144 films showing in the Biography genre

My Way Home

Bill Douglas, 1978, United Kingdom

72 mins
8.2 / 10 (359)
1 country
976 years
Drama Biography

Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven, 2021, France

131 mins
7.6 / 10 (7293)
9 countries
13 years
Biography Drama History LGBTQ+

Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

Terence Dixon, 1970, United Kingdom

27 mins
9 / 10 (21511)
128 countries
3 years
Short Documentary Biography

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Hymyilevä mies)

Juho Kuosmanen, 2016, Finland

95 mins
7.8 / 10 (2798)
4 countries
2 years
Drama Sport Biography

Auto Focus

Paul Schrader, 2002, United States

106 mins
6.4 / 10 (403)
1 country
1 year
Drama Biography Crime

McQueen

Ian Bonhôte Peter Ettedgui, 2018, United Kingdom

111 mins
8.8 / 10 (1524)
15 countries
1 year
Documentary Biography LGBTQ+

Jimmy's Hall

Ken Loach, 2014, United Kingdom

109 mins
7.6 / 10 (839)
1 country
1 year
Drama Biography History

RBG

Betsy West Julie Cohen, 2018, United States

94 mins
8.6 / 10 (2927)
1 country
1 year
Documentary Biography

Amy

Asif Kapadia, 2015, United Kingdom

128 mins
7.8 / 10 (2847)
3 countries
1 year
Documentary Biography Music

Ennio

Giuseppe Tornatore, 2021, Italy

150 mins
8.8 / 10 (400)
1 country
1 year
Documentary Biography Music

Gundermann

Andreas Dresen, 2018, Germany

127 mins
7.6 / 10 (117)
2 countries
1 year
Drama Biography Music History

Godard Mon Amour (Le redoutable)

Michel Hazanavicius, 2017, France

108 mins
7 / 10 (2129)
5 countries
1 year
Biography Drama Romance

Song of Granite

Pat Collins, 2017, Ireland

98 mins
8.6 / 10 (310)
2 countries
1 year
Biography Drama

I Am Divine

Jeffrey Schwarz, 2013, United States

90 mins
7.6 / 10 (429)
2 countries
1 year
Documentary Cult LGBTQ+ Biography

Searching for Sugar Man

Malik Bendjelloul, 2012, Sweden

86 mins
8.8 / 10 (6367)
5 countries
1 year
Documentary Biography

Tatsumi

Eric Khoo, 2011, Japan

96 mins
7.6 / 10 (203)
1 country
1 year
Animation Biography Drama

Padre Padrone

Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani, 1977, Italy

113 mins
8 / 10 (577)
2 countries
11 months
Drama Biography

Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons (Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons)

Jacques Rivette, 1994, France

177 mins
8.4 / 10 (374)
3 countries
11 months
History Drama Biography

Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles (Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles)

Jacques Rivette, 1994, France

160 mins
8 / 10 (479)
3 countries
11 months
History Drama Biography War

Kill Your Darlings

John Krokidas, 2013, United States

99 mins
6.4 / 10 (1489)
1 country
11 months
Biography Drama Romance LGBTQ+

The Beaches of Agnès (Les plages d'Agnès)

Agnès Varda, 2008, France

108 mins
9.2 / 10 (10692)
121 countries
11 months
Biography Documentary Comedy

La vie en rose (La môme)

Olivier Dahan, 2007, United Kingdom

135 mins
7.4 / 10 (3886)
1 country
10 months
Biography Drama Music

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Paul Schrader, 1985, Japan

121 mins
8.4 / 10 (2372)
2 countries
10 months
Drama Biography LGBTQ+ History

Behind The White Glasses (Dietro gli occhiali bianchi)

Valerio Ruiz, 2015, Italy

108 mins
7.8 / 10 (51)
1 country
10 months
Documentary Biography

Allende in His Maze (Allende en su laberinto)

Miguel Littin, 2014, Chile

91 mins
7.4 / 10 (158)
1 country
9 months
Action Biography Drama

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Laura Poitras, 2022, United States

117 mins
8.6 / 10 (944)
1 country
9 months
Documentary Biography

Neruda

Pablo Larraín, 2016, Chile

108 mins
7.4 / 10 (1294)
4 countries
9 months
Biography History Fantasy Drama Crime

Vera Drake

Mike Leigh, 2004, United Kingdom

125 mins
8.2 / 10 (3994)
1 country
9 months
Biography Crime Drama History

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc)

