Rise and Fall Stories
MOVIE
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) rises to music stardom, falls victim to...
MOVIE
Marie Antoinette (2006)
An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) becomes queen of France, then later loses her head during the...
MOVIE
Tenacious D In: The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Musicians JB (Jack Black) and KG (Kyle Gass) form rock group Tenacious D and set out on a quest for...
MOVIE
Casino (1995)
A New York bookie (Robert De Niro) and his pal (Joe Pesci) turn a Las Vegas casino into an empire,...
MOVIE
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) faces his greatest challenge ever when French Formula One...
MOVIE
All The King's Men (2006)
A Southern politician's (Sean Penn) idealism and good intentions give way to corruption after...
MOVIE
The Best of Everything
An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.
MOVIE
Caligula (1978)
Details the graphic and shocking, yet undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar,...
MOVIE
A Place in the Sun
A social climber (Montgomery Clift) in love with a wealthy beauty (Elizabeth Taylor) figures out how...
MOVIE
The Aviator (2004)
During the 1930s and '40s, wealthy industrialist Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) gains fame...
MOVIE
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Mathematics genius John Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe) has paranoid schizophrenia but becomes a...
MOVIE
24 Hour Party People (2002)
An Englishman (Steve Coogan) founds a record label in the 1970s and encounters wild music, sex and...
MOVIE
Boogie Nights (1997)
A producer (Burt Reynolds) guides a young man (Mark Wahlberg) to success in the 1970s porn industry,...
MOVIE
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
The personal physician (James McAvoy) of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker) witnesses his...
MOVIE
Lord of War (2005)
A relentless Interpol agent tracks an arms dealer (Nicolas Cage) trying to stay one step ahead of...
MOVIE
The Jerk (1979)
A simpleton (Steve Martin) leaves his foster family, acquires a girlfriend (Bernadette Peters) and...
MOVIE
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2006)
After years of self-exile, a disgraced paintball champion (Rob Corddry) returns to assemble a...
MOVIE
The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
Loved ones and musicians recall the exploits of a semi-legendary country singer.
MOVIE
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
Filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato examine the legacy of the landmark 1972 adult film.
MOVIE
El Cantante (2007)
Puerto Rican singer Héctor Lavoe (Marc Anthony) becomes a pioneer of salsa music in the United...
MOVIE
August (2008)
August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during...
MOVIE
Restoration (1995)
A hedonistic physician (Robert Downey Jr.) weds the king's (Sam Neill) lover but is not allowed...
MOVIE
Never Die Alone (2004)
An aspiring writer (David Arquette) learns about the rise and fall of a ruthless Los Angeles drug...
MOVIE
Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
Sergio Leone's portrait of the friendships, loyalties and betrayals among Jewish gangsters in...
MOVIE
A Star Is Born (1976)
A boozing rock star's (Kris Kristofferson) career falls as fast as his unknown lover's...
MOVIE
Scarface (1983)
A Cuban immigrant from Castro's jails cuts a violent path of destruction on his way to the top...
MOVIE
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
A TV woman (Patricia Neal) turns Arkansas bum Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith) into a homespun media...
MOVIE
I Served the King of England (August 29, 2008)
A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel.
MOVIE
Blow (2001)
In the 1970s a man (Johnny Depp) works with Colombian smugglers to establish the cocaine business in...
MOVIE
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
Filmmaker Alex Gibney analyzes the corporation's rise, the scandal, and the devastation of its...
| 1-30 of 308 | Results Per Page | Results Page |
- Find it
- » On iTunes
- » On NetFlix
- » On Amazon Unbox
- Browse related
- Biography [feature]
- Biography
- Biopic
- Tense
- Adaptation
- Music
- Musician's Life
- Atmospheric
