Best Biography movies of 1980s

Actors : Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland, Françoise Blanchard, Raul Cabrera,

The seductive Messalina (Betty Roland) will stop at nothing to become the most powerful woman in Rome. Gaining the attention of the Emperor Caligula (Gino Turini), she soon finds herself at...

Actors : Pierre Romans, Zbigniew Horoks, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Christian de Chalonge,

Based on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France ...

Actors : John Hurt, Marika Rivera, Gabriella Trsek,
Directors : Paul Cox,

This documentary, on the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, is told through his letters to his brother Theo, from 1872 until his tragic death. We gain first hand insight into the man, his motivations, and his humanity.

Actors : Nikolay Eryomenko, Natalya Bondarchuk, Dmitriy Zolotukhin, Tamara Makarova,
Directors : Sergey Gerasimov,

Part one of a pair of historical films about the life of Peter the Great.

Actors : Herbert Grönemeyer, Rolf Hoppe, Anja-Christine Preussler, Nastassja Kinski,
Directors : Peter Schamoni,

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Donald Pleasence, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

During WW2 Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine, volunteers to go behind enemy lines to rescue Jews from deportation to death camps.

Actors : Jack Elam, Carol Bagdasarian, Peter Brown, Dottie West,
Directors : Jim McCullough Sr.,

A tiny alien lands in the small town Aurora in Texas in the times of the Wild West. He flies around in his spaceship and checks out everything. While the kids are fascinated, their parents ...

Actors : Michael Madsen, Cecil Moe, Rex Flores, Maureen McCarthy,
Directors : Edward T. McDougal,

A man struggling with alcoholism turns to a reverend for help

Actors : Brian Benben, Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Richard S. Castellano,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York grow up to become feared gangsters.

Actors : Kenneth Gilbert, Bernard Archard, Keith Barron, Roger Rees,
Directors : Tony Tew,

A dramatized biography of William Tyndale, the 16th Century reformer determined to translate the Bible into English, which illegal act set him at odds with the Catholic Church, Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII.

Actors : Piotr Polk, Horst Buchholz, Maya Ramati, Didi Ramati,
Directors : Alexander Ramati,

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.

Actors : Minas Christidis, Dimitris Myrat, Manos Katrakis, Giannis Voglis,
Directors : Pantelis Voulgaris,

The life and work of Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos from his election in 1910 until 1927.

Actors : Carmen Thomas, Cynthia Leake, Cary Guffey, Gary Busey,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Biopic about the great college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Kristina van Eyck, Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Herbert Vesely,

The life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women.

Actors : François Périer, Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Jacques Weber,
Directors : Francis Girod,

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks ...

Actors : James Wilder, Henry Thomas, Errol Slue, Stephen Shellen,
Directors : Graeme Campbell,

Fresly escaped from prison, Isaac is picked up by his brothers, and the entire brood embarks on a crime spree that claims the lives of six people.

Actors : Emanoil Petrut, Ion Dichiseanu, Alexandru Repan, George Constantin,
Directors : Gheorghe Vitanidis,

The life of Dacian war-leader Burebista who ruled between 80-44 B.C.and founded a strong Dacian Kingdom despite considerable pressure from the neighboring Celtic warlords and the Greek cities of the Black Sea coast.

Actors : Thomas Schindel, Søren Østergaard, Tom McEwan, Michael Carøe,
Directors : Nils Malmros,

Actors : Sofie Gråbøl, Jean Yanne, Max von Sydow, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Henning Carlsen,

This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin (Donald Sutherland), follows the painter as he returns to Paris after a long stay in Tahiti and must confront his ...

Actors : Marcos Palmeira, Diogo Vilela, Louise Cardoso, Paulo César Grande,
Directors : Luiz Carlos Lacerda,

A star studded biography of Brazilian legend Leila Diniz, born in 1945 to a communist couple. She grows up to be an extraordinary woman in her own, undefinable, and unique style, unheard of...