eleanor Methven,
Michael James Ford,
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor,
Elaine Murphy,
Guy Carleton,
Russell Smith,
Philip Culhane,
Helen McCrory,
Louise Marie Kerr,
Sophie Vavasseur,
Gina Costigan,
Chris McHallem,
Don Doherty,
Tara Nixon O'Neill,
Tom Maguire,
Lynda Lee,
Donal O'Farrell.
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Events from the life of the author Jane Austen inspired this romantic historical drama, which speculates of a romance that may have had a significant impact on her life and work. Twenty-year-old Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) is the daughter of Rev. Austen (James Cromwell), a minister who looks after a flock in a small rural community in Southern England with his wife (Julie Walters). While her older ...
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Director Bob Balaban's fictional drama presents a speculative exploration of the relationship shared between wealthy tobacco heiress Doris Duke (Susan Sarandon) and her Irish butler Bernard Lafferty (Ralph Finnes) who, after just six years working as Duke's servant, was posthumously awarded complete control of his former boss' multi-million dollar fortune. Serendipitously showing up on Duke's door ...
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Beyond the Sea (2004)
Genre:
Drama,
Musical Drama,
Biography [feature],
Period Film.
Director:
Kevin Spacey.
Actors:
Kevin Spacey,
Kate Bosworth,
John Goodman,
Bob Hoskins,
Brenda Blethyn,
Greta Scacchi,
Caroline Aaron,
Peter Cincotti,
Michael Byrne,
Matt Rippy,
Gary Whelan,
William Ullrich.
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Kevin Spacey serves as both director and star for this biopic based on the life and career of legendary entertainer Bobby Darin, which moves back and forth between his childhood and adult selves to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Born Bobby Cassotto and raised in the Bronx, young Bobby (played as a child by William Ullrich) was raised by his mother, Polly (Brenda Blethyn), his brother-in-law ...
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Buddy (1997)
Genre:
Comedy Drama,
Docudrama,
Biography [feature],
Family-Oriented Adventure,
Animal Picture.
Director:
Caroline Thompson.
Actors:
Rene Russo,
Robbie Coltrane,
Alan Cumming,
Irma P. Hall,
Peter Anthony Elliott,
Paul Reubens,
Lynn Robertson Bruce,
Peter Hurst,
Mark Sealey,
Michelan Sisti,
Leif Tilden,
Star Townshend,
Rob Tygner,
Mak Wilson.
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Bugsy (1991)
Genre:
Crime,
Biography [feature],
Gangster Film,
Crime Drama.
Director:
Barry Levinson.
Actors:
Warren Beatty,
Annette Bening,
Harvey Keitel,
Ben Kingsley,
Elliott Gould,
Joe Mantegna,
Bebe Neuwirth,
Wendy Phillips,
Richard Sarafian,
Lewis van Bergen,
Bill Graham,
Andy Romano,
Robert Beltran,
Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi,
Stefanie Mason,
Kimberly McCullough,
James Toback,
Jamie Angell,
Joe Baker,
Lloyd Baskin,
Albina Boccicchio,
Don Calfa,
Carmine Caridi,
Don Carrara,
Ellen Chenoweth,
Eric Christmas,
Julie Christensen,
Cathleen Crone,
Kal David,
Debrah Farentino,
Peter Giuliano,
Robert Glaudini,
David H. Hebble,
Austin Kelly,
Michael Kenner,
Fred Lehto,
Traci Lind,
Steven D. Maines,
Wendie Malick,
DeVera Marcus,
Gary McGurk,
Gerard Joseph McKenna,
Ray McKinnon,
Hal Melia,
"Cousin Brucie" Morrow,
John Moskoff,
Ksenia Prohaska,
Paul Roache,
Joseph Spallina Roman,
Clive Rosengren,
Susan Rumor,
Anthony Russell,
Bryan Smith,
Michael Sollenberger,
Ralph Tabakin,
Tommy Townsend,
James Zahnd.
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Bugsy is a character study of mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel wrapped up in a gangster movie. Siegel (Warren Beatty in a flashy performance) arrives in California in the Forties, assigned to oversee the L.A. rackets. He is quickly seduced by both the glamour of Hollywood and actress Virginia Hill (Annette Bening), whom he romances despite being unable to leave his wife and children. Sieg ...
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Noted Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura follows up on his 1999 opus Goya with this wild and woolly reimagining of a 1930s adventure serial from the mind of a surrealist master. The film opens in the present with an aged Luis Buñuel listening to a script pitch about the search for a magical table smuggled from the Ottoman empire to Spain several centuries ago. As the spiel plods on, Buñuel's mind drif ...
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Caligula (1979)
Genre:
Epic,
Historical Film,
Sexploitation,
Historical Epic,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Tinto Brass.
Actors:
Malcolm McDowell,
Teresa Ann Savoy,
Helen Mirren,
Peter O'Toole,
John Gielgud,
John Steiner,
Paolo Bonacelli,
Giancarlo Badessi,
Adriana Asti,
Leopoldo Trieste,
Mirella D'Angelo,
Anneka Di Lorenzo,
Guido Mannari,
Osiride Pevarello,
Lori Wagner.
