Best Women Biography movies

Actors : Themis Bazaka, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Michalis Maniatis, Sotiria Leonardou,
Directors : Costas Ferris,

The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.

Actors : Morten Hee Andersen, Søren Malling, Jakob Oftebro, Trine Dyrholm,
Directors : Charlotte Sieling,

1402. Queen Margrete is ruling Sweden, Norway and Denmark through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: the Kalmar Union.

Actors : James Fox, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, John Fraser,
Directors : Karel Reisz,

A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free ...

Actors : Felicity Montagu, Patrick Kennedy, Romola Garai, John Gordon Sinclair,
Directors : Susanna Nicchiarelli,

Bright, intelligent, passionate and free, Eleanor is Karl Marx's youngest daughter. Among the first women to link the themes of feminism and socialism, she takes part in the workers' ...

Actors : Lisa Tomaschewsky, David Rott, Alice Dwyer, Karoline Teska,
Directors : Marc Rothemund,

Rather than let cancer run her life, a young woman starts wearing different wigs to express herself and live her life to the fullest.

Actors : Daniel Massey, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Julie Andrews,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A musical biography of Gertrude Lawrence, who led a hustling and bustling life on the stage.

Actors : Adam Pålsson, Happy Jankell, Hanna Alström, Jonas Karlsson,
Directors : Hannes Holm,

The life of Swedish pop star Ted Gärdestad.

Actors : Jeannette Clift, Robert Rietty, Arthur O'Connell, Julie Harris,
Directors : James F. Collier,

Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father's watchmaker shop in pre-WWII Holland. Their uneventful lives are disrupted with the coming of the Nazis. ...

Actors : Daniel Olbrychski, Adelheid Arndt, Otto Sander, Barbara Sukowa,
Directors : Margarethe von Trotta,

After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.

Actors : Caco Ciocler, Gustavo Machado, Andréia Horta, Zécarlos Machado,
Directors : Hugo Prata,

The life of Elis Regina, undoubtedly the greatest Brazilian singer of all time, is told in this biopic film with energetic and pulsating rhythm.

Actors : Sean Young, Melissa Errico, Michael Lerner, Joe Regalbuto,
Directors : Harry Bromley Davenport,

On November 4, 1970 on The CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite reported on a true, horrific story that was about to rock the country. A 13-year-old girl was discovered in the small Los ...

Actors : Laura Alexandra Ramos, Marissa Lynne Johnson, Natalie Burtney, Cat Alter,
Directors : Glenn Miller,

Found-footage horror. The Robertson County Sheriff's Department has released videos found on the bodies of the Sawyer family's cell phones and video cameras. What was first thought to be a ...

Actors : Ceylin Adiyaman, Esra Inal, Gulay Baltaci, Batur Belirdi,

ESRA leads two parallel lives. In her worldly life as a Turkish Berliner in a re-united city, the vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships and ...

Actors : Natalia Soutto, Matheus Costa, Nelson Xavier, Ângelo Antônio,
Directors : Daniel Filho,

A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.

Actors : Lenny von Dohlen, Moira Kelly, Melinda Dillon, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Michael Ray Rhodes,

The phrase "entertaining angels" refers to the practice of treating all guests--be they kings or peasants--as if they were visiting angels. This is the challenge for all humble Christians ...

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Joe Pesci, Dianne Wiest, Nicol Williamson,
Directors : Jack Hofsiss,

A true story about Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Gordon's Valium addiction and her desperate attempts to kick the habit.

Actors : Louis Koo, Ka-Tung Lam, Fish Liew, Louise Wong, Ka Tung Lam,
Directors : Lok Man Leung,

Traces the life of Anita Mui, Hong Kong's disappeared Cantopop star.

Actors : John Wildman, Margaret Langrick, Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee,
Directors : Sandy Wilson,

Adding an intriguing Canadian twist to a universally appealing story of teenage trials, My American Cousin begins as bored 12-year-old Sandy (Margaret Langrick) is preparing for another ...

Actors : Jowita Budnik, Zbigniew Walerys, Artur Steranko, Antoni Pawlicki,

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.

Actors : Chien-ru Huang, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng, Tian-Lu Li,
Directors : Hsiao-Hsien Hou,

In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joines a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers. During World War II the Japanese...