Best Women Biography movies

Actors : Alain Azoulay, Julia Eringer, Pamela Cedar, Kahlen Burrus,
Directors : Jason Boritz,

A biography on the life of Amy Winehouse.

Actors : Christina Cox, Paula Trickey, Trevor Bryant Clark, Tina Ivlev,
Directors : John Murlowski,

A woman spends five years trying to get her brainwashed daughter back from a cult.

Actors : Piroska Móga, Babett Jávor, Zsolt Bogdán, Eszter Ónodi,
Directors : Krisztina Deák,

This film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and about coming of age - all this from the ...

Actors : Marcos Palmeira, Diogo Vilela, Louise Cardoso, Paulo César Grande,
Directors : Luiz Carlos Lacerda,

A star studded biography of Brazilian legend Leila Diniz, born in 1945 to a communist couple. She grows up to be an extraordinary woman in her own, undefinable, and unique style, unheard of...

Actors : Jakob Öhrman, Elena Leeve, Aku Hirviniemi, Sara Melleri,
Directors : Anna Paavilainen,

Cosmetics saleswoman Kirsi Viilonen dreams of a career as a star artist. When Kirsi meets DJ and radio journalist Paula, she decides to give in completely to her dream of becoming a singer....

Actors : Nikos Kapios, Vasilis Kolovos, Antigoni Amanitou, Zaharias Rohas,
Directors : Nikos Koundouros,

Based on the book by Ilias Venezis "The Number 31328", the film by Nikos Koundouros unfolds through the personal tragedies of three characters, the Asia Minor Disaster and the agonizing ...

Actors : Mike Funk, Hailey Heisick, Rocco Palmieri, Adrian Gorbaliuk,
Directors : Rob Villano,

Movie version of Frank Ferruccio's book, Diamonds to Dust: The Life and Death of Jayne Mansfield. This film focuses on the exciting 1960's turbulent life of Legend Jayne Mansfield.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Robert Stephens, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Magee,
Directors : Guy Green,

A man's views cause a rift between peasants and the church.

Actors : Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Teri Földi, Anna Polony, Jan Nowicki,
Directors : Márta Mészáros,

From one of the foremost woman directors comes a personal story of how history and the individual impact each other. A young woman (Juli) returns to her homeland only to find the horrors she escaped have infected it also.

Actors : Nan Martin, Timothy Bottoms, Marilyn Hassett, Belinda Montgomery,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

Several years after the deaths of Dick Buek and her father, Jill Kinmont and her mother leave Los Angeles to spend their summer in their hometown of Bishop, California. They rent a summer ...

Actors : Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Mário Barroso, Teresa Madruga,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Francis Huster, Evelyne Bouix, Jacques Villeret,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

The world's most popular entertainer and Europe's greatest boxer: the film puts the love affair of these two national heroes against a backdrop of the end of World War II, hotel suites in ...

Actors : Wenda Shereos, Karen Gearreald, Lynne Ford, Cathy Shipley,
Directors : Ken Anderson,

Already famous for her secular songs, blind lyricist Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) volunteers as a nurse during New York's cholera epidemic and undergoes a spiritual transformation and starts to write Christian hymns.

Actors : Jennifer Rubin, Melody Butiu, Terri Ivens, Simone Lopez,
Directors : Gina M. Garcia,

A hate crime triggers disturbing flashbacks for a young veteran, finding herself reluctantly joining a PTSD support group. The eclectic group of women encourages her to peel away her families' lies.

Actors : Alamgir, Babul, Runa Laila, Shaukat Akbar,
Directors : Chashi Nazrul Islam,

Dramatized biographical movie based on the life events of living legend singer Runa Laila, portrayed by herself.

Actors : Pihla Viitala, Vili Saarela, Malla Malmivaara, Antti Luusuaniemi,
Directors : Visa Koiso-Kanttila,

Two Finnish boys battle adolescence and family troubles. Meanwhile, their homes are being encroached upon by inevitable urban development.

Actors : Matthew Crowley, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Selami Brahaj, Rebecca Root,
Directors : Nicola Mai,

Normal follows the lives of 6 people working in the sex industry. Nicola Mai's groundbreaking form of storytelling explores their diverse experiences of exploitation and self-realization. Official Raindance Film Festival selection 2012.

Actors : Sophia Mitri Schloss, Katherine Moennig, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sara Coates,
Directors : S.J. Chiro,

Based on a true story, Lane is a 13-year-old girl coming of age on a Northern California commune in the 1970s. While Lane enjoys the freedom of living off-the-grid with her mother and ...

Actors : Krzysztof Globisz, Grazyna Barszczewska, Ewa Skibinska, Adam Siemion,
Directors : Robert Glinski,

When the war breaks out, renowned Polish-Jewish poet Aleksander Wat leaves Nazi-occupied Warsaw with his wife Ola and their son. In Lviv, however, they are arrested by the Russians and separated. Ola and her son are sent to Siberia.

Actors : Roberto Birindelli, Ana Luiza Bergman, Bruno Krieger, Ohana Homem,
Directors : Juan Zapata,

SIMONE has made a decision: after years of relationships with women, she decides to be with a man for the first time. The film broaches sexual freedom issues through the experiences of its ...