Best Women Biography movies of 2008

Actors : Matthew Rhys, Simon Armstrong, Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller,
Directors : John Maybury,

Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.

Actors : Johanna Wokalek, Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Uli Edel,

A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Keira Knightley, Dominic Cooper,
Directors : Saul Dibb,

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Actors : Yolande Moreau, Geneviève Mnich, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent,
Directors : Martin Provost,

Based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis.

Actors : Jesper Christensen, Maria Heiskanen, Callin Öhrvall, Mikael Persbrandt,
Directors : Jan Troell,

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.

Actors : Rüdiger Vogler, Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann,
Directors : Max Färberböck,

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Actors : Raquela Rios, Stefan C. Schaefer, Olivia Galudo, Brax Villa,
Directors : Olaf de Fleur Johannesson,

Raquela, a transsexual from the Philippines, dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris.

Actors : Karel Roden, Vincent Regan, Anna Friel, Hans Matheson,
Directors : Juraj Jakubisko,

Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth...

Actors : Luca Zingaretti, Alessio Boni, Monica Bellucci, Maurizio Donadoni,
Directors : Marco Tullio Giordana,

The story of rising, fancy life and falling of Osvaldo Valenti and Luisa Ferinta, two of the stars of the Italian cinema during the Facism period of Italy.

Actors : Carla Chambel, José Fidalgo, Sandra Barata Belo, Ricardo Carriço,
Directors : Carlos Coelho da Silva,

The story of real-life singing legend Amália Rodrigues who ruled the famous Portuguese acoustic guitar and vocals based music genre called fado.

Actors : Burt Young, Andrea Iaia, Anna Valle, Paolo Seganti,
Directors : Renzo Martinelli,

The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.

Actors : Patricia Place, Katherine Nelson, Stephanie Breinholt, Nathan Mitchell,

Before her death, Emma reflects on her life; beginning with her childhood, up through her final years in Nauvoo. Based on the life of Emma Hale Smith.

Actors : Malik Zidi, Pascal Greggory, Aline Annessy, Martina Gedeck,
Directors : Helma Sanders-Brahms,

A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann.

Actors : Patricia Arquette, Joyce Julianne Auer, Traber Burns, Karen Black,
Directors : Kamala Lopez,

A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her ...