Best Biography movies

Actors : Spencer Tracy, Gene Kelly, Fredric March, Dick York,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

Actors : Al Pacino, Barkhad Abdi, Evan Peters, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Bryan Buckley,

In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeds in providing the first close-up look into who these men ...

Actors : Tetsuya Bessho, Motoko Gollent, Mike Wiluan, Yoshihiro Tatsumi,
Directors : Eric Khoo,

A story based on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a mangaka known for his gekiga style of alternate Japanese manga.

Actors : Alessandro Nivola, Abigail Breslin, Brittany Snow, Elisabeth Shue,
Directors : David M. Rosenthal,

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

Actors : Anant Joshi, Vikrant Massey, Medha Shankr,
Directors : Vidhu Vinod Chopra,

The real-life story of IPS Officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and IRS Officer Shraddha Joshi.

Actors : Art Malik, Pavan Malhotra, Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor,
Directors : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,

The truth behind the ascension of Milkha "The Flying Sikh" Singh who was scarred because of the India-Pakistan partition.

Actors : Riccardo Scamarcio, Daniel Brühl, Haley Bennett,
Directors : Stefano Mordini,

A true David vs. Goliath story spotlighting the intense rivalry between Audi and Lancia at the 1983 Rally World Championship. Against all odds, Lancia battles to regain its former glory with a combination of innovation and courage.

Actors : Annabeth Gish, Matt Smith, Hannah Murray, Suki Waterhouse,
Directors : Mary Harron,

Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case, but when the death penalty was lifted, their sentence became life imprisonment. One young graduate student was ...

Actors : Jason Scott Lee, Michael Learned, Lauren Holly, Robert Wagner,
Directors : Rob Cohen,

A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.

Actors : Marton Csokas, Franka Potente, Eric Bana, Kodi Smit-McPhee,
Directors : Richard Roxburgh,

It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

Actors : Colin Morgan, Alma Hasun, Vicky Krieps, Finnegan Oldfield,
Directors : Marie Kreutzer,

Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. In 1877 Christmas Empress turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Actors : Meron Getnet, Abel Abebe, Shitaye Abraha, Tizita Hagere,
Directors : Zeresenay Mehari,

A young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14-year-old girl who shot her would-be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation's oldest traditions: abduction into marriage.

Actors : Sean Bean, Noam Almaz, Nigel Terry, Dexter Fletcher,
Directors : Derek Jarman,

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

Actors : Terry Chen, Greg Kinnear, Natasha Mumba,
Directors : Andrew Hyatt,

When a blind orphan arrives in his waiting room seeking a miracle, a world-renowned eye surgeon must confront his past--and draw on the resilience he gained growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution--to try to restore her sight.

Actors : Elijah Wood, Steven Mackintosh, Kelly Reilly, Celyn Jones,
Directors : Andy Goddard,

An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.

Actors : Simon Armstrong, Timothy Spall, Eddie Marsan, Juliet Stevenson,
Directors : Adrian Shergold,

The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman.

Actors : Loren Dean, Sigourney Weaver, Armand Assante, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.

Actors : Eero Milonoff, Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Joanna Haartti,
Directors : Juho Kuosmanen,

The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title.

Actors : Vicky Kaushal, Ranbir Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Paresh Rawal,
Directors : Rajkumar Hirani,

Sanju is a biopic of the controversial life of actor Sanjay Dutt: his film career, jail sentence and personal life.

Actors : Eric Boucher, Patrice Chéreau, Daniel Auteuil, Carole Bouquet,
Directors : Claude Berri,

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the ...