Best Biography movies of 1990s

Actors : Katja Flint, Hans Werner Meyer, Herbert Knaup, Heino Ferch,
Directors : Joseph Vilsmaier,

The movie follows the life and personality of the famous actress Marlene Dietrich.

Actors : Bart Klever, Devika Strooker, Rick de Leeuw, Don Duyns,
Directors : Gert de Graaff,

Incredible optical illusions in a story in a story in a story helps the surprised viewer finally to find out that he has been watching himself all along.

Actors : Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Martin Eidissen, Frederick Paasche, Gjertrud L. Jynge,
Directors : Stein Leikanger,

Little Oddemann uses every means available to find Jesus, including his slingshot. The film takes us to Norway in the late 30's, where we meet a series of burlesque and humorous characters,...

Actors : France Nuyen, Russell Wong, Julia Nickson, James Shigeta,
Directors : James F. Collier,

Drama set in the 1950s, based on a true story, about a young girl, Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family. She is eager to become part of Mao Tze Tung's "new ...

Actors : Pierre Romans, Zbigniew Horoks, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Christian de Chalonge,

Based on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France ...

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 : Andy Lau, Man Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Man-Tat Ng,
Directors : Lawrence Ah Mon,

The first part of the Lee Rock trilogy which chronicles the rise and fall of the corrupt police force that Lee Rock becomes a part of. Rock enters Hong Kong as an immigrant from the ...

Actors : Donna Stewart Bowen, Jeanne Bascom, Carl Crew, Cassidy Phillips,
Directors : David R. Bowen,

Based on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991.

Actors : Elisa D'Souza, Tom Alter, Riju Bajaj, Paresh Rawal,
Directors : Ketan Mehta,

An account of Vallbhbhai Patel's political life while India was taking first steps as an independent country.

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Frankie J. Holden, Alexander Outhred, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Ann Turner,

This is the story of the crippled young Alan Marshall and his hero worship of the local he-man horse trainer East Driscoll, the schoolboy crush Alan has on the local aristocratic English ...

Actors : Juan Costa, María Eva Gatica, Horacio Taicher, Edgardo Nieva,
Directors : Leonardo Favio,

An Argentina film, which narrates the life of Argentine boxer José María Gatica, from his childhood until his tragic death in Buenos Aires in 1963.

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 : Li Gong, Shichang Da, Tung-Shing Yee, Fang-Tsen,

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yu-liang leaves a brothel in a small Chinese town, to become the second wife of Mr. Pan. While Pan is away at the revolution in Yunnan, Yu-liang ...

Actors : Baptiste Roussillon, Jean-Marie Richier, Sandrine Bonnaire, Tatiana Moukhine,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first ...

Actors : André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Sandrine Bonnaire, Marcel Bozonnet,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

Actors : Mehmet Ali Ceyhanli, Wiebke Bayer, Nadine Büttner, Stefan Barber,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema. The film...

Actors : Esther Goris, Cristina Banegas, Víctor Laplace, Pepe Novoa,
Directors : Juan Carlos Desanzo,

Drama based on the life of Eva Peron, an obscure actress, who rose to become wife of Argentine strong-man President Juan Peron and one of the most powerful figures in Argentina until her death in 1952 at age 33.

Actors : Conor Chamberlain, Gary Andrew, Richard Brimblecombe, Brian Blessed,

In the early 14th century, Scottish warrior and Earl Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scots, leading Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.

Actors : Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Dimitris Katalifos, Maya Lymberopoulou, Lazaros Georgakopoulos,
Directors : Yannis Smaragdis,

Loosely based on the life of Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis.

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.