Keyword: biography

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

7.6

2014

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An intimate portrait of the life, times and struggles of one of the most iconic actors in the history of cinema.

Harlow

4.8

1965

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Loosely based biography of 1930s star Jean Harlow as she begins her climb to stardom.

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

7.3

2015

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A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.

Enid

6.7

2009

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Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents rows before the father deserts the family. While training as a teacher after the Great War she sends her stories to publishers; one of them, Hugh Pollock, takes her on and also marries her. They have two daughters, but Enid is a terrible mother, letting a nanny raise them while she, ironically, is bestowing treats on anonymous children who worship her for her stories. She is completely self-absorbed,driving Hugh to drink and then to another woman. Enid uses the children as emotional blackmail to get a divorce on her terms before marrying Kenneth Waters, a weak man similar to her father. After World War Two she is as popular as ever, despite accusations of using a syndicate to pen her books, and she carries on, adored by children who do not know her true nature, for another 20 years before her death in 1968.

A Chance in the World

8.1

2017

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A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (his foster mother), Willie (her husband) and his foster siblings. Desperate for a sense of family and belonging, Steve searches for his biological parents, but no one in the system can help him. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.

One Foot in Heaven

6.8

1941

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Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

The Life of Emile Zola

7.2

1937

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The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.

Che!

5.2

1969

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An intentionally noncommittal version of the Cuban revolution told through flashbacks, the film recounts Ches switch from doctor to politico in Castros campaign.

A Brief History of Time

7.4

1991

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A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.

Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

7.4

2013

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The life and career of the legendary Hollywood insider, Shep Gordon.

Torvill & Dean

6.5

2018

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Biopic of Britains most famous ice skaters.

The Music Lovers

7.2

1971

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Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.