Best Biography movies of 2000s

Actors : Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan, Yan Tang,
Directors : Xiaogang Feng,

A soldier fights to gain recognition for comrades who died during the Chinese Civil War.

Actors : Thomas M. Wright, Arthur Angel, Oscar Redding, Paul Ashcroft,
Directors : Jonathan auf der Heide,

The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment,...

Actors : Bushido, Reza Brojerdi, Karoline Schuch, Moritz Bleibtreu,
Directors : Uli Edel,

The life story of German gangsta rapper, Bushido.

Actors : Leo Gregory, Nonso Anozie, Gavin Brocker, Natalie Press,
Directors : Jon S. Baird,

An orphaned Jamaican baby is adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London and becomes one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. Based on a true story.

Actors : Felipe Severo, Selton Mello, Giulio Lopes, Júlia Lemmertz,
Directors : Mauro Lima,

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Inés Sastre, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow,
Directors : Jacques Dorfmann,

An entire nation's destiny lies in the hands of one man.

Actors : Wallace Merck, Stephanie Astalos-Jones, Muse Watson, Carrie Fisher,
Directors : Dominic Murphy,

Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw". As a boy Jesco was...

Actors : Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo, Paolo Briguglia, Luigi Lo Cascio,
Directors : Marco Tullio Giordana,

"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The ...

Actors : Jasper Pääkkönen, Peter Franzén, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela,
Directors : Aleksi Mäkelä,

The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: ...

Actors : Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Bradley Johnson,
Directors : Anand Tucker,

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.

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 : Lakis Lazopoulos, Juan Diego Botto, Laia Marull, Nick Clark Windo,
Directors : Yannis Smaragdis,

The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".

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 : Lindsay Younce, Leonardo Defilippis, Patti Defillipis, Melissa Sumpter,
Directors : Leonardo Defilippis,

The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story ...

Actors : Dira Paes, Ângelo Antônio, Márcio Kieling, Thiago Mendonça,
Directors : Breno Silveira,

The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.

Actors : Jasper Pääkkönen, Elina Hietala, Peter Franzén, Juha Veijonen,
Directors : Aleksi Mäkelä,

A ski jumper descends from winning 4 Olympic Gold Medals, to serving two years for stabbing a relative. Careers as a stripper and singer, plus five marriages, replete with allegations of ...

Actors : Xun Zhou, Jianbin Chen, Yun-Fat Chow, Quan Ren,
Directors : Mei Hu,

The life story of the highly-influential Chinese philosopher, Confucius.

Actors : Masaya Katô, Aya Hirayama, Dong-kun Yang, Tae-woo Jeong,
Directors : Yun-ho Yang,

A young Korean man arrives in Japan near the end of World War II with hopes of being a fighter pilot, but ends up on the streets battling racism, organized crime, occupying American ...

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 : Vivek Oberoi, Abhimanyu Singh, Shatrughan Sinha, Sudeep,
Directors : Ram Gopal Varma,

A killer bandit decides to become a politician in order to avenge deaths in his family.