Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts

Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

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1h 47min - Documentary | Biography

IMDB: 7.8/10 (18,831 users) 149 reviews | Critics: 131 reviews
Metascore: 90/100 (based on 39 reviews from Metacritic.com)

Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.

Director: Andrew Jarecki
Stars: Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman, David Friedman

Country: USA
Language: English



Sherman's March (1985)

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2h 37min - Documentary | Biography | Romance

IMDB: 7.5/10 (1,809 users) 29 reviews | Critics: 21 reviews
Tomatometer: 100/100 (based on 12 reviews from Rottentomatoes.com)

Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's march of destruction through the South during the Civil War, but is continually sidetracked by ...

Director: Ross McElwee
Writer: Ross McElwee
Stars: Ross McElwee, Dede McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr.

Country: USA
Language: English


Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

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1h 43min - Documentary | Biography | Music

IMDB: 7.4/10 (392 users) 6 reviews | Critics: 54 reviews
Metascore: 74/100 (based on 19 reviews from Metacritic.com)

Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.

Director: Amy Berg (as Amy J. Berg)
Stars: Cat Power, Janis Joplin, Peter Albin

Country: USA
Language: English




Control (2007)

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122 min - Biography | Drama | Music

IMDB: 7.8/10 (47,267 users) 141 reviews | Critics: 178 reviews
Metascore: 78/100 (based on 27 reviews from Metacritic.com)

A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.

Director: Anton Corbijn
Writers: Deborah Curtis (book), Matt Greenhalgh (screenplay)
Stars: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson

Country: USA
Language: English



The Return to Homs (2013)

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94 min - Documentary | Biography | History

IMDB: 7.8/10 (582 users) | Critics: 12 reviws
Metascore: 86/100 (based on 4 reviews from Metacritic.com)

A look behind the barricades of the besieged city of Homs, where for nineteen-year-old Basset and his ragtag group of comrades, the audacious hope of revolution is crumbling like the buildings around them.

Director: Talal Derki
Writer: Talal Derki
Stars: Abdul Basset Saroot

Country: Syria
Lanugage: Arabic with English hardcoded subtitles


Maidentrip (2013)

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82 min - Documentary | Adventure | Biography

IMDB: 7.6/10 (1,033 users) 6 reviews | Critics: 19 reviews
Metascore: 70/100 (based on 12 reviews from Metacritic.com)

14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.

Director: Jillian Schlesinger

Country: USA
Language: English





Rich Hill (2014)

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91 min - Documentary | Biography | Drama

IMDB: 7.9/10 (119 users) 3 reviews | Critics: 14 reviews
Metascore: 74/100 (based on 14 reviews from Metacritic.com)

Rich Hill intimately chronicles the turbulent lives of three boys living in an impoverished Midwestern town and the fragile family bonds that sustain them.

Directors: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos

Country: USA
Language: English





The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

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105 min - Documentary | Biography | Crime

IMDB: 8.3/10 (831 users) 10 reviews | Critics: 30 reviews
Metascore: 72/100 (based on 22 reviews from Metacritic.com)

The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.

Director: Brian Knappenberger
Writer: Brian Knappenberger
Stars: Aaron Swartz, Tim Berners-Lee, Cory Doctorow

Country: USA
Language: English



Koch (2012)

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100 min - Documentary | Biography | History

IMDB: 4.5/10 (136 users) 2 reviews | Critics: 19 reviews
Metascore: 71/100 (based on 17 reviews from Metacritic.com)

A documentary on Ed Koch, the mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989.

Director: Neil Barsky
Stars: Ed Koch, Michael Bloomberg, Calvin O. Butts III

Country: USA
Language: English





Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)

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106 min - Documentary | Biography | History

IMDB: 7.6/10 (1,311 users) 5 reviews | Critics: 52 reviews
Metascore: 75/100 (based on 17 reviews from Metacritic.com)

A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Directors: Matthew Akers, Jeff Dupre
Stars: Marina Abramovic, Ulay, Klaus Biesenbach

Country: USA
Language: English




Grizzly Man (2005)

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R - 103 min - Documentary | Biography

IMDB: 7.9/10 (19,407 votes) 357 reviews | Critics: 171 reviews
Metascore: 87/100 (based on 35 reviews from Metacritic.com)

A devastating and heartrending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzlies in Alaska.

