Biographical films

2,455 films

Alexander Popov1949 · Herbert Rappaport

Home, Sweet Home1914 · D. W. Griffith

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Star!1968 · Robert Wise

Ned Kelly1970 · Tony Richardson

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The Childhood of Maxim Gorky1938 · Mark Donskoy

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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin1981 · Sharad Patel

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Mussorgsky1950 · Grigori Roshal

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Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship1939 · Mark Donskoy

The Great Citizen1938 · Fridrikh Ermler

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The General1992 · Igor Nikolayev

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Attack from the Sea1953 · Mikhail Romm

Kalidas1931 · H. M. Reddy

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Born to Be Blue2015 · Robert Budreau

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A Quiet Passion2016 · Terence Davies

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The Dance of Reality2013 · Alejandro Jodorowsky

Tracks2013 · John Curran

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Mirza Ghalib1954 · Sohrab Modi

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Shahid2012 · Hansal Mehta

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Finding Vivian Maier2013 · Charlie Siskel

Yakov Sverdlov1940 · Sergei Yutkevich

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Margrete: Queen of the North2021 · Charlotte Sieling

Rodin2017 · Jacques Doillon

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150 Milligrams2016 · Emmanuelle Bercot

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Super 302019 · Vikas Bahl

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Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl2020 · Sharan Sharma

Nonnas2025 · Stephen Chbosky

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The Great Arch2025 · Stéphane Demoustier

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Anne Frank: The Whole Story2001 · Robert Dornhelm

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Joseph1995 · Roger Young

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Limonov: The Ballad2024 · Kirill Serebrennikov

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Cabrini2024 · Alejandro Monteverde

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The Jayne Mansfield Story1980 · Dick Lowry

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Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny1996 · Uli Edel

Rhapsody in Blue1945 · Irving Rapper

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Romero1989 · John Duigan

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Strong with Spirit1967 · Viktor Georgiyev

Night and Day1946 · Michael Curtiz

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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle1994 · Alan Rudolph

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She Hate Me2004 · Spike Lee

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Miral2010 · Julian Schnabel

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The Notorious Bettie Page2005 · Mary Harron

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The Last Ten Days1955 · Georg Wilhelm Pabst

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Once Upon a Time in China and America1997 · Sammo Hung

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Agony1981 · Elem Klimov

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Quiet Days in Clichy1990 · Claude Chabrol

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Song of Love1947 · Clarence Brown

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Castaway1987 · Nicolas Roeg

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Forever Enthralled2008 · Chen Kaige

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Bluebeard1963 · Claude Chabrol

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George Harrison: Living in the Material World2011 · Martin Scorsese

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962 · George Pal

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Wild Bill1995 · Walter Hill

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Scott of the Antarctic1948 · Charles Frend

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The Truce1997 · Francesco Rosi

Dream of Love1928 · Fred Niblo

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Walker1987 · Alex Cox

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Star 801983 · Bob Fosse

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When You're Strange2010 · Tom DiCillo

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The Hunter1980 · Buzz Kulik

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Skin2008 · Anthony Fabian