Keyword: biography

Monarch

7

2000

Movie

HD

From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and unfolds around one night when the injured ruler arrives at a manor house closed for the season.

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

7.2

2015

Movie

HD

A documentary about the life of Tom Savini. The film covers his early days in Pittsburgh, and his rise to stardom as Hollywoods most sought after special effects wizard.

Dixie

6.2

1943

Movie

HD

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music publisher, but refuses to sell his most treasured composition: Dixie. The film is based on the life of Daniel Decatur Emmett, who wrote the classic song Dixie.

The Story of Bean

7.3

1997

Movie

HD

Pending release of the movie \Bean,\ Rowan Atkinson reflects on his comedy career and reveals how his comic creation Mr Bean evolved. This 1997 documentary includes career clips as well as interviews with Atkinson, writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, British comedians Lenny Henry and Mel Smith and movie celebrities Jeff Goldblum and Burt Reynolds.

Trash

5.7

1999

Movie

HD

Trash is a coming of age drama set amongst the poverty stricken trailer parks of the deep South. In a spiraling tale of hatred, love and loyalty, two teenage friends realize that the only way for each of them to escape their miserable futures is by forever sacrificing the other.

The Grey Fox

7.6

1982

Movie

HD

When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber.

War Photographer

8

2001

Movie

HD

Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.

Saving Lincoln

5.3

2013

Movie

HD

The story of Mr. Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon - a banjo-playing Southerner who foiled repeated attempts on the Presidents life, and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War.

The Great Houdinis

6.5

1976

Movie

HD

A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.

The Better Angels

6.1

2014

Movie

HD

The story of Abraham Lincolns childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.

Jane

7.8

2017

Movie

HD

The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

7.1

2016

Movie

HD

A look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear.