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 : John Wilson, Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji,
Directors : Isaac Julien,

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with ...

Actors : Sverre Anker Ousdal, Eva von Hanno, Max von Sydow, Göran Stangertz,
Directors : Jan Troell,

The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two ...

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 : Bud Cort, Marisa Berenson, Carol Kane, Klaus Kinski,
Directors : Danford B. Greene,

Young Sigmund Freud discovers the ultimate answer to all his patient's problems - hypnosis. Hilarity ensues.

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 : 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...

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 : 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 : 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 : C. Thomas Howell, Sophie Ward, John Rhys-Davies, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

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

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Ava Gardner, Ian McKellen, Penelope Keith, Janet Suzman,
Directors : Christopher Miles,

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow", D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they ...

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

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 ...