Movie List for "biography"

Tolkien (2019) Biography Drama Romance Movie

The formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Dome Karukoski
Writer: David Gleeson, Stephen Beresford
Actors: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney

Veerappan (2016) Action Biography Crime Movie

Officer Kannan leads a group of police officers to track down the bandit, Veerappan. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Biography, Crime
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Writer: Jai Priyadarshi, R.D. Tailang
Actors: Sachiin Joshi, Sandeep Bharadwaj, Usha Jadhav

A Prayer Before Dawn (2017) Action Biography Crime Movie

The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand’s most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Biography, Crime
Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Writer: Billy Moore, Jonathan Hirschbein, Nick Saltrese
Actors: Joe Cole, Cherry Miko, Vithaya Pansringarm

Belfast (2021) Biography Drama Movie

A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. Year 2021.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writer: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe

The Best of Enemies (2019) Biography Drama History Movie

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Robin Bissell
Writer: Robin Bissell, Osha Gray Davidson
Actors: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay

It Runs in the Family (2022) Documentary Biography Drama Movie

Through a series of re-enactments starring her family and the filmmaker, she traces the forgotten life of her cousin, queer filmmaker and political activist Oscar Torres, blurring the lines between her reality and his. Year 2022.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, Drama
Director: Victoria Linares Villegas
Writer: Victoria Linares Villegas
Actors: Victoria Linares Villegas, Milvio Linares, Stephany Liriano

Driven (2018) Biography Drama Thriller Movie

Intense thriller where politics, big business and narcotics collide. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Director: Nick Hamm
Writer: Colin Bateman, Alejandro Carpio
Actors: Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace, Judy Greer

Mary Kom (2014) Action Biography Drama Movie

A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer Mary Kom, who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream. Year 2014.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama
Director: Omung Kumar
Writer: Saiwyn Quadras, Ramendra Vasishth, Karan Singh Rathore
Actors: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sunil Thapa, Robin Das

Saand Ki Aankh (2019) Biography Drama Movie

Both over the age of 60, Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar inspire other women in India when they demonstrate their expert sharpshooting skills. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Tushar Hiranandani
Writer: Balwinder Singh Janjua, Vishavjot Mann, Jagdeep Sidhu
Actors: Taapsee Pannu, Bhumi Pednekar, Prakash Jha

Sergio (2020) Biography Drama History Movie

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career. Year 2020.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Greg Barker
Writer: Craig Borten, Samantha Power
Actors: Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, Brían F. O’Byrne

Army of One (2016) Biography Comedy Movie

After a personal visit by God himself, the eccentric construction worker Gary Faulkner takes the decision to embark on an adventure in the badlands of Pakistan to bring Al-Qaeda’s leader Osama Bin Laden to justice. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Comedy
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Rajiv Joseph, Scott Rothman
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Russell Brand, Wendi McLendon-Covey

Vellam (2021) Biography Drama Movie

An alcoholic is left stranded by society, friends and family until he successfully completes his de-addiction. Will they accept him when he is clean and sober? Year 2021.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Prajesh Sen
Writer: Shamsudheen Kuttoth, Prajesh Sen, Vijesh Viswam
Actors: Samyuktha Menon, Siddique, Johny Antony

Born to Be Blue (2015) Biography Comedy Drama Movie

A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker’s musical comeback in the late ’60s. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Robert Budreau
Writer: Robert Budreau, James Luscombe
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie

The Duke (2020) Biography Comedy Drama Movie

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. Year 2020.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Roger Michell
Writer: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
Actors: Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Stephen Rashbrook

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) Biography Drama History Movie

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: George C. Wolfe
Writer: Rebecca Skloot, Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo
Actors: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney

Soorma (2018) Biography Drama Sport Movie

Soorma is the story of the triumph of the human spirit, about a player, who made headlines for his miraculous comeback after facing a near death experience through sheer determination, hard work and unrelenting passion for the sport. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Sport
Director: Shaad Ali
Writer: Shaad Ali, Siva Ananth, Adhir Bhat
Actors: Diljit Dosanjh, Taapsee Pannu, Angad Bedi