Best Biography Movies – page 2

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 8.1
 510K
Rush (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
Style: inspirational, realistic, motivational, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: racing, race, car race, race car, racecar driver, rise to the top, motor sport, success, formula 1, car racing, world champion, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1976, year 1970 ...
Place: europe, britain, australia, usa, monte carlo ...
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 7.8
 265K
Walk the Line (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, road movie, captivating ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: music, rock and roll, country music, musician's life, musician, addiction, marriage, biopic, accident, prison, drug, rise and fall ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 50s, 2000s, 1940s ...
Place: tennessee, memphis, usa, arkansas, west germany ...
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The Sound of Music (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
Style: feel good, sentimental, christian film, touching, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, toddlers, kids ...
Plot: world war two, nanny, love, love story, love and romance, convent, mischievous children, beautiful scenery, nazi, nun, children, single father ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1938, 50s, 1900s ...
Place: austria, europe, alps
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 7.1
 198K
The Danish Girl (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks ...
Style: touching, emotional, romantic, captivating, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: transsexual, lgbt, art, transgender, lgbtq, couple relations, gender, painting, gay, artist, gays and lesbians, painter ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century
Place: denmark, paris france, idaho, copenhagen, europe ...
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 8.5
 904K
The Pianist (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style: emotional, harsh, bleak, reflective, heartbreaking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, pianist, nazi occupation, hunger ...
Time: 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place: poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, persia ...
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 6.7
 83K
Jackie (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France, Chile, China, Germany, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Style: period piece, emotional, heartbreaking, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: president, first lady, american history, assassination, kennedy assassination, u.s. president, loss of husband, biopic, grief, widow, depression, visceral ...
Time: 60s, year 2016, 2010s, 90s, year 1963
Place: usa, washington d.c., austin texas, dallas texas, america ...
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 7.7
 330K
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style: neo noir, realistic, clever, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, fbi, undercover, mentor, mobster, investigation, working undercover, undercover agent, italian mafia, law enforcement, friends ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1978
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, miami, florida ...
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 7.6
 102K
The Hurricane (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Style: thought provoking, touching, inspirational, factual, motivational ...
Plot: prison, boxing, racism, courtroom, prison life, legal, death penalty, injustice, justice, biopic, african american, discrimination ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1940s ...
Place: new jersey, africa, toronto ontario canada, canada
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 7.3
 140K
Capote (2005)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A biopic of the writer, Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book, 'In Cold Blood'.
Style: captivating, dramatic, dark, talky, psychological ...
Plot: writers, prison, biopic, literature, journalism, murder, moral dilemma, murderer, investigation, eccentricity, manipulation, friendship ...
Time: 60s, 50s, year 1960, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place: kansas, usa, new york, europe, new orleans ...
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 7.8
 63K
Loving Vincent (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland, UK, USA, Switzerland, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving ...
Style: adult animation, thought provoking, artsy, sincere, visually stunning ...
Plot: painter, art, painting, artist, genius, obsession, suicide, art history, skill, investigation, mental illness, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, year 2017, ancient times, 2010s, year 1990
Place: france, paris france
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 7.6
 21K
Maudie (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie to be his housekeeper. Maudie, bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family ...
Style: sincere, touching, disturbing, emotional, artsy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: disability, painter, painting, happiness, artist, talent, aunt niece relationship, snow, dog, art, marriage, housekeeper ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 20th century
Place: nova scotia, canada, nova scotia, canada, newfoundland
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 7.3
 170K
Coach Carter (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Style: inspirational, motivational, touching, hood, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: basketball, teacher, high school, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, life philosophy, athlete's life, human spirit, dedicated educator, sport team ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california
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 7.7
 112K
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate ...
Style: clever, political, tense, tricky, psychological ...
Plot: journalism, politics, president, reporter, journalist, loneliness, biopic, american politics, scandal, power struggle, corruption, conspiracy ...
Time: 70s, year 2008, 90s, 2000s, year 1977 ...
Place: california, new york, washington d.c., usa, london ...
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 7.5
 241K
I, Tonya (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, rough, twisted ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: competition, abusive mother, figure skating, ice skater, female protagonist, violence, mother daughter relationship, domestic violence, abuse, winter olympics, sport competition, fbi investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 2017, year 1992, 80s ...
Place: oregon, detroit, portland oregon, minneapolis minnesota
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 7.8
 157K
Awakenings (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, ...
