Best Biography movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Actors : Helen Mirren, Alex Jennings, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

Actors : Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.

Actors : Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.

Actors : Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Meryl Streep,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.

Actors : Bradley Cooper, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis, Sienna Miller,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.

Actors : Keira Knightley, Allen Leech, Matthew Goode, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Directors : Morten Tyldum,

During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

Actors : Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave, Channing Tatum, Steve Carell,
Directors : Bennett Miller,

U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.

Actors : Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.

Actors : Valerie Mahaffey, Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.

Actors : Lily Collins, Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Tom Pelphrey,
Directors : David Fincher,

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).

Actors : Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr.,
Directors : Thomas Kail,

The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.

Actors : Tom Hanks, Martin Sheen, Christopher Walken, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

The story of Frank Abagnale Jr., before his 19th birthday, successfully forged millions of dollars' worth of checks while posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and legal prosecutor as a seasoned and dedicated FBI agent pursues him.

Actors : Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose, Paul Giamatti,

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Actors : Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels,
Directors : George Clooney,

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Actors : Chiwetel Ejiofor, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve,

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

Actors : Sam Rockwell, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Michael Sheen,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

Actors : Chris Hemsworth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Brühl,
Directors : Ron Howard,

The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

Actors : Susan Kelechi Watson, Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper,
Directors : Marielle Heller,

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.