Best biopics 1981 – 1990 - Charts
Best biopics 1981 – 1990
1. Amadeus (1984)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
2. Goodfellas (1990)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta
3. Awakenings (1990)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Penny Marshall
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams
4. Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Biography
Directed by: Ladislav Smoljak
Cast: Zdeněk Svěrák, Valerie Kaplanová
5. Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Andrew Solt
Cast: John Lennon, David Bowie
6. Gandhi (1982)
UK / India, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen
7. My Left Foot (1989)
Ireland / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
8. Out of Africa (1985)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
9. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
France, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
10. My Mother's Castle (1990)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Yves Robert
Cast: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel
11. My Father's Glory (1990)
France, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Yves Robert
Cast: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel
13. Vincent - The Life and death of Vincent Van Gogh (1987)
Australia / Belgium, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Paul Cox
Cast: John Hurt, Marika Rivera
14. Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Michael Apted
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown
15. Korczak (1990)
Poland / Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska
16. Lady Jane (1986)
UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes
17. Frances (1982)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Graeme Clifford
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley
18. La Bamba (1987)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Luis Valdez
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales
19. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker
20. This Is Elvis (1981)
USA, Biography / Music
Directed by: Andrew Solt, Malcolm Leo
Cast: Elvis Presley, Steve Allen
21. Man versus Ruin (1989)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Štěpán Skalský
Cast: Josef Abrhám, Hana Maciuchová
22. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe
23. Henry V (1989)
UK, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh
24. We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (1981)
West Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Uli Edel
Cast: Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein
26. Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Jim McBride
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder
27. Salvador (1986)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: James Woods, Jim Belushi
29. Cry Freedom (1987)
UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington
31. Camille Claudel (1988)
France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Bruno Nuytten
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu
32. An Angel at My Table (1990)
New Zealand / Australia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jane Campion
Cast: Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh
33. Thérèse (1986)
France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Alain Cavalier
Cast: Catherine Mouchet, Jean Pélégri
34. Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Robert M. Young
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos
35. My Dinner with Andre (1981)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Louis Malle
Cast: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
36. Goodbye, Children (1987)
France / West Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Louis Malle
Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö
37. Silkwood (1983)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell
38. 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
UK / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: David Hugh Jones
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins
39. Chariots of Fire (1981)
UK, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson
40. Lion of the Desert (1981)
Libya / USA, War / Drama
Directed by: Moustapha Akkad
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed
43. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
USA / Japan, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Cast: Ken Ogata, Hiroshi Mikami
44. Young Toscanini (1988)
Italy / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Elizabeth Taylor
45. Bird (1988)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora
46. The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Daniel Vigne
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye
47. Svědek umírajícího času (1990)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Miloslav Luther
Cast: Petr Čepek, Emma Černá
48. Mommie Dearest (1981)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Frank Perry
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid
49. Agony (1981)
Soviet Union, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Elem Klimov
Cast: Aleksey Petrenko, Anatolij Romašin
50. The Bear (1984)
USA, Drama / Family
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Gary Busey, Cary Guffey
51. Opus pro Smrtihlava (1984)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Karel Majda Maršálek
Cast: Richard Honzovič, Luděk Munzar
52. Intervista (1987)
Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Cast: Sergio Rubini, Antonella Ponziani
57. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Cast: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina
58. Bloodsport (1988)
USA, Action / Sports
Directed by: Newt Arnold
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb
59. The Kid Brother (1987)
Japan / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Claude Gagnon
Cast: Kenny Easterday, Caitlin Clarke
60. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen
61. Diary for My Loves (1987)
Hungary, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Márta Mészáros
Cast: Ágnes Csere, Jan Nowicki
66. Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Cast: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz
67. Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (1990)
Poland / Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Krzysztof Zanussi
Cast: Christoph Waltz, Edward Zentara
68. Veronika (1985)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Taťjana Medvecká, Jana Hlaváčová
69. The Beach Boys: An American Band (1985)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Malcolm Leo
Cast: Brian Wilson, Mike Love
70. The Wolf at the Door (1986)
Denmark / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Henning Carlsen
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Valérie Glandut
71. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: John McNaughton
Cast: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles
72. Another Country (1984)
UK, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Marek Kanievska
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth
73. Cross Creek (1983)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Cast: Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn
74. Antonieta (1982)
France / Mexico, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Carlos Saura
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla
75. The Boy in Blue (1986)
Canada, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Cynthia Dale
76. Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
West Germany / France, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Marcel Ophüls
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Klaus Barbie
77. The Night Overtake Me (1985)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Juraj Herz
Cast: Jana Dolanská, Jana Brejchová
78. I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jack Hofsiss
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Nicol Williamson
79. Spring Symphony (1983)
West Germany / East Germany, Biography / Music
Directed by: Peter Schamoni
80. Stradivari (1988)
Italy / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Giacomo Battiato
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Stefania Sandrelli
81. Dance with a Stranger (1985)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Mike Newell
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett
82. Come and I´ll Be Young Again (1986)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Hana Pinkavová
Cast: Hermína Týrlová, Jitka Molavcová
83. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
USA / Japan, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons
84. Secret Honor (1984)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Robert Altman
Cast: Philip Baker Hall, Carl St.Clair
85. Star 80 (1983)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Bob Fosse
Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts
86. Henry & June (1990)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Fred Ward, Uma Thurman
87. Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1981)
West Germany / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Herbert Vesely
Cast: Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann
88. Chattahoochee (1989)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Cast: Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper
90. Mág. (1987)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: František Vláčil
Cast: Jiří Schwarz, Veronika Žilková
91. Lion with a White Mane (1986)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jaromil Jireš
Cast: Luděk Munzar, Jana Hlaváčová
92. Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
USA, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges
93. Blaze (1989)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Ron Shelton
Cast: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich
95. Guy de Maupassant (1982)
France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Michel Drach
Cast: Claude Brasseur, Jean Carmet
96. Paganini (1989)
Italy / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Klaus Kinski
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Debora Caprioglio
98. Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
West Germany / Czechoslovakia, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski
100. Jan Amos Comenius (1983)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Ladislav Chudík, Jana Březinová