Best Biography movies of 2009

Actors : Kengo Kôra, Kankurô Nakamura, Yuki Uchida, Ryushin Tei,
Directors : Banmei Takahashi,

'Zen' Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago. After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a ...

Actors : Amitai Ashkenazi, Ben Eidel, Samuel Fuller, Efratia Gitai,
Directors : Amos Gitai,

From Israel's most important filmaker, CARMEL is Amos Gitai's (KADOSH, KIPPUR) deeply personal and resonant meditation on Jewish and Israeli identity. Using both fiction and documentary ...

Actors : Sandrine Blancke, Cécile De France, Chris Lomme, Marie Kremer,
Directors : Stijn Coninx,

A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.

Actors : Cecil von Renner, Ole Fischer, Daniel Michel, Pit Bukowski,
Directors : Lars Jessen,

A 17-year-old discovers punk rock in rural northern Germany.

Actors : Pam Ferris, Ben Miller, Ian Hart, Emily Watson,
Directors : Marleen Gorris,

During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.

Actors : Ronald Zehrfeld, Oliver Bröcker, Matthias Schweighöfer, Hinnerk Schönemann,
Directors : Sven Taddicken,

East Fresia 1401: the era of the feared sea pirates Klaus Störtebeker and Gödeke Michels is coming to an end. After a long period with no booty at last a bulging ship appears on the horizon...

Actors : Fabrizio Rongione, Riccardo Scamarcio, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Dario Aita,
Directors : Renato De Maria,

An Italian man looks back from his jail cell on his youthful exploits as a political extremist with understanding, candour and remorse.

Actors : Adam Woronowicz, Artur Balczynski, Stanislaw Banasiuk, Adam Biedrzycki,
Directors : Rafal Wieczynski,

Story of life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest called "The Solidarity Chaplain", murdered by communist secret police.

Actors : Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Alicja Jachiewicz, Magdalena Emilianowicz, Anna Cieslak,
Directors : Ryszard Bugajski,

The tumultuous life of General August Emil Fieldorf aka "Nil", who commanded the underground Home Army against the Nazis and was killed after WW2 by communists.

Actors : Marion Barry Jr., Jeff Baxter, Eric Bias, James Bias,
Directors : Kirk Fraser,

From Legend to Tragedy. The name of former University of Maryland basketball superstar and Boston Celtics draft pick Len Bias still provokes powerful, and immediate responses, more than 20 years after his death.

Actors : Rasselas Lakew, Dag Malmberg, Abba Waka Dessalegn, Ruta Gedmintas,

Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero ...

Actors : Cristian Motiu, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Razvan Vasilescu, Andreea Macelaru,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

Actors : Ina Marojevic, Vlado Cerný, Lubomír Bukový, Ondrej Vetchý,
Directors : Jirí Chlumský,

A true story of a Jewish boy Martin,talented soccer player,has to make a risky lifetime decisions in order to survive in WWII.When he sees his family is taken to Poland one by one he ...

Actors : Jordi Mollà, Alex Brendemühl, Josep Linuesa, Bimba Bosé,
Directors : Sigfrid Monleón,

Fascinating journey through the life and work of the prestigious Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, both marked by sexuality and eroticism. Charismatic and somewhat eccentric, brilliant ...

Actors : Cedric Sanders, Louis Gossett Jr., Lauren Holly, William Devane,
Directors : Mark Young,

Inspired by a true story about a black college graduate forced to serve probation after the 1965 Watts riots at an all-white seminary that wants black followers not leaders. Encouraged by ...

Actors : Kevin De Ridder, Tom Druilhet, Damian Chapa, Brienne De Beau,
Directors : Damian Chapa,

An unauthorized chronicle of the life of Roman Polanski.

Actors : Judith Godrèche, Barbara Hershey, Samuel West, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Gavin Millar,

For generations the name Albert Schweitzer has been synonymous with hands-on compassion and the power of Christ-like sacrifice. Now director Gavin Miller presents a landmark drama about the...

Actors : Elie Mitri, Antoine Balabane, Julia Kassar, Ghassan Estephan,
Directors : Nabil Lebbos,

Life of saint monk Charbel Makhluf

Actors : Martin Brambach, Sandra Hüller, Andreas Schlager, Bjarne Henriksen,
Directors : Erica von Moeller,

The true story of Claerenore Stinees, who became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by car.

Actors : Shondor Birns, Barbara Eppich, Danny Greene, John DiMaggio,
Directors : Tommy Reid,

Exclusive interviews with Danny Greene's family, Federal Government Officials, Mafia associates and Cleveland Police Enforcement, with never seen before photos.