Best Biography movies

Actors : Francesco Scianna, Valentina Lodovini, Carmine Recano, Francesco Di Leva,
Directors : Alessandro Piva,

The rise and fall of a Camorra clan in Naples, told through the eyes of a crime boss and his family. Thirty years of a man's life, thirty years in the history of one of the most beautiful and controversial cities on Earth: Naples.

Actors : Adrianne Vallé, Juanita Salazar, Enrique Esparza, Roger Gutierrez,
Directors : Tom Naygrow,

Young Don Castro is having difficulty in school, has a strained relationship with his father, and can't understand why the girl next door only wants a serious relationship. The one place ...

Actors : Jacki Weaver, Alan Cassell, Michael Long, David Atkins,
Directors : Kevin James Dobson,

Wormy and diminutive, yet cunning and determined small-time hoodlum Squizzy Taylor rises to prominence and popularity in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920's. Squizzy romances brash moll ...

Actors : Elie Mitri, Antoine Balabane, Julia Kassar, Ghassan Estephan,
Directors : Nabil Lebbos,

Life of saint monk Charbel Makhluf

Actors : Zygmunt Bielawski, Marian Dziedziel, Katarzyna Bargielowska, Marian Harasimowicz,
Directors : Henryk Kluba,

A story of the last days of the avant-garde playwright Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, aka Witkacy.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Lukas Haas, Emily Elicia Low, Rico Simonini,
Directors : Michael Oblowitz,

A destitute Sinatra pursues a hapless romance with the sultry starlet; marked by passion, bourbon and infidelities; while campaigning for the role of Angelo Maggio in From Here to Eternity; the sole ray of hope in salvaging his career.

Actors : Timothy Paul Coderre, Bill Lake, Stephen MacDonald, Tommie-Amber Pirie,
Directors : Kyle Portbury,

In 19th Century New England, the lives of a diverse group of people collide through interweaving stories of despair, identity, faith, hope and trust.

Actors : Chris Hoffman, Daniel Kaufman, Ruth Maleczech, Maureen McElheron,
Directors : Bill Plympton,

A compilation of animator Bill Plympton's classic shorts, including "Your Face", "How to Kiss", "One of Those Days", "25 Ways to Quit Smoking", "Plymptoons", "Nosehair" and "How to Make ...

Actors : Evgeny Radchenko, Marina Nosova, Mikhail Efremov, Oleg Fomin,
Directors : Igor Akhmedov,

Biographical movie based on remembered incidents in the childhood of the Patriach of all Russia, Alexi II. As a boy of around 12 years of age he witnessed the start of World War 2 and the ...

Actors : Vladimir Anisko, L. Armengol, O. Banke Paulu, András Kozák,
Directors : Manos Zacharias,

The last months of life of Hungarian writer Máté Zalka who joined the International Brigades and fought in the Spanish Civil War.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Eleanor David, Nigel Terry, Mary Regan,
Directors : Michael Firth,

Real-life story of Sylvia Ashton Warner's pioneering work teaching Maori children to read in the 1940's.

Actors : Pihla Viitala, Vili Saarela, Malla Malmivaara, Antti Luusuaniemi,
Directors : Visa Koiso-Kanttila,

Two Finnish boys battle adolescence and family troubles. Meanwhile, their homes are being encroached upon by inevitable urban development.

Actors : Rea Mauranen, Ari Suonsuu, Asko Sarkola, Kari Franck,

The life of early 20th century author, journalist, and revolutionary Algot Untola (also known as Maiju Lassila, Irmari Rantamala and under several more pseudonyms), one of the most ...

Actors : Bob Flag, Mark Hawkins, Martin Byrne-Quinn, Geoffrey Greenhill,
Directors : Fhiona-Louise,

Fictionalized account based on the actions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen.

Actors : Marianne de la Riva, Mario Montenegro, Jun Labo, Perla Bautista,
Directors : Jose Dagumboy,

Depiction of a world famous psychic healer from Baguio City.

Actors : Julio Perillán, Andreas Muñoz, Gonzalo Trujillo, Javier Godino,

'If you could hear the voice of God, would you want to keep it secret?' A historical drama based on the memoirs of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. This is the story of ...

Actors : Lynn Mastio Rice, Blandine Fromont, Brenda Sue Fowler, Mike Ketcher,

Based on actual facts and events, explores the Thelemic Commune in Cefalu, Sicily from 1920-1923.

Actors : Randy Follett, Jackie Burroughs, Gordon Pinsent, Jessica Steen,
Directors : Gordon Pinsent,

A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of ...

Actors : Stanislawa Celinska, Piotr Fronczewski, Dorota Stalinska, Bozena Dykiel,
Directors : Janusz Rzeszewski,

Loosely based on a biography of a famous Polish singer from the 1930's, Hanka Ordonowna. It opens in the Egyptian desert during African campaign in World War II where Hanka's husband is ...

Actors : Lars Eidinger, Peri Baumeister, Petra Morzé, Rainer Bock,
Directors : Christoph Stark,

The Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl was in love with his sister. And she loved him back. Their relationship became sexual and caused quite a stir in the local society. But when his ...