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This lavish big-budget epic was the pinnacle of a uniquely Italian subgenre, the historical hardcore gore/porn extravaganza. The star-studded cast, perhaps lured by the high-profile involvement of producer Bob Guccione and screenwriter Gore Vidal, includes such luminaries as John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, and Helen Mirren. Director Tinto Brass, whose similar treatment of Nazi Germany in Salon Kitty ...
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Camille Claudel (1988)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Period Film,
Psychological Drama,
Romantic Drama.
Director:
Bruno Nuytten.
Actors:
Isabelle Adjani,
Gérard Depardieu,
Laurent Grévill,
Alain Cuny,
Madeleine Robinson,
Katrine Boorman,
Danièle Lebrun,
Aurelle Doazan,
Madeleine Marie,
Maxime Leroux,
Philippe Clevenot,
Roger Planchon,
François Berléand,
Martin Berleand,
Michel Beroff,
Lison Bonfils,
Denise Chalem,
Flaminio Corcos,
Gerard Darier,
Claudine Delvaux,
Ariane Kah,
Roch Leibovici,
Eric Lorvoire,
Philippe Paimblanc,
Patrick Palmero,
Anne Marie Pisani,
Francois Revillard,
Jean-Pierre Sentier,
Dany Simon,
Benoit Vergne,
Hester Wilcox.
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The troubled life of French sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin are portrayed in this passionate biographical drama, featuring an acclaimed performance by Isabelle Adjani. Beginning in the 1880s with a young Claudel's first meeting with Rodin, the film traces the development of their intense romantic bond. The growth of this relationship coinci ...
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Capote (2005)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Crime Drama,
Period Film.
Director:
Bennett Miller.
Actors:
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Catherine Keener,
Clifton Collins, Jr.,
Chris Cooper,
Bruce Greenwood,
Bob Balaban,
Amy Ryan,
Mark Pellegrino,
Kwesi Ameyaw,
Marshall Bell,
Jeremy Dangerfield,
John B. Destry,
C. Ernst Harth,
Kerr Hewitt,
Bob Huculak,
Adam Kimmel,
Araby Lockhart,
John MacLaren,
Robert McLaughlin,
Allie Mickelson,
Harry Nelken,
R.D. Reid,
Jim Shepard.
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The creation of one of the most memorable books of the 1960s — and the impact the writing and research would have on its author — is explored in this drama based on a true story. In 1959, Truman Capote (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) was a critically acclaimed novelist who had earned a small degree of celebrity for his work when he read a short newspaper item about a multipl ...
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Cleopatra (1963)
Genre:
Epic,
Historical Film,
Historical Epic,
Romantic Epic,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Actors:
Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Burton,
Rex Harrison,
Pamela Brown,
Roddy McDowall,
George Cole,
Martin Landau,
Hume Cronyn,
Kenneth Haigh,
Andrew Keir,
Robert Stephens,
Francesca Annis,
Gregoire Aslan,
Martin Benson,
Herbert Berghof,
Jacqui Chan,
Isabelle Cooley,
John Doucette,
Andrew Faulds,
Michael Gwynn,
John Hoyt,
Marne Maitland,
Carroll O'Connor,
Richard O'Sullivan,
Gwen Watford,
Douglas Wilmer,
Marina Berti,
John Karlsen,
Loris Loddi,
Jean Marsh,
Gin Mart,
Furio Meniconi,
Kenneth Nash,
Del Russell,
John Valva,
John Alderton,
Michele Bally,
John Cairney,
Finlay Currie,
Cesare Danova,
Marie Devereaux,
Peter Forster,
Michael Hordern,
Jeremy Kemp,
Laurence Naismith.
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In 1963, this colossal and opulent $60 million spectacular was epic in every sense of the word — an epic investment, an epic in the annals of Hollywood gossip, and, ultimately, an epic flop that nearly dragged 20th Century Fox down the Nile along with Cleopatra's barge. Handsomely mounted by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who replaced Rouben Mamoulian as director after six days of shooting), the ...
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Genre:
Comedy Drama,
Biography [feature],
Showbiz Drama,
Spy Comedy.
Director:
George Clooney.
