Biographical Drama Movies
SPACEWALKER
Spacewalker (Vremya pervykh) is a 2017 Russian space drama that recounts the Voskhod 2 mission and Alexei Leonov's legendary spacewalk in 1965,...
JEANNE DU BARRY
Set in 18th-century France, Jeanne du Barry tracks Jeanne Bécu’s ascent from modest beginnings to Louis XV’s famed favorite. Within a glittering,...
THE GREAT IMPOSTOR
A biographical drama based on Ferdinand Waldo Demara, The Great Impostor follows a highly resourceful conman who assumes numerous identities—from a...
THE WIZARD OF LIES
The Wizard of Lies is an HBO biographical drama directed by Barry Levinson that chronicles Bernie Madoff’s decades-long Ponzi scheme and its...
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI...
One Night in Miami... is a stylized, character-driven drama that imagines a late-night Miami gathering in 1964 after Cassius Clay's heavyweight title...
EVITA
Evita is a 1996 musical biographical drama directed by Alan Parker, adapted from the stage hit by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Madonna stars as...
THE MUSIC OF SILENCE
The Music of Silence is a 2017 biographical drama directed by Michael Radford that follows Andrea Bocelli’s journey from a blind boy in rural Italy to...
ESTIU 1993
Summer 1993 tells the true-story-inspired tale of six-year-old Frida, who, after losing her parents, moves to live with relatives in the Catalan...
HELLFIGHTERS
John Wayne stars as Chance Buckman, a hard-living, fearless oil-well firefighter who leads a rugged crew through dangerous infernos around rigs and...
ARGENTINA, 1985
Argentina, 1985 follows prosecutor Julio Strassera and his team as they lead Argentina's 1985 trial of the dictatorship. Facing threats, political...
UNPLANNED
Unplanned chronicles the true story of Abby Johnson, a longtime Planned Parenthood clinic director who believes she is advancing women's health until...
MANK
Mank is a darkly stylish biographical drama directed by David Fincher that follows Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay for Orson...
LIVING
Living follows a reserved London bureaucrat in 1950s Britain who learns he has a terminal illness and must decide how to spend whatever time remains....
THE BEST OF ENEMIES
Based on a true story from 1971 in Durham, North Carolina, The Best of Enemies follows a fierce civil rights activist and a former Ku Klux Klan member...
THE MAGDALENE SISTERS
The Magdalene Sisters is a searing historical drama based on true accounts of young women consigned to Magdalene laundries in postwar Ireland. The...
TALVAR
Talvar (2015) is a forensic-driven crime drama inspired by the 2008 Noida double murder case. Directed by Meghna Gulzar and presented from multiple...
NEVER LOOK AWAY
Never Look Away follows the life of artist Kurt Barnert from the 1930s through the 1950s, tracing how art, memory, and love collide with the brutal...
MARY SHELLEY
Mary Shelley offers an intimate biographical drama about an 18-year-old Mary Godwin as she defies societal limits to explore love, friendship, and...
AIR
Air chronicles the true story of Sonny Vaccaro, Nike's fearless scout, who gambles his career to sign basketball phenom Michael Jordan and spark a...
A PRIVATE WAR
Based on the life of fearless war correspondent Marie Colvin, A Private War follows a journalist who endures shattered frontlines and personal loss to...
HARRIET
Harriet Tubman’s story comes to life in Kasi Lemmons’ biographical drama, tracing her escape from slavery and fearless leadership of Underground...
TILL
Till chronicles Mamie Till-Mobley's relentless pursuit of truth after the 1955 lynching of her son Emmett Till in Mississippi. Confronted by racism, a...
ROXANNE ROXANNE
Roxanne Roxanne is a biographical drama that chronicles the rise of Roxanne Shanté, the groundbreaking teenage rapper who burst onto New York City's...
M.S. DHONI: THE UNTOLD STORY
MS Dhoni: The Untold Story chronicles the improbable rise of Mahendra Singh Dhoni from a small-town youth in Ranchi to India's most successful...
THE LAST SUIT
The Last Suit tells the life-affirming story of a Holocaust survivor and tailor who travels from Argentina to Poland to honor his past and mend family...
SPENCER
"Spencer" is a biographical drama directed by Pablo Larraín that reimagines Princess Diana during a Christmas weekend at the royal Sandringham estate...
THE SILENT TWINS
Based on the real story of June and Jennifer Gibbons, this biographical drama follows two inseparable sisters who speak in their own world and retreat...
MILAREPA
Milarepa is a Tibetan biographical drama that recounts the life of the legendary yogi Milarepa. The film follows his journey from a life of vengeance...
THE FRONT RUNNER
Jason Reitman's The Front Runner chronicles the rise and rapid fall of Senator Gary Hart during the 1988 presidential bid. Hugh Jackman stars as Hart,...
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Mary Queen of Scots (2018) follows Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland, and her fraught rivalry with Elizabeth I as they vie for power, faith, and survival...
MY SALINGER YEAR
Set in late 1990s New York, My Salinger Year follows Joanna Rakoff, a hopeful recent graduate who lands a lowly assistant job at a literary agency....
DENIAL
Denial recounts Deborah Lipstadt's libel trial after she calls historian David Irving a Holocaust denier. In a high-stakes British courtroom,...
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Jennifer Jones stars as Bernadette Soubirous, a poor French girl whose 1858 Lourdes visions challenge village superstition and the local church. The...
THE MAN WITH THE IRON HEART
2017's The Man with the Iron Heart tells the true story of Reinhard Heydrich, the SS architect of the Holocaust, and the daring operation that...
ELVIS
Elvis is a 2022 biographical musical drama directed by Baz Luhrmann that chronicles the life of Elvis Presley, tracing his rise from humble beginnings...
HAPPENING
Based on Annie Ernaux's memoir L'Événement, Happening follows a young student in 1960s France who discovers she is pregnant and fights for access to a...
TOGO
A heartwarming, true-story adventure that follows Leonhard Seppala and his lead sled dog Togo as they blaze through the Alaskan frontier in 1925 to...
THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
An uplifting biographical drama based on the true life of New Zealand mechanic Burt Munro. The World's Fastest Indian follows Munro’s decades-long...
SELMA
Selma is a historical drama film that follows the story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches. The film...
HAMILTON
Disney+'s 2020 film Hamilton is the screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical, directed by Thomas Kail. It follows Alexander Hamilton...
TESLA
Tesla is a biographical drama from Michael Almereyda that reimagines Nikola Tesla’s life in a stylized, near-contemporary setting. Ethan Hawke...
THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
Based on William Kamkwamba’s memoir, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind tracks a Malawian teenager who, amid drought and famine, teaches himself science...
BRAIN ON FIRE
Brain on Fire follows Susannah Cahalan, a bright journalism student whose life spirals as seizures, paranoia, and memory gaps strike. Doctors...
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
All the Money in the World chronicles the 1973 kidnapping of John Paul Getty III and the billionaire J. Paul Getty's stubborn refusal to pay a ransom....
CORSAGE
Corsage is a sharply drawn biographical drama by Marie Kreutzer that reimagines Empress Elisabeth of Austria as a modern, restless figure trapped by...
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