Best Biography movies of 1960s

Actors : Michèle Morgan, Juliette Mayniel, Danielle Darrieux, Hildegard Knef,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Follows a family-man who meets women through lonely hearts ads.

Actors : George Hamilton, Red Buttons, Susan Oliver, Arthur O'Connell,
Directors : Gene Nelson,

The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.

Actors : Angela Lansbury, Raf Vallone, Red Buttons, Carroll Baker,
Directors : Gordon Douglas,

A screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of the platinum blonde bombshell (Baker) who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930's.

Actors : Aleksey Eybozhenko, Jaecki Schwarz, Vasiliy Livanov, Dieter Mann,
Directors : Konrad Wolf,

April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army's scouting team. Having fled Germany with his family when he was eight, he is confronted ...

Actors : Cesare Danova, Robert Loggia, Jack Palance, Omar Sharif,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that ...

Actors : Héctor Noguera, Marcelo Romo, Nelson Villagra, Shenda Román,
Directors : Miguel Littin,

In 1960, José del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, from the small town of Nahueltoro in Chile, brutally murdered Rosa Rivas Acuña and her five children. This classic film of the Latin American ...

Actors : Maria Schell, Christopher Lee, Hans Hass Jr., Leo Genn,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Christopher Lee plays the Lord Chief Justice of 17th century England who condemns women as witches to further his political and sexual needs.

Actors : John Neville, Ralph Richardson, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert,
Directors : Gregory Ratoff,

Oscar Wilde's homosexuality is exposed when he tries to defend himself against his lover's father.

Actors : Carlos Romero, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, Celia Milius,
Directors : James B. Clark,

The story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.

Actors : Horst Buchholz, Elsa Martinelli, Anthony Quinn, Akim Tamiroff,

Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.

Actors : Stefan Ciubotarasu, Emanoil Petrut, Ion Bocancea, Corina Constantinescu,
Directors : Elisabeta Bostan,

Based on Ion Creanga's book, the story of a child from his childhood to his manhood.

Actors : Georges Wilson, Adrienne Larussa, Mavie, Tomas Milian,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

A young Italian noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father leading to an uproar in the community and the Roman Catholic church set in 16th Century Italy.

Actors : Spartak Bagashvili, Dodo Abashidze, Avtandil Varazi, Givi Aleksandria,
Directors : Giorgi Shengelaia,

The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani.

Actors : Frank Porretta, Christina Schollin, Florence Henderson, Toralv Maurstad,
Directors : Andrew L. Stone,

Based on the life of Norways greatest composer Edvard Grieg and film in Norway where he lived. The soundtrack is all Edvard Grieg's music with added lyrics.

Actors : Victoria Shaw, Curd Jürgens, Gia Scala, Herbert Lom,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

The story of rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun's career, from the 1920s until the late 1950s.

Actors : Barrie Chase, Jayne Mansfield, Julie London, Ray Danton,
Directors : Joseph M. Newman,

Dancer George Raft (Ray Danton) finds himself involved with the criminal underworld. After a conflict with gangster boss Frank Donatella (Joe de Santis), he is exiled to Hollywoood, where ...

Actors : John Davis Chandler, Brooke Hayward, Kay Doubleday, Neil Burstyn,
Directors : Burt Balaban,

Story of Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, a notorious gangland killer in the 1930s.

Actors : Diana Dors, Dianne Foster, David Janssen, Jack Carson,
Directors : Joseph M. Newman,

The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Akim Tamiroff, Lea Padovani, Ricardo Montalban,
Directors : Edward Dmytryk,

In 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood.

Actors : Richard Basehart, Martin Kosleck, Maria Emo, Cordula Trantow,
Directors : Stuart Heisler,

Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history in this probing psychological study of a man who nearly gained dominance over the entire ...