Actors:
Sam Rockwell,
Drew Barrymore,
George Clooney,
Julia Roberts,
Rutger Hauer,
Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Kristen Wilson,
Jennifer Hall,
Jim Lange,
Gene Gene Patton,
Jaye P. Morgan,
Dick Clark,
Murray Langston,
Steve Adams,
Krista Allen,
Aimee Rose Ambroziak,
John Todd Anderson,
Tanya Anthony,
Barbara Bacci,
Shaun Balbar,
Samantha Banton,
Richard Beaudet,
Carlo Berardinucci,
Maria-Eve Bertrand,
Claudia Besso,
Isabelle Blais,
Robert John Burke,
Carlos Carrasco,
Melissa Carter,
Chelsea Ceci,
Michael Cera,
Joe Cobden,
Bill Corday,
Leslie Cottle,
Ethan Thomas C. Dempster,
Pascal Devigne,
Ron Di Lauro,
Ilona Elkin,
Michael Ensign,
Marlida Ferreira,
Michael Filipowich,
Marlene Fisher,
Frank Fontaine,
Tommy Hinkley,
David Julian Hirsh,
Isabelle Juneau,
Martin Kevan,
Suyun Kim,
Richard Kind,
Janet Lane,
Artie Lange,
Jeff Lefebvre,
Rachelle Lefevre,
Andre Minicozzi,
Nathalie Morin,
Cheryl Murphy,
Shulan Noma,
Keshav Patel,
Christiane Paul,
Bruce Pepper,
Sergei Priselkov,
Andrée-Anne Quesnel,
George Randolph,
Emilio Rivera,
Norman Roy,
Fred Savage,
Francois St. Pierre,
Michelle Sweeney,
Jerome Tiberghien,
Dino Tosques,
Sean Tucker,
James Urbaniak,
Jerry Weintraub,
Peter N. Wilson,
Daniel Zacapa,
Tony Zanca.
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Chuck Barris is best known to most Americans as the guy who used to host The Gong Show. He was also the creator and producer of The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and a handful of other successful game shows in the 1960s and 1970s. But was he also a hired killer working with the CIA? That's the take-it-or-leave-it premise of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, based on the memoir of the same name by ...
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Control (2007)
Genre:
Drama,
Showbiz Drama,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Anton Corbijn.
Actors:
Samantha Morton,
Sam Riley,
Alexandra Maria Lara,
Joe Anderson,
Toby Kebbell,
Craig Parkinson,
James Anthony Pearson,
Harry Treadaway,
Andrew Sheridan,
Robert Shelly,
Richard Bremmer,
Tanya Myers,
Martha Myers-Lowe,
Matthew McNulty,
David Whittington,
Margaret Jackman,
Mary Jo Randle,
Ben Naylor,
John Cooper-Clarke,
James Fortune,
Angus Addenbrooke,
Nicola Harrison,
June Alliss,
George Newton,
Mark Jardine,
Herbert Gronemeyer,
Paul Arlington,
Tim Plester,
Joanna Swain,
Joseph M. Marshall,
Laura Chambers,
Elliot Brown-Walters,
Monica Axelsson,
Lotti Closs,
Eady Williams.
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Prolific music-video helmer and award-winning photographer Anton Corbijn makes his feature directorial debut with this biographical drama concerning the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. Based on the book Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis & Joy Division by the enigmatic singer's wife Deborah Curtis, Control documents the life of a legend who changed the face of modern music but never l ...
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Conversations With God (2006)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Religious Drama.
Director:
Stephen Simon.
Actors:
Henry Czerny,
Vilma Silva,
Bruce Page,
Abdul Salaam El Razaac,
Zillah Glory,
Ingrid Boulting,
Joe Ivy,
Michael A. Goorjian,
Carolyn Hennesy,
Jerry McGill,
Ruth de Sosa.
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An unemployed homeless man who once turned to God for the answers to life's problems decides to share the information he received with the rest of the world by penning a series of best-selling books, and now his remarkable story comes to the screen in a biographical drama from producer/director Stephen Simon. There was a time when Donald Walsch (Henry Czerny) had no place to go and no one to turn ...
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Cromwell (1970)
Genre:
Epic,
Historical Epic,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Ken Hughes.
Actors:
Richard Harris,
Alec Guinness,
Robert Morley,
Dorothy Tutin,
Frank Finlay,
Timothy Dalton,
Patrick Wymark,
Patrick Magee,
Nigel Stock,
Charles Gray,
Michael Jayston,
Richard Cornish,
Anna Cropper,
Michael Goodliffe,
Jack Gwyllim,
Basil Henson,
Patrick Holt,
Stratford Johns,
Geoffrey Keen,
Anthony May,
Ian McCullough,
John Paul,
Llewellyn Rees,
Robin Stewart,
Andre Van Gyseghem,
Zena Walker,
Douglas Wilmer,
Anthony Kemp,
Stacy Dorning,
Melinda Churcher,
George Merritt,
Gerald Rowland,
Josephine Gillick,
Patrick O'Connell,
Bryan Pringle,
John Welsh.
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This biography of Oliver Cromwell recalls the political and religious struggles of 17th century England. Cromwell (Richard Harris) is the Anglican religious fanatic who fights corruption and Catholicism with equal zeal, while King Charles (Alec Guinness) is the vacillating monarch who believes his crown gives him a direct pipeline to the wisdom of God. Also starring Robert Morley and Timothy Dalto ...
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Da Capo (1985)
Genre:
Biography [feature].
Director:
Pirjo Honkasalo,
Pekka Lehto.
