Keyword: biography

Mark Twain and Me

6.7

1991

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Dorothy Quick, a young girl, befriends the famous writer, Samuel \Mark Twain\ Clemens, during the final years of his life.

I Am Bruce Lee

7.5

2012

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Bruce Lee is universally recognized as the pioneer who elevated martial arts in film to an art form, and this documentary will reveal why Bruce Lees flame burns brighter now than the day he died over three decades ago.

Lizzie Borden Took An Ax

5.8

2014

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In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.

Introducing, Selma Blair

3

2021

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A deeply intimate and raw portrait of Selma Blair after she is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and tries to slow the progression of her disease.

Mapplethorpe

6

2018

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A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

7.7

2008

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A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Cobb

6.5

1994

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A reporter hired to write the official biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legends real story is.

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

6.4

1994

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Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

Smoke & Mirrors

7.1

2016

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The story of a man who fooled an entire country. A tale of cheats and impostors, taking its inspiration from true facts and from one of the most intriguing characters of recent decades: the spy Francisco Paesa.

Love Me or Leave Me

7.2

1955

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A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

7

2011

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The highs and lows of Alan Turings life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life, Turing visited a psychiatrist, Dr. Franz Greenbaum, who tried to help him. Each therapy session in this drama documentary is based on real events. The conversations between Turing and Greenbaum explore the pivotal moments in his controversial life and examine the pressures that may have contributed to his early death. The film also includes the testimony of people who actually knew and remember Turing. Plus, this film features interviews with contemporary experts from the world of technology and high science including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. These contributors bring Turings exciting impact up to the present day, explaining why, in many ways, modern technology has only just begun to explore the potential of Turings ideas.

My Name Is Dingo

6.3

2024

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This film about the Finnish band Dingo and its lead-singer/songwriter Pertti Neumann takes viewers on a nostalgic journey through the rise and fall of Dingo.