Historical Figure Movies

Spain, June 2014. King Juan Carlos I abdicates after forty years on the throne. The historical cycle that began in 1978 has ended. It is the...

An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.

Sisters of Wrestling paints an intimate portrait of Azaelle, LuFisto and Loue O'Farrell, three ring warriors for whom wrestling is both a passionate...

September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shocked by the news that an anarchist has...

A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.

Long live the strike! Lucie Baud, one of the pioneers of the women's movement, went with creativity, fighting spirit and the power of singing against...

Revolutionary War heroine Betsy Ross finds herself in competition with her sister for the affections of a British soldier.

Dive into an epic journey with Simon Lorenzi, a climber who made history by opening the world’s second 9a boulder. After overcoming various...

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence...

A historical drama about the life of Prince Yeonsan of Joseon,.

Everyone knows his name. The novels on the life and crimes of Hannibal Lecter are a worldwide phenomenon, and so are the movies and the TV show. Not...

After Seonjo passes away, Prince Gwanghae ascends to the throne. But he indulges himself in dissolute orgies, neglecting his duties as the king....

The legend of King Naresuan continues with this third of four chapters and tells the story of King Naresuan, Thai's chivalric king and warrior in the...

Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole is an unabashedly biased recreation of the controversy concerning the "conquering" of the North Pole. Robert E....

TV movie biopic depicting the life, career, and family of comedian Ernie Kovacs.

Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro,...

The life story of Vicente Miguel Carceller (1890-1940), a Spanish editor committed to freedom who, through his weekly magazine La Traca, connected...

An account of the troubled life of Richard Sorge (1895-1944), a Soviet spy of German origin who played a decisive role in the outcome of World War II.

Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.