Best Biography movies of 1960s

Actors : Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Peter Finch,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

At the height of his fame (his plays being much celebrated in London in the 1890's), Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is whispered and gossiped as a romantic ...

Actors : Maria Schell, Christopher Lee, Hans Hass Jr., Leo Genn,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Christopher Lee plays the Lord Chief Justice of 17th century England who condemns women as witches to further his political and sexual needs.

Actors : Aleksey Eybozhenko, Jaecki Schwarz, Vasiliy Livanov, Dieter Mann,
Directors : Konrad Wolf,

April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army's scouting team. Having fled Germany with his family when he was eight, he is confronted ...

Actors : Héctor Noguera, Marcelo Romo, Nelson Villagra, Shenda Román,
Directors : Miguel Littin,

In 1960, José del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, from the small town of Nahueltoro in Chile, brutally murdered Rosa Rivas Acuña and her five children. This classic film of the Latin American ...

Actors : Cesare Danova, Robert Loggia, Omar Sharif, Jack Palance,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that ...

Actors : George Hamilton, Red Buttons, Susan Oliver, Arthur O'Connell,
Directors : Gene Nelson,

The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.

Actors : Cecil Kellaway, Dolores Hart, Bradford Dillman, Stuart Whitman,
Directors : Michael Curtiz,

Francis Bernardone (Bradford Dillman) is the son of a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi, who gives up all his worldly goods to dedicate himself to God. Clare (Dolores Hart) is a young ...

Actors : Spartak Bagashvili, Dodo Abashidze, Avtandil Varazi, Givi Aleksandria,
Directors : Giorgi Shengelaia,

The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani.

Actors : Horst Buchholz, Elsa Martinelli, Anthony Quinn, Akim Tamiroff,

Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.

Actors : Carlos Romero, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, Celia Milius,
Directors : James B. Clark,

The story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.

Actors : John Neville, Robert Morley, Ralph Richardson, Phyllis Calvert,
Directors : Gregory Ratoff,

Oscar Wilde's homosexuality is exposed when he tries to defend himself against his lover's father.

Actors : Stefan Ciubotarasu, Emanoil Petrut, Ion Bocancea, Corina Constantinescu,
Directors : Elisabeta Bostan,

Based on Ion Creanga's book, the story of a child from his childhood to his manhood.

Actors : Adrienne Larussa, Georges Wilson, Mavie, Tomas Milian,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

A young Italian noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father leading to an uproar in the community and the Roman Catholic church set in 16th Century Italy.

Actors : Frank Porretta, Christina Schollin, Florence Henderson, Toralv Maurstad,
Directors : Andrew L. Stone,

Based on the life of Norways greatest composer Edvard Grieg and film in Norway where he lived. The soundtrack is all Edvard Grieg's music with added lyrics.

Actors : Kamini Kaushal, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Anand Kumar,
Directors : S. Ram Sharma,

Shaheed (1965) presents the inspirational biography of one of India's greatest patriots Sardar Bhagat Singh.

Actors : Jason Robards, George Hamilton, George Segal, Jack Klugman,
Directors : Dore Schary,

Story of the life of writer/playwright Moss Hart.

Actors : Alan Badel, Tommy Steele, Dudley Foster, Stanley Baker,
Directors : James Clavell,

The adventures and the exploits of notorious English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard in 1720s London.

Actors : Fabian, Adam Roarke, Jocelyn Lane, Astrid Warner,

The movie tells the biography of the gangster Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd who started his career young aged when he saw his father die and seeked out revenge by killing his murderer during a...

Actors : Gordon Jackson, Tom Adams, Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire,
Directors : Michael O'Herlihy,

After inheriting his father's title, the young noble Hugh O'Connell is taken hostage by the English viceroy but escapes to lead an uprising.

Actors : Igor Dmitriev, Ariadna Shengelaia, Imre Sinkovits, Sándor Pécsi,
Directors : Márton Keleti,

Pianist and composer Liszt was giving performances all over Europe and made his famous concert tour to St. Petersburg, Russia. Liszt's brilliant piano playing impressed the Russian royalty ...