Best Women Biography movies

Actors : Tiina Weckström, Maria Heiskanen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Matleena Kuusniemi,
Directors : Juha Wuolijoki,

The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who ...

Actors : Félix Lefebvre, Théo Christine, César Chouraqui, Sandor Funtek,
Directors : Audrey Estrougo,

Biopic about French cult hip-hop duet Supreme NTM. A story of Paris suburbs, protests, police brutality that shaped the music of JoeyStarr and Kool Shen.

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 : Preston Hanson, Terence Locke, Patch Mackenzie, Misty Rowe,
Directors : Larry Buchanan,

Aspiring actress Norma Jean Baker lives in squalor in the early '40s as she works at the munitions plant and dreams of being a movie star. Abused as a child and an adult, she lacks ...

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 : Hema Malini, Pradeep Kumar, Parveen Babi, Dharmendra,
Directors : Kamal Amrohi,

An account of the reign of Indian empress Razia Sultan and her love for her slave Jamaluddin Yakut.

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

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

Actors : Upendra Limaye, Tejaswini Pandit, Jyoti Chandekar, Nina Kulkarni,
Directors : Ananth Narayan Mahadevan,

This is the journey of Sindhutai Sapkal, a poor village girl who grew up tending buffaloes while craving an education, but her unsympathetic mother had her married off to an older man when ...

Actors : Eli Cohen, Gila Almagor, Kaipu Cohen, Marina Rossetti,
Directors : Eli Cohen,

A ten year old girl spends her summer with her overly protective mother, a mentally scarred holocaust survivor, while hopefully trying to find her real father in the newly established state of Israel.

Actors : Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tôru Kazama, Morio Kazama, Yûki Amami,
Directors : Tonkô Horikawa,

Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her ...

Actors : Gerard Thoolen, Kitty Courbois, Ester Spitz, Frank Rigter,
Directors : Kees Van Oostrum,

15 year old Sara, a Jewish girl living in the Netherlands during the German occupation slowly begins to realize the danger she and her family are in. When her parents are forced to move to ...

Actors : Tamy Zajec, Klara Naka, Linda Begonja, Zrinka Cvitesic,
Directors : Branko Ivanda,

It's inspiring true story about two thirteen year old girls who were, on the eve of World War II, great dancing and acting stars in Zagreb. Selling out theater venues, they weer praised in ...

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 : Sibylle Canonica, Herbert Knaup, Veronica Ferres, Franziska Herold,
Directors : Egon Günther,

The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane Vulpius, a village girl, is one of the instantaneous and fiery passion. They lived together for ...

Actors : Natasa Lusetic, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Sanja Vejnovic, Vili Matula,
Directors : Dalibor Matanic,

True story about the tragic life of a famous late 19th century deaf female Croatian watercolor painter Slava Raskaj.

Actors : Lena T. Hansson, Stina Ekblad, 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 : Mita Ungaro, Carlos de Carvalho, Pier Maria Rossi, Fausto Di Bella,
Directors : Roberto Rossellini,

The story of the life of Jesus Christ.

Actors : Brigitte Fossey, Rutger Hauer, Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : George Kaczender,

The film tells the story of the early life and rise to fame and fortune of French fashion designer Coco Chanel, beginning with her upbringing in an orphanage and training as a milliner, but...

Actors : Patricia Place, Katherine Nelson, Stephanie Breinholt, Nathan Mitchell,

Before her death, Emma reflects on her life; beginning with her childhood, up through her final years in Nauvoo. Based on the life of Emma Hale Smith.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Philippe Léotard, Jane Birkin, Farid Chopel,
Directors : Agnès Varda,

"I'll look at you, but not at the camera. It could be a trap," whispers Jane Birkin shyly into Agnès Varda's ear at the start of JANE B. PAR AGNES V. The director of CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 and ...