Movie List for "biography 14"

13 Minutes (2015)

In November 1939, Georg Elser’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, War
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Writer: Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer (screenplay), Fred Breinersdorfer (screenplay)
Actors: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow

Outlaw King (2018)

A true David vs. Goliath story of how the 14th century Scottish ‘Outlaw King’ Robert the Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat the much larger and better equipped occupying English army. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: David Mackenzie
Writer: Bathsheba Doran (screenplay by), David Mackenzie (screenplay by), James MacInnes (screenplay by), David Harrower (additional writing by), Mark Bomback (additional writing by)
Actors: Chris Pine, Stephen Dillane, Rebecca Robin, Billy Howle

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Director: F. Gary Gray
Writer: Jonathan Herman (screenplay), Andrea Berloff (screenplay), S. Leigh Savidge (story), Alan Wenkus (story), Andrea Berloff (story)
Actors: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr.

The Lost City of Z (2016)

A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray (written for the screen by), David Grann (based on the book by)
Actors: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland

The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000)

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918. Year 2000.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Gleb Panfilov
Writer: Inna Churikova, Gleb Panfilov, Ivan Panfilov
Actors: Aleksandr Galibin, Lynda Bellingham, Vladimir Grachyov, Yuliya Novikova

Being Bruno Banani (2015)

Being Bruno Banani tells the unique story of the first and only Tongan luger who managed to qualify in an amazingly short amount of time for the Sochi 2014: XXII Olympic Winter Games (2014)… Year 2015.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, News, Sport
Director: Susann Wentzlaff, Jörg Junge(co-director)
Writer: Susann Wentzlaff
Actors: Kitione Maile-Mokofisi, Leafa Wawryk, Mathias Ihle, Isabel Barschinski

Lermontov (2015)

Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) was one of Russia’s greatest poets and writers. His famous novel, “A Hero of Our Time” was one of the most popular Russian books of all time. His works were … Year 2015.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, Drama
Director: Maksim Bespalyy
Writer: N/A
Actors: Vladimir Ablogin

In Search of a Nation (2013)

Movie Summary 2014, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees there are 51.2 million people forcibly displaced across […]

Back on Track (2018)

A young man, whose world was sports and motorcycles, lost almost his life in a horrible crash. Now he is on the road to recovery to get back on track. Year 2018.

Generes: Documentary, Short, Biography, Drama
Director: Marius Fischer
Writer: N/A
Actors: Barnabás Böröcz, Arnold Merk, Patrick Schlichter

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)

Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Director: Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, Kangana Ranaut
Writer: Vijayendra Prasad (story and screenplay), Prasoon Joshi (dialogue), Himanshu Tripathi (associate writer)
Actors: Kangana Ranaut, Rimi Sen, Danny Denzongpa, Anil George

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Year 1972.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Writer: Chris Clark (screenplay), Suzanne De Passe (screenplay), William Dufty (book), Billie Holiday (book), Terence McCloy (screenplay)
Actors: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan

Joe Hill (1971)

About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill. Year 1971.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Bo Widerberg
Writer: Bo Widerberg, Richard Weber (additional dialogue), Steve Hopkins (additional dialogue)
Actors: Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson

The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death. Year 1978.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Steve Rash
Writer: Alan Swyer (story), John Goldrosen (book), Robert Gittler (screenplay)
Actors: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis

Bound for Glory (1976)

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer. Year 1976.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Hal Ashby
Writer: Robert Getchell (screenplay), Woody Guthrie (autobiography)
Actors: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland

The Conclave (2006)

In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope. A 27-year-old Spanish cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, learns to play a very dangerous game; how to survive his first conclave. Year 2006.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Christoph Schrewe
Writer: Paul Donovan
Actors: Manu Fullola, Brian Blessed, James Faulkner, Rolf Kanies

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise. Year 2001.

Generes: Documentary, Biography
Director: Jan Harlan
Writer: N/A
Actors: Stanley Kubrick, Barbara Kroner, Steven Marcus, Alexander Singer