Best Biography movies of 1990s

Actors : Luciana Rigueira, Tuca Andrada, Joana Fomm, Cassiano Carneiro,
Directors : José Joffily,

Based on the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, actor of Hector Babenco's Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981).

Actors : Hairie Othman, Umie Aida, Faizal Hussein, Johan Abdullah,
Directors : Aziz M. Osman,

This film is about a Malaysian soldier, Lieutenant Adnan Saidi, who fought bravely against the Japanese Imperial Army during World War 2.

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 : Diego Vélez, María Eugenia Dávila, Maguso, Frank Ramírez,
Directors : Camila Loboguerrero,

Colombia 1920's. The country receives compensation for the separation of Panama and is open to foreign credit to undertake major development works. Growing mass of workers but not improve ...

Actors : Gabriel Jewel, J.C. Brandy, Alix Koromzay, Jon Jacobs,
Directors : Sophie Dia Pegrum,

The story of Dogstar, a reclusive artist, who lives with his bohemian mother in a remote mountain home.

Actors : Heinrich Baumgartner, Leo Bardischewski, Helmut Berger, Wolf Ackva,

In 1881 Ludwig of Bavaria goes on a cruise on a Swiss lake. He takes with him a famous actor, Josef Kainz, to act out the scenes from a story which took place on the lake, at the actual locations.

Actors : Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Duane Allen, Owen Bradley,

Honky Tonk Girl is the lively and personal portrait of "The Coal Miner's Daughter". From impoverished Butcher Holler Loretta rose to the pinnacle of the music business singing and writing ...

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Shashi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee,
Directors : G.V. Iyer,

The film is based on the life of Bengali, Hindu monk Narendra Nath Datta aka Vivekananda from his birth (1863) to his returned to India from the west (1887). It is spiritual take on ...

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 : Ernest Borgnine, Cartha D. 'Deke' Deloach,
Directors : Rick Pamplin,

A solo performance by Ernest Borgnine in the character of J. Edgar Hoover, the controversial figure who founded and headed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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 : Pen Medina, Julio Diaz, Leopoldo Salcedo, Tetchie Agbayani,
Directors : Raymond Red,

(Tagalog with English subtitles) From acclaimed filmmaker Raymond Red-the first Filipino director to win at Cannes with his short-comes this true to life story of Macario Sakay, founder of the Tagalog Republic.

Actors : Krzysztof Globisz, Grazyna Barszczewska, Ewa Skibinska, Adam Siemion,
Directors : Robert Glinski,

When the war breaks out, renowned Polish-Jewish poet Aleksander Wat leaves Nazi-occupied Warsaw with his wife Ola and their son. In Lviv, however, they are arrested by the Russians and separated. Ola and her son are sent to Siberia.

Actors : Lorenzo Quinn, Michael Catlin, Katherine Wallach, Sarah Douglas,
Directors : Antoni Ribas,

Biography of famed artist Salvador Dali, focusing mainly on his relationship with girlfriend Gala and the time they spent in New York City in 1940 and his early days in Spain collaborating with filmmaker Luis Bunuel.

Actors : Baba Camara, Koumba Doumbouya, Madou Camara, Kouda Camara,
Directors : Laurent Chevallier,

In Kouroussa, his native village, little Baba lives happily, between Madou, his father, a gifted mechanic, Kouda, his sweet mother, and his gang of pals. Kouroussa is a wonderful place ...

Actors : Nicolai Albrecht, Klaus Bunk, Janina Berge, Dagmar Bertram,
Directors : Helma Sanders-Brahms,

The life of Jewish Expressionist poet and performance artist, Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945), told chronologically in vignettes given context by archival footage of turn-of-the-century ...

Actors : Patrick Hinz, Steffen Schroeder, Nina Hoss, Peter Ketnath,
Directors : Joseph Vilsmaier,

Leo and Marili grow up in a working class neighborhood in post world war one Munich in Germany. They make their first holy communion, fall in love for the first time, graduate from school ...

Actors : Felipe Teran, Aristides Vargas, Isabel Molina, Lissette Cabrera,
Directors : Camilo Luzuriaga,

An author gets lost between the book he is writing and the reality and a love that does not exist and the ideals of revolution.

Actors : Alfre Woodard, Jill Clayburgh, Charles S. Dutton, Bobby Hosea,
Directors : Ivan Passer,

An unreleased film about a white girl adopted by a black family in 1950s Nevada. Based on the early life of Fauna Hodel whose grandfather is prime suspect in the Black Dahlia murder case.

Actors : Shannen Torres, Sharon Cuneta, Joel Torre, Cesar Montano,
Directors : Carlo J. Caparas,

Sharon Cuneta plays the biographical account of the murder case of Filipina movie actress Lilian Velez during the 1950's.