Movies123 - BIOGRAPHY Movies

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of trapped Hungarian Jews, by providing them with safe passage to Sweden. Based on

Lets Get Lost (1988) Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.

Bomber Harris (1989) The history of one of the key commanders of WW2, the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris.

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019) Maverick indie filmmaker Al Adamson's real life was even crazier than one of the 30-plus sex 'n' schlock drive-in movies he made in the '60s and '70s.

Camp 14: Total Control Zone (2012) Shin Dong-Huyk was born on November 19, 1983 as a political prisoner in a North Korean re-education camp. He was a child of two prisoners who had been married by order of the wardens. He spent his entire childhood and youth in Camp 14, in fact a death camp. He was

10 Things You Dont Know About 2012 2014 Henry Rollins discusses different subjects throughout history

Frank Serpico (2017) In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.

Bunker77 (2016) Bunker77 is the wild true story of a young American rebel seeking freedom, love, and authenticity in a chaotic world. Bunker Spreckels, Clark Gable's stepson and heir to a sugar fortune, defied expectations and grew into a controversial surf star from the late 60s into the 70s. He pu

Roseanne for President! (2015) Comedian Roseanne Barr embarks on the most off-the-rails presidential campaign in U.S. history. 25 years after bringing working-class struggles to the pinnacle of show business, Roseanne is uniquely qualified to fix everything. What begins as a political journey become

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) A look at the music career of musician James Brown beginning with his first hit song, "Please, Please, Please," in 1956.

Dirty Pictures (2010) Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin is the scientist behind more than 200 psychedelic compounds including MDMA, more commonly known as Esctasy. Considered to be one of the the greatest chemists of the twentieth century, Sasha's vast array of discoveries have had a profound impact in the

Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (2014) An intimate but explosive portrait of the man behind the greatest fraud in sporting history. Lance Armstrong enriched himself by cheating his fans, his sport, and the truth. But the former friends whose lives and careers he destroyed would prove to b

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical treatment to a wounded man who shows up at his door. Mudd has no idea that the president is dead and that he is treating his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. But that doesn'

Frank & Jesse (1995) At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill and Bill Anderson take the oath of allegiance to the Union. Feeling oppressed by Chicago railroad investors, the James and Younger brothers, Bob and Charlie Ford, Clell Mill

The First American (2016) George Washington is central to understanding America's founding. He was the crucial figure in winning the American Revolution, in creating the Constitution, and in establishing the ...

The dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of director Wim Wenderss favorite blues artists

The Brothers Warner (2007) Intimate portraits of brothers Albert Warner, Harry M. Warner, Jack L. Warner, and Sam Warner, the siblings who were close knit at the time of Warner Bros. Studios founding, but who later became estranged. This film, written and directed by Harry's granddaughter Cass, trac

Many Beautiful Things (2015) From Executive Producer Hisao Kurosawa, (Dreams, Ran), comes the untold story of one of the world's greatest women artists and why her name was nearly lost to history. Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Victorian England to meet Lilias Trotter,

The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978) Several years after the deaths of Dick Buek and her father, Jill Kinmont and her mother leave Los Angeles to spend their summer in their hometown of Bishop, California. They rent a summer house from a handsome truck driver named John Boothe. Jill is ins

Knuckle 2011 An epic 12 year journey into the brutal and secretive world of Irish Traveler bare knuckle fighting This film follows a history of violent feuding between rival clans

Queen Elizabeth II The Diamond Celebration (2013) Produced in High Definition, with rare archive footage. Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for 60 years as the Queen of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. The Queen, who has witnessed incredible social, political and cultural changes in her reign, has

The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002) Although their own father, bank Charles, refuses them a loan to start a novelty American toys company to rival the established German import, the brothers A.C. and Frank succeed, especially with constructive and educational products. When the US gets dragged into W

Deadman Standing (2018) The true story of a recently widowered lawman who befriends a boy dying of tuberculosis and a madam of the local brothel while their town is being politically and violently overtaken by a gang of reckless cattlemen from Texas.

Flannery (2019) "Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic..." Flannery O'Connor,...

