Take the Tour: "Biopics"
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United States - 1994
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- Johnny Depp, Martin Landau ...
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- Acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton brings to life the true and hilarious story of Ed Wood (Johnny Depp), the wackiest and worst movie director of all time. When Ed Wood pulls ...
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United Kingdom - 1962
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- Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif ...
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- While working on the staff of the British Intelligence in Cairo in 1916, Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is sent to a mission to establish contact with Prince Feisal (Alec ...
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United States - 1995
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- Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau ...
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- Based on the life of legendary 13th century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an heirless king, Wallace (Mel Gibson) finds ...
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United Kingdom - 1982
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- Ben Kingsley, Roshan Seth ...
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- Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride ...
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Spain - 2004
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- Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda ...
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- Ramon Sampedro has been laid up in bed for thirty years, being taken care of by his family. His bedroom window is his only window to the world, overlooking the sea he so ...
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United States - 1980
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- Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt ...
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- John Merrick (John Hurt) is a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for ...
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United States - 2009
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- Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon ...
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- A look at life for Nelson Mandela after the fall of apartheid in South Africa during his first term as president when campaigned to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup event as ...
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United States - 2004
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- Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet ...
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- A tale of magic and fantasy inspired by the life of James Barrie, the real-life author of the children's classic "Peter Pan". Set in London in 1904, the film follows ...
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United States - 1985
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- Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada ...
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- Divided into four sections titled "Beauty," "Art," "Action" and "Harmony of Pen and Sword," Mishima is based -- in a fascinating creative choice -- not only on Mishima's ...
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France - 2007
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- Animation, Voice: Chiara Mastroianni ...
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- Tehran 1978: An eight year old Marjane, dreams of being a future prophet, intent on saving the world. Cherished by her modern and cultivated parents and adored by her ...
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United States - 1933
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- Greta Garbo, John Gilbert ...
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- Young Christina ascends to the Swedish throne at age 5. While she is queen, Sweden becomes a dominant European power at the end of the Thirty Years War. Like England's ...
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United States - 2001
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- Will Smith, Jon Voight ...
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- Muhammad Ali thrilled the world with his ground-breaking boxing victories in the '60s and '70s. But the man behind the legend is grappling with a tumultuous romantic ...
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United States - 2008
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- Sean Penn, James Franco ...
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- The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco ...
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United States - 1930
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- Cast:
- Walter Huston, Una Merkel ...
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- 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 ...
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Ireland - 1996
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- Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn ...
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- Starting with Ireland's bloody Easter Rebellion of 1916 and ending with his untimely death, this epic film tells the charged story of Michael "Mickey" Collins. An IRA ...
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United States - 1999
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- Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito ...
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- Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian Andy Kaufman. Kaufman, along with his role on "Taxi," was famous for being the self-declared Intergender ...
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Hong Kong - 1991
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- Maggie Cheung, Chin Han ...
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- Biopic of 1930's Chinese actress Ruan Ling Yu.
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United States - 2006
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- Ed Harris, Diane Kruger ...
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- Anna Holtz is a 23-year-old aspiring composer lacking in wherewithal struggling to find inspiration and prosper in the music capital of the world, Vienna. Anna, a ...
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United States - 2013
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- Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks ...
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- A behind-the-scenes look at how the popular Disney film "Mary Poppins" came to be. When Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) buys the rights to her novel, "Mary Poppins," to make into ...
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United Kingdom - 2010
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- Documentary, Self: Ayrton Senna ...
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- The story of the monumental life and tragic death of legendary Brazilian motor-racing Champion Ayrton Senna (1960-1994). Spanning the decade from his arrival in Formula ...
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