Best Biography movies

Actors : Caroline Baehr, Lou Castel,
Directors : Jérôme de Missolz,

About the short life of a photographer who takes mostly naked photos of herself and others in strange places until she commits suicide.

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 : Alon Aboutboul, Avital Dicker, Shuli Rand, Peter Firth,
Directors : Rafi Bukai,

In the midst of a war between Venice and Genoa, Marco Polo, a citizen of Venice, is imprisoned by the inquisition and is charged with heresy.The Genoans, whose real interest is seizing ...

Actors : Renato Pozzetto, Maurizio Arena, Stanley Baker, Marisa Allasio,
Directors : Mario Morra,

Anthological movie with some of the most famous movie sequences in Italian cinema produced by glorious Titanus Film from 1947 to 1962.

Actors : Torquil Campbell, Clare Barclay, John Bourgeois, Robert Bidaman,
Directors : Mario Azzopardi,

Story of Joseph Brant, chief of the Mohawks, and the events that led to the birth of Canada as a nation. During the time of the American Revolution, while Britain faces full scale ...

Actors : Vera Sotnikova, Manos Vakousis, Vasilis Laggos, Igor Yasulovich,
Directors : Nikos Koundouros,

Poet Lord Byron decides to fight with the Greek revolutionaries in Missolonghi against the Turks but instead the glorious battle wrestles with fever and his own demons.

Actors : Keegan Allen, Alex Kingston, Josh Peck, Shannen Doherty,
Directors : James Franco,

The story of writer Charles Bukowski's formative years from childhood to high school and his struggles with an abusive father, disfiguring acne, alcohol addiction, and his initial attempts at writing.

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 : Daniela Bueno, Alexander Leterni, Miguel Ferrari, Scarlett Jaimes,
Directors : Ignacio Castillo Cottin,

A tragic love story based in the life of the great Latin American boxer Edwin "El Inca" Valero. The only fight he lost, was the one against himself.

Actors : Norma Bengell, Carla Camurati, Antônio Fagundes, Otávio Augusto,
Directors : Norma Bengell,

Biography of Patrícia Galvão, aka Pagu, a legendary personage, muse and activist of Brazilian Modernism in art, during the 1920s until the 1940s. She shocked the society of her time, but ...

Actors : Stepan Nercessian, Laila Garin, Marcelo Serrado, Marie Paquim,
Directors : Andrucha Waddington,

The film narrates the story of José Abelardo Barbosa from the moment he leaves medical school to start his first gig as a radio announcer. From that point on we see his life transform and ...

Actors : Kate Ellis, Guru Randhawa, Babbu Mann, Guggu Gill, Gemma Doherty, Bono,
Directors : Andrew Dominik, Dheeraj Rattan,

Bono shares life stories and U2 songs in an intimate show, exploring relationships with family, friends, and faith. Features unseen footage from his Beacon Theatre performances of "Stories of Surrender."

Actors : Merritt Wever, Coleman Pedigo, AJ Brown, Sydney Sweeney, Diarmuid Noyes, Danny Power,
Directors : David Michôd, Brendan Canty,

Two estranged brothers with chequered childhoods in the care system suddenly find themselves living under the same roof. They must now reconcile with their pasts and make decisions about the future.

Actors : Chris Pérez, A.B. Quintanilla, Abraham Quintanilla Jr.,
Directors : Isabel Castro,

Selena Quintanilla's journey from performing at local events to becoming the "Queen of Tejano Music" with her family band Selena y Los Dinos, culminating in sold-out stadium tours, is chronicled through personal archive footage.

Actors : Jess Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Paula Cole, Sarah McLachlan, Olivia Rodrigo, Johnny Sequoyah,
Directors : Johannes Roberts, Ally Pankiw,

Explores the 1990s all-female music festival Lilith Fair.

Actors : Elodie, Valeria Golino, Matilda De Angelis,
Directors : Mario Martone,

A writer ends up in prison for a crazy and unexpected act, where she meets with some young inmates. Once out, the writer and the other women maintain their friendship, an authentic bond that no one else will be able to understand.

Actors : Mariska Hargitay, Zoltán Hargitay, Jayne Mansfield,
Directors : Mariska Hargitay,

Explores the life and legacy of Mariska Hargitay's mother, Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield, who died tragically in a car accident at age 34 when Mariska was only three years old.

Actors : Géraldine Pailhas, Laurent Lafitte, Thierry Garcia,
Directors : Sylvain Chomet,

It follows the life of Pagnol, a playwright, novelist, and filmmaker who grew up in a middle-class household in Marseille and became one of the world's most inventive and prolific artists from the 1930's to the 1950's.

Actors : Gary Knight, Damien Cole,
Directors : Bao Nguyen,

A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most-recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as "the stringer."

Actors : Ângela Azevedo, Amado Arjay Babon, Gael García Bernal,
Directors : Lav Diaz,

Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands in 1519. He quells mutinies, attempts to subjugate indigenous people and ultimately faces death in the Philippines.