Janes Journey (2010) More than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her career as a primatologist, as well as her private life, in order to devote all her energy to saving our endangered planet. Since then she's been spending 300 days a year scouring the globe on her mission to

The Girls in the Band (2011) In the world of jazz, women have long been marginalized as singers or piano players. Little has ever been documented about the enormously talented female trumpet players, saxophonist and drummers who struggled for recognition but were cut off from any meaningful employme

When Nuvolari Runs The Flying Mantuan 2018 Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari 16 November 1892 11 August 1953 was an Italian racing driver First he raced motorcycles and then he concentrated on sports cars and single seaters Resident in Mantua, he was known as Il Mantovano Volante The Flying Mantuan and nicknam

Not Just a Girl 2022 From Nashville newcomer to international icon, singer Shania Twain transcends genres across borders amid triumphs and setbacks in this documentary

Shadowlands (1985) Renowned author, Christian apologist, and Oxford medieval scholar C.S. Lewis agrees to marry the divorced American poet Joy Davidman Gresham, to allow her and her two sons to stay in England. But what began as an act of charity by the confirmed bachelor becomes a deep and abiding

Starfish (2016) "Starfish" tells the story of a couple whose love is tested to its limit after their perfect life falls apart in a single moment.

The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story (2016) The inspiring true story of NBA great Kevin Durant's mother Wanda and her dedication to raise one of the greatest basketball players in the world.

McKellen: Playing the Part (2017) Feature documentary on the life and work of Sir Ian McKellen

Everything Is Copy (2015) A look at the life and work of writer/filmmaker Nora Ephron.

The Life of Emile Zola 1937 Fictionalized account of the life of famed French author Emile Zola As portrayed in the film, he was a penniless writer sharing an apartment in Paris with painter Paul Cezanne when he finally wrote a best seller, Nana He has always had difficulty holding onto a job as he

Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos (2021) Along with Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook, Amazon is one of the Big Five companies in the US tech industry. It has become one of the most influential companies in the world. In 2018, it surpassed 100 million subscribers worldwide. It took someone like Jeff

Rasputin 1996 In 1910s Russia, Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra find their son Alexei, sole heir to the Romanov dynasty, suffering from hemophilia and conventional medicine failing to help him Alexandra looks into finding holistic treatment and finds Father Grigory Rasputin , a destitute monk

Virus Tropical (2017) Paola is born in a traditional Colombian family, or at least that is what they try to be. Her father is a priest, her mother is a "psychic" and her sisters are not what their parents ...

Whats the T? (2012) What's the T is a documentary that explores the challenges, successes and lives of five trans gender women. These five women represent normality and abnormality, seamlessly in their daily efforts to achieve a balance of feminine and masculine as the day may require. These women a

Lambert & Stamp (2014) Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired

The Cross and the Switchblade (1970) David Wilkerson is a relatively young parish priest in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. With nominal funds, insufficient even to get a hotel room which forces him to sleep in his car, his church sends him to the slums of New York to bring the word of God to the young m

Gierek 2022 A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people Even though he stands in line with notables like John Paul II, Jozef Pilsudski or Lech Walesa, film

Todays concert is All My Loving

Freud (1962) This pseudobiographical movie depicts five years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennese psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). At this time, most of his colleagues refuse to cure hysteric patients, because they believe they're just simulating to gain attention. But Freud learns to us

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) He was a riverboat pilot, newspaper reporter, penniless prospector, would-be entrepreneur, loving family man, world traveler, pomposity burster and raconteur. Then he passed away on April 21, 1910 at age 75 shorty after Halley's Comet returned as he predicted. Thi

The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) At the height of his fame (his plays being much celebrated in London in the 1890's), Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is whispered and gossiped as a romantic relationship with Queensberry's son, twenty years Wilde's junior. When Queensberr

Piñero (2001) "Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experi

Born Without Limbs (2015) Australian born Nick Vujicic was born without arms or legs, but that has not stopped him from leading a full life. Now, 32 and founder of the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Life Without Limbs and a motivational speaker, he gives hope to those born with disabilities. Married wi

A German Life (2016) Brunhilde Pomsel describes herself as an "apolitical girl" and a "figure on the margins," but she got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else left alive. Today aged 104, Pomsel served as Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels'