Biography Movies

From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim...

Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.

Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project,...

A walk through the career of French filmmaker André Téchiné, from his own point of view and that of those who worked with him:...

From his childhood in a modest family in the Pyrénées to his unexpected career as a porn actor in the 1970s, the film traces the life...

Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A...

Discover the story of the father of the gang: Mauricio de Sousa, Brazil’s most important comic artist, and how he created his most famous...

A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering...

A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own...

Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery...

Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now...

As the first woman in Europe to found a private space company, Hélène Huby sets out to challenge the dominance of SpaceX. In doing so,...

Dolly Parton leads a moving, musical journey in this documentary that details the people and places who have helped shape her iconic career.

Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses (1988), thirty years after the fatwa...

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But...

Biopic about revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara.

The story of the black, gay origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the...

Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put...

The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of...