Bruno Dumont, 2017, France

108 mins
6.4 / 10 (650)
4 countries
8 months
Musical History Biography

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque))

Joann Sfar, 2010, France

130 mins
7.2 / 10 (2365)
3 countries
8 months
Drama Biography Musical

Devi Ahilya Bai

Jayoo Patwardhan Nachiket Patwardhan, 2002, India

147 mins
8.4 / 10 (88)
1 country
8 months
Drama Biography History

Foxcatcher

Bennett Miller, 2014, United States

135 mins
7 / 10 (2776)
1 country
8 months
Drama Biography Sport

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Peter Webber, 2003, United Kingdom

100 mins
6.8 / 10 (3619)
1 country
8 months
Biography Drama Romance

Joan of Arc (Jeanne)

Bruno Dumont, 2019, France

138 mins
7 / 10 (489)
4 countries
7 months
Musical History Biography War

Borg Vs. McEnroe

Janus Metz Pedersen, 2017, Sweden

108 mins
7.6 / 10 (1195)
1 country
7 months
Drama Sport Biography

Man on the Moon

Miloš Forman, 1999, United States

119 mins
7.4 / 10 (3395)
1 country
7 months
Comedy Drama Biography

Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor)

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2018, Germany

181 mins
8.4 / 10 (1050)
1 country
7 months
Drama History Biography

Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words (Jag är Ingrid)

Stig Björkman, 2015, Sweden

109 mins
8.6 / 10 (1102)
1 country
7 months
Documentary Biography

Renoir

Gilles Bourdos, 2012, France

112 mins
6.6 / 10 (514)
2 countries
7 months
Biography Drama History

Devil's Knot

Atom Egoyan, 2013, United States

114 mins
7 / 10 (1092)
16 countries
6 months
Biography Crime Drama

Soledad

Agustina Macri, 2018, Argentina

104 mins
7 / 10 (726)
112 countries
6 months
Biography Crime Drama

Spencer

Pablo Larraín, 2021, United Kingdom

112 mins
7.2 / 10 (1932)
1 country
6 months
Biography Drama

Corsage

Marie Kreutzer, 2022, Austria

114 mins
7.8 / 10 (4347)
5 countries
6 months
Biography History Drama

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)

Julian Schnabel, 2007, France

107 mins
8.4 / 10 (13377)
1 country
6 months
Biography Drama

Milk

Gus Van Sant, 2008, United States

123 mins
7.4 / 10 (9400)
1 country
6 months
Biography Drama LGBTQ+ History

The Trial of Joan of Arc (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc)

Robert Bresson, 1962, France

64 mins
8 / 10 (2331)
1 country
5 months
Drama Biography History

Hidden Away (Volevo nascondermi)

Giorgio Diritti, 2020, Italy

119 mins
8.6 / 10 (917)
16 countries
5 months
Drama Biography

Jazz in Turkey (Türkiye’de Caz)

Batu Akyol, 2013, Turkey

102 mins
9 / 10 (749)
1 country
5 months
Documentary Music History Biography

Mr. Turner

Mike Leigh, 2014, United Kingdom

150 mins
7.4 / 10 (1620)
2 countries
5 months
Drama Biography

Loving

Jeff Nichols, 2016, United Kingdom

123 mins
6.6 / 10 (718)
1 country
5 months
Drama Biography Romance

Vincere

Marco Bellocchio, 2009, Italy

125 mins
7.4 / 10 (1196)
1 country
4 months
Biography Drama Romance

De Palma

Noah Baumbach Jake Paltrow, 2015, United States

110 mins
7.4 / 10 (695)
1 country
4 months
Documentary Biography

The Young Karl Marx (Le jeune Karl Marx)

Raoul Peck, 2017, France

113 mins
7.6 / 10 (1584)
5 countries
4 months
Biography

Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands (Fassbinder: at elske uden at kræve)

Christian Braad Thomsen, 2015, Denmark

107 mins
8.6 / 10 (334)
3 countries
4 months
Documentary Biography

Jackie

Pablo Larraín, 2016, United States

96 mins
6.8 / 10 (2393)
1 country
4 months
Drama Biography

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Rob Garver, 2018, United States

99 mins
6.4 / 10 (85)
1 country
3 months
Documentary Biography History

Wild Nights with Emily

Madeleine Olnek, 2018, United States

86 mins
6.8 / 10 (53)
1 country
3 months
Comedy Drama Romance LGBTQ+ Biography

Rodin

Jacques Doillon, 2017, France

120 mins
6.6 / 10 (223)
1 country
3 months
Drama Biography Romance

Van Gogh

Maurice Pialat, 1991, France

159 mins
8.2 / 10 (1381)
2 countries
3 months
Biography Drama

Shirley

Josephine Decker, 2020, United States

107 mins
6.8 / 10 (690)
4 countries
3 months
Drama Thriller Biography

Jacquot de Nantes

Agnès Varda, 1991, France

120 mins
8.8 / 10 (2564)
2 countries
2 months
Biography Drama

A Quiet Passion

Terence Davies, 2016, United Kingdom

125 mins
7.6 / 10 (902)
4 countries
2 months
Biography Drama

Violette

Martin Provost, 2013, France

139 mins
7.4 / 10 (264)
2 countries
2 months
Drama Biography Romance LGBTQ+

A Private War

Matthew Heineman, 2018, United Kingdom

110 mins
6.8 / 10 (174)
1 country
2 months
Drama War Biography

The King's Speech

Tom Hooper, 2010, United Kingdom

113 mins
7.2 / 10 (8065)
4 countries
2 months
Drama Biography History

I, Tonya

Craig Gillespie, 2017, United States

119 mins
7 / 10 (2395)
1 country
2 months
Sport Biography Comedy

Malcolm X

Spike Lee, 1992, United States

202 mins
8.6 / 10 (5445)
1 country
2 months
Drama Biography History

Leto (Лето)

Kirill Serebrennikov, 2018, Russia

128 mins
8 / 10 (2017)
5 countries
2 months
Biography Drama Music

An Angel at My Table

Jane Campion, 1990, New Zealand

158 mins
8.2 / 10 (1396)
2 countries
52 days
Biography Drama

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Kaspar Hauser - Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle)

Werner Herzog, 1974, West Germany

109 mins
8.4 / 10 (3603)
2 countries
39 days
Drama Biography

The Mirror (Зеркало | Zerkalo)

Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975, Soviet Union

107 mins
9 / 10 (9901)
3 countries
38 days
Avant-Garde Drama History Biography

Loro

Paolo Sorrentino, 2018, Italy

151 mins
6.4 / 10 (567)
1 country
38 days
Drama Biography Comedy

Heavenly Creatures

Peter Jackson, 1994, New Zealand

99 mins
7.6 / 10 (4615)
4 countries
38 days
Biography Crime Drama

Casino

Martin Scorsese, 1995, United States

171 mins
7.8 / 10 (9849)
1 country
38 days
Biography Crime Drama

Lovelace

Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman, 2013, United States

93 mins
5.2 / 10 (782)
2 countries
34 days
Drama Biography

Caravaggio

Derek Jarman, 1986, United Kingdom

93 mins
7.8 / 10 (4100)
2 countries
8 days
Drama Biography LGBTQ+

A Bigger Splash

Jack Hazan, 1973, United Kingdom

105 mins
7.2 / 10 (434)
3 countries
8 days
Avant-Garde LGBTQ+ Drama Biography

Ludwig

Luchino Visconti, 1973, Italy

238 mins
8.6 / 10 (2123)
109 countries
8 days
Drama Biography History

Hunger

Steve McQueen, 2008, Ireland

96 mins
8.4 / 10 (8376)
3 countries
7 days
Drama Biography Crime Thriller

Behind the Candelabra

Steven Soderbergh, 2013, United States

119 mins
6.8 / 10 (1664)
3 countries
7 days
Drama Biography LGBTQ+

Moulin Rouge

John Huston, 1952, United Kingdom

120 mins
7.8 / 10 (1066)
1 country
7 days
Biography Drama Music

Parador Húngaro

Aseneth Suarez Ruiz Patrick Alexander, 2014, Colombia

79 mins
7.2 / 10 (239)
125 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History

Berthe Morisot

Caroline Champetier, 2012, France

95 mins
7.2 / 10 (850)
118 countries
Unlimited
TV Movie Biography

Chris the Swiss

Anja Kofmel, 2018, Switzerland

90 mins
8.6 / 10 (1103)
111 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Animation Biography

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (Vor der Morgenröte)

Maria Schrader, 2016, Austria

106 mins
7.2 / 10 (190)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography Drama

Eldridge Cleaver (Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther)

William Klein, 1970, France

70 mins
7.4 / 10 (106)
85 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography

Loving Vincent

DK Welchman Hugh Welchman, 2017, Poland

95 mins
8.2 / 10 (3005)
19 countries
Unlimited
Animation Drama Biography Mystery

Whitney

Kevin Macdonald, 2018, United Kingdom

120 mins
7.6 / 10 (259)
2 countries
Unlimited
£2.49, €2,99
Documentary Music Biography

I Am Not Your Negro

Raoul Peck, 2016, United States

94 mins
8.8 / 10 (3880)
9 countries
Unlimited
Documentary History Biography LGBTQ+

Calamity Who? (Calamity Qui?)

