Best Biography movies of 1980s

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

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

Actors : Ahmed Benaissa, Mustapha Chougrani, Athmane Ariout, Robert Bazil,
Directors : Benamar Bakhti,

The story of the film revolves around the epic of Sheikh Bouamama, a leader of the national resistance in Algeria during the French colonial era. The events are taking place in southwestern...

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

Depiction of a world famous psychic healer from Baguio City.

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 : 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 : Jaan Rekkor, Sulev Luik, Jüri Krjukov, Arvo Kukumägi,
Directors : Kaljo Kiisk,

A true but strongly subjective story about the leading communist Viktor Kingissepp and his hopeless fight in the 1920-s Estonian Respublic. Later, during the Soviet regime Kingissepp was made a hero and martyr.

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 : Arturo Martínez hijo, Ivonne Govea, Juan Peláez, Rodolfo de Anda,

Based on the book by the same name, the film follows the exploits of Arturo "El Negro" Durazo, who was the head of the police department in Mexico City, we witness his crimes and his eccentric life, that will inevitably lead to his fall.

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 : Zhongxi Chen, Xu Chengxian, Qimin Wei, Yanfang Lu,

Set in the early stage after liberation of Shanghai, Chen Yi is delegated to be mayor and deals with a lot of economic and social issues.

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 : 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 : Claude Brasseur, Simone Signoret, Jean Carmet, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Michel Drach,

The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant.

Actors : Michail Marmarinos, Aristotelis Aposkitis, Yiorgos Kendros, Takis Moschos,
Directors : Takis Spetsiotis,

A documentary about the rise and fall of Greek's most esteemed poet, Napoleon Lapathiotis.

Actors : Philippe Leroy, Patrick Chesnais, Daniel Mesguich, Ute Lemper,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

Last days of queen Marie Antoinette stunningly portrayed by a director who's clearly done a massive historical research. An accurate plot and a very moving rendering.

Actors : Fang Xie, Fusheng Feng, Gengchen Jiang, Jiayuan Ding,
Directors : Jinglong Zhang,

Biography of famous ancient Chinese poetess Li Qingzhao who lived in the Song Dynasty.

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 : 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 ...