Best Biography movies

Actors : Andreas Lust, Markus Schleinzer, Roman Kettner, Hannelore Klauber-Laursen,
Directors : Benjamin Heisenberg,

A story based on Johann Rettenberger, an Austrian marathon runner and a bank robber.

Actors : Roddy Maude-Roxby, Debra Winger, Anthony Hopkins, Julian Fellowes,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer, and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets a spirited poet from the U.S.

Actors : Pamela Flores, Brontis Jodorowsky, Leandro Taub, Adan Jodorowsky,
Directors : Alejandro Jodorowsky,

Surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of himself as a young man becoming a poet in Chile, befriending other artists, and freeing himself from the limits of his youth.

Actors : Catherine McCormack, Fred Ward, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt,
Directors : Marshall Herskovitz,

A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.

Actors : Danila Kozlovsky, Milan Maric, Artur Beschastny, Helena Sujecka,
Directors : Aleksey German,

DOVLATOV charts six days in the life of brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought preserve his own talent and decency with ...

Actors : Arthur Dupont, Catherine Frot, Hippolyte Girardot, Jean d'Ormesson,
Directors : Christian Vincent,

The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.

Actors : Ravi Raghavendra, Madhavan, Rajit Kapoor, Simran,
Directors : Madhavan,

Based on the life of Indian Space Research Organization scientist Nambi Narayanan, who was framed for being a spy and arrested in 1994. Though free, he continues to fight for justice against the officials who falsely implicated him.

Actors : Ye Liu, Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Shuangbao Wang,
Directors : Sijie Dai,

Two youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter.

Actors : Jane Cussons, Dan Stevens, Emily Browning, Dominic Cooper,
Directors : Christopher Menaul,

A true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Elsa Zylberstein, Philippe Torreton, Jay Rodan,
Directors : Antoine de Caunes,

How can Napoleon, the man of war and pioneering military strategist, meekly accept being locked up on a storm-lashed rock in the middle of the Atlantic ocean? What system of defence, and ...

Actors : Giuseppe Maggio, Anamaria Vartolomei, Matt Dillon,
Directors : Jessica Palud,

Maria Schneider's rise to fame after "Last Tango in Paris" and its controversial production's impact on her life and career.

Actors : Samantha Morton, John Hannah, Linus Roache, Emily Woof,
Directors : Julien Temple,

Friendship and betrayal between two poets during the French Revolution.

Actors : Jane March, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Frédérique Meininger, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Annaud,

In 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other.

Actors : Bhoomika Chawla, Akshaye Khanna, Shefali Shah, Darshan Jariwala,
Directors : Feroz Abbas Khan,

The account of troubled relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and his eldest son.

Actors : James Brown, Harry Belafonte, Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Ed Sullivan, The Beatles,
Directors : Sacha Jenkins,

Ed Sullivan broke barriers by booking Black artists on his Sunday night variety show. This documentary spotlights the TV pioneer's legacy of equality.

Actors : Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld,
Directors : Angus Wall,

Follows a comprehensive look at Eddie Murphy's life and career.

Actors : Jonathan Pryce, Vincent Perez, Sarah Wynter, Simon Verhoeven,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

This movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.

Actors : John Doe, Winona Ryder, Dennis Quaid, Stephen Tobolowsky,
Directors : Jim McBride,

The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.

Actors : Russell Brand, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Nicolas Cage, Amer Chadha-Patel,
Directors : Larry Charles,

After a personal visit by God himself, the eccentric construction worker Gary Faulkner takes the decision to embark on an adventure in the badlands of Pakistan to bring Al-Qaeda's leader Osama Bin Laden to justice.

Actors : Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Tony Leung Chiu-wai,
Directors : Ildikó Enyedi,

Set in the botanical garden of a medieval town in Germany. Three epochs, three personalities, three sometimes clumsy but sincere attempts to free themselves and to create links with the plants and the world of the garden. An encounter.