| 8.5 |  | Inherit the Wind | 1960 | Biography Drama History | Stanley Kramer | Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly | * 4.5/5 |
| 8.4 | | The Look of Silence | 2014 | Documentary Biography History | Joshua Oppenheimer | Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan | * 3.7/5 |
| 8.4 | | Rembetiko | 1983 | Biography Drama History Music Romance War Greece | Costas Ferris | Sotiria Leonardou, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Michalis Maniatis | * 2.9/5 |
| 8.3 | | In the Name of the Father | 1993 | Biography Drama | Jim Sheridan | Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie | * 3.8/5 |
| 8.1 | | Tous les matins du monde | 1991 | Biography Drama Music Romance France | Alain Corneau | Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet | * 4.2/5 |
| 8.1 | | Malcolm X | 1992 | Biography Drama History Romance | Spike Lee | Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo | * 3.7/5 |
| 8.0 | | Sophie Scholl the Final Days | 2005 | Biography Crime Drama History Thriller War Germany | Marc Rothemund | Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held | * 3.8/5 |
| 8.0 | | Maudie | 2016 | Biography Drama Romance Ireland | Aisling Walsh | Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Zachary Bennett | * 4.4/5 |
| 8.0 | | La Vie En Rose | 2007 | Biography Drama Music Romance France | Olivier Dahan | Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory | * 3.7/5 |
| 7.9 | | The Hurricane | 2000 | Biography Drama Sport | | Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger | * 3.8/5 |
| 7.9 | | A Royal Affair | 2012 | Biography Drama History Romance Denmark | Nikolaj Arcel | Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Flsgaard | * 3.9/5 |
| 7.8 | | Woman in Gold | 2015 | Biography Drama History UK | Simon Curtis | Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl | * 4.2/5 |
| 7.8 | | Selma | 2014 | Biography Drama History | Ava DuVernay | David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth | * 3.8/5 |
| 7.8 | | Jackal of Nahueltoro | 1969 | Biography Crime Drama Chile | Miguel Littin (as Miguel Littín) | Nelson Villagra, Shenda Roman, Marcelo Romo | |
| 7.8 | | Centre Stage | 1991 | Biography Drama Romance Hong Kong | Stanley Kwan | Maggie Cheung, Han Chin, Tony Ka Fai Leung | |
| 7.7 | | The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach | 1968 | Biography Drama History Music West Germany | Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Paolo Carlini | |
| 7.7 | | Richard III | 1955 | Biography Drama History War UK | Laurence Olivier | Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen | * 3.4/5 |
| 7.7 | | Man on the Moon | 1999 | Biography Comedy Drama | Milos Forman | Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Gerry Becker | * 3.3/5 |
| 7.7 | | Love and Mercy | 2014 | Biography Drama Music | Bill Pohlad | John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks | * 3.6/5 |
| 7.7 | | Amen. | 2002 | Biography Crime Drama War France | Costa-Gavras | Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Muhe | * 3.6/5 |
| 7.6 | | The People vs. Larry Flynt | 1996 | Biography Drama | Milos Forman | Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton | * 3.5/5 |
| 7.6 | | Monster | 2003 | Biography Crime Drama Thriller | Patty Jenkins | Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern | * 3.5/5 |
| 7.6 | | Meetings with Remarkable Men | 1979 | Biography Drama UK | Peter Brook | Dragan Maksimovic, Terence Stamp, Mikica Dimitrijevic | |
| 7.6 | | Aimee and Jaguar | 1999 | Biography Drama Romance War Germany | Max Färberböck | Maria Schrader, Juliane Kohler, Johanna Wokalek | * 3.4/5 |
| 7.5 | | The Last Mitterrand | 2005 | Biography Drama France | Robert Guédiguian | Michel Bouquet, Jalil Lespert, Philippe Fretun | |
| 7.5 | | Shine a Light | 2008 | Documentary Biography Music | Martin Scorsese | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts | * 3.1/5 |
| 7.4 | | The Young Karl Marx | 2017 | Biography Drama History Germany | Raoul Peck | August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps | |
| 7.4 | | The Kings Choice | 2016 | Biography Drama History War Norway | Erik Poppe | Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Karl Markovics | |
| 7.4 | | Safe Conduct | 2002 | Biography Drama History War France | Bertrand Tavernier | Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydes, Charlotte Kady | * * |
| 7.4 | | Kinsey | 2004 | Biography Drama Romance | Bill Condon | Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris ODonnell | * 3.4/5 |
| 7.4 | | Junction 48 | 2016 | Action Biography Crime Drama Music Thriller | Udi Aloni | Tamer Nafar, Samar Qupty, Salwa Nakkara | * * |
| 7.4 | | Iris | 2001 | Biography Drama Romance | Richard Eyre | Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet | * 3.5/5 |
| 7.4 | | Goodbye Bafana | 2007 | Biography Drama History Germany | Bille August | Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger | * * |
| 7.4 | | Freud | 1962 | Biography Drama | John Huston | Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks | * 2.8/5 |
| 7.4 | | Find Me Guilty | 2006 | Biography Comedy Crime Drama | Sidney Lumet | Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Ron Silver | * 3.3/5 |
| 7.3 | | Xingu | 2011 | Action Adventure Biography Drama Brazil | Cao Hamburger | Joo Miguel, Felipe Camargo, Caio Blat | |
| 7.3 | | Summer of Aviya | 1988 | Biography Drama Israel | Eli Cohen | Gila Almagor, Kaipu Cohen, Eli Cohen | |
| 7.3 | | Howl | 2010 | Biography Drama Romance | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott | * 3.4/5 |
| 7.3 | | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | 2002 | Biography Comedy Crime Drama Romance Thriller | George Clooney | Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney | * 3.3/5 |
| 7.3 | | 13 Minutes | 2015 | Biography Drama War Germany | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Christian Friedel, Katharina Schuttler, Burghart Klaubner | * * |
| 7.2 | | Viceroys House | 2017 | Biography Drama History News Romance UK | Gurinder Chadha | Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal | |
| 7.2 | | Notorious | 2009 | Biography Crime Drama Music | George Tillman Jr. | Jamal Woolard, Anthony Mackie, Derek Luke | * 3.6/5 |
| 7.2 | | Caravaggio | 1986 | Biography Drama History Romance UK | Derek Jarman | Noam Almaz, Dexter Fletcher, Nigel Terry | * 3.1/5 |
| 7.2 | | A Prominent Patient | 2016 | Biography Drama History Czech Republic | Julius Sevcík | Karel Roden, Hanns Zischler, Oldrich Kaiser | |
| 7.1 | | My One and Only | 2009 | Adventure Biography Comedy Drama Romance | Richard Loncraine | Renee Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Mark Rendall | * 3.0/5 |
| 7.1 | | Lucie Aubrac | 1997 | Biography Drama War France | Claude Berri | Carole Bouquet, Daniel Auteuil, Patrice Chereau | |
| 7.1 | | I Olga Hepnarova | 2016 | Biography Crime Drama Thriller Czech Republic | Petr Kazda, Tomás Weinreb | Michalina Olszanska, Martin Pechlat, Klara Meliskova | |
| 7.1 | | Der Rauber | 2010 | Biography Crime Drama Sport Germany | Benjamin Heisenberg | Andreas Lust, Markus Schleinzer, Roman Kettner | |
| 7.0 | | Mapplethorpe Look at the Pictures | 2016 | Documentary Biography | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Nancy Rooney, Harry Mapplethorpe, George Stack | |
| 7.0 | | Genius | 2016 | Biography Drama | Michael Grandage | Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman | * 4.0/5 |
| 7.0 | | Forever Enthralled | 2008 | Biography Drama History China | Kaige Chen | Leon Lai, Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun | |
| 6.9 | | The Grandmaster | 2013 | Action Biography Drama Romance War Hong Kong | Kar-Wai Wong (as Kar Wai Wong) | Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang | * 3.8/5 |
| 6.9 | | Restoration | 1995 | Biography Drama History Romance | Michael Hoffman | Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis | * * |
| 6.9 | | Hoffa | 1992 | Biography Crime Drama | Danny DeVito | Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante | * * |
| 6.9 | | Champions | 1984 | Biography Drama Romance Sport UK | John Irvin | John Hurt, Gregory Jones, Mick Dillon | * 2.4/5 |
| 6.8 | | Walker | 1987 | Biography Drama History Western | Alex Cox | Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois | * 2.9/5 |
| 6.8 | | The Lost City of Z | 2016 | Adventure Biography Drama History | James Gray | Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller | * 3.1/5 |
| 6.8 | | Star 80 | 1983 | Biography Drama | Bob Fosse | Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson | |
| 6.8 | | Sada | 1998 | Biography Drama Japan | Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Hitomi Kuroki, Tsurutaro Kataoka, Norihei Miki | |
| 6.8 | | Joaquim | 2017 | Biography Brazil | Marcelo Gomes | Julio Machado, Isabel Zuaa, Romulo Braga | |
