Best Biography movies of 2008

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper,
Directors : Saul Dibb,

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Actors : Ludivine Sagnier, Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Amalric,
Directors : Jean-François Richet,

The story of notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine.

Actors : Anna Bonaiuto, Flavio Bucci, Giulio Bosetti, Toni Servillo,
Directors : Paolo Sorrentino,

The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.

Actors : Ice Cube, Tasha Smith, Keke Palmer, Jill Marie Jones,
Directors : Fred Durst,

The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.

Actors : Ken Duken, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Agnes Kittelsen, Aksel Hennie,

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Actors : Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Geneviève Mnich, Anne Bennent,
Directors : Martin Provost,

Based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis.

Actors : Rob Brown, Clancy Brown, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Actors : Jesper Christensen, Maria Heiskanen, Callin Öhrvall, Mikael Persbrandt,
Directors : Jan Troell,

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.

Actors : Rüdiger Vogler, Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann,
Directors : Max Färberböck,

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Actors : Sam Neill, Tony Kgoroge, Sophie Okonedo, Alice Krige,
Directors : Anthony Fabian,

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Actors : Raquela Rios, Stefan C. Schaefer, Olivia Galudo, Brax Villa,
Directors : Olaf de Fleur Johannesson,

Raquela, a transsexual from the Philippines, dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris.

Actors : Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes, Matthias Schweighöfer, Lena Headey,
Directors : Nikolai Müllerschön,

German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.

Actors : Con O'Neill, Pam Ferris, Kevin Spacey, JJ Feild,
Directors : Nick Moran,

A music-infused drama about Joe Meek, the flamboyantly gay, tone deaf, songwriter-producer behind the '60s hits "Have I the Right," "Just Like Eddie," "Johnny, Remember Me" and "Telstar."

Actors : Sergey Bezrukov, Vladislav Vetrov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya,
Directors : Andrey Kravchuk,

The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution.

Actors : Leo Gregory, Nonso Anozie, Gavin Brocker, Natalie Press,
Directors : Jon S. Baird,

An orphaned Jamaican baby is adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London and becomes one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. Based on a true story.

Actors : Selton Mello, Felipe Severo, Giulio Lopes, Júlia Lemmertz,
Directors : Mauro Lima,

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

Actors : Karel Roden, Vincent Regan, Anna Friel, Hans Matheson,
Directors : Juraj Jakubisko,

Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth...

Actors : Santiago Segura, Juan Echanove, Adrien Brody, Penélope Cruz,
Directors : Menno Meyjes,

The film starts in the trip from Sevilla to Linares, where Manolete stops in Córdoba to see his mother. He will be remembering some passages of his life.

Actors : Jared Padalecki, Aaron Ashmore, Peter O'Toole, Marcia Gay Harden,
Directors : Michael Campus,

A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.

Actors : Nandana Sen, Ashish Vidyarthi, Paresh Rawal, Randeep Hooda,
Directors : Ketan Mehta,

A look into the life of 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.