Best Biography movies

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 : Yvonne Mitchell, Nigel Patrick, Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa,
Directors : Andrew L. Stone,

Composer Johann Strauss becomes the "Waltz-King" and woos a baron's mistress in 19th-century Austria.

Actors : Andrzej Chyra, Oskar Rybaczek, Maria Maj, Dawid Ogrodnik,

Triggered by an unexpected tragedy, gay artist and activist Daniel, who is also a deeply religious man, tries hard to make the local community grieve together.

Actors : Marc Barbé, Valérie Jeannet, Sami Frey, Julie Jézéquel,
Directors : Gérard Mordillat,

May, 1946, in Paris young poet Jacques Prevel meets Antonin Artaud, the actor, artist, and writer just released from a mental asylum. Over ten months, we follow the mad Artaud from his ...

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

Actors : Ege Ayaz, Gülden Avsaroglu, Kerem Atasavun, Ali Erkin Acir,
Directors : Mahsun Kirmizigül,

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 : Gordon Jackson, Tom Adams, Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire,
Directors : Michael O'Herlihy,

After inheriting his father's title, the young noble Hugh O'Connell is taken hostage by the English viceroy but escapes to lead an uprising.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Robert Stephens, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Magee,
Directors : Guy Green,

A man's views cause a rift between peasants and the church.

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

Actors : Fabian, Adam Roarke, Jocelyn Lane, Astrid Warner,

The movie tells the biography of the gangster Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd who started his career young aged when he saw his father die and seeked out revenge by killing his murderer during a...

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 : Désirée Nick, Evelyn Künneke, Lotti Huber, Luzi Kryn,
Directors : Rosa von Praunheim,

Neurosia is the autobiography of the director Rosa von Praunheim. The movie begins with Rosa presenting his autobiography in a movie theater. Before the film begins, he is shot. But - his ...

Actors : Betty Ting Pei, Danny Lee, Chin-Ku Lu, Sha Wang,
Directors : Mar Lo,

A movie on the life of the renowned Bruce Lee, especially his relationship with his mistress (played by Betty Ting Pei, who was Lee's mistress in real life and in whose apartment he died).

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 : 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 : 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 : Alan Badel, Tommy Steele, Dudley Foster, Stanley Baker,
Directors : James Clavell,

The adventures and the exploits of notorious English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard in 1720s London.

Actors : Jeremy Sisto, Eric Michael Cole, Grace Zabriskie, Jaime Pressly,
Directors : Mark Anthony Galluzzo,

Trash is a coming of age drama set amongst the poverty stricken trailer parks of the deep South. In a spiraling tale of hatred, love and loyalty, two teenage friends realize that the only ...