A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her stories enthralled children everywhere but her personal struggles often proved too much.

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his m...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...

Jean-Claude Delsart, a 50 years-old bailiff, with his worn-out smile and heart, abandoned a long tim...

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their ti...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident...

Louise, who has just written a novel, comes to Paris to meet with a potential publisher. While in th...

Follow Gustav Vasa on his journey from rebel to absolute monarch.

Two sisters Tae and Yo come back to their old house which is soon to be torn down. Clearing up the f...

9 bullet wounds (one still in the body), three different sports and an unshakable determination to f...
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

A biography of President Harry S. Truman.

The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn