Category Archives: Biography

Backbeat

IMDB Rating: 6.60
1368 votes

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A pre-fame Beatles head for the seedy clubs of Hamburg in search of success. The band meet up with a group of trendy German beatniks, one of whom (Astrid Kircherr) bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with. Whilst best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock 'n roll and a new life in Germany...
Actors
SingerMarcelle Duprey
Stuart SutcliffeStephen Dorff
John LennonIan Hart
Also posted in 1994, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)

Goodfellas

IMDB Rating: 8.60
81023 votes

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This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960's and 70's New York. Ray Liotta plays Henry Hill, a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Joe Pesci plays Tommy Devito, a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry's best friend. Robert De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, the man who puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, played by Paul Sorvino, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.
Actors
Jimmy ConwayRobert De Niro
Henry HillRay Liotta
Tommy DeVitoJoe Pesci
Also posted in 1990, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Born on the Fourth of July

IMDB Rating: 7.00
17970 votes

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The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Actors
Ron KovicTom Cruise
Mr. KovicRaymond J. Barry
Mrs. KovicCaroline Kava
Also posted in 1989, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)

The Last Emperor

IMDB Rating: 7.80
14067 votes

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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Actors
Pu Yi (Adult)John Lone
Wan JungJoan Chen
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)Peter O'Toole
Also posted in 1987, Drama, High IMDB rating, History | Comments (0)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

IMDB Rating: 8.10
31114 votes

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Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia". Based on the exploits of the historical characters.
Actors
Butch CassidyPaul Newman
The Sundance KidRobert Redford
Etta PlaceKatharine Ross
Also posted in 1969, Adventure, Crime, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)
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