Best Women Biography movies

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 : Cristina Banegas, Esther Goris, 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 : 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 : Lautaro Delgado, Natalia Oreiro, Ángela Torres, Javier Drolas,
Directors : Lorena Muñoz,

The life and death of the tropical singer Gilda.

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

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

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 : 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 : Li Gong, Shichang Da, Tung-Shing Yee, Fang-Tsen,

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yu-liang leaves a brothel in a small Chinese town, to become the second wife of Mr. Pan. While Pan is away at the revolution in Yunnan, Yu-liang ...

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 : 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 : Behnam Tashakkor, Alireza Kamali, Merila Zare'i,
Directors : Ebrahim Hatamikia,

The pharaoh has a nightmare in which a destructive person is gathering up his kingdom, and the dream-giver Anubis announces that a baby is about to be born and that the birth of the baby must be prevented. Meanwhile, a baby is born and

Actors : Baptiste Roussillon, Jean-Marie Richier, Sandrine Bonnaire, Tatiana Moukhine,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first ...

Actors : Dalila Carmo, José Neves, Ivo Canelas, 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 : Carlos Romero, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, Celia Milius,
Directors : James B. Clark,

The story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.

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 : 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.