Isabelle Prim, 2014, France

4 mins
5.4 / 10 (270)
104 countries
Unlimited
Biography Short

Three Stones for Jean Genet

Frieder Schlaich, 2014, Germany

7 mins
8.2 / 10 (478)
2 countries
Unlimited
Short Documentary Biography

Mr. Gaga (מיסטר גאגא)

Tomer Heymann, 2015, Israel

99 mins
8.8 / 10 (499)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary Biography

A Prayer Before Dawn (Une Prière Avant L'aube)

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, 2017, Cambodia

117 mins
7 / 10 (170)
2 countries
Unlimited
€2,99, £2.49
Action Drama Biography Crime

Persepolis

Vincent Paronnaud Marjane Satrapi, 2007, France

96 mins
8.6 / 10 (16853)
1 country
Unlimited
Animation Biography Drama

The Fifth Horseman (El quinto jinete)

Enrique Viciano Rosana Pastor, 2014, Spain

58 mins
19 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography

Il divo

Paolo Sorrentino, 2008, Italy

118 mins
7.6 / 10 (2637)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography Drama

Wittgenstein

Derek Jarman, 1993, United Kingdom

72 mins
7.6 / 10 (994)
3 countries
Unlimited
Biography Comedy Drama

Regeneration

Raoul Walsh, 1915, United States

72 mins
7.4 / 10 (382)
8 countries
Unlimited
Drama Biography Crime

Howl

Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman, 2010, United States

84 mins
6.4 / 10 (2406)
5 countries
Unlimited
Drama Biography LGBTQ+ History

Carmel

Amos Gitaï, 2009, France

93 mins
6 / 10 (35)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography Avant-Garde Drama History

Wilde

Brian Gilbert, 1997, United Kingdom

112 mins
6.2 / 10 (345)
2 countries
Unlimited
£2.49, €2,99
Biography LGBTQ+

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (Детство Горького)

Mark Donskoy, 1938, Soviet Union

96 mins
7.8 / 10 (234)
6 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama

Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer

Thom Andersen, 1975, United States

59 mins
8.2 / 10 (446)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary Biography

Bronson

Nicolas Winding Refn, 2008, United Kingdom

93 mins
7.4 / 10 (5780)
4 countries
Unlimited
Biography Crime

Séraphine

Martin Provost, 2008, France

126 mins
7.6 / 10 (580)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography Drama War History

Bright Star

Jane Campion, 2009, United Kingdom

119 mins
7.8 / 10 (5065)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography Drama Romance

Crossing the Line

Daniel Gordon, 2006, United Kingdom

90 mins
7.2 / 10 (206)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography Documentary

Crumb

Terry Zwigoff, 1994, United States

121 mins
8.4 / 10 (2833)
4 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography Comedy

The Aviator

Martin Scorsese, 2004, United States

170 mins
6.8 / 10 (6569)
2 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama

Edvard Munch

Peter Watkins, 1974, Norway

221 mins
8.8 / 10 (1116)
3 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama History TV Movie

Control

Anton Corbijn, 2007, United Kingdom

122 mins
7.8 / 10 (7092)
5 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama Music

Monster

Patty Jenkins, 2003, United States

109 mins
6.8 / 10 (3336)
8 countries
Unlimited
Biography Crime Drama

Man on Wire

James Marsh, 2008, United Kingdom

94 mins
8 / 10 (6251)
4 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Steven Sebring, 2008, United States

109 mins
7.6 / 10 (590)
3 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Musical Biography

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

Stephen Kijak, 2006, United Kingdom

100 mins
8.2 / 10 (1564)
118 countries
Unlimited
Biography Documentary Music

Nightwatching

Peter Greenaway, 2007, United Kingdom

136 mins
7.2 / 10 (586)
3 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama Thriller

Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)

Ari Folman, 2008, Israel

90 mins
8.4 / 10 (7329)
71 countries
Unlimited
Animation Biography Drama

The Robber (Der Räuber)

Benjamin Heisenberg, 2010, Austria

101 mins
7.2 / 10 (692)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama Biography Crime

Carlos

Olivier Assayas, 2010, France

166 mins
7.8 / 10 (2721)
4 countries
Unlimited
Biography Crime Drama TV Movie

Waves '98

Ely Dagher, 2015, Lebanon

15 mins
7.4 / 10 (4892)
125 countries
Unlimited
Short Animation Biography

I'm Not There

Todd Haynes, 2007, United States

136 mins
7.2 / 10 (6648)
5 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama Music Musical History Anthology Comedy

Palace of Silents: The Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles

Iain Kennedy, 2010, United States

77 mins
6.8 / 10 (269)
122 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Peter Greenaway, 2015, Netherlands

105 mins
7.4 / 10 (1289)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography LGBTQ+ Drama Comedy

Ni muy muy, ni tan tan, simplemente Tin Tan

Manuel Marquez, 2005, Mexico

100 mins
8 / 10 (71)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary Biography

Pasolini

Abel Ferrara, 2014, France

84 mins
6.8 / 10 (3010)
4 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama

Life Span of the Object in Frame (A Film About the Film Not Yet Shot) (Chas Zhyttia Objekta V Kadri (Film Pro Nezniatyi Film))

Aleksandr Balagura, 2012, Ukraine

112 mins
7.4 / 10 (75)
71 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography Drama

Yves Saint Laurent

Jalil Lespert, 2014, France

101 mins
5.8 / 10 (713)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography

Wałęsa. Man of Hope. (Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei.)

Andrzej Wajda, 2013, Poland

119 mins
7.2 / 10 (364)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama Biography

What Now? Remind Me (E Agora? Lembra-me)

Joaquim Pinto, 2013, Portugal

165 mins
8.2 / 10 (417)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History LGBTQ+

Skinningrove

Michael Almereyda, 2012, United States

15 mins
7.8 / 10 (202)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary Biography Short

Longing for the Rain (Chunmeng | 春夢)

Yang Lina, 2013, Hong Kong

105 mins
6.8 / 10 (516)
4 countries
Unlimited
Drama Biography Mystery Romance

Forget Me Not (Vergiss mein nicht)

David Sieveking, 2012, Germany

92 mins
8.8 / 10 (339)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary Biography

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (Regi Andrej Tarkovskij)

Michal Leszczylowski, 1988, Sweden

98 mins
9 / 10 (2927)
120 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography

Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (Życie za życie)

Krzysztof Zanussi, 1991, Poland

91 mins
7.6 / 10 (624)
126 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama

A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære)

Nikolaj Arcel, 2012, Denmark

138 mins
7.8 / 10 (2150)
2 countries
Unlimited
Romance History Biography

A Funny Man (Dirch)

Martin Zandvliet, 2011, Denmark

111 mins
6.2 / 10 (56)
1 country
Unlimited
Drama Comedy Biography

Perdida

Viviana García-Besné, 2009, Mexico

96 mins
7.8 / 10 (213)
124 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography History

Prayers for Bobby

Russell Mulcahy, 2009, United States

86 mins
6.6 / 10 (251)
1 country
Unlimited
Biography Drama TV Movie

Miss Bala

Gerardo Naranjo, 2011, Mexico

113 mins
6.8 / 10 (798)
4 countries
Unlimited
Drama Crime Biography

The Grandmaster (Yut doi jung si | 一代宗师)

Wong Kar Wai, 2013, Hong Kong

130 mins
7.4 / 10 (3545)
6 countries
Unlimited
Action Drama Biography

A Dangerous Method

David Cronenberg, 2011, United Kingdom

99 mins
6.2 / 10 (5699)
4 countries
Unlimited
Biography Drama Romance Erotica

My Week with Marilyn

Simon Curtis, 2011, United Kingdom

99 mins
6.2 / 10 (2760)
20 countries
Unlimited
Drama Biography

Brakhage

Jim Shedden, 1998, Canada

75 mins
6.4 / 10 (107)
126 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Biography

Fruitvale Station (Fruitvale)

Ryan Coogler, 2013, United States

85 mins
7.6 / 10 (1873)
16 countries
Unlimited
Drama Biography Crime