Best Women Biography movies of 2010s

Actors : Kajol Chugh, Pankaj Tripathi, Richa Chadha, Rajeev Pillai, Rajeev Ravindranathan, Vicky Kadian,
Directors : Indrajit Lankesh,

A biopic based on the life of adult star Shakeela, who ruled the South Indian film industry for over two decades. The film features Richa Chadha in the lead role.

Actors : Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir, Kristín Lea, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir,
Directors : Baldvin Zophoníasson,

Drawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.

Actors : Igor Samobor, Biserka Ipsa, Alma Prica, Tesa Litvan,
Directors : Dana Budisavljevic,

Firmly believing her own life is no more precious than the lives of the innocent people being persecuted, with the help of a few friends, Diana embarks on a perilous campaign of rescuing ...

Actors : Andrzej Chyra, Chulpan Khamatova, Andrey Burkovskiy, Konstantin Khabenskiy,
Directors : Oksana Karas,

This is the story of one day in the life of Elizabeth Glinka, the head of "Fair Care" foundation, a philanthropist, a doctor and a human rights activist. As the day starts, Elizaveta and ...

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 : Laura Birn, Pirkko Saisio, Johannes Holopainen, Krista Kosonen,
Directors : Antti Jokinen,

A story of renowned Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck, and the love affair between her and a younger art critic Einar Reuter.

Actors : Josée Deschênes, Patrice Robitaille, Denis Bouchard, Laurence Leboeuf,
Directors : Alexis Durand-Brault,

Julie, star of cycling, is two races to win the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. His entourage too. Encouraged by her coach and doctor, she ...

Actors : Lautaro Delgado, Natalia Oreiro, Javier Drolas, Ángela Torres,
Directors : Lorena Muñoz,

The life and death of the tropical singer Gilda.

Actors : Miriam Chin Wah Yeung, Louis Koo, Richard Ng, Yuen Yee Ng,
Directors : Adrian Kwan,

Based on a true story, Little Big Master chronicles the struggles of the lowest-paid headmistress in Hong Kong history.

Actors : Shraddha Kapoor, Siddhant Kapoor, Ankur Bhatia, Uttam Halder,
Directors : Apoorva Lakhia,

This is the story of the slightly-less-notorious sister of a notorious gangster.

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

A biography on the life of Amy Winehouse.

Actors : Upendra Limaye, Tejaswini Pandit, Jyoti Chandekar, Nina Kulkarni,
Directors : Ananth Narayan Mahadevan,

This is the journey of Sindhutai Sapkal, a poor village girl who grew up tending buffaloes while craving an education, but her unsympathetic mother had her married off to an older man when ...

Actors : Alexander Scheer, Damien Chapelle, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Lassgård,
Directors : Jens Jonsson,

Sonja Wigert is a diva and star in Stockholm when WW2 breaks out, rapidly getting attention from the Nazi officer Josef Terboven. She's then recruited by Swedish intelligence as a spy, but Terboven makes her spy on the Swedes.

Actors : Tamy Zajec, Klara Naka, Linda Begonja, Zrinka Cvitesic,
Directors : Branko Ivanda,

It's inspiring true story about two thirteen year old girls who were, on the eve of World War II, great dancing and acting stars in Zagreb. Selling out theater venues, they weer praised in ...

Actors : Heidi Arena, Roy Barker, Bailey Barbour, Rudi Baker,
Directors : Darran Scott,

In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic games, a group of missionaries are tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team compete in their first ever Olympics, and in doing so, unite a nation still coming to grips after the war.

Actors : Chris Dingli, Filipp Ershov, Kirsty Bartolo, William Erazo Fernández,
Directors : Elena Hazanova,

Following her divorce, Marina Gordeeva (40) thinks she'll never meet love again. Little does she know that one day, she'll find the love of her life in free diving, one of the most extreme ...

Actors : Jefri Nichol, Maudy Ayunda, Lukman Sardi, Reza Rahadian,
Directors : Hanung Bramantyo,

This movie follows the story of Hasri Ainun Besari Habibie's young life when she was in high school and medical college. She was known as a smart figure who became an idol and admired by many male students, including B.J. Habibie.

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 : Jessica Malka, Dany Papineau, Brandon Barton, Mirianne Brûlé,
Directors : Dany Papineau,

Marie Deschamps, a 20 year old French-Canadian girl, quits college to go travel and learn English in Western Canada. Her journey will bring her up to Whistler, British Columbia, where she ...

Actors : Atul Kulkarni, Reem Shaikh, Divya Dutta, Om Puri,
Directors : Amjad Khan,

Gul Makai' accounts the courageous journey and struggle of Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai, from her humble upbringing in the Swat Valley to her becoming the champion for free education to all.