Biopic

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows biopic

poster Shades
Shades
(2.6/5)
96mn - Drama
A Belgian serial killer escapes prison just as filmmakers prepare a movie about his life, creating deadly chaos on a movie set where a maverick director must survive his most dangerous production.
poster Before You Know It
Before You Know It
(2.6/5)
98mn - Comedy
A pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap opera.
poster Christophe Colomb
Christophe Colomb
12mn - History, Drama
An abridged story of the triumphs and trials of Christopher Columbus, told in eight scenes.
poster Homicycle
Homicycle
70mn - Comedy, Horror
When a veteran cop is brutally murdered by a vicious crime kingpin, a mysterious motorcycle-riding vigilante emerges from the shadows to deliver bloody justice. Armed with an arsenal from hell and fueled …
poster After Death
After Death
(3.4/5)
46mn - Drama
Young scholar Andrei, fascinated by haunting actress Zoia Kadmina, is surprised when she sends him a note. The two have a brief scheduled meeting, then three months later Andrei is shocked to learn she ha…
poster The Palace and the Fortress
The Palace and the Fortress
100mn - Drama, History
An adaptation of Olga Frosh's novel about the life of Mihail Beideman.
poster Anna Boleyn
Anna Boleyn
(3.3/5)
120mn - History, Drama
The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
poster Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys
Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys
(3.2/5)
91mn - Short, Drama, Music
Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.
poster The Scientist
The Scientist
93mn - Horror
A desperate scientist breaks all ethical boundaries in his race to save his dying wife, but his dangerous experiments with human DNA could doom humanity.
poster Headin' Home
Headin' Home
71mn - Comedy, Drama
The "true story" of baseball great Babe Ruth; Ruth plays himself.
poster Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden
33mn - Drama
Moving Picture World described the film: "There is a small need to describe this subject as the poem of Lord Tennyson is so well known, so suffice it to say that this Biograph subject is an unusually fait…
poster Pharma Bro
Pharma Bro
(2.6/5)
85mn - Documentary
The story of Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical tycoon known for raising the price of an AIDS drug 5500% overnight, buying the sole copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album for $2 million dollars and being convicted …
poster Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
(4.1/5)
125mn - Drama
A depiction of the life of an impoverished early twentieth century rural Bengali family.
poster Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
(3.1/5)
74mn -
A convict hiding in Chinatown assumes the identity of a cripple to track down a businessman who framed him 15 years previously. He discovers that his daughter has fallen in love with the businessman's son.
poster Cajus Julius Caesar
Cajus Julius Caesar
(3.1/5)
112mn - Drama, History, War
A colossal epic film like this that tries to depict the life and glory of Julius Caesar, must have a variety of scenery appropriate to the film's hero. This includes the Senate and its conspirators..or ..…
poster The Heart of a Hero
The Heart of a Hero
(3.0/5)
68mn - Drama, War
This is a visualization of the life of patriot Nathan Hale which is based on a play by Clyde Fitch. Robert Warwick plays Nathan (and does a fine job) and Gail Kane the girl whom he loves (Alice Adams).
poster By the Cross
By the Cross
49mn - Drama, History
A costume drama from Roman times. Three out of the original six reels survive.
poster 45 Minutes from Hollywood
45 Minutes from Hollywood
(2.7/5)
17mn - Comedy
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.
poster Gone, But Not Forgotten
Gone, But Not Forgotten
(2.8/5)
90mn - Drama, Romance, Thriller
Questions about the identity of an amnesiac threaten his romance with the park ranger who rescued him.
poster Paranaque Bank Robbery
Paranaque Bank Robbery
0mn - Action, Drama
There was a robbery in the bank where Joselito Joseco (Gary Estrada) was employed and having adapted the guts and bravery of his idol, he was able to save the loot and shoot down the robbers.
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