Best Biography movies of 1990s

Actors : Joe Cortese, Tobin Bell, Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

An exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby's perspective. Ruby owns a run-down strip club in Dallas, and does what he can for credibility...

Actors : Chien-ru Huang, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng, Tian-Lu Li,
Directors : Hsiao-Hsien Hou,

In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joines a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers. During World War II the Japanese...

Actors : Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Rob Lowe, Randy Travis, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Robert Boris,

At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill and Bill Anderson take the oath of allegiance to the Union. Feeling oppressed by ...

Actors : Lenny von Dohlen, Moira Kelly, Melinda Dillon, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Michael Ray Rhodes,

The phrase "entertaining angels" refers to the practice of treating all guests--be they kings or peasants--as if they were visiting angels. This is the challenge for all humble Christians ...

Actors : Stellan Skarsgård, Miklós B. Székely, Károly Eperjes, Katharina Thalbach,
Directors : Kjell Grede,

Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of ...

Actors : Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Wojciech Pszoniak, Marzena Trybala,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

Account of the last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war. Jewish doctor Henryk Goldszmit, ...

Actors : Fernán Mirás, Imanol Arias, Cecilia Dopazo, Antonio Birabent,
Directors : Marcelo Piñeyro,

A biopic based on the life of one of the pioneer argentine rock stars 'Tanguito'. The movie tells the story of his rise and fall from grace, encompassed in violent times of a military regime.

Actors : Donal Donnelly, Peter Dvorsky, David Burke, Alan Rickman,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."

Actors : Bhanupriya, Mohan Babu, Suman, Nagarjuna Akkineni,
Directors : K. Raghavendra Rao,

A cinematic version of the life of famous Indian saint-poet, Annamayya.

Actors : Jerome Flynn, Ian Hart, John Lynch, Ian Bannen,
Directors : Mary McGuckian,

The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best.

Actors : Lena Endre, Thommy Berggren, Henrik Linnros, Jacob Leygraf,
Directors : Daniel Bergman,

The film switches back and forth between the adventures of Pu on a summer holiday in Norrland in Sweden and and the adult Pu visiting his father who lives in an old people's home. Little Pu...

Actors : Gerrit Schoonhoven, Richard Kiley, Bruce Marchiano, Dawid Minnaar,
Directors : Regardt van den Bergh,

Matthew 15:1 - 28:20 - The year is about 62 A.D., and the aging apostle Matthew recalls the remarkable events he witnessed as a young man. As his story unfolds, the centuries melt away and ...

Actors : Steve Ascher, Michael Blumenthal, Robert Gardner, Dee Dee Geraty,
Directors : Ross McElwee,

Forty year old documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee has a penchant for filming everything around him. Following the announcement of his impending marriage to his film-making partner Marilyn ...

Actors : Ahmad Zaki, Hassan Hosny, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Ahmed Maher,
Directors : Mohamed Fadel,

The life of Egyptian political leader Gamal abd El-Nasser.

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Leonor Silveira, Jean-Yves Gautier, Diogo Dória,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Manoel is aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France and in...

Actors : Richard Harris, Ian Bannen, Kerry Fox, John Michie,
Directors : Carl Schultz,

George Adamson fights to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, he battles to keep the animals on his game reserve, and "Kora", from dangerous poachers.

Actors : Friedel von Wangenheim, Wolfgang Völz, Ben Becker, Kai Schumann,
Directors : Rosa von Praunheim,

The life story of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jew, who as a physician established the field of sexology, and fought militantly against German anti-sodomy laws in the late 19th century. ...

Actors : Mrinal Kulkarni, Mammootty, Sonali Kulkarni, Mohan Gokhale,
Directors : Jabbar Patel,

A portrait of the one of our greatest social reformer of our times - Ambedkar. The film documents the period between 1901 and 1956. The film delves more into Ambedkar's life as a reformer, ...

Actors : Sabine Singh, Richard M. Stuart, Chad Christ, Vincent Kartheiser,
Directors : Peter Filardi,

Based on the true story of drugs, satanism, and murder in the upper class town of Northport, Long Island in 1984.

Actors : Evgeniy Mironov, Andrey Smirnov, Galina Tyunina, Olga Budina,
Directors : Aleksey Uchitel,

A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The confused love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet Galina ...