Best Biography movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Bruce Dern, Christina Ricci, Lee Tergesen, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Patty Jenkins,

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.

Actors : Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney,
Directors : Bill Condon,

A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.

Actors : Craig Bierko, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Ron Howard,

The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.

Actors : Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson,
Directors : Kevin Macdonald,

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970's.

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci, Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany,
Directors : J.C. Chandor,

Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

Actors : Craig Robinson, Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps,
Directors : Craig Brewer,

Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Radha Mitchell, Johnny Depp, Julie Christie,
Directors : Marc Forster,

The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.

Actors : Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Actors : Helen Hunt, Moon Bloodgood, William H. Macy, John Hawkes,
Directors : Ben Lewin,

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

Actors : Ben Whishaw, Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Amber Heard,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Freddie Spry, Jack Nielen, Kristen Stewart,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer, struggling with mental health problems, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney,
Directors : Reinaldo Marcus Green,

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

Actors : Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Tom Hanks, Helen Thomson,
Directors : Baz Luhrmann,

The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Actors : Andrea Riseborough, Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman,

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

Actors : Judy Parfitt, Tom Wilkinson, Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth,
Directors : Peter Webber,

A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Terrence Malick,

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

Actors : Will Smith, Brian Howe, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton,
Directors : Gabriele Muccino,

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

Actors : Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck,
Directors : Andrew Dominik,

Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.