Actors:
Raimo Karppinen,
Jan Soderblom,
Tarmo Manni,
Rea Mauranen,
Per Oscarsson,
Eeva-Maija Haukinen,
Jayne Meadows,
Marta Becket,
Lew Hopson,
Virginia Capers.
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Interwoven with scenes that are meant to grab attention by their stunning composition, this biographical look at Finland's violinist Arto Arsi is not so much a narration of his childhood and early years, as an attempt to artistically show what was happening inside his psyche during that time. Literally sold to a master teacher, Sergei Rippas (Tarmo Manni) by his mother when he was still a child, t ...
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A low-key glimpse into the life and crimes of one of history's most notorious serial killers, Dahmer doesn't concern itself with the gruesome nature of its protagonist's horrific crimes, but rather the troubled mind of the man who committed them. Focusing on the later years in the life of Jeffrey Dahmer (Jeremy Renner), David Jacobson's film follows the troubled killer from department store to gay ...
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Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Genre:
Drama,
Feminist Film,
Period Film,
Biography [feature],
Romantic Drama.
Director:
Marshall Herskovitz.
Actors:
Catherine McCormack,
Rufus Sewell,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Oliver Platt,
Moira Kelly,
Fred Ward,
Naomi Watts,
Jeroen Krabbé,
Joanna Cassidy,
Daniel Lapaine,
Jake Weber,
Simon Dutton,
Peter Eyre,
Michael Culkin.
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Marshall Herskovitz directed this look at life in 16th-century Venice, based on Margaret Rosenthal's 1994 book The Honest Courtesan. Positioned outside of the Venetian court, Veronica Franco (Catherine McCormack) hopes to rise above her station, but her interest in nobleman's son Marco Venier (Rufus Sewell) is blocked since his parents forbid their marriage. Following the path taken by her mother, ...
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Deranged (1974)
Genre:
Horror,
Biography [feature],
Horror Comedy.
Director:
Jeff Gillen,
Alan Ormsby.
Actors:
Roberts Blossom,
Les Carlson,
Marcia Diamond,
Cosette Lee,
Jack Mather,
Robert McHeady,
Micki Moore,
Brian Sneagle,
Marion Waldman,
Robert Warner,
Pat Orr.
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Unlike its contemporary The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and predecessor Psycho — both of which were very loosely based on the gruesome antics of notorious Wisconsin killer/graverobber Ed Gein, who killed, skinned, devoured or made furniture out of his many victims in the late '50s — this gritty, disturbing and underrated production purports to be a semi-accurate account of Gein's c ...
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This HBO docudrama tells the real-life story of Dr. Gerald Bull (Frank Langella), a genius weapons designer whose services were used by the CIA for some highly suspect operations. After these operations were exposed, the CIA denied all knowledge of them and Bull was put in prison; following his release, he began to work with Saddam Hussein to build an extremely dangerous supergun that threatened t ...
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The life of the fabled Gallic leader Vercingetorix is brought to the screen in this epic international production. Young Vercingetorix came of age in 60 B.C., as soldiers of the Roman Empire ran roughshod over Gaul and his father was captured and executed by Romans. A wise and philosophical druid, Guttuart (Max Von Sydow), tells the angry Vercingetorix that he should seek justice by winning freedo ...
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Ed Wood (1994)
Genre:
Comedy Drama,
Biography [feature],
Showbiz Drama.
Director:
Tim Burton.
Actors:
Johnny Depp,
Martin Landau,
Sarah Jessica Parker,
Patricia Arquette,
Bill Murray,
Jeffrey Jones,
Vincent D'Onofrio,
Lisa Marie,
G.D. Spradlin,
Max Casella,
Brent Hinkley,
Juliet Landau,
George Steele,
Norman Alden,
Don Amendolia,
Vinny Argiro,
Ray Baker,
Matthew Barry,
Gretchen Becker,
Ned Bellamy,
Conrad Brooks,
King Cotton,
Mickey Cottrell,
Reid Cruickshanks,
Danny Dayton,
Stanley de Santis,
Carmen Filpi,
Ryan Holihan,
Charlie Holliday,
Don Hood,
Rance Howard,
Maurice LaMarche,
Gene Lebell,
Louis Lombardi,
Lisa Malkiewicz,
Ric Mancini,
Alan Martin,
Ralph Monaco,
Jim Myers,
Korla Pandit,
Mary Portser,
John Rice,
Clive Rosengren,
Jonathan Ross,
Anthony Russell,
Edmund L. Shaff,
Vasek Simek,
Bobby Slayton,
Mike Starr,
Charles C. Stevenson, Jr.,
Leonard Termo,
Victoria Thomas,
Patti Tippo,
Gregory Walcott,
Melora Walters,
Biff Yeager.
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Hollywood visionary Tim Burton pays homage to another Hollywood visionary, albeit a less successful one, in this unusual fictionalized biography. The film follows Wood (Johnny Depp) in his quest for film greatness as he writes and directs turkey after turkey, cross-dresses, and surrounds himself with a motley crew of Hollywood misfits, outcasts, has-beens, and never-weres. The real story, however ...
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El Cantante (2006)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Musical Drama.
Director:
Leon Ichaso.
Actors:
Marc Anthony,
Jennifer Lopez,
John Ortiz,
Manny Perez,
Vincent Laresca,
Federico Castelluccio,
Nelson Vasquez,
Antone Pagan,
Jack Mulcahy,
Ismael Miranda,
Victor Manuelle,
Christopher Becerra,
Bernard Hernandez,
Jared Everleth,
Leon Ichaso.
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Pop icon Marc Anthony steps into the role of Salsa superstar Hector Lavoe in this biopic that follows the singer from his early career success as a Puerto Rican teen sensation to his later status as a New York City Latin idol while also documenting his ongoing struggle against drug and alcohol addiction. Actress and pop star Jennifer Lopez co-stars as Puchi; Lavoe's longtime muse and love interest ...
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El Greco (2007)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Period Film.
Director:
Iannis Smaragdis.
Actors:
Nick Ashdon,
Juan Diego Botto,
Laia Marull,
Lakis Lazopoulos,
Dimitra Matsouka,
Sotiris Moustakas,
Dina Konsta,
Dimitris Kallivokas,
Roger Coma,
Yorgos Hristodoulou,
Leda Protopsalti,
Tasos Palatzidis,
Yorgos Haralambidis,
Yorgos Karamihos,
Theo Zouboulidis.
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As directed by Greek filmmaker Iannis Smaragdis and co-adapted by Smaragdis and Jackie Pavlenko from Dmitris Siatopoulos's heavily-fictionalized biographical novel Greco: The Painter of God, the (largely) English-language biopic El Greco tells a colorful version of the titular 16th Century Spanish Renaissance painter's life story. Born Domenikos Theotokopoulos on Crete in 1541 and portrayed here b ...
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Genre:
Historical Film,
Biography [feature],
Historical Epic.
Director:
Shekhar Kapur.
Actors:
Cate Blanchett,
Geoffrey Rush,
Clive Owen,
Rhys Ifans,
Jordi Mollà,
Abbie Cornish,
Samantha Morton,
Tom Hollander,
Antony Carrick,
David Threlfall,
Eddie Redmayne,
John Shrapnel,
Laurence Fox,
Adrian Scarborough,
Steven Robertson,
Tim Preece,
Sam Spruell.
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Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to the critically acclaimed 1998 biopic Elizabeth that explores the 16th century romance between the "Virgin Queen" and noted adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen). Michael Hirst teams with William Nicholson to pen the screenplay, and act ...
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Elvis (1979)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Showbiz Drama.
Director:
John Carpenter.
Actors:
Kurt Russell,
Shelley Winters,
Bing Russell,
Season Hubley,
Pat Hingle,
Melody Anderson,
Ed Begley, Jr.,
Nora Boland,
Jim Canning,
Dennis Christopher,
Robert Christopher,
Charles Cyphers,
Jesse Dabson,
Ken Smolka,
Mark Denis,
Mario Gallo,
Robert Gray,
Jim Greenleaf,
Peter Hobbs,
Charlie Hodge,
Will Jordan,
Les Lannom,
Ted Lehmann,
Joe Mantegna,
Larry Pennell,
Dennis Stewart,
Elliott Street,
Galen Thompson,
Ellen Travolta,
Meg Wyllie.
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Evita is based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Actually, the film is more of an opera, with only short moments devoted to dialogue. "Evita" is the friendly, family version of the proper name "Eva," and this film tells the story of Eva Peron (1921-52), a woman whose name evokes powerful feelings in her native Argentina. Throughout this film, as in the musical ...
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Faith of My Fathers (2005)
Genre:
War,
Biography [feature],
POW Drama.
Director:
Peter Markle.
Actors:
Shawn Hatosy,
Scott Glenn,
Joseph Chrest,
Troy Ruptash,
Shea Wigham,
Chi Muoi Lo,
Erin Cottrell,
Korbi Dean,
J.D. Evermore,
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
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Faith of My Fathers tells the story of the young John McCain (Shawn Hatosy). The film charts McCain's early home life with his father, Admiral Jack McCain (Scott Glenn), follows him through his years of training in the Navy, and focuses on his harrowing years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. The film is based on the memoir of the same title that was written by McCain himself.
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Finding Neverland (2004)
Genre:
Drama,
Period Film,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Marc Forster.
Actors:
Johnny Depp,
Kate Winslet,
Julie Christie,
Radha Mitchell,
Dustin Hoffman,
Kelly MacDonald,
Freddie Highmore,
Ian Hart,
Eileen Essell,
Paul Whitehouse,
Joe Prospero,
Nick Roud,
Luke Spill,
Toby Jones.
