Best Biography movies

Actors : Christopher Gorham, Ben Baker, Alex Tarrant, Natalie Medlock,
Directors : Mitch Davis,

Missionary John H. Groberg returns to Tonga in the 1960s with his wife and their five young daughters. When their sixth child is born with a serious illness, the Grobergs face their ...

Actors : Sergio Fantoni, Richard Egan, Joan Collins, Denis O'Dea,

When a modern-day girl faces a big challenge in her life, her mother teaches her about the power of fasting by sharing the story of a heroine from the Bible.

Actors : Cole Carson, Lauren Bair, Sean McGrath, Michael J. Prosser,
Directors : Thad T. Smith,

The true story of Don Smith's heroic experience at the Battle of the Bulge while with the 94th Infantry.

Actors : Prasad Oak, Makarand Date, Kshitish Date, Shruti Marathe,
Directors : Pravin Tarde,

A biopic on life of a Hindu nationalist leader Anand Dighe, through various incidents narrated by his close aides.

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Lloyd Haynes, John Marley, Muhammad Ali,
Directors : Tom Gries,

Muhammad Ali stars as himself in this dramatised version of his life story up to the late 1970s. It includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of ...

Actors : Jowita Budnik, Zbigniew Walerys, Artur Steranko, Antoni Pawlicki,

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Joe Pesci, Dianne Wiest, Nicol Williamson,
Directors : Jack Hofsiss,

A true story about Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Gordon's Valium addiction and her desperate attempts to kick the habit.

Actors : Laurence Harvey, Karlheinz Böhm, Walter Slezak, Claire Bloom,

The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories...

Actors : John Wildman, Margaret Langrick, Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee,
Directors : Sandy Wilson,

Adding an intriguing Canadian twist to a universally appealing story of teenage trials, My American Cousin begins as bored 12-year-old Sandy (Margaret Langrick) is preparing for another ...

Actors : Arran Tulloch, Laura Fraser, Lesley Harcourt, Eddie Izzard,
Directors : Gillies MacKinnon,

It is the mid-1930s and the storm clouds of WWII are forming in Germany. This film charts the work of Robert Watson Watt, the pioneer of Radar, and his hand-picked team of eccentric yet ...

Actors : Naman Jain, Mithun Chakraborty, Krutika Deo, Gaurav Dwivedi,
Directors : Vibhu Puri,

The film which is based on the life on an Indian scientist Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, who is credited to have constructed India's first unmanned plane is the tale of the hardships that he went...

Actors : Chien-ru Huang, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng, Tian-Lu Li,
Directors : Hsiao-Hsien Hou,

In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joines a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers. During World War II the Japanese...

Actors : Ron Perlman, David Gyasi, Frank Grillo, Zahn McClarnon,
Directors : Wes Miller,

Arkansas, 1875, After shooting 5 men to save a judge and then going into Indian Territory after a lethal outlaw, Bass Reeves becomes the first black deputy marshal west of Mississippi.

Actors : Nikolaus Dutsch, Mickey Rourke, Andréa Ferréol, Helena Bonham Carter,
Directors : Liliana Cavani,

Docudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi

Actors : Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Rob Lowe, Randy Travis, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Robert Boris,

At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill and Bill Anderson take the oath of allegiance to the Union. Feeling oppressed by ...

Actors : Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Lluís Homar, Sergio Múñiz, María Valverde,
Directors : Antonio Hernández,

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.

Actors : Lenny von Dohlen, Moira Kelly, Melinda Dillon, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Michael Ray Rhodes,

The phrase "entertaining angels" refers to the practice of treating all guests--be they kings or peasants--as if they were visiting angels. This is the challenge for all humble Christians ...

Actors : Fabrício Boliveira, Flavio Bauraqui, Fernando Eiras, Julio Adrião,
Directors : Roberto Berliner,

A miracle happened in Brazil on the 1950's. Renowned modern art museums opened their doors to artists nobody ever heard of. Many critics pointed out that theses exhibitions revealed ...

Actors : Cleavon Little, Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.

Actors : Leon Lai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Hong, Honglei Sun,
Directors : Kaige Chen,

A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.