Best Women Biography movies

Actors : Graham Clarke, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer, Carice van Houten,
Directors : Paula van der Oest,

In apartheid-torn South Africa, poet Ingrid Jonker struggles tragically in search of love and a sense of home.

Actors : Jared Lotz, Ashley Bratcher, Robia Scott, Brooks Ryan,

All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she believed in a woman's right to choose. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.

Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Carole Bouquet, Eric Boucher, Patrice Chéreau,
Directors : Claude Berri,

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the ...

Actors : Alia Bhatt, Indira Tiwari, Vijay Raaz, Shantanu Maheshwari,
Directors : Sanjay Leela Bhansali,

A woman becomes a powerful underworld figure.

Actors : Anne Heche, Christina Ricci, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica Lange,
Directors : Erik Skjoldbjærg,

A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard.

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 : Sullivan Stapleton, Sam Neill, Brooke Satchwell, Teresa Palmer,
Directors : Rachel Griffiths,

The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.

Actors : Payal Nair, Vikrant Massey, Deepika Padukone, Madhurjeet Sarghi, Vishal Dahiya,
Directors : Meghna Gulzar,

The trials and triumphs of Malti, an acid attack survivor. From the investigation of the attack to the court proceedings, the medical treatment to the emotional healing. Chhapaak is the story of the unquashable human spirit.

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 : Brigitte Catillon, Ariana Rivoire, Noémie Churlet, Isabelle Carré,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Améris,

Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.

Actors : Peter Sarsgaard, Lillian Blankenship, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz,
Directors : Fernando León de Aranoa,

A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Actors : Brandon Mychal Smith, Michael Chernus, Juno Temple, Melissa Leo,
Directors : Tommy O'Haver,

The life of Madelyn Murray O'Hair, the outspoken activist and founder of American Atheists.

Actors : Nassar, Arvind Swamy, Samuthirakani, Kangana Ranaut,
Directors : A.L. Vijay,

A biopic on the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

Actors : Kevin Mambo, Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo, Ronald Guttman,
Directors : Cynthia Mort,

The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

Actors : Jeanne Balibar, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Peirani, Aurore Clément,
Directors : Mathieu Amalric,

A director wants to make a biopic about the female singer Barbara.

Actors : Morten Hee Andersen, Søren Malling, Jakob Oftebro, Trine Dyrholm,
Directors : Charlotte Sieling,

1402. Queen Margrete is ruling Sweden, Norway and Denmark through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: the Kalmar Union.

Actors : Daniele Liotti, Giuliano Gemma, Rosana Pastor, Pilar López de Ayala,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

The love story who transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "The mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a politic fight behind.

Actors : Jennifer Hudson, Elias Koteas, Wendy Crewson, Terrence Howard,
Directors : Darrell Roodt,

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.

Actors : Sarah Gadon, Lucas Bryant, Malin Buska, Michael Nyqvist,
Directors : Mika Kaurismäki,

THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

Actors : Charles Berling, Karolina Gruszka, Arieh Worthalter, Izabela Kuna,
Directors : Marie Noelle,

Follows the famous physicist and chemist Marie Curie and her struggle for recognition in the male-dominated science community in early 20th century France.