Best Biography movies

Actors : Haley Bennett, Jalyn Hall, Danielle Deadwyler, Frankie Faison,
Directors : Chinonye Chukwu,

In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.

Actors : Maya Hawke, Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer,
Directors : Bradley Cooper,

This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

Actors : George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance, Robin Bartlett, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : John N. Smith,

An ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school.

Actors : Pierfrancesco Favino, Luigi Lo Cascio, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fausto Russo Alesi,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.

Actors : Mark Kassen, Vinessa Shaw, Marshall Bell, Chris Evans,

A David and Goliath law drama about a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons.

Actors : Naomi Ackie, Tamara Tunie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders,
Directors : Kasi Lemmons,

A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.

Actors : Julian Wadham, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, Brian Cox,
Directors : Jonathan Teplitzky,

96 hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort.

Actors : Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Sarah Lancashire,

Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.

Actors : Francis Magee, Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Aileen Henry,
Directors : Ken Loach,

During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.

Actors : James Napier Robertson, Kirk Torrance, James Rolleston, Cliff Curtis,
Directors : James Napier Robertson,

A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.

Actors : David Morse, John Lithgow, Cristiana Dell'Anna,
Directors : Alejandro Monteverde,

After witnessing disease and poverty in the slums of New York, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini embarks on a daring journey to persuade the hostile mayor to provide housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Cher, Meryl Streep, Craig T. Nelson,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.

Actors : Claire Forlani, Michael Wincott, Jeffrey Wright, Benicio Del Toro,
Directors : Julian Schnabel,

The troubled, brief life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a world renowned artist struggling with drug addiction and his own identity.

Actors : Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels, Donzaleigh Abernathy,
Directors : Ron Maxwell,

The rise and fall of legendary war hero Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson as he leads the Confederacy to great success against the Union from 1861 to 1863.

Actors : Thomas Jane, Deborah Kara Unger, Dexter Fletcher, David O'Hara,
Directors : Bronwen Hughes,

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

Actors : Danai Gurira, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Kat Graham, Annie Ilonzeh,
Directors : Benny Boom,

Tells the true and untold story of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur.

Actors : Ulrich Mühe, Ulrich Tukur, Michel Duchaussoy, Mathieu Kassovitz,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.

Actors : Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Robert Patrick, Aleksa Palladino,
Directors : Amber Sealey,

The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.

Actors : Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots, Ruth Negga, André Benjamin,
Directors : John Ridley,

A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

Actors : Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.