Best Biography movies on amazon prime that are golden globes winners or nominees

The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 83

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.



Erin Brockovich(2000)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.



Pride(2014)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 79

U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.



Ali(2001)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.



The Report(2019)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.



Serpico(1973)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.



Funny Girl(1968)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfield girl, subsequent career and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.



Beautiful Boy(2018)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.



The Duchess(2008)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.



De-Lovely(2004)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 27

Inspecting a magical biographical stage musical, composer Cole Porter reviews his life and career with his wife, Linda.



Cromwell(1970)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England.



Dillinger(1973)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.



The Hiding Place(1975)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father's watchmaker shop in pre-WWII Holland. Their uneventful lives are disrupted with the coming of the Nazis. ...



Harlow(1965)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of the platinum blonde bombshell (Baker) who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930's.