Notable women
by imyrasantana | created - 14 Mar 2013 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicMovies about great women in history -
All kind of movie: biopic, documentary, fiction/ bad ones and good ones, etc...
This list has no particular order. I choose not only the most famous ones. My selection is based in some cathegories:
1 - women artists: writers, musicians, painters, actresses, dancers, etc
2 - women in politics: queens, leaders, warriors, revolutionaries
3 - women scientists and philosophers
4 - feminists
5 - ordinary but brave/engaged women (category with almost unknown women)
6 - or only (not so)famous women with interesting profiles or that were beyond their time.
List under construction: I accept suggestions.
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1. Camille Claudel (1988)
R | 175 min | Biography, Drama, History
Camille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.
Director: Bruno Nuytten | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Madeleine Robinson, Laurent Grévill
Votes: 7,395 | Gross: $0.20M
Camille Claudel (1864 - 1943) - sculptor
2. The Hours (2002)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 138,499 | Gross: $41.68M
Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) - writer
3. Lady Jane (1986)
PG-13 | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood, Michael Hordern
Votes: 7,085 | Gross: $0.28M
Joana Grey (1537 - 1554) - queen
4. Dangerous Beauty (1998)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
Director: Marshall Herskovitz | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward
Votes: 19,632 | Gross: $4.53M
Veronica Franco (1546 - 1591) - writer and courtisan
5. Elizabeth (1998)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History
The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson, Paul Fox
Votes: 105,102 | Gross: $30.08M
Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603) - queen
6. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Passed | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Votes: 60,649 | Gross: $0.02M
Jeanne d'Arc (1413 - 1431) - - french warrior and saint
7. Florence Nightingale (1985 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The fact-based story of the pioneer of nursing, known as "the Lady with the Lamp".
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Timothy Dalton, Timothy West
Votes: 366
Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) - founder of the modern nursing
8. Frida (2002)
R | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Mía Maestro
Votes: 95,313 | Gross: $25.89M
Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) - painter
9. Iris (I) (2001)
R | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville
Votes: 19,139 | Gross: $1.29M
Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999) - writer
10. Les palmes de M. Schutz (1997)
106 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A humoristic view of the lives of Marie and Pierre Curie and their discoveries around radioactivity.
Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Philippe Noiret, Charles Berling, Christian Charmetant
Votes: 475
Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867 - 1934) - scientist, Nobel prize (physics and chemistry)
11. Impromptu (1991)
PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Comedy, Music
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Director: James Lapine | Stars: Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters
Votes: 5,511 | Gross: $4.08M
Armandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, known as George Sand (1804 - 1876) - writer
12. Amélia (2000)
126 min | Comedy, Drama
Fictional story based on Sarah Bernhard's visit to Brazil in 1905. The actress, experiencing a personal and professional crisis, is encouraged by her personal Brazilian maid Amélia to ... See full summary »
Director: Ana Carolina | Stars: Marília Pêra, Béatrice Agenin, Camila Amado, Pedro Bismark
Votes: 212
Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) - actress
13. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
R | 125 min | Biography, Drama
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 4,889 | Gross: $2.14M
Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967) - writer
14. Queen Margot (1994)
R | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez
Votes: 18,992 | Gross: $2.02M
Marguerite de Valois (1553 - 1615) - queen
15. Lucie Aubrac (1997)
R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, War
A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Daniel Auteuil, Patrice Chéreau, Eric Boucher
Votes: 1,404 | Gross: $0.46M
Lucie Aubrac (1912 - 2007) - member of the French resistence during WW II
16. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
PG | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 4,944
Santa Chiara d'Assisi (1194 - 1253) - saint
17. Eternamente Pagú (1987)
100 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of Patrícia Galvão, aka Pagu, a legendary personage, muse and activist of Brazilian Modernism in art, during the 1920s until the 1940s. She shocked the society of her time, but ... See full summary »
