Top Rated Biography Movies

Oscar Schindler is a German manufacturer who lives in Krakow and keeps a factory which produces metal goods. The workers at his factory are Jews from the ghetto. Later on the industrialist learns his employees closer, feels compassion to them and starts helping. He saves the Jews from unavoidable death risking not only his reputation but his own life, too. Sometimes he has to behave dishonestly: he bribes, lies, hides the truth but, in the result, saves more than 1 100 doomed Jews. His life is a triumph of one person who is unlike others and the drama of those who with his help have survived in this terrible period of the humankind’s history.

Henry Hill, a youngster who loves gangsters from childhood, and his only dream is to become the same gangster as they are – to drive speed cars, wear expensive suits and be held in great “respect”. His dream come true, he became a gangster, but it is necessary to pay for everything in this life. He trespasses against the laws, got with drug-dealing with no approval and the power players’ participation, and to avoid reprisal he bears testimony on his former “colleagues”, then he will disappear without a trace under an assumed name.

The film is a tragic autobiography of Wladislaw Spielmann, one of the best Polish pianists of the twentieth century. The man is busy himself with music till the territory of Poland is occupied by the Nazis. The life of all the Jews changes when they are placed to Warsaw ghetto. Spielmann is the only person from the family who survives the catastrophe. The man goes on living in the occupied Polish capital where he leads an insufferable life: he has to hide and live in uninhabited flats so for no one to suspect that somebody lives there. Is it possible to perform in such conditions? And can the pianist’s fame and nationwide love protect him from treachery?

This story is about the rebel and the national hero of Scotland William Wallace. His father was killed trying to bring freedom to Scotland. England has also killed William’s brother and many other people he loved, when the boy was very young. Later William Wallace lived with his uncle, who was a noble man and who educated him in Europe. William returns to Scotland as a young and ambitious man. He finds a beautiful bride for himself, but before they marry British men are killing her. Since now William has nothing to lose, but Scotland. This amazing country of his birth must get the independence from British crown. William gathers his army and starts fighting against the army of Edward the Longshanks, who is sure that the crown of Scotland must belong to him only.

Christopher McCandless is one of the best students of his University. He also enjoys sports and he seems to become one of the most successful graduates of his class. In fact, after graduation he decides to leave his regular life and to go into the world of wild life. He gives up all his money savings and gives it to charity, he leaves all his possessions and he heads to Alaska. Using auto stop he gets to Alaska but on his way there he meets several people with different life values. These acquaintances help Christopher to find his own path and change his understanding of the world, making him a completely different man than he used to be.

Bonnie Parker is a young girl, living in a small town and bored by her job as a waitress. Aspired to change her life she meets Clyde Barrow, a second-rate bank robber. Being intrigued with Clyde, Bonnie decides to take up with him and become his partner in crime. The two fall in love and begin a crime spree that extends from Oklahoma to Texas. They show wonderful skills in robbing small banks. Very soon this couple becomes celebrity across the country and elusive dream among the cops.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian is a man that actually exists. He used to be an adherent of euthanasia because he has thought the dying man must have the right to choose how to end his life. Despite of Michigan law that prohibits such actions, Dr. Jack Kevorkian was helping his terminally-ill clients to end their lives. When it has become revealed Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s license was annulled and sometime later he was sentenced to imprisonment. When he was set free for good behavior Dr. Jack Kevorkian decided to keep defending his viewpoint, despite of everything that has happened in his life… Now he comes to the Supreme Court and he wants them to resolve. So who is Jack Kevorkian? Is he a “doctor death” or is he the most significant humanist in the history?

James J. Braddock was a boxing superstar. By the 1930’s he was already famous all over the US, however he had several defeats that have ended his career. All of a sudden Braddock has lost everything he had – his fame, his money and love of fans. In the meantime the Great Depression has started and Braddock has realized that he can’t even pay his bills and feed his family. His wife and kids were providing him with their love and support, but although Braddock kept trying to find an occupation for himself, everything he could find was a part-time job. But despite of this sequence of hardships, Braddock has still kept the dream to return on the ring and to become a champion. And the fate has provided him with one chance. Braddock returns on the ring and in the very first fight he is getting a victory in the third round. The career of the star runs faster than ever since that day, although Braddock has lots of traumas and he is not as young and dangerous as he used to be. His opponents don’t believe that he can come back, but he makes it, because he is lead by love and care about his family. This is worth much more than the wish of a victory and glory. The key moment of his career is the day of his fight with a world champion Max Baer. This opponent is unbeatable and he is known for killing two boxers in the ring. If Braddock knocks out this guy, it will be something unbelievable. And of course this fight is a very risky and unpredictable action. But he will certainly give a try.

Papillon - it is the nickname of Henri Charriere, because the butterfly was tattooed on his chest. Henry was convicted of the murder, which he did not commit and as a result he was sent to a penal servitude in the French Guiana colony. As it was considered, it was a place where escape was impossible. However after several unsuccessful attempts to escape, Charrière still managed to do it, because he couldn't stand a starvation in his solitary confinement any more, where he was forced to eat the insects. After being betrayed by everybody and everything, and when even Charriere's best friend broke down and turned into weak-willed prison cattle - Henri got added evidence that French Guiana was a factory for breaking the human beings. But Charrière passed through all its millstones, and did not surrender. Eventually he managed to escape, and he wrote a book about his misadventures. The film was made using this book. You should watch it, why? Because there are those stories that you cannot just empathize, so it is one of them…

Ari and his old friend stay late in the bar and his friend told Ari about the nightmare that keeps recurring every night. Twenty six fierce dogs are chasing him every night and he can never run away from them. Two friends guess that the nightmare is connected with their past, when two fellows took part in the war against Lebanon. In 1982 Ari’s fellow was assigned to kill all twenty six dogs in the village of their enemies. They needed to eliminate these dogs because the dogs could have alerted Lebanese warriors about forthcoming of Israeli Army. Ari’s friend succeeded to kill all dogs and his mission was completed, but the dogs have been coming in his nightmares ever since. While Ari listens to this story he starts realizing that he can hardly remember anything about this period of his life during the war. He understands that there is something important that he needs to reminisce and he decides to start looking back by meeting his comrades. But he has no idea what kind of changes it will bring to his life…