Best Biography movies of 1991

Actors : Frank Whaley, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Val Kilmer,
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 : Ben Kingsley, Harvey Keitel, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Mathilda May, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Virginia Madsen, 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 : Richard Moir, Mathilda May, Peter O'Toole, Tchéky Karyo,
Directors : Ian Pringle,

Story of a young woman journalist who becomes enmeshed in the politics of the annexation of Morrocco from Algeria at the turn of the twentieth century. The focus is on her hardships because...

Actors : Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash,

The close-up portrait of America's favorite singer/songwriter, from the days when he sold one of his early hits to buy milk for his children through his long struggle to super-stardom. ...

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.

Actors : Kyeong-yeong Lee, Seong-min Lim, Jang Mi Hee, Hye-ri Kim,
Directors : Ho-sun Kim,

The life and death of famous Korean singer, Yun Sim-deok in the 1920s.