Best Biography movies

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Howard Da Silva, Steve Forrest, Diana Scarwid,
Directors : Frank Perry,

The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.

Actors : Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Matt Lucas, Imogen Poots,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

The life of Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain's richest man.

Actors : Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan,
Directors : Josie Rourke,

Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

Actors : Anne Heche, Alex Wolff, Zachary Davis Brown, Ross Lynch,
Directors : Marc Meyers,

A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.

Actors : Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Tony Shalhoub, Clémence Poésy,
Directors : Stanley Tucci,

The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

Actors : John Forsythe, Scott Wilson, Paul Stewart, Robert Blake,
Directors : Richard Brooks,

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.

Actors : Ed Harris, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jesse Eisenberg, Félix Moati, Edgar Ramírez, Clémence Poésy,
Directors : Jonathan Jakubowicz,

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

Actors : Tom Hollander, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Rosamund Pike,
Directors : Matthew Heineman,

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

Actors : Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Chi Cao, Penne Hackforth-Jones,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In ...

Actors : Mark Gatiss, Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth, David Thewlis,
Directors : James Marsh,

The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Lulu Wilson, Timothy Hutton, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Kiera Armstrong,
Directors : Julie Taymor,

The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.

Actors : Jim Belushi, Thora Birch, Imogen Poots,
Directors : Kristen Stewart,

A woman, after an abusive childhood, escapes into competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before finding her voice through writing.

Actors : Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Hyam, Danny Huston, John C. Reilly,
Directors : Jon S. Baird,

Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.

Actors : Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Mawle, James Norton, Peter Sarsgaard,
Directors : Agnieszka Holland,

A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.

Actors : Vanness Wu, Scott Adkins, Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan, Donnie Yen,
Directors : Wilson Yip,

The Kung Fu master travels to the U.S. where his student has upset the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.

Actors : Taron Egerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden,
Directors : Dexter Fletcher,

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

Actors : Kari Matchett, Sally Hawkins, Zachary Bennett, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Aisling Walsh,

An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

Actors : Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Woodhouse, Jonathan Raggett,
Directors : Luc Besson,

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

Actors : Taraji P. Henson, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche, Sam Rockwell,
Directors : Robin Bissell,

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.

Actors : James Larkin, Simon Shepherd, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.