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Following up his critically acclaimed Monster's Ball, director Marc Forster took on this biography of playwright James Matthew Barrie, the scribe who penned the children's classic Peter Pan. Johnny Depp stars as the turn-of-the-century writer as the film follows Barrie as he struggles to write and have his play produced while he cares for his down-on-their-luck neighbors who inspired the story in ...
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Frida (2002)
Genre:
Drama,
Romance,
Biography [feature],
Romantic Drama,
Period Film.
Director:
Julie Taymor.
Actors:
Salma Hayek,
Alfred Molina,
Geoffrey Rush,
Ashley Judd,
Antonio Banderas,
Edward Norton,
Valeria Golino,
Mía Maestro,
Roger Rees,
Patricia Reyes Spindola,
Saffron Burrows,
Margarita Sanz,
Diego Luna.
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After being attached to a number of actors, directors, and producers, this long-gestating biography of one of Mexico's most prominent, iconoclastic painters reaches the screen under the guiding hand of producer/star Salma Hayek. Hayek ages some 30 years onscreen as she charts Frida Kahlo's life from feisty schoolgirl to Diego Rivera protégée to world-renowned artist in her own right. Frida details ...
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Gandhi (1982)
Genre:
Epic,
Historical Film,
Biography [feature],
Historical Epic,
Message Movie,
British Empire Film.
Director:
Richard Attenborough.
Actors:
Ben Kingsley,
Candice Bergen,
Edward Fox,
John Gielgud,
Trevor Howard,
John Mills,
Martin Sheen,
Rohini Hattangady,
Ian Charleson,
Athol Fugard,
Saeed Jaffrey,
Geraldine James,
Alyque Padamsee,
Amrish Puri,
Roshan Seth,
Ian Bannen,
Michael Bryant,
John Clements,
Richard Griffiths,
Nigel Hawthorne,
Bernard Hepton,
Michael Hordern,
Peter Harlowe,
Jane Myerson,
Jalal Agha,
John Boxer,
Avis Bunnage,
Ray Burdis,
Peter Cartwright,
Norman Chancer,
Geoffrey Chater,
Charu Bala Chokshi,
Ernest Clark,
James Cossins,
Jon Croft,
Daniel Day-Lewis,
Colin Farrell,
Gareth Forwood,
Rupert Frazer,
David Gant,
Christopher Good,
Dominic Guard,
Neena Gupta,
Günther Maria Halmer,
Terence Hardiman,
Stewart Harwood,
Bernard Hill,
Bernard Horsfall,
William Hoyland,
Ken Hutchison,
Barry John,
Stanley Lebor,
Richard Leech,
David Markham,
Richard Mayes,
Stanley McGeagh,
Jack McKenzie,
Harsh Nayyar,
Winston Ntshona,
Brian Oulton,
Nana Palsikar,
Supriya Pathak,
Daniel Peacock,
Om Puri,
John Quentin,
John Ratzenberger,
Shane Rimmer,
John Savident,
Graham Seed,
David Sibley,
Gerald Sim,
James Snell,
Dalip Tahil,
Richard Vernon,
John Vine,
Marius Weyers.
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It was Richard Attenborough's lifelong dream to bring the life story of Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi to the screen. When it finally reached fruition in 1982, the 188-minute, Oscar-winning Gandhi was one of the most exhaustively thorough biopics ever made. The film begins in the early part of the 20th century, when Mohandas K. Gandhi (Ben Kingsley), a British-trained lawyer, ...
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Geronimo (1962)
Genre:
Western,
Indian Western,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Arnold Laven.
Actors:
Chuck Connors,
Kamala Devi,
Ross Martin,
Patrick Conway,
Adam West,
Enid Jaynes,
Denver Pyle,
Armando Silvestre,
John Anderson,
Mario Navarro,
Eduardo Noriega,
Nancy Rodman,
Joe Higgins,
Robert Hughes,
Bill Hughes,
Jim Burk,
James Burke,
Lawrence Dobkin.
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In the saga of Hollywood's slow, slow maturation in the depiction of Native Americans, Geronimo highlights an early '60s turning point — his character is drawn with sympathy — but no more than that. Chuck Connors, an obviously Caucasian actor, plays the great chief, and there is not a single Native American actor in the cast. The story centers on Geronimo's escape from oppressi ...
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Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Peter Webber.
Actors:
Colin Firth,
Scarlett Johansson,
Tom Wilkinson,
Judy Parfitt,
Cillian Murphy,
Essie Davis,
Joanna Scanlan,
Alakina Mann,
Geoff Bell,
Christelle Bulckaen,
Charlotte Carpenter,
Lola Carpenter,
Olivia Chauveau,
Virginie Colin,
Sarah Drews,
Dustin James,
Claire Johnston,
Chris Kelly,
Marc Maes,
John McEnery,
Chris McHallem,
Mélanie Meyfroid,
Anaïs Nepper,
Nathan Nepper,
Gintare Parulyte,
Anna Popplewell,
Joe Reavis,
Gabrielle Reidy,
Martin Serene,
Père Robert Sibenaler,
Rollo Weeks.