Director: Werner Herzog
Writer: Werner Herzog
Stars: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard and Werner Herzog

Country: USA
Language: English




Arakimentari (2004)

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85 min - Documentary | Biography

IMDB: 7.0/10 (158 votes) 4 reviews | Critics: 19 reviews
Metascore: 61/100 (based on 7 reviews from Metacritic.com)

A look at the life and work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and his impact on Japanese culture.

Director: Travis Klose
Stars: Araki, Nobuyoshi Araki and Björk

Country: USA
Language: Japanese with English subtitles




The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

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PG13 - 112 min - Biography | Drama

IMDB: 8.1/10 (41,303 votes) 144 reviews | Critics: 229 reviews
Metascore: 92/100 (based on 36 reviews from Metacritic.com)

The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.

Director: Julian Schnabel
Writers: Ronald Harwood (screenplay), Jean-Dominique Bauby (book)
Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner and Marie-Josée Croze

Country: France
Language: French with English subtitles



American Splendor (2003)

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R - 101 min - Biography | Comedy | Drama

IMDB: 7.6/10 (27,453 votes) 216 reviews | Critics: 170 reviews
Metascore: 90/100 (based on 42 reviews from Metacritic.com)

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Writers: Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner,
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman and Harvey Pekar

Country: USA
Language: English with French & Spanish subtitles



Christiane F. (1981)

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R - 138 min - Biography | Drama

IMDB: 7.6/10 (7,473 users) 50 reviews | Critics: 30 reviews

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin...

Director: Uli Edel
Writers: Uli Edel (additional writer), Kai Hermann (book)
Stars: Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein and Jens Kuphal

Country: West Germany
Language: German with English subtitles



I Killed My Mother (2009)

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96 min - Biography | Drama

IMDB: 7.2/10 (4,221 users) 15 reviews | Critics: 66 reviews

A semi-autobiographical story about Dolan as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.

Director: Xavier Dolan
Writers: Xavier Dolan (screenplay), Xavier Dolan (dialogue)
Stars: Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan and François Arnaud

Country: Canada
Language: French with English subtitles





The Sea Inside (2004)

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PG13 - 125 min - Biography | Drama

IMDB: 8.0/10 (39,109 users) 127 reviews | Critics: 151 reviews
Metascore: 74/100 (based on 38 reviews from Metacritic.com)

The real-life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Writers: Alejandro Amenábar (screenplay), Mateo Gil (screenplay)
Stars: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda and Lola Dueñas

Country: Spain
Language: Spanish with English subtitles



The Baadər Məinhof Compləx (2008)

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R - 150 min - Action | Biography | Crime

IMDB: 7.3/10 (17,797 users) 99 reviews | Critics: 145 reviews
Metascore: 76/100 (based on 22 reviews from Metacritic.com)

A look at Germany's terror1st group, The Red Army Fact1on (RAF), wh1ch organized bombings, robber1es, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.

Director: Uli Edəl
Writers: Stəfan Aust (book), Uli Edəl (collaboration)
Stars: Martina Gedəck, Moritz Bləibtreu and Johanna Wokalək

Country: Germany
Language: German with English subtitles

Everlasting Moments (2008)

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131 min - Biography | Drama

IMDB: 7.5/10 (2,617 users) 26 reviews | Critics: 90 reviews
Metascore: 80/100 (based on 24 reviews from Metacritic.com)

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.

Director: Jan Troell
Writers: Niklas Rådström (screenplay), Jan Troell (story)
Stars: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt and Jesper Christensen

Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish with English subtitles

Hunger (2008)

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96 min - Biography | Drama | History

IMDB: 7.6/10 (22,585 users) 104 reviews | Critics: 201 reviews
Metascore: 82/100 (based on 25 reviews from Metacritic.com)

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.

Director: Steve McQueen
Writers: Enda Walsh, Steve McQueen
Stars: Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw and Brian Milligan

Country; UK, Ireland
Language: English