Best Biography Movies of 2025
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Best Biography Movies of 2025
TOP Movies: Hamnet (2025), I Swear (2025), Nuremberg (2025), The Lost Bus (2025), Winter as Frida Kahlo (2025), Song Sung Blue (2025), Roofman (2025), Christy (2025), Sarah's Oil (2025), Mr. Burton (2025), Swiped (2025), Soul on Fire (2025), Blue Moon (2025), The Alto Knights (2025), The Smashing Machine (2025), The King of Kings (2025), Dead Man's Wire (2025), The Testament of Ann Lee (2025), The Chronology of Water (2025), New Wave (2025).
List of Best Movies
41K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, lyrical, costume drama, crying ...
Plot:
bare chested male, grief, tragedy, death of child, mourning, shakespeare, literary, family tragedy, creative process, mother son relationship, biopic, bittersweet ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
london
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12K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inspired by the life of John Davidson, charting his journey from a misunderstood teenager in 1980's Britain to a present day advocate for the understanding and acceptance of Tourette Syndrome. Diagnosed aged fifteen, John navigates his way ...
Style:
inspirational, heartfelt, emotional, educational, dramatic ...
Plot:
biopic, empathy, acceptance, personal growth, resilience, character study, kindness, mental health, coming of age, high school life, social realism, bullying ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
britain, scotland
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58K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, psychological thriller, intense, tense ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, manipulation, ethical dilemma, ethics, character study, moral ambiguity, evil, world war two, courtroom, courtroom drama, obsession, interrogation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, post world war two, year 1946, year 1945
Place:
germany, austria, washington d.c.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
Style:
melancholic, period piece, period drama
Plot:
biopic, character study, legacy, loneliness, music industry, reconciliation, nostalgia, interview, adaptation, depression, mental health, bare chested male ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, realistic, fast paced ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
fire, disaster, evacuation, natural disaster, search and rescue, forest fire, survival, children, rescue, chaos, heroism, smoking ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
california
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Genre: Biography
Country: Australia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The year is 1935. Frida Kahlo's husband has just begun an affair with her younger sister. A sister that had been her closest friend.
Style:
art house, melancholic, independent film, period drama
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, female protagonist, love triangle, character study, biopic, family drama, sibling rivalry, female friendship, tragic romance, passion, identity crisis ...
Time:
1930s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, emotional, feel good, romantic drama ...
Plot:
second chance, husband and wife, heartbreak, biopic, personal growth, bittersweet, intimate, bare chested male, singer, singing, funeral, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, midwest, wisconsin
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54K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname 'Roofman'. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, tense, crime thriller, crying ...
Plot:
male star appears nude, bare chested male, toy store, male nudity, prison escape, double life, heist, ex military, cat and mouse, anti hero, identity, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2004, year 2003
Place:
north carolina
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13K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Christy Martin never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the world of boxing under the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, f word, period drama
Plot:
female boxer, fighter, boxing, biopic, female empowerment, resilience, trailblazer, underdog, abusive relationship, empowerment, family drama, controversy ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 2010s, year 1989, year 2010 ...
Place:
west virginia, las vegas, florida, tennessee
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Sarah Rector, an African-American girl born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted, and her faith is proven right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to her family, ...
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, period piece, independent film
Plot:
black history, female empowerment, exploitation, racial discrimination, child protagonist, greed, family drama, resilience, biopic, coming of age, entrepreneurship, determination ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Ireland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war and his own ambitions. However, a new opportunity arises when Richard’s natural talent ...
Plot:
teacher student relationship, biopic, adoptive father, theatre play, cathedral, binge drinking, persuasion, shame, sunrise, dead mother, audition, cinema ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
wales, oxford university
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Whitney Wolfe uses extraordinary grit and ingenuity to break into the male-dominated tech industry.
Style:
motivational, tense, fast paced
Plot:
female empowerment, entrepreneurship, biopic, silicon valley, resilience, innovation, feminism, inspiration, ambition, sexism, urban, social media ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After a horrific accident leaves his body scarred, a young boy strives to live and show everyone what is possible with the help of his family, his faith, his community, his longtime idol's kindness, and the entire city of St. Louis.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, independent film
Plot:
faith, courage, hopes, resilience, family bonds, family drama, perseverance, healing, determination, coming of age, mother son relationship, heartwarming ...
