Best Women Biography movies

Actors : Purab Kohli, Shiney Ahuja, Shaad Randhawa, Kangana Ranaut,
Directors : Mohit Suri,

Based upon the life of actress Parveen Babi, this film describes the life of a schizophrenic actress Sana Azim, and the love of her life - Aditya Garewal.

Actors : Adèle Exarchopoulos, Aliénor Poisson, Guillaume Gallienne, Stéphanie Cléau,
Directors : Pierre Godeau,

Based on a true story, the impossible love between a prison director and one of its female inmates.

Actors : Alexandre Borges, Patricia Pillar, Daniel de Oliveira, Leandra Leal,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

Based on the true story of Zuzu Angel, a famous Brazilian fashion designer in the 70's, who searches for her son Stuart, a member of a leftist university group who suddenly disappears ...

Actors : Pascal Greggory, Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : André Téchiné,

In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.

Actors : Sandrine Blancke, Cécile De France, Chris Lomme, Marie Kremer,
Directors : Stijn Coninx,

A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.

Actors : Alberto Ammann, Natalia Oreiro, Amparo Noguera,
Directors : Benjamín Ávila,

The life of Andrea, a middle-class woman, drastically changes when her 18-year-old son ends up in jail, falsely accused of a minor felony he didn't commit. Now she must fight for his freedom. Based on a true story.

Actors : Luca Zingaretti, Alessio Boni, Monica Bellucci, Maurizio Donadoni,
Directors : Marco Tullio Giordana,

The story of rising, fancy life and falling of Osvaldo Valenti and Luisa Ferinta, two of the stars of the Italian cinema during the Facism period of Italy.

Actors : Wulf Kessler, Ulrich Tukur, Oliver Siebert, Lena Stolze,
Directors : Michael Verhoeven,

During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell ...

Actors : Hae-il Park, Sang-hun Jeong, Mi-ran Ra, Ye-jin Son,
Directors : Jin-ho Hur,

"The Last Princess" is both a drama and an action film that is based upon the life of Princess Deok-hye (1912-1989) who was born into Korea's last royal family in 1912 as the youngest and ...

Actors : Gedeon Burkhard, Tatiana Pauhofová, Simona Stasová, Karl Markovics,
Directors : Filip Renc,

A film about the black-and-white era actress Lída Baarová and her doomed love affair.

Actors : Fen Ikner, Kimbra, Rose McIver, George Mason,
Directors : David Stubbs,

A bittersweet love story told with beautiful re-imaginings of iconic New Zealand songs.

Actors : Valeri Yordanov, Zornitsa Sophia, Dimitar Trokanov, Goran Gunchev,
Directors : Zornitsa Sophia,

A mother, forced to abandon her child and home, leads a rebellious band and inflicts her own justice in the brutal men's world of 19th century.

Actors : Roman Gancarczyk, Jowita Budnik, Jerzy Gudejko, Krystyna Feldman,
Directors : Krzysztof Krauze,

Story of the last eight years of life of Nikifor Krynicki, famous "naive artist".

Actors : Aurora Ribero, Kiesha Alvaro, Cut Mini Theo,
Directors : Naya Anindita,

Ode, a young man from Buton, falls in love with Ade, a migrant from Bali. Initially, their relationship went smoothly, even looking beautiful, like the world belonged to them.

Actors : Maria Bonnevie, Björn Gustafsson, Alba August, Trine Dyrholm,
Directors : Pernille Fischer Christensen,

Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.

Actors : Carla Chambel, José Fidalgo, Sandra Barata Belo, Ricardo Carriço,
Directors : Carlos Coelho da Silva,

The story of real-life singing legend Amália Rodrigues who ruled the famous Portuguese acoustic guitar and vocals based music genre called fado.

Actors : Heike Makatsch, Dan Stevens, Hanns Zischler, Monica Bleibtreu,
Directors : Kai Wessel,

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.

Actors : Tuukka Temonen, Mimosa Willamo, Inka Kallén, Laura Malmivaara,
Directors : Tuukka Temonen,

The story of Finnish punk rock band Apulanta.

Actors : Lovelady Powell, Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Tom Poston,
Directors : Nicholas Sgarro,

Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts liberally sampling the local male talent....

Actors : Rajesh Jais, Smitha Mohanty, Archita, Archita Sahu,
Directors : Sushant Mani,

The film is inspired by Dr. Sruti Mohapatra, a courageous woman from Odisha in a wheelchair. An IAS qualifier she lost her job due to disability but never gave up, becoming a powerful social activist and inspiring many with her resilience