Style: inspirational, motivational, sentimental, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, hospital, illness, doctors and patients, medical, psychiatry, fighting illness, hopes, medicine, disability, patient ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 1930s, 60s, year 1969
Place: america, new york, usa, bronx new york city
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 7.8
 253K
Hidden Figures (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, motivational, touching, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot: racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, african american, stereotypes, prejudice, sexism, strong female character, scientist, genius, racial segregation ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, year 2016, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: persia, indiana, virginia, usa, langley virginia
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 8.0
 250K
Lion (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA, India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Style: emotional, touching, motivational, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, date night, family friendly, chick flick, kids
Plot: adoption, poverty, survival, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loneliness, childhood, mother son reunion, foster home, train, brother brother relationship, courage, missing child ...
Time: 2010s, year 1986, year 2016, year 2012, year 2010 ...
Place: india, australia, tasmania, kolkata, melbourne
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 7.4
 296K
Sully (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as ...
Style: inspirational, factual, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly, adult
Plot: aviation, airplane, investigation, courage, pilot, airplane accident, crash landing, accident, plane crash, biopic, co pilot, air traffic controller ...
Time: year 2016, year 2009, 2010s, 20th century, year 2015 ...
Place: new york, usa, persia, manhattan new york city
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 7.7
 637K
Argo (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Style: tense, suspenseful, clever, captivating, political ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: cia, secret mission, secret agent, rescue mission, politics, u.s. embassy, espionage, revolution, hostage, propaganda, american abroad, danger ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2012, year 1979, 2010s ...
Place: middle east, iran, tehran iran, los angeles, langley virginia ...
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 7.4
 219K
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style: inspirational, factual, uplifting, touching, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: environmental, lawyer, court, single mother, justice, small town, contamination, investigation, corporate crime, against the odds, lawsuit, corruption ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 8.4
 425K
Amadeus (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style: inspirational, epic, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, classical music, composer, genius, mozart, envy, opera, musician, musician's life, mentor, obsession, bohemian life ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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 7.8
 387K
The Fighter (2010)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, realistic, uplifting, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: boxing, boxer, addiction, underdog, biopic, athlete's life, drug abuse, drug addiction, arrest, white trash, fight, working class ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 90s ...
Place: boston, massachusetts, new jersey, america, usa ...
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 7.4
 97K
Beautiful Boy (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son Nic, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
Style: disturbing, rough, captivating, sentimental, sad ...
Plot: addiction, drug addiction, drug addict, teenage boy, father son relationship, methamphetamine, teenager, boy, divorce, coming of age, stepmother stepson relationship, drug ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, los angeles, new york
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 7.5
 179K
Milk (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and ...
Style: thought provoking, political, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: gay, politics, homosexuality, protest, homosexual, murder, gays and lesbians, discrimination, male homosexuality, politician, biopic, gender ...
Time: 70s, 2000s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1973 ...
Place: san francisco, california, new york, america, bay area ...
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 6.8
 126K
Bombshell (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Based on the real scandal, BOMBSHELL is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
Style: political, uplifting, sad, rom com, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: sexual harassment, scandal, feminism, journalism, propaganda, social network, conservative, interview, feminist, abuse of power, photograph, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, year 2006, 2000s, year 2016
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, cleveland ohio
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 7.3
 230K
Elvis (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 159 min.
Story: The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Style: historical drama, touching, semi autobiographical, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: rock music, career, male protagonist, legend, singer, fame, music, musician, singing, manager, christmas, famous singer ...
Time: year 1977, 20th century, 1950s, 2020s, year 1968 ...
Place: las vegas, nevada, memphis, germany
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 7.7
 157K
Ray (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: jazz, addiction, musician, musician's life, music, african american, blindness, biopic, pianist, disability, blind character, heroin ...
Time: year 2004, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, 50s ...
Place: georgia, new york, indianapolis indiana, california, usa ...
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 8.2
 32K
Temple Grandin (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.
Style: touching, inspirational, sincere, compassionate, emotional ...
Audience: kids
Plot: autism, human spirit, teacher, disability, genius, female protagonist, scientist, against the odds, biopic, inventor, asperger's syndrome, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, 60s, 70s, year 1951 ...
Place: arizona, new hampshire, boston, texas, usa ...
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The Intouchables (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Style: inspirational, feel good, touching, emotional, motivational ...
Audience: date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: friendship, disability, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, disabled person, lifestyle change, human relationship, handicapped, culture clash, friends, interracial friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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 7.5
 399K
127 Hours (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style: suspense, inspirational, breathtaking, intense, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, trapped, isolation, mountain, wilderness, climbing, canyon, courage, alone, human spirit, loneliness, desert ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: utah, usa
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