Best Biography movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.

Actors : Bruce Dern, Christina Ricci, Lee Tergesen, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Patty Jenkins,

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.

Actors : Craig Bierko, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Ron Howard,

The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci, Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany,
Directors : J.C. Chandor,

Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

Actors : Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney,
Directors : Bill Condon,

A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.

Actors : Ben Whishaw, Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Amber Heard,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Actors : Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Actors : Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Tom Hanks, Helen Thomson,
Directors : Baz Luhrmann,

The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Radha Mitchell, Johnny Depp, Julie Christie,
Directors : Marc Forster,

The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.

Actors : Craig Robinson, Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps,
Directors : Craig Brewer,

Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

Actors : Helen Hunt, Moon Bloodgood, William H. Macy, John Hawkes,
Directors : Ben Lewin,

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Freddie Spry, Jack Nielen, Kristen Stewart,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer, struggling with mental health problems, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

Actors : Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck,
Directors : Andrew Dominik,

Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow, Margot Robbie, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Jay Roach,

A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Richard Farnsworth,
Directors : David Lynch,

An old man makes a long journey by lawn-mover tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother.

Actors : Dean Mumford, Will Dalton, Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga,
Directors : Jeff Nichols,

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.

Actors : Amy Adams, Chris Messina, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci,
Directors : Nora Ephron,

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Terrence Malick,

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.