Time:
2020s
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14K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
mental health, alcoholism, broadway, gay, intimate, gay interest, depression, character study, biopic, friendship, composer, addiction ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course ...
Style:
crime thriller, historical drama, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, crime boss, biopic, organized crime, betrayal, gangster, underworld, corruption, power struggle, betrayal of trust, gang warfare, conflict ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1957, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
Style:
intense, inspirational, depressing, period piece, crying ...
Plot:
mixed martial arts, biopic, gym, athlete, substance abuse, addiction, perseverance, competition, violence, training camp, obsession, interview ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2000, year 1999, 2020s ...
Place:
phoenix arizona, tokyo, japan, birmingham alabama
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and ...
Style:
biblical, period piece, historical drama, spiritual, religious drama ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
father son relationship, imagination, jesus, religion, faith, christianity, redemption, sacrifice, storytelling, gospel, coming of age, parable ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1st century
Place:
israel
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
Style:
crime thriller, intense, tense, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, manipulation, revenge, desperation, character study, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, negotiation, law enforcement, class conflict, obsession ...
Time:
70s, year 1977
Place:
indianapolis indiana, florida
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
religious leader, biopic, female protagonist, spirituality, spiritual awakening, female nudity, historical epic, female empowerment, prophecy, sacrifice, pilgrimage, male nudity ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
manchester
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, Latvia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Growing up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, a young woman finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer.
Style:
reflective, intense, non-linear
Plot:
alcoholism, coming of age, female protagonist, personal growth, resilience, mental health, soul searching, escape, domestic violence, literary, university, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Place:
poetic realism
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François ...
Style:
experimental, art house, black and white, period drama
Plot:
film history, filmmaking, improv, voice over narration, moral ambiguity, boxer, husband wife relationship, actor, bare chested male, cinema, actress, film producer ...
Time:
year 1959
Place:
paris france, france
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755
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker turned boxing trainer. Their unlikely partnership, Naz’s unorthodox style, cocky ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
boxing, racism, islamophobia, working class, ambition, boxing trainer, racial tension, streetwise, celebrity, class conflict, fan culture, loyalty ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
britain, northern england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, France, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Sweden, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, bleak, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
colonialism, resistance, british empire, nationalism, political conflict, coming of age, ethnic conflict, family bonds, british colonialism, zionism, class differences, harvest ...
Time:
1930s, year 1937, year 1936, 20th century
Place:
jerusalem
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Romania
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in an unimaginable life journey.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, dramatic, historical drama, intense ...
Plot:
biopic, world war two, classical music, orchestra, exile, train conductor, legacy, ambition, survival, resilience, rise and fall, perseverance ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, romania
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: Germany, Hungary, France, China
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate, human-scaled stories. In 1908, the university’s first female student gains admission into the ...
Style:
reflective, meditative, contemplative, poignant, art house ...
Plot:
loneliness, college campus, gender equality, longing, garden, tree, male nudity
Place:
germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, tense, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, memories, prison escape, war crime, survival, resistance, biopic, sacrifice, forced labor ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two years after founding his own bank, local hero Dave Fishwick takes on the predatory payday lenders bringing misery to his small English town.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, feel good
Plot:
community, determination, small town, social justice, corporate greed, banking, empowerment, working class, realism, class conflict, heartwarming, biopic ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
northern england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Behind one of the best-selling jazz records of all time, Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Köln Concert, how it almost didn’t happen, and how one formidable German teenager, Vera Brandes, breaks every boundary to set the conditions for the creation of a ...
Plot:
promoter, teenage girl, musician, jazz, concert tour, concert, father daughter relationship, strict father, female protagonist, brother sister relationship, abusive father, boyfriend ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, year 1974, year 1973
Is relevant?
356
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Determined to fulfill his life’s mission, 26-year-old John Allen Chau embarks on a dangerous adventure across the globe to convert the uncontacted tribe of North Sentinel Island to Christianity, while a detective from the Andaman Islands races to ...
Style:
tense, bleak, thought provoking, art house
Plot:
missionary, evangelical christianity, obsession, remote island, isolation, ethical dilemma, based on real people, island, psychological drama
Time:
2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Style:
reflective, art house, avant garde, experimental, period drama
Plot:
gay, gay interest, interview, artist, photography, intimate, creative process, introspection, conversation, urban, memory, epiphany ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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