Critically acclaimed Women Biography movies

Actors : Michelle Williams, Julia Ormond, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Simon Curtis,

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).

Actors : Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston,
Directors : Tim Burton,

A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Actors : Rebecca Hall, Tracy Letts, Michael C. Hall, Maria Dizzia,
Directors : Antonio Campos,

The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Annette Bening, Julie Walters, Jamie Bell,
Directors : Paul McGuigan,

A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.

Actors : J.K. Simmons, Nicole Kidman, Nina Arianda, Javier Bardem,
Directors : Aaron Sorkin,

Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Actors : Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Ike Ogut, Sadou Teymouri,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.

Actors : Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Thomas D. Mahard, Melissa Leo,
Directors : Tony Goldwyn,

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

Actors : Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Ann Dowd, Bill Camp,
Directors : Craig Zobel,

A normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on.

Actors : Fabian Hinrichs, Johanna Gastdorf, Julia Jentsch, Alexander Held,
Directors : Marc Rothemund,

A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.

Actors : Emily Blunt, Miranda Richardson, Paul Bettany, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Jean-Marc Vallée,

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.

Actors : Kari Matchett, Sally Hawkins, Zachary Bennett, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Aisling Walsh,

An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

Actors : Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Margot Robbie,

A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Rachel Weisz, Andrew Scott,
Directors : Mick Jackson,

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Actors : Vincent Perez, Himesh Patel, Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne,
Directors : Tom Harper,

Balloon pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.

Actors : Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Tituss Burgess, Marlon Wayans,
Directors : Liesl Tommy,

Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.

Actors : Andrea Riseborough, Bob Hoskins, Jaime Winstone, Sally Hawkins,
Directors : Nigel Cole,

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Susan Brown, Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Phyllida Lloyd,

An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.

Actors : Nicholas Farrell, Lynda Baron, Damian Lewis, Alan David, Toni Collette, Joanna Page, Owen Teale,
Directors : Euros Lyn,

Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.

Actors : Phyllis Boyens-Liptak, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm,
Directors : Michael Apted,

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.

Actors : Tygh Runyan, Lily Fisher, Ana de Armas, Julianne Nicholson,
Directors : Andrew Dominik,

A fictionalized chronicle of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe.