Best Biography movies of 1980s

Actors : C. Thomas Howell, Sophie Ward, John Rhys-Davies, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Anthony Quinn, Valérie Kaprisky, Francesco Quinn,
Directors : Giacomo Battiato,

As a boy the orphan Antonio Stradivari heard for the first time in his life the sound of a violin and he was fascinated by its voice. He tried to construct a violin and attracted the ...

Actors : Leela Narayana Rao, M.V. Narayana Rao, Manjunath Bhatt, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee,
Directors : G.V. Iyer,

The first and only Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of Sankara - the founder of the non-duality (Advaita) school of Indian philosophy.

Actors : Mark Asquith, Sherry Baines, Ben Kingsley, Magdalen Asquith,
Directors : Tony Palmer,

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

Actors : Antoine Vitez, Lambert Wilson, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Hirsch,
Directors : Denis Amar,

France experienced one of the most chilling winters in 1954.It was during that harsh weather that a catholic priest L'Abbé Pierre wrote an open letter to minister of housing to provide shelter to numerous homeless people.

Actors : Nicolas Silberg, Michel Poujade, Caroline Aguilar, Gérard Sergue,
Directors : André Génovès,

Mesrine was the foremost criminal, public enemy N°1, the man most wanted in France, guilty of 39 crimes. "In the police or newspaper history, Mesrine broke all records". The film begins ...

Actors : Lena T. Hansson, Stina Ekblad, Philip Zandén, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Mai Zetterling,

About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna (1894-1940), during her turbulent marriage with David Sprengel. In a hallucination Agnes is brought to a mental hospital in Venice, carrying her fictitious autobiography.

Actors : Colm Feore, Helen Mirren, Helen Shaver, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Phillip Borsos,

Bethune has long been a hero in China. Perhaps for reasons of politics and personality, however, his fame in North America lagged far behind. The film explores the complexity of a character...

Actors : Ava Gardner, Ian McKellen, Penelope Keith, Janet Suzman,
Directors : Christopher Miles,

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow", D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they ...

Actors : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Philippe Léotard, Jane Birkin, Farid Chopel,
Directors : Agnès Varda,

"I'll look at you, but not at the camera. It could be a trap," whispers Jane Birkin shyly into Agnès Varda's ear at the start of JANE B. PAR AGNES V. The director of CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 and ...

Actors : Carol Kane, Bud Cort, Marisa Berenson, Klaus Kinski,
Directors : Danford B. Greene,

Young Sigmund Freud discovers the ultimate answer to all his patient's problems - hypnosis. Hilarity ensues.

Actors : Jonas Bloch, Isolda Cresta, Marieta Severo, José Wilker,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.

Actors : Brigitte Fossey, Rutger Hauer, Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : George Kaczender,

The film tells the story of the early life and rise to fame and fortune of French fashion designer Coco Chanel, beginning with her upbringing in an orphanage and training as a milliner, but...

Actors : J.J. Davis, Jean Garrett, Dennis Baines, Mickey Clark,
Directors : Arthur J. Bressan Jr.,

Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who is making a documentary about physical child abuse. The two fall in love, and the elder ...

Actors : Wenda Shereos, Karen Gearreald, Lynne Ford, Cathy Shipley,
Directors : Ken Anderson,

Already famous for her secular songs, blind lyricist Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) volunteers as a nurse during New York's cholera epidemic and undergoes a spiritual transformation and starts to write Christian hymns.

Actors : Pierre-Alain Chapuis, Jacques Bonnaffé, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Valérie Stroh,
Directors : René Féret,

A love story which lasts for a lifetime,Baptême is a film about the love story involving Pierre and Aline.

Actors : Lucia Casagrande, Philippe Nahoun, Mario Perazzini, Pino Costalunga,
Directors : Georg Brintrup,

A film about the Italian composer Gian-Francesco Malipiero. It is his music that talks about his life. The film was written respecting all details of the scores.

Actors : Hans Peter Hallwachs, Walter Schmidinger, Helmut Griem, Sabine Sinjen,
Directors : Peter Schamoni,

A study of German 19th Century Romantic art through the writings and paintings of Carl David Friedrich and his fellow artist, Carl Gustav Carus.

Actors : Laurent Terzieff, Patsy Kensit, Karl Zinny, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : Leandro Castellani,

This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco (1815 - 1888). He dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exploited street children in Turin. He was the founder of the Salesian order, ...

Actors : Alan McGilvray, Norman May,
Directors : Bill Phillips,

Telecasting cricket on the ABC from 1935 till 1985, Alan McGilvray was the man trusted by all Australians to bring them the ball by ball descriptions, either at home or abroad.