English biography movies

List of the best English biography movies selected by visitors to our site: The Imitation Game, Red Joan, The Theory of Everything, I, Tonya, The Mauritanian, Bohemian Rhapsody, The King, Rocketman, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Eddie the Eagle.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, drama, military, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:54

    Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:14

    London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
    Duration02:03

      The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Qatar
      Duration02:00

      Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama, music, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:09

      Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Hungary, USA, Australia
      Duration01:59

      England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, musical, music, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada
      Duration01:53

      The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography, sport
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
      Duration02:30

      Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach (played by Hugh Jackman), Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, France, China
      Duration02:46

      A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy

      Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, western, crime, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
      Duration02:40

      Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredrama, music, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia, Japan, France
      Duration02:02

      Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, family, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:40

      Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredocumentary, crime, detective, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Serial killer Dennis Nilsen narrates his life and horrific crimes via a series of chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryPoland, United Kingdom, USA

      Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Four-part drama based on the extraordinary story of how prison officer John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy - unbeknownst to his two sons.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, military, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      Legendary 20th Century war poet Siegfried Sassoon’s life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships goes unresolved, never realizing it can only come from within.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrecomedy, documentary, music, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      A musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, documentary, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his fifteen year tenure as James Bond. Includes never-before-seen archival footage spanning from Casino Royale (2006) to No Time to Die (2021).

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      «Emily» imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world’s most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers, who died, too soon, at age 30.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredocumentary, biography
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom

      Follows the life of pop culture icon Pamela Anderson, including never-before-seen archival footage and personal journals.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick; 'Bank of Dave' tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      Focuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the ‘Iron Lady of Israel,’ faced during the Yom Kippur War.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, drama, musical, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryFrance, Italy, United Kingdom, USA

      A film relating from the inside the Notre-Dame de Paris fire of April 2019.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain
      Duration02:01

      Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:36

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredocumentary, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:19

      The remarkable story of iconoclastic fashion designer Vivienne Westwood as she fights to maintain her brand’s integrity, her principles and her legacy.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:43

      This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genremusical, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredocumentary, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Using home videos recorded by her voice coach, Diana takes us through the story of her life.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Denmark
      Duration02:09

      Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:39

      Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.

      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, France, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
      Duration02:04

      Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France
      Duration02:35

        Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future‎.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
        Duration02:45

        Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

        Markimdb: 8.2
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:30

        This special one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen. Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles. Wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
        Duration01:58

        The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:32

        Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia
        Duration01:45

        The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genredrama, crime, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Belgium, USA, Germany, France
        Duration01:43

        London, England, April 2015. Brian Reader, a retired thief, gathers an unlikely gang of burglars to perpetrate the biggest and boldest heist in British history. The thieves assault the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company and escape with millions in goods and money. But soon the cracks between the gang members begin to appear when they discuss how to share the loot.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrecomedy, crime, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Set in late-1970's Dundee, Schemers is based on writer-producer David McLean’s early years in the music business. After a run in with a local gangster, a fledgling promoter and his two friends raise their ambitions to booking major bands in order to escape their debt.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

        In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.




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