Here we've displayed a list of the best Life Story films : Jane Fonda in Five Acts(2018), Loving Vincent(2017), A Man Called Ove(2015), Diego Maradona(2019), Ask the Sexpert(2017), 42(2013), The Class(2008), Downton Abbey(2019), Cloud Atlas(2012), Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story(2018), The Caiman(2006), Only Lovers Left Alive(2013) ... ...
Documentary, Biography
USA
2018
133 Minutes
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A look at the life, work, activism and controversies of actress and fitness tycoon, Jane Fonda.
Animation, Biography, Drama, History
Poland|UK|USA|Switzerland|Netherlands
2017
95 Minutes
Hugh Welchman
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In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh (Robert Gulaczyk) to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Comedy, Drama
Sweden
2015
116 Minutes
Rolf Lassgård Bahar Pars Zozan Akgün Tobias Almborg Filip Berg Ida Engvoll Klas Wiljergård Chatarina Larsson Börje Lundberg Stefan Gödicke Johan Widerberg
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Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
Biography, Documentary
UK
2019
120 Minutes
Diego Armando Maradona
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Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Maradona, who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s.
Documentary
USA|India
2017
80 Minutes
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A longtime sex advice columnist gains popularity against the backdrop of a ban on comprehensive sex-education in schools in several Indian states.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2013
128 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Harrison Ford Nicole Beharie Christopher Meloni Ryan Merriman Lucas Black Andre Holland Alan Tudyk Hamish Linklater T.R. Knight John C. McGinley
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In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
Drama
France
2008
129 Minutes
François Bégaudeau Esmeralda Ouertani Rachel Regulier Franck Keita Wei Huang Agame Malembo-Emene Angélica Sancio Arthur Fogel
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Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Drama
UK|USA
2019
122 Minutes
Hugh Bonneville Jim Carter Michelle Dockery Elizabeth McGovern Maggie Smith Imelda Staunton Penelope Wilton Laura Carmichael Joanne Froggatt Brendan Coyle Kevin Doyle
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The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early twentieth century.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Germany|Hong Kong|Singapore|China
2012
172 Minutes
Tom Hanks Tom Tykwer Halle Berry Jim Broadbent Hugo Weaving Jim Sturgess Bae Doo-na Ben Whishaw James D'Arcy Susan Sarandon
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An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Documentary, Music
UK
2018
100 Minutes
Johnny Vegas Ross Noble John Cooper-Clarke Mark Radcliffe John Thomson Mike Joyce
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It's a documentary about the life of eccentric comedian Frank Sidebottom who wore a huge papier-mache' head and whose true identity was a closely guarded secret until after he died. The ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK|Germany|Kenya|France|USA|Switzerland
2006
112 Minutes
Silvio Orlando Margherita Buy Jasmine Trinca Michele Placido Giuliano Montaldo Antonio Luigi Grimaldi Paolo Sorrentino Elio de Capitani Tatti Sanguinetti Jerzy Stuhr Toni Bertorelli
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A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Horror, Fantasy
UK|Germany|Greece|France
2013
122 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston Anton Yelchin Mia Wasikowska John Hurt Jeffrey Wright Slimane Dazi Carter Logan Yasmine Hamdan Aurélie Thépaut
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A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
140 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Bradley Cooper Eva Mendes Rose Byrne Ben Mendelsohn Mahershala Ali Dane DeHaan Emory Cohen Ray Liotta Bruce Greenwood Harris Yulin
bank robber lover baby rookie cop engaging thrilling new york united states bank robbery life story responsibility pursuit 21st century
A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective.
Documentary
USA|Australia
2014
68 Minutes
Ray Charles Samuel L. Jackson Henry Kissinger Christopher Lee Michelle Obama
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Face Of Unity is the definitive Nelson Mandela documentary feature and first retrospective to be released since the president's death in late 2013. It includes a never before seen speech ... See full summary »
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Japan
2018
141 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Claire Foy Jason Clarke Kyle Chandler Corey Stoll Patrick Fugit Christopher Abbott Ciarán Hinds Olivia Hamilton Pablo Schreiber Shea Whigham
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A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Documentary
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Karen Bernstein Julie Delpy
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A feature documentary on the life and work of filmmaker, Richard Linklater. Produced and Directed by Louis Black (founder of SXSW Festivals and the Austin Chronicle) and Karen Bernstein (... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
France
2017
113 Minutes
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An intimate look at the life and work of Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, as told in her own words.
Drama
Italy
1962
113 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Jacques Perrin Sylvie Salvo Randone Valeria Ciangottini Liliana Campa Capodaglio Serena Vergano Marco Guglielmi
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A man recollects the life of his late younger brother.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2012
115 Minutes
Gerard Butler Jonny Weston Elisabeth Shue Abigail Spencer Leven Rambin Greg Long Peter Mel Zach Wormhoudt Devin Crittenden Taylor Handley Cooper Timberline
surfer mentor girlfriend mother bully inspiring touching spirited santa cruz, calif. pacific ocean beach household surfing life story friendship overcoming the odds jay moriarity rise pursuit 2000s
When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.
Documentary
USA
2017
78 Minutes
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Steve McQueen truly is an American Icon. One of America's most endearing and intriguing movie stars, he "is still the King of Cool" according to Esquire Magazine-50 years after the zenith ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Israel|Germany
2014
90 Minutes
Tal Granit Ilan Dar Levana Finkelstein Ze'ev Revach Hanna Rieber Aliza Rosen Rafi Tabor Yosef Carmon Ruth Geller Michael Koresh Idit Teperson
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Residents of a retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend, though they are faced with a series of dilemmas when rumors of the machine begin to spread.
Documentary
Norway
2016
78 Minutes
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Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess prodigy, becomes a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
Biography, Drama, History
Sweden|Denmark
2018
123 Minutes
Alba August Maria Bonnevie Trine Dyrholm Magnus Krepper Henrik Rafaelsen Björn Gustafson Sofia Karemyr Liv LeMoyne Mira Mitchell Maria Alm Norell
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Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.
Documentary
USA
2016
92 Minutes
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This documentary gives women a voice in the choices they've had to make regarding their pregnancies.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
87 Minutes
Mark Ruffalo Zoe Saldana Imogene Wolodarsky Ashley Aufderheide Beth Dixon Keir Dullea Georgia Lyman Chris Papavasiliou Alicia Love Manoah Angelo
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A father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
Documentary
Germany|Austria
2019
218 Minutes
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In this immersive film essay, master documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise dives into four generations of his own family archives to trace the profound cultural and political upheaval of Germany's last century.
Drama
USA|UK|Qatar
2012
128 Minutes
Riz Ahmed Liev Schreiber Kate Hudson Kiefer Sutherland Om Puri Shabana Azmi Haluk Bilginer Martin Donovan Nelsan Ellis Adil Hussain Christopher Nicholas Smith
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A young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success on Wall Street. He finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland.
Documentary
USA|UK
2008
73 Minutes
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The story of a family of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2016
105 Minutes
Q'orianka Kilcher Gil Birmingham Graham Greene Mackenzie Astin Brigid Brannagh Cindy Pickett Jenni Mabrey Marissa Skell Boriana Williams Robert Ousley Gordon Fox
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Te Ata set her sights on Broadway and what she thought was her life's dream. Audition after audition she was rejected and began to wonder if she was cut out for the bright lights.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
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Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.