Best Women Biography movies

Actors : Shidô Nakamura, Christina Hendricks, Emily Mortimer, Kazuko Yoshiyuki,
Directors : Hisako Matsui,

A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.

Actors : Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen, Debbie Reynolds,
Directors : Charles Walters,

A poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life.

Actors : Cássio Gabus Mendes, Fabiula Nascimento, Deborah Secco, Drica Moraes,
Directors : Marcus Baldini,

After the adoptive daughter of a stable family leaves them for a new life as a prostitute, she rises to become a popular performer among her clients, and details her routine in her blog.

Actors : Pierre Deladonchamps, Karole Rocher, Garance Marillier, Roschdy Zem,
Directors : Sylvie Verheyde,

Paris, in the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the French political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.

Actors : Dana Hill, Peter Coyote, Rip Torn, Mary Steenburgen,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

In 1930's Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

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 : Nana Patekar, Atul Kulkarni, Ganesh Yadav, Ferzad Jehani,
Directors : Ram Gopal Varma,

The real story of ten terrorists, who sail to Mumbai and wage war on the populace for the next 72 hours.

Actors : Tov Sletta, Marit Synnøve Berg, Frode Winther, Morten Larsen,
Directors : Erik Skjoldbjærg,

The movie portrays Norway's most spectacular robbery, where 11 men occupied central Stavanger for twenty minutes and escaped with 57 million kroner (appx $10 million). A police officer was shot and killed.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick McGoohan, Glenda Jackson, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.

Actors : Adilet Usubaliyev, Elina Abai Kyzy, Aziz Muradillayev, Nasira Mambetova,
Directors : Sadyk Sher-Niyaz,

The relevant epic story of the strong-willed, courageous and independent woman before her time, Kurmanjan, who is revered to this day for her diplomacy for saving her nation from complete destruction when the Russians invaded.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Susan Sarandon, Peter Asher, Don Harvey,
Directors : Bob Balaban,

The story of the twilight years of tobacco billionairness Doris Duke and her relationship with her gay butler, to whom she left her entire fortune.

Actors : Caris Corfman, Peter Gallagher, Ian Holm, Coral Browne,
Directors : Gavin Millar,

Exploring the somewhat darker and more mysterious side of the Lewis Carroll's classic book, the movie follows Alice Liddell (the book's inspiration) as an old woman who is haunted by the ...

Actors : Frances Fisher, Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

The true story of Patricia Hearst, a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970s. The time spent with her captors made her question her way of life and she joined ...

Actors : Vera Vitali, Edda Magnason, Kjell Bergqvist, Sverrir Gudnason,
Directors : Per Fly,

The world famous Swedish jazz singer, actress and icon Monica Zetterlund's life through stardom and hardship.

Actors : Sarah Schaub, Clarissa Lassig, Edward Furlong, Kathy Bates,
Directors : Tony Bill,

The story begins in Los Angeles when Frances Lacey (Kathy Bates) takes her six children and drives north to find a home of their own away from the bad influences of the big city.

Actors : Leo Rossi, Bruce Barlow, Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Jonathan Kaplan,

Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her ...

Actors : Isabel Jewell, Jeff Briggs, Wesley Hayes, Edie Sedgwick,

CIAO! MANHATTAN parallels Andy Warhol Factory star Edie Sedgwick's glory days in the late 1960s through her inevitable downfall and the tragic addiction that would take her life only weeks after filming wrapped in 1971.

Actors : Chad Michael Murray, Kat Dennings, Mark Saul, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Nathan Frankowski,

A drama centered around Renee Yohe and her battle with drugs, depression, and other life issues that ultimately leads to the founding of charity group To Write Love on Her Arms.

Actors : Caco Ciocler, Camila Morgado, Luís Melo, Eliane Giardini,
Directors : Jayme Monjardim,

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and...

Actors : Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Themis Bazaka, Michalis Maniatis, Sotiria Leonardou,
Directors : Costas Ferris,

The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.