Biography Movies (Page #29)

The life of of Stylianos Kyriakides, who won the 1946 Boston Marathon after escaping execution during the Nazi occupation of Greece.

Focuses on the formative years of Elvis Presley up to his enlistment in the Army.

One of the screen's grandest epics, this monumental story recounts the true-life experiences of T.E. Lawrence, better known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia. A young, idealistic British officer in WWI, Lawrence is assigned to the camp of Prince Feisal, an Arab tribal chieftain and leader in a revolt against the Turks. In a series of brilliant tactical maneuvers, Lawrence leads fifty of Feisal's men in a tortured three-week crossing of the Nefud Desert to attack the strategic Turkish-held port of Aqaba. And following his successful raids against Turkish troops and trains, Lawrence’s triumphant leadership and unyielding courage gain him nearly god-like status among his Arab brothers.

A narrative that connects Leonardo da Vinci's art to his science and voracious curiosity and imagination.

A biopic about Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.

With exclusive access to personal archive, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and extraordinary life away from the stage and screen, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective.

During the week leading up to the 1967 NFL championship game, Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lmbardi prepares his team to play against the Dallas Cowboys. The game becomes known as the "Ice Bowl" due to the extreme weather.

Music adviser Guy Stevens steers the punk band The Clash into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame with their hit album, "London Calling."

Kevin Laue journeys from Pleasanton, CA to the basketball court of Manhattan College in New York, where he joins the team in 2009. Laue becomes the first player missing a limb to play NCAA Division I basketball.

Brian Wilson, the leader of the Beach Boys, writes more than 15 Top 40 hit singles including the groundbreaking 1966 "Pet Sounds" album before suffering a nervous breakdown during the making of its follow-up album "Smile." He struggles with mental illness, but Brian manages to persevere as an artist with the love and support of his wife Melinda.

Story follows the relationship between famed American Jazz pianist Joe Albany and his daughter in a music career marked with heroin addiction, unsuccessful marriages, and thwarted potential.

Musicians David Bowie and Iggy Pop relocate to West Berlin in the late ’70s and begin a creative collaboration that leads to three albums -- Pop's "Idiot" & "Lust for Life" and Bowie's "Low."

While in Paris in the late 1700s, Madame Tussaud's initial interests in her art leads to her harrowing experiences in the French Revolution creating death masks and barely surviving the guillotine herself.

Set in post-WWI England, George Mallory, an English mountaineer, attempts to scale Everest. He and his climbing partner disappear in 1924 -- only 800 feet from the summit before clouds close in on them both.

Follows Marvin Gaye's entire life, from his emergence at Motown through his defiance of Berry Gordy to record "What's Goin' On" and on up to his death.

A biopic of the Motown soul singer behind such hits as “What’s Going On,” “Sexual Healing,” and “Let’s Get It On”.

The film is based on the true story of French artist Henri Matisse's relationship with his nurse Monique Bourgeois, who also served as the painter's model and muse.