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The subject of one of Johannes Vermeer's most enduring portraits becomes the focus of this biographical period piece from director Peter Webber. Girl With a Pearl Earring is told from the point of view of Griet (Scarlett Johansson), a teenaged girl who leaves her family's care in the country to become a servant for the Vermeer household in the comparatively bustling, canal-laden burgh of Delft. Wh ...
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Hannibal (1960)
Genre:
Historical Film,
Historical Epic,
Sword-and-Sandal,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia,
Edgar G. Ulmer.
Actors:
Victor Mature,
Rita Gam,
Gabriele Ferzetti,
Milly Vitale,
Rik Battaglia,
Mario Girotti,
Franco Silva,
Mirko Ellis,
Andrea Aurelia.
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Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Sports Drama,
Feminist Film.
Director:
Jonathan Kaplan.
Actors:
Bonnie Bedelia,
Beau Bridges,
Leo Rossi,
Hoyt Axton,
Bill McKinney,
Anthony Edwards,
Dean Paul Martin,
Paul Bartel,
Missy Basile,
Michael Cavanaugh,
Ellen Geer,
Nora Heflin,
Tiny Wells,
Jesse Aragon,
Bruce Barlow,
Creed Bratton,
Paul Bryar,
Jill Carroll,
Martin Casella,
Mark Dawson,
Diane Delano,
Sally Dennison,
Thomas A. Duffield,
Mitzi Hoag,
Tim Kimber,
Terence Knox,
Sam Laws,
Paul Linke,
Dick Miller,
Bob Minor,
Harry Northrup,
Catherine Paolone,
Sam Posey,
Robert Ridgely,
Michael Talbott,
Leonard Termo,
Byron Thames,
Brandon Brent Williams.
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Heart Like a Wheel stars Bonnie Bedelia as real-life racing champion Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney. Overcoming sexist hurdles, Shirley works hard to qualify for the major auto race competitions of America. Firmly in her cheering section is her dad (Hoyt Axton), and—at least at first—her husband, mechanic Jack Muldowney (Leo Rossi). When Jack, jealous of Shirley's succes ...
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Hilary and Jackie (1998)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Family Drama,
Medical Drama.
Director:
Anand Tucker.
Actors:
Emily Watson,
Rachel Griffiths,
James Frain,
David Morrissey,
Charles Dance,
Celia Imrie,
Rupert Penry-Jones,
Bill Paterson,
Auriol Evans,
Keeley Flanders,
Nyree Dawn Porter,
Vernon Dobtcheff.
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Perhaps inspired by the success of biopics like Shine and Amadeus, this film based on a true story — and a book (entitled A Genius in the Family) — also focuses on the destructive forces of being a musical genius. Hilary and Jacqueline du Pré are gifted sisters who grow up in England in the 1950s and compete for musical accolades and love. Hilary (Rachel Griffiths) is a talente ...
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I'm Not There (2007)
Genre:
Drama,
Musical Drama,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Todd Haynes.
Actors:
Christian Bale,
Cate Blanchett,
Marcus Carl Franklin,
Richard Gere,
Heath Ledger,
Kris Kristofferson,
Ben Whishaw,
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
David Cross,
Bruce Greenwood,
Julianne Moore,
Michelle Williams.
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Director Todd Haynes's unconventional biopic of the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan features different actors playing the part of the Minnesota native at various stages of his remarkable career. Among the actors playing the singer are Cate Blanchett, who portrays the man during his Don't Look Back era incarnation; Heath Ledger, as an actor playing one of the fictional Dylan's in a movie with ...
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Infamous (2006)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Crime Drama.
Director:
Douglas McGrath.
Actors:
Toby Jones,
Sandra Bullock,
Daniel Craig,
Peter Bogdanovich,
Jeff Daniels,
Hope Davis,
Gwyneth Paltrow,
Isabella Rossellini,
Juliet Stevenson,
Sigourney Weaver,
John Benjamin Hickey,
Lee Pace,
Mark Rubin,
Steve Schwelling,
Glover Gill,
Rey Arteaga,
Justin Sherburn,
Andrew Halbreich,
Michael Panes,
Frank Curcio,
Terru Bennett,
Mitch Baker,
Grant James,
Sheila Bailey-Lucas,
Richard Dillard,
Glover Jamison Bennett,
Marco Perella,
Bethlyn Gerard,
Libby Villari,
Joey Basham,
Marian Aleta Jones,
Terri Zee,
Richard Jones,
Brian Shoop,
Brady Coleman,
Paul Mitchell Wright,
Terri Pipkin,
Ray Gestaut,
Joe Cordi,
Lee Ritchey,
Brett Brock,
Leticia Trejo,
Brady Hender,
Zachary Burnett,
Brent McCoy,
Gail Cronauer,
Austin Chittim,
Morgan Farris,
Dennis Letts,
Gabriel Folse,
Charles Mooneyhan,
J.D. Young,
Steve Flanagin,
Michael Conway.
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Douglas McGrath's Infamous represents the second major biopic about the avant-garde belletrist Truman Capote to be released within a year. It thus tells roughly the same story as Bennett Miller's earlier Capote, recounting the events that belied the writer's six-year authorship of the seminal "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood. The story opens with Capote (Toby Jones) visiting the site of ...
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Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
Genre:
Drama,
Feminist Film,
Docudrama,
Biography [feature],
Period Film.
Director:
Katja von Garnier.
Actors:
Hilary Swank,
Frances O'Connor,
Julia Ormond,
Anjelica Huston,
Molly Parker,
Patrick Dempsey,
Laura Fraser,
Brooke Smith,
Vera Farmiga,
Lois Smith,
Margo Martindale,
Joseph Adams,
Adilah Barnes,
Carrie Snodgress,
Bob Gunton,
Trevor Gagnon.
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German filmmaker Katja von Garnier directs the HBO original movie Iron Jawed Angels, inspired by a pivotal chapter in American history. Hilary Swank plays Alice Paul, an American feminist who risked her life to fight for women's citizenship and the right to vote. She founded the separatist National Woman's Party and wrote the first equal rights amendment to be presented before Congress. Together w ...
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Jarhead (2005)
Genre:
War,
Drama,
War Drama,
Biography [feature].
Director:
Sam Mendes.
Actors:
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Peter Sarsgaard,
Lucas Black,
Brian Gberaghty,
Jacob Vargas,
Laz Alonso,
Brian Geraghty,
Evan Jones,
Chris Cooper,
Dennis Haysbert,
Jamie Foxx,
Scott MacDonald,
Ming Lo,
Kevin Foster,
Damion Poitier,
Riad Galayini,
Craig Coyne,
Rini Bell,
Dendrie Allyn Taylor,
James Morrison,
Arman Zajic,
Brianne Davis,
Brian Casey,
Ernest Ozuna,
Tyler Sedustine,
Jocko Sims,
Jonathon R. Mize,
Joel Prato,
Kristin Richardson,
Ivan Fenyo,
Peter Gail,
Jaimie Martz,
Kareem J. Grimes,
Donna Kimball,
Marty Papazian,
Mark Davis,
John Krasinski,
Christian Reeve,
Mike Akrawi,
Toufiq Tulsiram,
Jubin K.,
Hari Bali,
Kurt Larson,
Ammar Daraiesh,
Al Faris,
V.J. Foster.
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A young man gets a crash course in the madness of war in this fact-based drama from director Sam Mendes. Anthony "Swoff" Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) decides to join the Marines, just like his father and his father before him, and signs on just in time to be sent to Iraq to fight in the Gulf War in 1991. After experiencing the rigors of boot camp, Swofford and his pal Troy (Peter Sarsgaard ...
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Kinsey (2004)
Genre:
Drama,
Biography [feature],
Period Film.
Director:
Bill Condon.
Actors:
Liam Neeson,
Laura Linney,
Chris O'Donnell,
Peter Sarsgaard,
Timothy Hutton,
John Lithgow,
Tim Curry,
Oliver Platt,
Dylan Baker,
Julianne Nicholson,
Bill Sadler,
John McMartin,
Veronica Cartwright,
Kathleen Chalfant,
Heather Goldenhersh,
Dagmara Dominczyk,
Lynn Redgrave,
Michael Arkin,
Pascal Armand,
Joe Badalucco,
Susan Blommaert,
Bill Buell,
Fred Burrell,
John Ellison Conlee,
Jarleth Conroy,
Harley Cross,
Clifford David,
Will Denton,
John Epperson,
Matthew Fahey,
Michele Federer,
Arthur French,
Kate Jennings Grant,
David Harbour,
Steven Edward Hart,
Roderick Hill,
Mara Hobel,
Katharine Houghton,
Alvin Keith,
John Krasinski,
Phillip Kushner,
Romulus Linney,
Thomas Luke MacFarlane,
Henrietta Mantooth,
Jefferson Mays,
Edwin J. McDonough,
Tuck Milligan,
Mark Mineart,
Martin Murphy,
Arden Myrin,
Maryellen Owens,
Judith J.K. Polson,
John Pruitt,
Randy Redd,
Kate Reinders,
Reno,
William Sadley,
Jason Patrick Sands,
Lindsay Schmidt,
Barry Del Sherman,
Draper Shreeve,
Marcel Simoneau,
Sean Skelton,
Peg Small,
Doris Smith,
Don Sparks,
Leigh Spofford,
Bobby Steggert,
Mike Thurstlic,
Jaime Tirelli,
Benjamin Walker,
Chandler Williams,
Amy Wilson,
Joe Zaloom,
Dan Ziskie.
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Alfred Kinsey was an entomologist who taught at Indiana University and had a keen interest in an area of human behavior that had seen little scholarly research — human sexuality. While the courtship and reproductive patterns of animals had been carefully documented, Kinsey believed that most "established facts" about human sexual behavior were a matter of conjecture rather than ...
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