Best Biography movies of 2002

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

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

Actors : Christopher Walken, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Martin Sheen,
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 : Julia Roberts, Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Drew Barrymore,
Directors : George Clooney,

An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris, in which he purports to have been a CIA hitman.

Actors : Steve Coogan, Lennie James, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.

Actors : Salma Hayek, Geoffrey Rush, Alfred Molina, Mía Maestro,
Directors : Julie Taymor,

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

Actors : Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Malcolm David Kelley, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Denzel Washington,

Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Greg Kinnear, Maria Bello, Rita Wilson,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

The life of TV star Bob Crane and his strange friendship with electronics expert John Henry Carpenter.

Actors : Ulrich Mühe, Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Michel Duchaussoy,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.

Actors : Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a journey across the Outback.

Actors : Jeremy Renner, Artel Great, Matt Newton, Bruce Davison,
Directors : David Jacobson,

Biopic about notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, taking place in both the past and the present.

Actors : Ahn Sung-ki, Ho-jeong Yu, Yeo-jin Kim, Min-sik Choi,
Directors : Kwon-taek Im,

In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.

Actors : Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges, Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get "in ...

Actors : Joan Plowright, Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Jay Rodan,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

The last days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas.

Actors : Boti Bliss, Julianna McCarthy, Jennifer Tisdale, Michael Reilly Burke,
Directors : Matthew Bright,

The story of serial killer Ted Bundy.

Actors : Ye Liu, Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Shuangbao Wang,
Directors : Sijie Dai,

Two youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter.

Actors : Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Fellipe Marques,
Directors : Karim Aïnouz,

Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.

Actors : Eva Österberg, Lasse Almebäck, Mercedez Csampai, Palle Granditsky,
Directors : Elisabeth Márton,

The history of psychoanalysis is littered with the discarded psyches of the women whose diagnoses were key to the fame of the great masters. One such woman was Sabina Spielrein. Unlike the ...

Actors : Ajay Devgn, Sushant Singh, D. Santosh, Akhilendra Mishra,
Directors : Rajkumar Santoshi,

The story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India.

Actors : David Llewellyn, Nicholas Kadi, Richard Epcar, Eli Allem,
Directors : Richard Rich,

An account of the birth of Islam.

Actors : Caroline Ducey, Emilia Fox, Iain Glen, Craig Ferguson,
Directors : Roberto Faenza,

Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history. In 1905 a 19-year-old Russian girl suffering from severe hysteria is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Zurich. A young doctor, ...