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TV Shows & Series: Best "biography" TV Shows/Series

A biographical film or biopic is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudrama films and historical drama films in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a single person's life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives. ()

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Genius(2017-)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama
3.9/5 (with 120 votes)

The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.

Intimate Portrait(1993-2005)

TV-PG
| 45min per episode | Documentary
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

Trust(2018)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 33 votes)

The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.

American Experience(1988-)

TV-PG
| 55min per episode | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 14 votes)

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Malverde: El Santo Patrón(2021-2022)

50min per episode | Soap / Telenovela, Crime, Drama
4.0/5 (with 4 votes)

From Netflix: Jesús Juárez overcomes his childhood as an orphan to become a Robin Hood like hero During the Mexican Revolution, but can't forget his first love - Isabel.

Wogan(1982-1992)

35min per episode | Talk-Show
2.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Wogan is a British television chat show

FEUD(2017-)

TV-MA
| 51min per episode | Drama
4.0/5 (with 94 votes)

Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta.

The New Look(2024-)

TV-MA
| Drama
4.1/5 (with 17 votes)

The shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga navigated the horrors of World War Il and launched modern fashion.

Um Só Coração(2004)

4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

The story takes place between the 1920s and 1950s in Greater São Paulo. Going through historical moments, such as the Week of Modern Art, the Revolution of 1924, the economic crisis of 1929 and the Vargas Era, there is the story of Yolanda Penteado, a young woman from a traditional family of São Paulo's high society, who arouses admirations to go through. She had never been easily involved with any other admirer until she meets Martim, a young medical student who catches her eye. However, he was an advocate of the anarchist movement, causing disapproval of Yolanda's mother, Guiomar, but the two will fight to get together, even with the disapproval of the family.

Directed by Carlos Manga - With Ana Paula Arósio

The George Carlin Show(1994-1995)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

The George Carlin Show is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from January 1994 to July 1995. It was created jointly by veteran TV producer Sam Simon and the show's namesake, comedian George Carlin.

Directed by Jeff Melman, Rob Schiller

The Act(2019)

TV-MA
| 53min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 2,506 votes)

A seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother.

Two More Eggs(2015-2017)

Dooble and other weird characters star in a series of shorts parodying a young boy's world.

Directed by Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman
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Paquita la del Barrio(2017-2018)

46min per episode | Drama
3.5/5 (with 45 votes)

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Leonardo(2021)

50min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 71 votes)

A fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of da Vinci’s artworks for hidden clues about a tortured artist struggling for perfection.

Sisi(2021-)

45min per episode | Drama
3.7/5 (with 38 votes)

"Sisi" follows the extraordinary life of empress Elisabeth of Austria. Modern, honest, and authentic. Told from the perspective of her closest confidants, the series takes a new look at the empress' life and reveals a multi-layered woman.

Directed by Sven Bohse - With Dominique Devenport, Jannik Schümann, David Korbmann, Désirée Nosbusch, Tanja Schleiff, Paula Kober, ...

American Masters(1986-)

TV-14
| 1h 30min per episode | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 8 votes)

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

Directed by Robert B. Weide, Karen Goodman, Perry Miller Adato, Mel Stuart, Tony Palmer, Charles Atlas, ... - With Lee Grant, Peter Bogdanovich, Jack Lemmon, Eli Wallach, James Dean, Abiola Abrams, ...

Arnold(2023)

TV-MA
| Documentary
4.0/5 (with 78 votes)

This intimate docuseries follows Arnold Schwarzenegger's multifaceted life and career, from bodybuilding champ to Hollywood icon to politician.

Mrs. America(2020)

TV-MA
| 50min per episode | Drama
3.8/5 (with 52 votes)

The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.”

Hasta que te conocí(2016)

TV-14
| 45min per episode | Drama
4.0/5 (with 8 votes)

"Hasta que Te Conocí" unravels the life of the Divo de Juárez: Juan Gabriel. Gabriel's extraordinary talent as a singer-songwriter allowed him to rise above poverty, betrayal, and prejudice, eventually making him one the most beloved performers in all of Ibero-America.

Mike(2022)

30min per episode | Drama
3.9/5 (with 75 votes)

Explore the wild, tragic and controversial life and career of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson - one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture.

Yell(2020)

15min per episode | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

NHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife Oto. They meet each other through music and overcome hardships together. Yuichi composes songs that became "Yells" for people all over Japan in the Showa Era (1926-1989) in which radical changes were going on. 

Veneno(2020)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Drama
4.2/5 (with 680 votes)

Adored for her charisma and her free, explicit and fun way of expressing herself, La Veneno gained popularity thanks to her television appearances in the 90s. However, her life and especially her death remain an enigma.

Directed by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, Mikel Rueda - With Jedet, Daniela Santiago, Isabel Torres, Ángel Garo, Lola Dueñas, Goya Toledo, ...

Halston(2021)

TV-MA
| 47min per episode | Drama
3.5/5 (with 52 votes)

American fashion designer Halston skyrockets to fame before his life starts to spin out of control.

The Last Movie Stars(2022)

TV-MA
| Documentary
3.5/5 (with 4 votes)

A celebration of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership. Director Ethan Hawke brings life and color to this definitive history of their love, lives, and philanthropy.

Directed by Ethan Hawke - With Joanne Woodward

Z: The Beginning of Everything(2015-2017)

TV-MA
| 27min per episode | Drama
3.7/5 (with 19 votes)

A biography series based on the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful and talented Southern Belle who becomes the original flapper and icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age in the 20s. Z starts before Zelda Fitzgerald meets the unpublished writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and moves through their passionate, turbulent love affair and their marriage-made in heaven, lived out in hell as the celebrity couple of their time.

The Beatles Anthology(1995)

1h 15min per episode | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 33 votes)

A documentary series on the career of The Beatles.

Terry Wogan's Friday Night(1992-1993)

40min per episode | Talk-Show
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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Alias Grace(2017)

TV-MA
| 46min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 123 votes)

Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.

Selena: The Series(2020-2021)

TV-PG
| 40min per episode | Drama
3.8/5 (with 772 votes)

As Mexican-American Tejano singer Selena comes of age and realizes her dreams, she and her family make tough choices to hold on to love and music.

Maradona, Blessed Dream(2021)

1h per episode | Drama, Documentary
3.8/5 (with 320 votes)

The controversial life and history of Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona. From his beginnings in Villa Fiorito, one of the poorest barrios of Buenos Aires, to achieving glory on the international football league. Earning himself a well-deserved place in history. Living a life strewn with drugs, sex and public scrutiny, he played by his own rules regardless of the consequences. Watch the man who took the world by storm and made his way into the hearts of millions.

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