Best Biography movies

Actors : Paolo Graziosi, Carmen Maura, Maxime Mansion, Jocelyn Quivrin,
Directors : Roger Planchon,

The title of this major French costume drama means "Louis, child-king", and indeed it's a fascinating fresco about the formative years of the young king Louis XIV, before he became the ...

Actors : Fabian, Ken Miller, Ivy Thayer, Karen Black,
Directors : Luke Moberly,

Based on a true story, this action-packed, hard-hitting depiction of the infamous Ashley gang - who terrorized the southeast in the 1920's - also illustrates a desperate love between two people destined for destruction.

Actors : Roberto Sosa, Juan Carlos Bonet, Juan Manuel Bernal, Alfonso Borbolla,
Directors : Sebastian del Amo,

Juan Orol, was born in Galicia, Spain at the end of the XIX Century. As a child, his mother sent him away to Cuba, looking for a relative he never found. He grew up wildly and encroached in...

Actors : Brian Benben, Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Richard S. Castellano,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York grow up to become feared gangsters.

Actors : Noah Saavedra, Valerie Pachner, Maresi Riegner, Marie Jung,
Directors : Dieter Berner,

At the beginning of the 20th Century Egon Schiele is one of the most provocative artists in Vienna. His life and work are driven by beautiful women and an era that is coming to an end. Two ...

Actors : Jakob Öhrman, Elena Leeve, Aku Hirviniemi, Sara Melleri,
Directors : Anna Paavilainen,

Cosmetics saleswoman Kirsi Viilonen dreams of a career as a star artist. When Kirsi meets DJ and radio journalist Paula, she decides to give in completely to her dream of becoming a singer....

Actors : Sven Wollter, Féodor Atkine, Judit Danyi, Rita Russek,
Directors : Vilgot Sjöman,

The life of the Swedish engineer Alfred Nobel. How he invented dynamite and later in his life founded the Nobel-Prize.

Actors : Toshiaki Karasawa, Agnieszka Grochowska, Borys Szyc, Koyuki,
Directors : Cellin Gluck,

Against his country's orders, a Japanese diplomat issues visas to refugees, saving over 6,000 Jewish lives at the outbreak of World War II.

Actors : Dimitris Papadopoulos, Vasilis Tsikaras, Leonidas Kakouris, Maria Androutsou,
Directors : Vasilis Tsikaras,

Captain Mihos Floros returns to Samarina to gather more men and lead them to the besieged by the Ottomans, Missolonghi, in order to assist the fight of the resistance at General Makris' ...

Actors : Dwight Anderson, Elizabeth Edwards, Harold Kilpatrick, Beneth Jones,
Directors : Katherine Stenholm,

The life and works of 19th-century circuit rider Robert S. Sheffey.

Actors : Sae-byeok Song, Suzy Bae, Seung-ryong Ryu, Nam-gil Kim,
Directors : Jong-pil Lee,

During the Joseon Dynasty, lowborn Chae-sun challenges the rule that states only men allowed to sing while navigating devotion to her teacher and the demands of the king's father.

Actors : Luciana Rigueira, Tuca Andrada, Joana Fomm, Cassiano Carneiro,
Directors : José Joffily,

Based on the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, actor of Hector Babenco's Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981).

Actors : Quinn K. Redeker, John Himes, John Hansen, Joan Tompkins,
Directors : Irving Rapper,

A sex-change operation that changed "George" into "Christine" in 1950s Denmark.

Actors : Michael Madsen, Cecil Moe, Rex Flores, Maureen McCarthy,
Directors : Edward T. McDougal,

A man struggling with alcoholism turns to a reverend for help

Actors : Minas Christidis, Dimitris Myrat, Manos Katrakis, Giannis Voglis,
Directors : Pantelis Voulgaris,

The life and work of Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos from his election in 1910 until 1927.

Actors : Alessandro Haber, Galatea Ranzi, Stefano Accorsi, Laura Morante,
Directors : Michele Placido,

The life and scandalous loves of early 20th century poet Sibilla Aleramo.

Actors : Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Mário Barroso, Teresa Madruga,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.

Actors : Jana Civzele, Edvins Mekss, Sabine Timoteo, Baiba Broka,
Directors : Viesturs Kairiss,

In the early morning of June 14, 1941, under Stalin's orders, over 40 000 people from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania were arrested, shoved into cattle cars and dispatched to permanent exile ...

Actors : Manoj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Hema Malini, Sudhir Dalvi,
Directors : Ashok V. Bhushan,

Pooja lives with her doctor husband and a young son. Her son becomes seriously ill and does not respond to any medication, her husband wants him to be moved to a hospital for further ...

Actors : Artur Smolyaninov, Agnese Budovska, Arturs Skrastins,
Directors : Dzintars Dreibergs,

In the Soviet era, a young woman plays basketball as her only chance to cross the Iron Curtain and reunite with her brother.