Best Biography movies of 1990s

Actors : Kenneth Glenaan, Iain Glen, Andrew Barr, Steve Hotchkiss,
Directors : David Hayman,

In London's seedy Soho district in 1963, Larry Winters (Iain Glen) murders a bartender with shocking violence. Sentenced to life behind bars, Winters has towering fits of rage that continue...

Actors : Stefano Accorsi, Mariangela Melato, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Michele Placido,
Directors : Maurizio Zaccaro,

La ricostruzione dell'odissea giudiziaria di Enzo Tortora, famoso giornalista e presentatore televisivo, è la storia di questo film-inchiesta, nella più solida tradizione di un cinema 'di ...

Actors : Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Blanca Guerra, Alberto Estrella, Ana Ofelia Murguía,
Directors : Arturo Ripstein,

A female cabaret artist has to leave Berlin, Germany, after an incident with the Nazis. Back in her fatherland Mexico she tries and succeeds in remaking her career.

Actors : Kippei Shîna, Tsurutarô Kataoka, Hitomi Kuroki, Norihei Miki,
Directors : Nobuhiko Ôbayashi,

The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.

Actors : Deborah Evelyn, Carla Camurati, José de Abreu, Paulo Betti,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

The real story of a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.

Actors : Jodhi May, Polly Walker, Michael Gambon, Dominic West,
Directors : Károly Makk,

Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky must write a novel in 27 days in a deal to pay off his gambling debts, and feverishly dictates the novel 'The Gambler'.

Actors : Elzbieta Okupska, Dominika Ostalowska, Krzysztof Siwczyk, Andrzej Mastalerz,
Directors : Lech Majewski,

Episodes from the last few years in the life of iconic Silesian poet Rafal Wojaczek. His provocative and scandalous life as well as tragic premature death made him a true literary legend.

Actors : Sibylle Canonica, Herbert Knaup, Franziska Herold, Veronica Ferres,
Directors : Egon Günther,

The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane Vulpius, a village girl, is one of the instantaneous and fiery passion. They lived together for ...

Actors : Helen Shaver, Françoise Robertson, Martin Cummins, Darcy Belsher,
Directors : Martin Cummins,

Caught in the jagged downtown world of drugs, prostitutes and violence, three young artists lead tumultuous lives in desperate need of an overhaul. Relationships stumble as careers take ...

Actors : Carrie Mitchum, Casper Van Dien, Mike Connors, Diane Ladd,
Directors : Mohammed Rustam,

Casper Van Dien of STARSHIP TROOPERS stars as James Dean, whose remarkable talent and rebel attitude took Hollywood by storm. But as Dean's star begins to rise, his passionate affair with ...

Actors : Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Artur Barcis, Christoph Waltz, Edward Zentara,
Directors : Krzysztof Zanussi,

The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.

Actors : Miep Gies, Hannah Pick-Goslar,
Directors : Julian Y. Wolff,

The story of a Jewish family that goes into hiding during world war 2

Actors : Stanislawa Celinska, Agnieszka Czekanska, Dorota Segda, Danuta Szaflarska,
Directors : Jerzy Lukaszewicz,

Actors : Colm Feore, Helen Mirren, Helen Shaver, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Phillip Borsos,

Bethune has long been a hero in China. Perhaps for reasons of politics and personality, however, his fame in North America lagged far behind. The film explores the complexity of a character...

Actors : Bogdan Stupka, Rolan Bykov, Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Lev Durov,
Directors : Igor Gostev,

Actors : Dongqi Zhou, Chunli Song, Xin Liu, Peiqi Liu,

Qiao and Lei Feng are the closets comrade-in-arms. He hit down a telegraph pole while parking, and it unintentionally led to Lei Feng's pass away. Qiao lived rest of his life with utmost ...

Actors : Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Stina Ekblad, Morten Gundel, Anders Forchhammer,
Directors : Erik Clausen,

Carl Nielsen's life from drummer with the village's playmates to regimentation musician and composer on the throne of world renown.

Actors : Marcos Palmeira, André Ricardo, Antônio Fagundes, Letícia Spiller,
Directors : Zelito Viana,

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his ...

Actors : Beto Simas, Ariana Messias, Darci Figueiredo, Carlos Evelyn,
Directors : Luís Alberto Pereira,

On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to ...