Best Biography movies

Actors : Nan Martin, Timothy Bottoms, Marilyn Hassett, Belinda Montgomery,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

Several years after the deaths of Dick Buek and her father, Jill Kinmont and her mother leave Los Angeles to spend their summer in their hometown of Bishop, California. They rent a summer ...

Actors : Cedric Sanders, Louis Gossett Jr., Lauren Holly, William Devane,
Directors : Mark Young,

Inspired by a true story about a black college graduate forced to serve probation after the 1965 Watts riots at an all-white seminary that wants black followers not leaders. Encouraged by ...

Actors : Mark Asquith, Sherry Baines, Ben Kingsley, Magdalen Asquith,
Directors : Tony Palmer,

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

Actors : Brigitte Fossey, Rutger Hauer, Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : George Kaczender,

The film tells the story of the early life and rise to fame and fortune of French fashion designer Coco Chanel, beginning with her upbringing in an orphanage and training as a milliner, but...

Actors : Jishu Sengupta, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Subhasish Mukherjee, Subhomoy Chatterjee,
Directors : Soumik Sen,

'Mohishashur Mordini' is the most popular program on Indian Radio. In the year 1976 this program had been recreated by the most popular and talented artists of India instead of the ...

Actors : Sanju Banerjee, Ravi Aneja, Aayat, Jatin Ahuja,
Directors : Akshay Choubey,

The bravery of Lieutenant Triveni Singh, a young soldier who gave his own life to protect over 300 people who were caught in the cross firing at the Jammu railway station in a terrorist attack in 2004.

Actors : Eleni Erimou, Petros Fyssoun, Alkis Yannakas, Jenny Karezi,
Directors : Kostas Karagiannis,

Manto Mavrogenous, several years after the revolution and active action, remembers her life. Despite the objections of her mother, gave her dowry to financially support the revolution. ...

Actors : Gioia Spaziani, Marcello Mazzarella, Vincenzo Albanese, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli,
Directors : Pasquale Scimeca,

The real story of Placido Rizzotto, a trade union leader murdered by the mafia in Sicily in 1948

Actors : Tiina Weckström, Maria Heiskanen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Matleena Kuusniemi,
Directors : Juha Wuolijoki,

The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who ...

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Akim Tamiroff, Lea Padovani, Ricardo Montalban,
Directors : Edward Dmytryk,

In 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Jirô Yabuki, Kenji Imai, Masashi Ishibashi,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.

Actors : Marko Matvere, Anastasiya Makeeva, Renars Kaupers, Tõnu Kark,
Directors : Peeter Simm,

A movie about the life of legendary Estonian singer Georg Ots.

Actors : Jaroslav Rozsíval, Frantisek Kuchta, Magdalena Lokvencová, Karol L. Zachar,
Directors : Palo Bielik,

The story of the Slovak highwayman and folk hero Juraj Janosik.

Actors : Leela Narayana Rao, M.V. Narayana Rao, Manjunath Bhatt, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee,
Directors : G.V. Iyer,

The first and only Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of Sankara - the founder of the non-duality (Advaita) school of Indian philosophy.

Actors : Muhammad Abbe, Norman R. Akyuwen, Moch. Achir, Ario Bayu,
Directors : Hanung Bramantyo,

1942, The Nederlands(ch)-Indië Government in Java Island captured Soekarno, an aspiring young man who wants to free Indonesia from colonialism. He was then put in Banceuy Prison at Bandung,...

Actors : Peter Schneider, Alexander Scheer, Milan Peschel, Bjarne Mädel,
Directors : Andreas Dresen,

The movie deals with the real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR.

Actors : Steven Berkoff, Peter O'Toole, Nicole Keniheart, Joss Ackland,
Directors : Michael Redwood,

Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend's whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West.

Actors : Kirill Lavrov, Ada Rogovtseva, Andrei Popov, Igor Gorbachyov,
Directors : Daniil Khrabrovitsky,

About Russian space program and missile industry, and it's founder Sergei P. Korolev, from the 1920s to the first man in space in 1961.

Actors : Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa, Miguel Guilherme, Lima Duarte,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery.

Actors : Jonas Bloch, Isolda Cresta, Marieta Severo, José Wilker,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.