Best Biography movies of 1980s

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

Depiction of a world famous psychic healer from Baguio City.

Actors : Huanshan Xu, Bo Gao, Yi Qin, Qi Feng,
Directors : Zumo Huang,

Biography of famous Chinese astronomer and geographer Zhang Heng who lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

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 : Jürgen Goslar, Ingrid Ettlmayer, Jeanette Mühlmann, Hartmut Nolte,
Directors : Willi Hengstler,

The story of Austrian, Johann "Jack" Unterweger, who wrote a book about his criminal past while serving a life term in prison for assault.

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 : 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 : Regina Razuma, Enn Klooren, Leonid Sevtsov, Tõnu Lume,
Directors : Valentin Kuik,

Georg Lurich was an Estonian world-famous professional wrestler in the early 1900-s who became a legend already in his lifetime. He was called not only the world's best technique-wrestler ...

Actors : Vadim Medvedev, Yelena Karadzhova, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Irina Kupchenko,
Directors : Leonid Menaker,

About the death of Aleksandr Pushkin, the leading poet and writer of Russia, who was shot on a duel and died when he was 37.

Actors : Michael Tucci, Concetta D'Agnese, Gabe Kaplan,
Directors : John Bowab,

The life story of Groucho Marx.

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 : 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 : Chong Aier, Narola Aier, Noktila Aier, Sashimeren Aier,

The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.

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 : 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 : Peter Bostjancic, Jürgen Morche, Zeljko Ivanek, Vlado Novák,
Directors : Karpo Acimovic-Godina,

Set in Hollywood in 1935, a fictionalized depiction of Fritz Lang's life at this time.

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 : 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.