Best Biography movies of 1991

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.

Actors : Harvey Keitel, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

The story of how Bugsy Siegel started Las Vegas.

Actors : Jet Li, Biao Yuen, Jacky Cheung, Rosamund Kwan,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924) against foreign forces' (English, French and ...

Actors : Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters,
Directors : James Lapine,

In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.

Actors : Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into...

Actors : Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Gérard Séty, Bernard Le Coq,
Directors : Maurice Pialat,

The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life is examined.

Actors : Millie Perkins, Nick Benedict, Adam Guier, Murrell Garland,
Directors : Frank C. Schroeder,

Biography of pro basketball player "Pistol" Pete Maravich, who died suddenly in 1988 at age 40 from a heart attack.

Actors : Han Chin, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Stanley Kwan,

Biopic of 1930's Chinese actress Ruan Ling Yu.

Actors : Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier, Philippe Maron, Brigitte De Villepoix,
Directors : Agnès Varda,

Jacquot Demy is a little boy at the end of the thirties. His father owns a garage and his mother is a hairdresser. The whole family lives happily and likes to sing and to go to the movies. ...

Actors : Cecilia Yip, Ray Lui, Amy Yip, Kent Cheng,
Directors : Man Kit Poon,

The story of Ho, a chinese peasant/slave worker who escapes to Hong Kong and becomes one of the most feared crime bosses in Hong Kong.

Actors : Andy Lau, Man Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Man-Tat Ng,
Directors : Lawrence Ah Mon,

The first part of the Lee Rock trilogy which chronicles the rise and fall of the corrupt police force that Lee Rock becomes a part of. Rock enters Hong Kong as an immigrant from the ...

Actors : Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau, Man Cheung, Man-Tat Ng,
Directors : Lawrence Ah Mon,

The second part of the trilogy chronicling the rise and fall of Hong Kong's top corrupt official. During this time period, Lee Rock enjoys his sucess and has found a new love. But jealousy ...

Actors : Andrei Boltnev, Irina Malysheva, Boris Shcherbakov, Vladimir Steklov,
Directors : Viktor Sadovsky,

The film is based on a true story of a sport star Bobrov, who happened to become befriended by Vasili, the son of Stalin.

Actors : Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Artur Barcis, Christoph Waltz, Edward Zentara,
Directors : Krzysztof Zanussi,

The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Mathilda May, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Paul Rhys,
Directors : Danny Huston,

At the turn of the century, Henri Gauthier-Villars, a notorious bachelor, marries the young country girl Gabrielle Colette and introduces her to debauched Parisian life. Gabrielle keeps a ...

Actors : Alfre Woodard, Jill Clayburgh, Charles S. Dutton, Bobby Hosea,
Directors : Ivan Passer,

An unreleased film about a white girl adopted by a black family in 1950s Nevada. Based on the early life of Fauna Hodel whose grandfather is prime suspect in the Black Dahlia murder case.

Actors : Lorenzo Quinn, Michael Catlin, Katherine Wallach, Sarah Douglas,
Directors : Antoni Ribas,

Biography of famed artist Salvador Dali, focusing mainly on his relationship with girlfriend Gala and the time they spent in New York City in 1940 and his early days in Spain collaborating with filmmaker Luis Bunuel.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Nick Mancuso, Gudrun Landgrebe, Valérie Kaprisky,
Directors : Véra Belmont,

Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with ...

Actors : Dean Stockwell, Kris Kristofferson, Ángela Molina, Joaquim de Almeida,
Directors : Miguel Littin,

The US tried to occupy Nicaragua in 1927. General Cesar Augusto Sandino and his guerrillas begin armed resistance.