Best Biography movies of 2012

Actors : Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Prabhleen Sandhu, Baljinder Kaur, Rajkummar Rao,
Directors : Hansal Mehta,

The account of Human Rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice.

Actors : Billy Zane, Ed O'Ross, Shannon Elizabeth, Annabella Sciorra,
Directors : Nick Agiashvili,

Van Vlahakis left Greece five decades ago with 22 dollars in his pocket. He arrived in the US hoping for a better future for him and his family. Eftichios as is his Greek name not only ...

Actors : Sabrina Seyvecou, Benoît Magimel, Jérémie Renier, Monica Scattini,
Directors : Florent-Emilio Siri,

A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from childhood in Egypt through success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.

Actors : Lars Eidinger, F. Murray Abraham, Goran Bogdan, Giulio Berruti,
Directors : Peter Greenaway,

Hendrik Goltzius, a late sixteenth-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.

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 : Sebastian Koch, Olga Sutulova, Juan Diego Botto, Evgeniy Stychkin,
Directors : Yannis Smaragdis,

God Loves Caviar is the compelling story of IOANNIS VARVAKIS, and his journey from humble Greek pirate to international caviar millionaire, with the ear of Catherine the Great of Russia. ...

Actors : Baldanpurev Sambuu, Albrecht Schuch, Karl Markovics, Agi Ariunsaichan Dawaachu,
Directors : Detlev Buck,

Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, Alex Williams, Laura Wheelwright, Rachel Griffiths,
Directors : Robert Connolly,

A look at the early career of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.

Actors : Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Katja Herbers, Jeroen Spitzenberger, Karl Markovics,
Directors : Rudolf van den Berg,

During WWII, a member of the Jewish Council of Amsterdam finds a way to spare children from deportation to the death camps.

Actors : Tomasz Schuchardt, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Dawid Ogrodnik, Marcin Kowalczyk,
Directors : Leszek Dawid,

The process of creating Polish hip-hop group Paktofonika, its highs and lows and very last days of life of its frontman and co-founder Piotr (Magik) Luszcz.

Actors : Lene Maria Christensen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Sverrir Gudnason,
Directors : Bille August,

The story of the marriage between the painters Marie and P.S. Krøyer.

Actors : Aleksandr Yatsenko, Maksim Sukhanov, Innokenti Dakaiarov, Roza Khayrullina,
Directors : Andrey Proshkin,

It is the word "horde" that had meant, for many countries and nations, bloody raids and being under humilating contribution for centuries - a strange and scary world with its own rules and ...

Actors : Júlio Andrade, Adélio Lima, Land Vieira, Chambinho do Acordeon,
Directors : Breno Silveira,

The story of Brazilian popular singer Luiz Gonzaga and his son Gonzaguinha.

Actors : Dalila Carmo, Ivo Canelas, José Neves, Albano Jerónimo,
Directors : Vicente Alves do Ó,

A compelling biography of Portuguese poet Florbela Espanca. Tainted by a number of divorces in the 1920's, Florbela resorts to her writing, filled with eroticism and femininity, to cope ...

Actors : Sebastian Schipper, Edgar Selge, Hannah Herzsprung, Sabin Tambrea,

A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate ...

Actors : John Ventimiglia, Nuno Lopes, Carlos Santos, Diogo Dória,
Directors : Bruno de Almeida,

A film about General Humberto Delgado's brutal assassination by the Portuguese fascist police in 1965.

Actors : John Wesley Shipp, Keri Lynn Pratt, Wes Robertson, Mackenzie Astin,
Directors : Jeff Wood,

In 1970's Alabama, a young preacher struggles with his faith, and attacks from his church, after being hired to prove whether or not Hell exists.

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jamie Sives, Julia Jentsch, Jeanette Hain,
Directors : Antonin Svoboda,

At the end of his life, Wilhelm Reich - psychiatrist and experimental scientist searching for the fundamentals of life - finds himself on trial, charged with deception. His dream of ...

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

A biography on the life of Amy Winehouse.