Best Biography movies

Actors : Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, Mary Steenburgen, Dana Hill,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

In 1930's Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

Actors : Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Michael Jayston, Ania Marson,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Actors : Tim Dutton, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris, Willem Dafoe,
Directors : Brian Gilbert,

In 1915, T.S. (Tom) Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood elope, but her longstanding gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their planned honeymoon. Her father is angry because Tom's poetry ...

Actors : Raul Julia, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez, Richard Jordan,
Directors : John Duigan,

The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.

Actors : Rey 'PJ' Abellana, Mylene Dizon, Bela Padilla, Dennis Trillo,
Directors : Joel Lamangan,

Felix Ysagun Manalo is a sprawling historical epic that traces the origin of Iglesia Ni Cristo (The Church of Christ) which is established in the Philippines from its humble beginnings in 1914 through the present day.

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 : Fred Bailey, Jack Anawak, Mary Buscemi, Seth Burke,
Directors : Miranda de Pencier,

In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse.

Actors : Tahir Raj Bhasin, Rasika Dugal, Javed Akhtar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui,
Directors : Nandita Das,

The film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Manto's life and is set in 1940s India.

Actors : Sonequa Martin-Green, Zachary Levi, Naya Desir-Johnson,
Directors : Cyrus Nowrasteh,

The remarkable true story of eleven year old Sarah Rector, an African American girl born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, who believes there is oil beneath the barren land she's allotted and whose faith is proven right.

Actors : John Henshaw, Harry Melling, Freya Mavor, David Kross,
Directors : Marcus H. Rosenmüller,

TRAUTMANN tells the story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann the German ...

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 : James Gregory, Robert Culp, Cliff Robertson, Ty Hardin,
Directors : Leslie H. Martinson,

During WW2, Lieut. John F. Kennedy takes command of PT 109 to fight the Japanese in the Solomon Islands.

Actors : Vladimir Menshov, Svetlana Ivanova, Danila Kozlovsky, Oleg Menshikov,
Directors : Nikolay Lebedev,

Biopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death.

Actors : Paul Nicholas, Sara Kestelman, Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey,
Directors : Ken Russell,

Composer and pianist Franz Liszt attempts to overcome his hedonistic lifestyle while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner.

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 : Peter Gerety, Frank Langella, Ed Begley Jr., Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

Ali's biggest match, his fight with the US government. A film about the politics and hubris surrounding the Vietnam War and the revenge exacted on America's greatest sportsman of the 20th century because he refused to fight in that war.

Actors : Michelle Phillips, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Warren Oates,
Directors : John Milius,

John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.

Actors : Ravel Andrade, Fabiula Nascimento, Júlio Andrade, Fabiana Gugli,
Directors : Daniel Augusto,

A chronicle of Paulo Coelho's rise from his troubled life to become one of the most influential writers in Brazilian history.

Actors : Nana Patekar, Atul Kulkarni, Ganesh Yadav, Ferzad Jehani,
Directors : Ram Gopal Varma,

The real story of ten terrorists, who sail to Mumbai and wage war on the populace for the next 72 hours.

Actors : Julien Ciamaca, Philippe Caubère, Didier Pain, Nathalie Roussel,
Directors : Yves Robert,

Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage in the Provence (France). He likes the hills in this region. Before they arrive at the cottage they have to walk about 5 miles. With ...