Best Women Biography movies

Actors : Viera Strnisková, Július Vasek, Václav Helsus, Magda Vásáryová,
Directors : Jaromil Jires,

Towards the end of 1942 a young prisoner Maruska (Magda Vásáryová) awaits in her cell in prison in Breslau (after war Polish Wroclaw) her execution. After death sentence it was ninety nine ...

Actors : Alessandro Haber, Galatea Ranzi, Stefano Accorsi, Laura Morante,
Directors : Michele Placido,

The life and scandalous loves of early 20th century poet Sibilla Aleramo.

Actors : Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Blanca Guerra, Alberto Estrella, Ana Ofelia Murguía,
Directors : Arturo Ripstein,

A female cabaret artist has to leave Berlin, Germany, after an incident with the Nazis. Back in her fatherland Mexico she tries and succeeds in remaking her career.

Actors : Dogukan Güngör, Ayberk Pekcan, Nursel Köse, Büsra Pekin, Zeliha Kendirci,
Directors : Ketche,

The life story of the iconic Turkish singer Dilberay, full of ups and downs.

Actors : Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Arnar Jónsson, Kristján Jóhann Jónsson, Þráinn Karlsson,
Directors : Ágúst Guðmundsson,

From an authentic Viking saga, Outlaw tells the story of a family blood feud, set in 10th century Iceland.

Actors : Jessica Malka, Dany Papineau, Brandon Barton, Mirianne Brûlé,
Directors : Dany Papineau,

Marie Deschamps, a 20 year old French-Canadian girl, quits college to go travel and learn English in Western Canada. Her journey will bring her up to Whistler, British Columbia, where she ...

Actors : Gala Évora, Alfonso Begara, Carlos Hipólito, José Luis García Pérez,
Directors : Miguel Hermoso,

Movie about the life Lola Flores, the most famous Spanish flamenco singer of all times.

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Keene Curtis, David Byrd, Helena Carroll,
Directors : Kevin Connor,

A story of Mother Teresa, beginning in Calcutta, India, where she faces adversity from every direction and where she lays the foundation for her crusade to help the poorest of the poor.

Actors : Alexander Scheer, Damien Chapelle, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Lassgård,
Directors : Jens Jonsson,

Sonja Wigert is a diva and star in Stockholm when WW2 breaks out, rapidly getting attention from the Nazi officer Josef Terboven. She's then recruited by Swedish intelligence as a spy, but Terboven makes her spy on the Swedes.

Actors : Chris Dingli, Filipp Ershov, Kirsty Bartolo, William Erazo Fernández,
Directors : Elena Hazanova,

Following her divorce, Marina Gordeeva (40) thinks she'll never meet love again. Little does she know that one day, she'll find the love of her life in free diving, one of the most extreme ...

Actors : Yasuo Miyake, Rentarô Mikuni, Akiko Kurano, Tadahiko Sugano,
Directors : Yoshishige Yoshida,

A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.

Actors : Malik Zidi, Pascal Greggory, Martina Gedeck, Aline Annessy,
Directors : Helma Sanders-Brahms,

A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann.

Actors : Jefri Nichol, Maudy Ayunda, Lukman Sardi, Reza Rahadian,
Directors : Hanung Bramantyo,

This movie follows the story of Hasri Ainun Besari Habibie's young life when she was in high school and medical college. She was known as a smart figure who became an idol and admired by many male students, including B.J. Habibie.

Actors : Stina Ekblad, Lena T. Hansson, Philip Zandén, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Mai Zetterling,

About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna (1894-1940), during her turbulent marriage with David Sprengel. In a hallucination Agnes is brought to a mental hospital in Venice, carrying her fictitious autobiography.

Actors : Neda Arneric, Darko Damevski, Slobodan Dimitrijevic, Dime Ilijev,
Directors : Aleksandar Djurcinov,

A Macedonian girl is trying to swim the British Channel. During the ordeal, she remembers her troubled past.

Actors : Helen Shaver, Françoise Robertson, Martin Cummins, Darcy Belsher,
Directors : Martin Cummins,

Caught in the jagged downtown world of drugs, prostitutes and violence, three young artists lead tumultuous lives in desperate need of an overhaul. Relationships stumble as careers take ...

Actors : Carlos Augusto Strazzer, Marieta Severo, Reginaldo Faria, Fernanda Torres,
Directors : Lui Farias,

Based on a famous autobiography, this film tells of teenage angst, as lived in the miserable lower middle class Rio bedroom suburbs, by 15 year-old Eliane. To boot, she comes from a ...

Actors : Heidi Arena, Roy Barker, Bailey Barbour, Rudi Baker,
Directors : Darran Scott,

In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic games, a group of missionaries are tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team compete in their first ever Olympics, and in doing so, unite a nation still coming to grips after the war.

Actors : David Cole, Neil Cunningham, Anthony Steel, Fiona Richmond,
Directors : James Kenelm Clarke,

Heavily fictionalised 'autobiography' of 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond.