Best Women Biography movies

Actors : Shraddha Kapoor, Siddhant Kapoor, Ankur Bhatia, Uttam Halder,
Directors : Apoorva Lakhia,

This is the story of the slightly-less-notorious sister of a notorious gangster.

Actors : Katja Flint, Hans Werner Meyer, Herbert Knaup, Heino Ferch,
Directors : Joseph Vilsmaier,

The movie follows the life and personality of the famous actress Marlene Dietrich.

Actors : Glenda Jackson, Trevor Howard, Alec McCowen, Mona Washbourne,
Directors : Robert Enders,

This biographical film has Glenda Jackson portraying a British poet with emotional problems.

Actors : Kajol Chugh, Pankaj Tripathi, Richa Chadha, Rajeev Ravindranathan, Vicky Kadian, Rajeev Pillai,
Directors : Indrajit Lankesh,

A biopic based on the life of adult star Shakeela, who ruled the South Indian film industry for over two decades. The film features Richa Chadha in the lead role.

Actors : Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir, Kristín Lea, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir,
Directors : Baldvin Zophoníasson,

Drawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.

Actors : Björn Kjellman, Amanda Ooms, Rikard Wolff, Björn Granath,
Directors : Jan Troell,

Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer's daughter, in the early 1900s, who dreams of getting away from the farm and becoming an aviatrix.

Actors : Grazyna Szapolowska, Judit Hernádi, Ildikó Bánsági, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak,

Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia ...

Actors : Li Ma, Yawen Zhu, Kara Ying Hung Wai,
Directors : Wai Keung Lau,

Follows Zang Jianhe, a single mom who created one of Hong Kong's biggest food companies.

Actors : Sabine Singh, Richard M. Stuart, Chad Christ, Vincent Kartheiser,
Directors : Peter Filardi,

Based on the true story of drugs, satanism, and murder in the upper class town of Northport, Long Island in 1984.

Actors : Dalila Carmo, Ivo Canelas, José Neves, Albano Jerónimo,
Directors : Vicente Alves do Ó,

A compelling biography of Portuguese poet Florbela Espanca. Tainted by a number of divorces in the 1920's, Florbela resorts to her writing, filled with eroticism and femininity, to cope ...

Actors : Océane Decaudain, Anne Benoît, Guillaume Canet, Marina Foïs,
Directors : Christine Carrière,

On a farm in the West of France, Catherine a plump little girl, dreams of escaping her joyless life. Her parents do not seem to know what a heart is and her father can get violent ...

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Angelo Infanti, Hanna Schygulla, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Marco Ferreri,

This erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti.

Actors : Josée Deschênes, Patrice Robitaille, Denis Bouchard, Laurence Leboeuf,
Directors : Alexis Durand-Brault,

Julie, star of cycling, is two races to win the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. His entourage too. Encouraged by her coach and doctor, she ...

Actors : Juan José Gurrola, Ofelia Medina, Max Kerlow, Claudio Brook,
Directors : Paul Leduc,

The most prominent female painter of Latin America, Frida Kahlo, is agonizing in her Coyoacán home. She evokes memories of her childhood, of the streetcar accident that caused her terrible ...

Actors : Igor Samobor, Biserka Ipsa, Alma Prica, Tesa Litvan,
Directors : Dana Budisavljevic,

Firmly believing her own life is no more precious than the lives of the innocent people being persecuted, with the help of a few friends, Diana embarks on a perilous campaign of rescuing ...

Actors : Pam Ferris, Ben Miller, Ian Hart, Emily Watson,
Directors : Marleen Gorris,

During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.

Actors : Laura Birn, Pirkko Saisio, Johannes Holopainen, Krista Kosonen,
Directors : Antti Jokinen,

A story of renowned Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck, and the love affair between her and a younger art critic Einar Reuter.

Actors : Esther Goris, Cristina Banegas, Víctor Laplace, Pepe Novoa,
Directors : Juan Carlos Desanzo,

Drama based on the life of Eva Peron, an obscure actress, who rose to become wife of Argentine strong-man President Juan Peron and one of the most powerful figures in Argentina until her death in 1952 at age 33.

Actors : Denis Bernard, Pascale Bussières, Michel Barrette, Serge Postigo,
Directors : Denise Filiatrault,

1952, Québec - Alys Robi, vocalist at the top of her popularity and recognized worldwide, was interned in spite of herself, by her father. Medical authorities prescribe her the only cure ...

Actors : Lautaro Delgado, Natalia Oreiro, Ángela Torres, Javier Drolas,
Directors : Lorena Muñoz,

The life and death of the tropical singer Gilda.