| 6.8 | | Good Evening Mr. Wallenberg | 1990 | Biography Drama War Sweden | Kjell Grede | Stellan Skarsgerd, Katharina Thalbach, Karoly Eperjes | |
| 6.8 | | A Quiet Passion | 2016 | Biography Drama UK | Terence Davies | Emma Bell, Sara Vertongen, Rose Williams | * * |
| 6.7 | | Shadow Makers | 1989 | Biography Drama History War | Roland Joffé | Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia | |
| 6.7 | | Miles Ahead | 2016 | Biography Drama Music Romance | | Don Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Ewan McGregor | * 3.0/5 |
| 6.7 | | If Not Us Who | 2011 | Biography Drama Germany | Andres Veiel | August Diehl, Lena Lauzemis, Alexander Fehling | |
| 6.6 | | Final Portrait | 2017 | Biography Comedy Drama UK | Stanley Tucci | Armie Hammer, Clemence Poesy, Geoffrey Rush | |
| 6.6 | | Eisenstein in Guanajuato | 2015 | Biography Comedy Drama Romance Netherlands | Peter Greenaway | Elmer Back, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata | * 3.3/5 |
| 6.6 | | Camille Claudel 1915 | 2013 | Biography Drama France | Bruno Dumont | Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Jessica Errero | * 3.0/5 |
| 6.4 | | Life | 2015 | Biography Drama | Anton Corbijn | Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Peter Lucas | * * |
| 6.4 | | Feuerherz | 2008 | Biography Drama War Germany | Luigi Falorni | Letekidan Micael, Solomie Micael, Seble Tilahun | |
| 6.4 | | Django | 2017 | Biography Drama Music War France | Etienne Comar | Reda Kateb, Cecile De France, Bea Palya | * 3.3/5 |
| 6.3 | | In Love and War | 1996 | Biography Drama Romance War | Richard Attenborough | Sandra Bullock, Chris ODonnell, Mackenzie Astin | * 3.3/5 |
| 6.2 | | Lovelace | 2013 | Biography Drama | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Amanda Seyfried, James Franco, Peter Sarsgaard | * 3.3/5 |
| 6.2 | | Jud Suss Film ohne Gewissen | 2010 | Biography Drama War Germany | Oskar Roehler | Tobias Moretti, Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu | |
| 6.0 | | Uncle Howard | 2016 | Documentary Biography | Aaron Brookner, Aaron Brookner | Aaron Brookner, John Giorno, Jim Jarmusch | |
| 6.0 | | Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky | 1981 | Biography Romance Soviet Union | Aleksandr Zarkhi | Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Evgeniya Simonova, Ewa Szykulska | |
| 6.0 | | Theophilos | 1987 | Biography Drama Greece | Lakis Papastathis | Dimitris Katalifos, Manthos Athinaios, Thodoros Exarhos | |
| 6.0 | | The Seasons in Quincy Four Portraits of John Berger | 2016 | Documentary Biography UK | Bartek Dziadosz, Colin MacCabe | John Berger, Tilda Swinton | |
| 6.0 | | Question 7 | 1961 | Biography Drama History | Stuart Rosenberg | Michael Gwynn, Christian De Bresson, Almut Eggert | |
| 6.0 | | Porgy and Bess | 1999 | Biography Drama Music Romance | | Ruby Dee, Christopher Jones, Maya Angelou | |
| 6.0 | | I Am Michael | 2015 | Biography Drama Romance | Justin Kelly | James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts | * * |
| 6.0 | | Dont Blink Robert Frank | 2015 | Documentary Biography History | Laura Israel | Robert Frank, June Leaf, Yichi Hibi | |
| 6.0 | | Diary for My Lovers | 1987 | Biography Drama Hungary | Márta Mészáros | gnes Csere, Zsuzsa Czinkoczi, Anna Polony | |
| 5.9 | | Queen of the Desert | 2015 | Biography Drama History Romance | Werner Herzog | Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis | * * |
| 5.4 | | Baader | 2002 | Action Biography Crime Drama Thriller Germany | Christopher Roth | Frank Giering, Laura Tonke, Vadim Glowna | * 3.6/5 |
| 5.0 | | My Wonderful West Berlin | 2017 | Documentary Biography History Germany | Jochen Hick | Mabel Aschenneller, Wolfgang Cihlarz, Rolf Eden | |
| 5.0 | | Mozart Aufzeichnungen einer Jugend | 1976 | Documentary Biography Drama West Germany | Klaus Kirschner | Pavlos Bekiaris, Diego Crovetti, Marianne Lowitz | |
| 4.0 | | Silent Scream | 1990 | Biography Crime Drama UK | David Hayman | Iain Glen, Andrew Barr, Kenneth Glenaan | * 2.8/5 |
| 4.0 | | Revolution of Sound Tangerine Dream | 2017 | Documentary Biography Music Germany | Margarete Kreuzer | | |
| 4.0 | | Fallada the Last Chapter | 1988 | Biography East Germany | Roland Gräf | Jorg Gudzuhn, Jutta Wachowiak, Katrin Sab | |
| * | | The Quiet Man | 1985 | Documentary Biography UK | Barrie Gavin | Lyndon Brook, Julio Gonzalez | |
