Best Biography movies of 2000s

Actors : Andy Serkis, Tom Hughes, Clifford Samuel, Joseph Kennedy,
Directors : Mat Whitecross,

A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.

Actors : Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot, Marie Féret, David Moreau,
Directors : René Féret,

A reimagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang, and a musical prodigy in her own right.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Claire Forlani, Jim Caviezel, Jeremy Northam,
Directors : Rowdy Herrington,

Jim Caviezel stars as golf legend Bobby Jones, the icon who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Harry Belafonte, Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore,
Directors : Emilio Estevez,

The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and twenty-two people in the hotel, whose lives were never the same.

Actors : Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai,
Directors : Michael Apted,

The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

Actors : Clint Jung, Melissa George, Michael Sheen, Ron Livingston,
Directors : Steven Sawalich,

The true story of Richard Pimentel, a brilliant public speaker with a troubled past, who returns from Vietnam severely hearing -impaired and finds a new purpose in his landmark efforts on the behalf of Americans with disabilities.

Actors : Anne Consigny, Daniel Brühl, Ulrich Tukur, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Florian Gallenberger,

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Actors : Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges, Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get "in ...

Actors : Ken Duken, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Aksel Hennie,

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Actors : Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan,
Directors : Sherry Hormann,

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN ...

Actors : Merab Ninidze, Juliane Köhler, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo,
Directors : Caroline Link,

A German Jewish refugee family moves to and adjusts to a farm life in 1930s Kenya.

Actors : Asanee Suwan, Orn-Anong Panyawong, Nukkid Boonthong, Sorapong Chatree,
Directors : Ekachai Uekrongtham,

Bio-pic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her sex change operation.

Actors : Charlie Clark, Nick Shirm, Thomas Drewson, Gregg Sulkin,
Directors : Paul Weiland,

A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Jordi Mollà, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush,
Directors : Shekhar Kapur,

A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.

Actors : Uma Thurman, Julian Glover, Tim Roth, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Roland Joffé,

In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the ...

Actors : Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts,
Directors : Gregor Jordan,

An innocent man becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known.

Actors : Caveh Zahedi, Christoff Colas, Rebecca Lord, Lindsey Tjian,
Directors : Caveh Zahedi,

Autobiographical comedy about a recovering sex addict, about his obsession with prostitutes, and how that affected his relationships and his life altogether.

Actors : Rob Brown, Clancy Brown, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Actors : Yolande Moreau, Geneviève Mnich, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent,
Directors : Martin Provost,

Based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Jay Rodan,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

The last days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas.