Movie List for "biography"

Gundermann (2018)

The movie deals with the real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Andreas Dresen
Writer: Laila Stieler (screenplay)
Actors: Alexander Scheer, Bjarne Mädel, Axel Prahl, Peter Schneider

The Theory of Everything (2014)

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife. Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: James Marsh
Writer: Anthony McCarten (screenplay), Jane Hawking (book)
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry

I, Olga (2016)

“My verdict is : I, Olga Hepnarová, the victim of your bestiality, sentence you to death penalty.” Those were the famous words of the 22-year-old mass murderer Olga Hepnarová, who in 1973 drove a truck into a group of innocent people in Prague. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Petr Kazda, Tomás Weinreb
Writer: Roman Cílek (story), Tomás Weinreb (screenplay), Petr Kazda (screenplay)
Actors: Michalina Olszanska, Martin Pechlát, Klára Melísková, Marika Soposká

Jungle (2017)

A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be. Year 2017.

Generes: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Director: Greg McLean
Writer: Yossi Ghinsberg (book), Justin Monjo (screenplay)
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann, Joel Jackson, Yasmin Kassim

Colonia (2015)

A young woman’s desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Director: Florian Gallenberger
Writer: Torsten Wenzel, Florian Gallenberger, Tom Kinninmont (additional script material by)
Actors: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist, Richenda Carey

Rakhta Charitra 2 (2010)

After avenging the death of his father and brother, a man must now content with another vengeful male. Year 2010.

Generes: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Writer: Prashant Pandey (story & screenplay)
Actors: Shatrughan Sinha, Vivek Oberoi, Suriya, Sudeep

The King (2019)

Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: David Michôd
Writer: Joel Edgerton, David Michôd
Actors: Tom Glynn-Carney, Gábor Czap, Tom Fisher, Edward Ashley

A United Kingdom (2016)

The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Amma Asante
Writer: Guy Hibbert (screenplay by), Susan Williams (based upon the book ‘Colour Bar’ by), Helena Holmes
Actors: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport

A Private War (2018)

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Drama, War
Director: Matthew Heineman
Writer: Arash Amel, Marie Brenner (based on the Vanity Fair article “Marie Colvin’s Private War” by)
Actors: Rosamund Pike, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay

Greater (2016)

The story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Family, Sport
Director: David L. Hunt
Writer: Brian Reindl, David L. Hunt
Actors: Neal McDonough, Leslie Easterbrook, Christopher Severio, Michael Parks

Digging Up the Marrow (2014)

A documentary exploring genre based monster art takes an odd turn when the filmmakers are contacted by a man who claims he can prove that monsters are indeed real. Year 2014.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Adam Green
Writer: Adam Green
Actors: Ray Wise, Adam Green, Will Barratt, Josh Ethier

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014)

A documentary that follows Dr. Patricia C. Wright’s mission to help lemurs, the highly evolved creatures who arrived on Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways but are now highly endangered. Year 2014.

Generes: Documentary, Short, Adventure, Biography, Family
Director: David Douglas
Writer: Drew Fellman
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Hantanirina Rasamimanana, Patricia Wright

Gotti (2018)

The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Kevin Connolly
Writer: Leo Rossi, Lem Dobbs
Actors: John Travolta, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Kelly Preston, Pruitt Taylor Vince

The Danish Girl (2015)

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Tom Hooper
Writer: Lucinda Coxon (screenplay), David Ebershoff (book)
Actors: Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Tusse Silberg, Adrian Schiller

All the Money in the World (2017)

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: David Scarpa, John Pearson (based on the book ‘Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty’ by)
Actors: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris

Green Book (2018)

A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. Year 2018.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Peter Farrelly
Writer: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly
Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco