Biography Movies

In this 1980 film directed by Art Linson, Bill Murray stars as the iconic journalist Hunter S. Thompson, capturing the chaotic and surreal adventures of Thompson and his attorney, played…

A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job…

This biographical drama, directed by Michael Apted, chronicles the life of country music legend Loretta Lynn, from her humble beginnings in a poor Appalachian coal mining town to her rise…

In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keeps getting sucked back in by his seductive fellow composer Richard Wagner.

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to…

Gypsy’s mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose…

Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, who he befriends….

A Death Row inmate uses his prison law studies to fight for his life. Based on a true story.

In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for…

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife’s so that…

Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can’t continue his stage career after an injury, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist. By chance, he meets composer Harry Ruby and…

Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes…

War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers…

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and…

Set in the early years of Abraham Lincoln’s life, this film follows the future president as he navigates his way through a legal career in Springfield, Illinois. The story centers…

Continuing the story of ‘Victoria the Great’.

Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century’s great Shakespearean players, and became Britain’s foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England,…