Movie List for "biography"

Saturday Night (2024) Biography Comedy Drama Movie

At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live (1… Year 2024.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer: Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman
Actors: Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith

Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (2024) Documentary Biography History Movie

Set during the 2024 election, CARVILLE follows Democratic consultant James Carville as he navigates the current cultural and political landscape and delves into his famous, bi-partisan marriage to Republican strategist, Mary Matalin. Year 2024.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Matt Tyrnauer
Writer: N/A
Actors: James Carville, Mary Matalin, Al Hunt

Stavisky (1974) Biography Crime Drama Movie

A swindler’s activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II. Year 1974.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Alain Resnais
Writer: Jorge Semprún
Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer

Aloïse (1975) Biography Drama History Movie

The unsuccessful Swiss artist Aloïse Corbaz finds work at the court of the German emperor and gets infatuated. Showing frank symptoms of insanity she is hospitalized. Year 1975.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Liliane de Kermadec
Writer: André Téchiné, Liliane de Kermadec
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Delphine Seyrig, Marc Eyraud

Starring Jerry as Himself (2023) Documentary Biography Crime Movie

An ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police only to discover a darker truth. Year 2023.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, Crime
Director: Law Chen
Writer: Law Chen, Jerry C. Hsu
Actors: Nick Bailey, Jo Anne Byrne, Zhuang Cai

Joy (2024) Biography Drama History Movie

3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist, and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media, and medical establishment in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby,’ Louise Joy Brown. Year 2024.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Ben Taylor
Writer: Jack Thorne, Rachel Mason, Emma Gordon
Actors: Thomasin McKenzie, Rish Shah, James Norton

The Apprentice (2024) Biography Drama History Movie

The story of how a young Donald Trump started his real-estate business in 1970s and ’80s New York with the helping hand of infamous lawyer Roy M. Cohn. Year 2024.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Ali Abbasi
Writer: Gabriel Sherman
Actors: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova

Sunrise at Campobello (1960) Biography Drama Movie

After a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career. Year 1960.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Writer: Dore Schary
Actors: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn

Artemisia (1997) Biography Drama History Movie

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity… Year 1997.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Agnès Merlet
Writer: Patrick Amos, Agnès Merlet, Christine Miller
Actors: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic

Edith and Marcel (1983) Biography Drama Romance Movie

The world’s most popular entertainer and Europe’s greatest boxer: the film puts the love affair of these two national heroes against a backdrop of the end of World War II, hotel suites in New York, transatlantic plane flights, Cer… Year 1983.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Claude Lelouch
Writer: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven, Gilles Durieux
Actors: Evelyne Bouix, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster

Reds (1981) Biography Drama History Movie

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States. Year 1981.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Warren Beatty
Writer: Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths
Actors: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann

Danton (1983) Biography Drama History Movie

In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party. Year 1983.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière, Stanislawa Przybyszewska, Andrzej Wajda
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro

Mesrine (1984) Biography Crime Drama Movie

Jacques Mesrine was the foremost criminal, public enemy N°1, the man most wanted in France, guilty of 39 crimes. “In the police or newspaper history, Mesrine broke all records”. The film begins with his escape on May 8, 1978. Mesr… Year 1984.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: André Génovès
Writer: André Génovès
Actors: Nicolas Silberg, Caroline Aguilar, Gérard Sergue

Piece by Piece (2024) Animation Biography Comedy Movie

A vibrant journey through the life of Pharrell Williams, told through the lens of LEGO animation. Year 2024.

Generes: Animation, Biography, Comedy
Director: Morgan Neville
Writer: Morgan Neville, Jason Zeldes, Aaron Wickenden
Actors: Pharrell Williams, Morgan Neville, Kendrick Lamar