Best Biography movies

Actors : Paul Anka, Burt Bacharach, Dick Clark, David Foster,

The authorized documentary tells the remarkable story of the Canadian-born singer, songwriter, actor and entertainer whose life has seen more twists of fate and turns of fortune than any ...

Actors : Jutta Wachowiak, Corinna Harfouch, Katrin Saß, Jörg Gudzuhn,
Directors : Roland Gräf,

The last decade (1937-47) of the poet Hans Fallada's life. He lives with his family in Carwitz. His craving for harmony collides with the circumstances of the times and his own inner ...

Actors : Janne Carlsson, Mona Seilitz, Eddie Axberg, Hans Klinga,
Directors : Christer Abrahamsen,

The true story behind the movie takes it start in 1874 with two misfits - Gustaf Adolf Eriksson (Hjert) and Conrad Pettersson Lundqvist (Tector) - that meet in the big prison of Långholmen ...

Actors : Gil Gerard, Tom Silardi, Joy Vogel, Jaime Alba,
Directors : Erik Jacobson,

The true story of Raul Ries. Raul abused his wife and hated his father. His name stood for fear, for fighting, and for fury. To his high school friends, he was a violent, dangerous ...

Actors : Franco Pistoni, Lorenzo Pedrotti, Orfeo Orlando, Jun Ichikawa,
Directors : Stefano Bessoni,

Kaspar is a young filmmaker willing to develop his projects in cinema. He passes his time drawing, writing and making up his own imaginary world... See full synopsis »

Actors : Coles Burroughs, Duncan Hannah, Lisa Anomaiprasert, Bryan Keane,
Directors : Jennifer Montgomery,

Jennifer, an intelligent but insecure 14-year-old student at a boarding school, seduces her married dormitory counselor, a photographer who has offered to teach her about his art and winds ...

Actors : Yongshou Zhang, Songmao Zheng, Peixin Cong, Yuling Tao,
Directors : Jizhou Yan,

Biography of famous blind Chinese musician and Erhu player Yanjun Hua (aka. Ah Bing).

Actors : Dang Cecilio, Charito Solis, Mat Ranillo III, Joko Diaz,
Directors : Maria Saret,

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (c.1600 - September 29, 1637), was born in Binondo, Manila, Philippines. His Chinese father taught him Chinese, and his Filipino mother taught him Tagalog. Both of his ...

Actors : Yu-Han Lan, Chung-Yi Li, Szu-Cheng Mu, Chiu-Yen Chen,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

A teacher named Chen Yi-Shing took his class to a field trip in the mountain and encountered huge wasp attack on the way. Unable to escape, the teacher exposed himself naked to the horrible...

Actors : Reinhard Vom Bauer, Michael Böhme, Margarita Calahorra, Ingrid Caven,
Directors : Jeanine Meerapfel,

Malou feels that the difficulties she is experiencing in her relationships lie in her past and so she searches out information about her mother. Her mother, a nightclub singer who lived in ...

Actors : Aira Samulin, Remu Aaltonen, Marja Korhonen, Martti Suosalo,
Directors : Pekka Lehto,

A fictitious biography of Aira Samulin, the goddess of dance and importer of all the international dance crazes to Finland for some fifty years. The life story of this extravagant ever-teen...

Actors : Wadeck Stanczak, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Max von Sydow, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Giacomo Battiato,

The story of Benvenuto Cellini (1500 - 1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes.

Actors : Tommy Abuel, Romnick Sarmenta, Julio Diaz, Joel Torre,
Directors : Carlo J. Caparas,

Tirad Pass: The Last Stand of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar recounts the early days of American occupation of the Philippines with one of the earliest resistance of the American government which ...

Actors : Daniel Olbrychski, Liv Ullmann, Aurore Clément, Francesca Ciardi,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

A Jewish scientist in Russia becomes frustrated with the antisemitism in her country and decides to leave with her friend and sister. When they go to receive emigration permits, her sister and friend pass but she is declined.

Actors : Ella-June Henrard, Sam Louwyck, Martin Swabey, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Fleur Boonman,

In the mist at the edge of a lake, the 17-year-old Sea (Ella-June Henrard) finds a mysterious medallion... See full synopsis »

Actors : Sergio Cabrera, María José Gil, Katherine Montes, Vicente Mora,

Twenty short films profiling people who were affected by the March 11, 2004 bombings on four commuter trains in Madrid, Spain.

Actors : Lou Diamond Phillips, Holly Vaughn, Reg Grant, Benton Jennings,
Directors : Fred Holmes,

A teenager witnesses Col. Travis' courage at the Alamo against overwhelming odds.

Actors : Aleksey Buldakov, Leonid Nevedomsky, Margarita Borisova, Viktor Grigoryuk,
Directors : Nikolai Gusarov,

Historical and biographical film about a remarkable Russian traveler of the XVII century, the pathfinder Semen Dezhnev (L.Buldakov)... See full synopsis »

Actors : Joseph Estrada, Ben Perez, Lilia Dizon, Leopoldo Salcedo,
Directors : Gerardo de Leon,

Based on actual events, "The Moises Padilla Story" tells of a man's gallant stand, courage and struggle to fight an oligarchic governor who commands a private army to enforce his repressions of freedom.

Actors : Martin Wikström, Henrik Algestam, Sara Arnia, Mattias Barthelsson,
Directors : Christer Engberg,

The rise and fall of the "progg"-band "Verket". A beautiful story about friendship, love, music and politics.