Best Biography movies of 1990s

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 : Janne Reinikainen, Karoliina Blackburn, Peter Franzén, Puntti Valtonen,
Directors : Markku Pölönen,

The life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer.

Actors : Joe Cortese, Tobin Bell, Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

An exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby's perspective. Ruby owns a run-down strip club in Dallas, and does what he can for credibility...

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 : Imanol Arias, Fernán Mirás, Cecilia Dopazo, Antonio Birabent,
Directors : Marcelo Piñeyro,

A biopic based on the life of one of the pioneer argentine rock stars 'Tanguito'. The movie tells the story of his rise and fall from grace, encompassed in violent times of a military regime.

Actors : Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Wojciech Pszoniak, Marzena Trybala,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

Account of the last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war. Jewish doctor Henryk Goldszmit, ...

Actors : Donal Donnelly, Peter Dvorsky, Alan Rickman, David Burke,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."

Actors : Stellan Skarsgård, Miklós B. Székely, Károly Eperjes, Katharina Thalbach,
Directors : Kjell Grede,

Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of ...

Actors : Bhanupriya, Mohan Babu, Suman, Nagarjuna Akkineni,
Directors : K. Raghavendra Rao,

A cinematic version of the life of famous Indian saint-poet, Annamayya.

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Leonor Silveira, Jean-Yves Gautier, Diogo Dória,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Manoel is aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France and in...

Actors : Lena Endre, Thommy Berggren, Henrik Linnros, Jacob Leygraf,
Directors : Daniel Bergman,

The film switches back and forth between the adventures of Pu on a summer holiday in Norrland in Sweden and and the adult Pu visiting his father who lives in an old people's home. Little Pu...

Actors : Steve Ascher, Michael Blumenthal, Robert Gardner, Dee Dee Geraty,
Directors : Ross McElwee,

Forty year old documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee has a penchant for filming everything around him. Following the announcement of his impending marriage to his film-making partner Marilyn ...

Actors : Ahmad Zaki, Hassan Hosny, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Ahmed Maher,
Directors : Mohamed Fadel,

The life of Egyptian political leader Gamal abd El-Nasser.

Actors : Richard Harris, Ian Bannen, Kerry Fox, John Michie,
Directors : Carl Schultz,

George Adamson fights to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, he battles to keep the animals on his game reserve, and "Kora", from dangerous poachers.

Actors : Jerome Flynn, Ian Hart, John Lynch, Ian Bannen,
Directors : Mary McGuckian,

The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best.

Actors : Gerrit Schoonhoven, Richard Kiley, Bruce Marchiano, Dawid Minnaar,
Directors : Regardt van den Bergh,

Matthew 15:1 - 28:20 - The year is about 62 A.D., and the aging apostle Matthew recalls the remarkable events he witnessed as a young man. As his story unfolds, the centuries melt away and ...

Actors : Cecilia Yip, Ray Lui, Amy Yip, Kent Cheng,
Directors : Man Kit Poon,

The story of Ho, a chinese peasant/slave worker who escapes to Hong Kong and becomes one of the most feared crime bosses in Hong Kong.

Actors : Charles Berling, Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Christian Charmetant,
Directors : Claude Pinoteau,

A humoristic view of the lives of Marie and Pierre Curie and their discoveries around radioactivity.

Actors : Jean-Henri Compère, Noe Francq, Isabelle Legros, Sophie Schneider,
Directors : Jan Bucquoy,

A semi-autobiography of the first 28 years of the director, the Flemish anarchist Jan Bucquoy.

Actors : Evgeniy Mironov, Andrey Smirnov, Galina Tyunina, Olga Budina,
Directors : Aleksey Uchitel,

A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The confused love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet Galina ...