Best Biography movies of 1990s

Actors : Elsa Zylberstein, Claude Rich, Anémone, Régis Royer,
Directors : Roger Planchon,

Life, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.

Actors : Gloria Diaz, Joel Torre, Cesar Montano, Jaime Fabregas,
Directors : Marilou Diaz-Abaya,

Jose Rizal's life and works are recounted through a series of non-linear flashbacks which reflect on various aspects of his life - as writer, propagandist, lover, friend, brother, doctor, and the man that inspired a revolution.

Actors : Bedri Baykam, Gönen Bozbey, Meltem Berent, Orhan Aydin,
Directors : Reis Çelik,

Director is Reis Celik. All cast are Berhan Simsek, Mazlum Cimen, Tuncel Kurtiz, Tuncer Necmioglu, Mumtaz Sevinc, Bulent Colak. Producer is Lucy Wood. Year of construction is 1998, Turkey.

Actors : Flavio Insinna, Gianluca Gobbi, Elisabetta Cavallotti, Stefania Orsola Garello,
Directors : Davide Ferrario,

Nina is a porn star with an independent setup,she is a mother and has a relationship with one of her colleagues Christiana. She doesn't need anything more but after a checkup she discovers that she has cancer and now nothing is same.

Actors : Yonas Zergaw, Tedesse Haile, Haile Gebrsellasie, Shawananness Gebrselassie,

The gold medal for the men's 10,000-metre race in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is won by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie.

Actors : Colin Hay, Jimeoin, Bob Franklin, Alan McKee,
Directors : Ted Emery,

Two Irish actors (Jimeoin McKeown, Alan McKee) flee from 1988 Belfast after a violent confrontation with a leader (Robert Morgan) of the IRA and illegally enter Australia. Seeking acting ...

Actors : Tapio Liinoja, Anna Haaranen, Martti Suosalo, Heikki Nousiainen,
Directors : Timo Koivusalo,

The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara (Tapio Liinoja) and Repe Helismaa (Martti Suosalo), who worked together until their relationship ...

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 : Helen Shaver, Françoise Robertson, Martin Cummins, Darcy Belsher,
Directors : Martin Cummins,

Caught in the jagged downtown world of drugs, prostitutes and violence, three young artists lead tumultuous lives in desperate need of an overhaul. Relationships stumble as careers take ...

Actors : Vladimir Grachyov, Yuliya Novikova, Aleksandr Galibin, Lynda Bellingham,
Directors : Gleb Panfilov,

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.

Actors : Bruce Lee, James Tien, Yuan Chieh, Dan Inosanto,

This film was made as a tribute to Bruce Lee's Game of Death. It uses archive footage from the original film and recreated scenes with stand-ins and the plotline of Bruce's screen notes to ...

Actors : Dolphy, Eric Quizon, Jeffrey Quizon, Tony Bueno,
Directors : Gil Portes,

Gil M Portes (Miguel/Michelle, 1999) tells the unconventional true story of Walter Dempster, Jr, otherwise known as Markova. After watching a documentary about the suffering of women forced...

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 : Marcos Palmeira, André Ricardo, Antônio Fagundes, Letícia Spiller,
Directors : Zelito Viana,

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his ...

Actors : Colm Feore, Helen Mirren, Helen Shaver, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Phillip Borsos,

Bethune has long been a hero in China. Perhaps for reasons of politics and personality, however, his fame in North America lagged far behind. The film explores the complexity of a character...

Actors : Kenneth Glenaan, Iain Glen, Andrew Barr, Steve Hotchkiss,
Directors : David Hayman,

In London's seedy Soho district in 1963, Larry Winters (Iain Glen) murders a bartender with shocking violence. Sentenced to life behind bars, Winters has towering fits of rage that continue...

Actors : François Périer, Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Jacques Weber,
Directors : Francis Girod,

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks ...

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Mathilda May, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Paul Rhys,
Directors : Danny Huston,

At the turn of the century, Henri Gauthier-Villars, a notorious bachelor, marries the young country girl Gabrielle Colette and introduces her to debauched Parisian life. Gabrielle keeps a ...

Actors : Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Artur Barcis, Christoph Waltz, Edward Zentara,
Directors : Krzysztof Zanussi,

The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.