Biography
Do you like biographical films? The best Biographical films of all time are found in this category of Biographical classics.
In cinema, biography is also known as cinebiography, arising mostly from the literature of famous people who, through books, told their stories and then adapted them for cinema.
What defines this genre as biographical is the fact that the story is based on real events in a person's life, or some real historical event somewhere in the world.
If you are a curious person or just want some life inspiration to help you see a situation, we recommend some films such as "The Passion of Joan of Arc" from 1928 directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, "Million Dollar Mermaid" from 1952 directed by Mervyn LeRoy, "John Paul Jones" from 1959 directed by John Farrow among others listed in this category of biographical films.
A Man Called Peter - 1955
A-960-DRA
R$7.00
Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him when he receives a "calling" from God to be a minister. He leaves Scotland and goes to America where after a few small congregations he lands the positio..
Abraham Lincoln
A-1983-DRA
R$7.00
D.W. Griffith's first talking movie is the biography of Lincoln from his birth in a log cabin to his entry into politics and his years of power before his assassination in Ford's Theatre. It is sincere and straightforward as it relays to us his life story, including his romance with Ann Ruglefge, hi..
Adorable Sinner | Magnificent Sinner - 1959
NA-2262-DRA-LT
R$7.00
The Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged..
Annie Oakley - 1935
NA-2319-FAR-LT
R$7.00
In a sharpshooting match, the manager of a Cincinnati hotel bets on the fellow who's been supplying the hotel with quail...who turns out to be young Annie Oakley. Result: Annie is hired for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (which is faithfully re-enacted in the film). She's tutored in showmanship by ch..
Carbine Williams | Man with a Record | The Story o...
NA-2815-DRA-LT
R$7.00
This is the story of David Marshall 'Marsh' Williams, the real life inventor of the world famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in WWII. It all started when Marsh, who was one to do things his way, was caught distilling moonshine, and was accused and convicted of shooting a federal officer in the ..
Carve her name with pride - 1958
A-1081-DRA
R$7.00
Violette Bushell is the daughter of an English father and a French mother, living in London in the early years of World War 2. She meets a handsome young French soldier in the park and takes him back for the family Bastille day celebrations. They fall in love, marry and have a baby girl when Violett..
David and Bathsheba - 1951
NA-2839-BIB-LT
R$7.00
Though David has all the wealth, power, wives & children inherent for the King of Israel he does not have what he craves most: the true love of a woman who loves him as a man instead of as King. He is attracted to Bathsheba, the wife of one of his soldiers who is more devoted to army duty than t..
Deep in My Heart - 1954
A-1567-DRA
R$7.00
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg...
Florence Nightingale - 1985
NA-389-DRA-LT
R$7.00
This is the fact-based story of an aristocratic woman who defies Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession as it is known today. After volunteering to travel to Scutari to care for the wounded soldiers, who are victims of the Crimean war, she finds herself ..
In Cold Blood | Truman Capote's In Cold Blood - 19...
NA-498-DRA-LT
R$7.00
In meeting in Kansas, ex-cons Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are breaking several conditions of their respective paroles. The meeting, initiated by Dick, is to plan and eventually carry out a robbery based on information he had received from a fellow inmate about $10,000 cash being locked in a hidden ..
Independence or death - 1972
NA-2275-DRA-LT
R$7.00
The dream of Brazilian independence, under Dom Pedro I, is expressed in the cry of "Freedom or Death" (O Grito de Independencia ou Morte), since cries were the only way to rally up support against colonial oppression. Dom Pedro I (played by Tarcisio Meira) heads Brazil's break from his own parent's ..
John Paul Jones - 1959
NA-1667-AVE-LT
R$7.00
The swashbuckling adventures of the Revolutionary War hero and inspiration of the US Navy. His contributions weren't always appreciated by the new U.S. government. After the Revolutionary War, Congress loans him to Catherine the Great of Russia where he fights for her. The story concludes with his d..
Mad Emperor: Ludwig II - 1955
NA-2244-DRA-LT
R$7.00
King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even grander opera for his musical idol Wagner proves so ex..
Million Dollar Mermaid | The One Piece Bathing Sui...
NA-1249-DRA-LT
R$7.00
Million Dollar Mermaid tells the story of Australian swimming sensation Annette Kellerman, who overcame childhood polio to go on and achieve fame as a professional swimmer and film star in the early decades of the 20th century. At the same time, she scandalized the world by wearing a one-piece bathi..
Murder, Inc. - 1960
A-1013-DRA
R$7.00
Based on the true-life book of lawman Burton Turkus, this movie chronicles the rise and fall of the organized crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated. Focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hitman Reles...
Night and Day -1946
NA-1934-MUS-LT
R$7.00
The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s. The film's attempted biography matches many public myths surrounding Cole at the time, despite its lack of relationship with truth. For instance, truth and movie are..
Parnell - 1937
NA-2370-DRA-LT
R$7.00
The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to secure Home Rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on the relationship with married Katie O'Shea which threatens to bring all Parnell's plans to ruin. Moderately accurate histori..
Quo Vadis | Qvo Vadis - 1951
NA-2866-EPC-LT
R$7.00
Returning to Rome after three years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) meets Lygia (Deborah Kerr) and falls in love with her, though as a Christian, she wants nothing to do with a warrior. Though she grew up Roman, the adopted daughter of a retired General, Lygia is technically a ..
Shadow of the Guillotine | Marie-Antoinette Queen ...
NA-2280-DRA-LT
R$7.00
While Louis XV is dying, the Dauphine of France, Marie-Antoinette, seduces a Swedish officer, Axel de Fersen, which pains her husband, the new King Louis XVI, who will know how to be generous when he learns of this deception...
The Agony and the Ecstasy | Irving Stone's The Ago...
NA-2248-DRA-LT
R$7.00
Pope Julius II (Sir Rex Harrison) is eager to leave behind works by which he will be remembered. To this end he cajoles Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) into painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When not on the battlefield uniting Italy, the Pope nags Michelangelo to speed up his painful work o..
The Baron of Arizona - 1950
A-1124-DRA
R$7.00
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory...