Best Biography movies

Actors : Colin Farrell, Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

Actors : Paul Dano, John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti,
Directors : Bill Pohlad,

In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.

Actors : Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Eddie Redmayne, Amber Heard,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Actors : Freddie Spry, Timothy Spall, Jack Nielen, Kristen Stewart,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer, struggling with mental health problems, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney,
Directors : Reinaldo Marcus Green,

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

Actors : Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Tom Hanks, Helen Thomson,
Directors : Baz Luhrmann,

The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Actors : Andrea Riseborough, Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman,

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

Actors : Judy Parfitt, Tom Wilkinson, Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth,
Directors : Peter Webber,

A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Terrence Malick,

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

Actors : Will Smith, Brian Howe, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton,
Directors : Gabriele Muccino,

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

Actors : Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck,
Directors : Andrew Dominik,

Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Actors : Chris Cooper, Laura Linney, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Haysbert,
Directors : Billy Ray,

FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.

Actors : Amy Adams, Chris Messina, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci,
Directors : Nora Ephron,

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.

Actors : Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whitaker, John Cusack, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Lee Daniels,

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Linda Cardellini, John Carroll Lynch, Nick Offerman,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world with a combination of ambition, persistence and ruthlessness.

Actors : Dean Mumford, Will Dalton, Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga,
Directors : Jeff Nichols,

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow, Margot Robbie, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Jay Roach,

A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.

Actors : Vince Vaughn, Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Dwayne Johnson,
Directors : Stephen Merchant,

A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Richard Farnsworth,
Directors : David Lynch,

An old man makes a long journey by lawn-mover tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother.

Actors : Robin de Jesus, Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexandra Shipp,
Directors : Lin-Manuel Miranda,

On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.