Movie List for "biography"

A part of Joan of Arc’s life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne’s first battle, at Orleans. Meanwhile, Jeanne is depic… Year 1994.

In 1963, living a routine life on Norma Place in Los Angeles, recluse writer Dorothy Parker and bisexual husband Alan Campbell recall their often-rocky relationship, started thirty years earlier. Year 1982.

Reeve’s rise to becoming a film star follows with a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After the accident, he became an activist for spinal cord injury treatments and disability ri… Year 2024.

Maria Callas, the world’s greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life. Year 2024.

N/A Year 1951.

The inspirational journey of the Legend, Missile Man and 11th People’s President of India. Year 2025.

A semi-autobiography of the first 28 years of the director, the Flemish anarchist Jan Bucquoy. Year 1994.

When the British East India Company forces polygar Kattabomman to pay taxes, levies and be their subsidiary ruler, he openly defies their policy and battles them until his arrest and hanging. Year 1959.

Two young French Jewish boys and their family struggle to survive in WWII during the invasion of Germans. Year 1975.

The epic tale of King Asoka’s life is recounted. Year 2001.

The biopic of Mildred Burke, the first ever million dollar female athlete and champion pro-wrestler who pioneered the sport in a time when all girl wrestling was banned in most of America. Year 2024.

The story of castrato opera singer Carlo Broschi, who enthralled 18th-century European audiences under his stage name Farinelli. Year 1994.

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication. Year 1980.

Docudrama about French writer and photographer Carole Achache. Through the power of filmmaking and the help of Marion Cotillard, director Mona Achache brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she real… Year 2023.

The life of Basava, a philosopher and social reformer from Karnataka who lived in the 12th century A.D. Year 1959.

The film chronicles the rise and fall of Germany’s most famous a capella group, the Comedian Harmonists, in 1930s Germany. Year 1997.