Director: Norma Bengell | Stars: Carla Camurati, Antônio Fagundes, Ester Góes, Otávio Augusto
Votes: 111
Patrícia Rehder Galvão "Pagu" (1910 - 1962) - writer, journalist and poet. First woman arrested in Brazil due to political reasons
18. Sylvia (2003)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Story of the relationship between poets Edward James "Ted" Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Director: Christine Jeffs | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Lucy Davenport, David Birkin
Votes: 11,259 | Gross: $1.30M
Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963) - writer
19. Hilary and Jackie (1998)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey
Votes: 10,739 | Gross: $4.87M
Jacqueline du Pré (1945 - 1987) - cellist
20. The Lion in Winter (2003 TV Movie)
167 min | Drama, History, Romance
King Henry II meets with Eleanor of Aquitaine at Christmastide 1183 to choose one of his sons as his successor.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Glenn Close, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Andrew Howard
Votes: 2,392
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 - 1204) - queen
21. Agora (2009)
R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom
Votes: 73,041 | Gross: $0.62M
Hypatia (370 d.C. - 415 d.C.) - philisopher and mathematician
22. Becoming Colette (1991)
R | 97 min | Biography, Drama
The story of a girl who become the toast of Paris high-society. Through her marriage to one of France's most notorious degenerates, Colette's eyes are opened to every form of sexual depravity - shameless adventures that stir her.
Director: Danny Huston | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Mathilda May, Virginia Madsen, Paul Rhys
Votes: 281 | Gross: $0.22M
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954) - writer
23. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.
Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf
Votes: 28,663 | Gross: $0.68M
Sophie Scholl (1921 - 1943) - revolutionary
24. The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
64 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier
Votes: 5,961
Jeanne d'Arc (1413 - 1431) - warrior and saint
25. The Brontë Sisters (1979)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory
Votes: 1,218
Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855) - writer Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848) - writer Anne Brontë (1820 - 1849) - writer
26. Beloved Clara (2008)
107 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann.
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Pascal Greggory, Malik Zidi, Aline Annessy
Votes: 303
Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896) - pianist and composer
27. Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil (1995)
100 min | Comedy, History
A hot blooded Spanish princess plots to conquer her enemies and become queen.
Director: Carla Camurati | Stars: Marieta Severo, Antonio Abujamra, Thales Pan Chacon, Ludmila Dayer
Votes: 1,405
Carlota Joaquina de Bourbon (1775 - 1830) - queen
28. L'Autrichienne (1990)
98 min | Biography, Drama, History
Last days of queen Marie Antoinette stunningly portrayed by a director who's clearly done a massive historical research. An accurate plot and a very moving rendering.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Ute Lemper, Patrick Chesnais, Daniel Mesguich, Philippe Leroy
Votes: 124
Marie Antoinette (1755 - 1793) - queen
29. Coco Before Chanel (2009)
PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain
Votes: 42,102 | Gross: $6.11M
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883 - 1971) - fashion designer
30. Becoming Jane (2007)
PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell
Votes: 65,082 | Gross: $18.67M
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) - writer
31. Marlene (2000)
125 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The movie follows the life and personality of the famous actress Marlene Dietrich.
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Katja Flint, Hans Werner Meyer, Herbert Knaup, Heino Ferch
Votes: 656
Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992) - actress, singer
32. Callas Forever (2002)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The last days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Jay Rodan
Votes: 2,453 | Gross: $0.45M
Maria Callas (1923 - 1977) - singer
33. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi
Votes: 29,189 | Gross: $24.72M
Dian Fossey (1932 - 1985) - zoologist
34. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
PG | 145 min | Biography, Drama, History
King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 8,112 | Gross: $2.07M
Anne Boleyn (1501 - 1536) - queen
35. Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Unrated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Lena Stolze
Votes: 1,304 | Gross: $0.43M
Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179) - philisopher, writer, composer, mystic, visionay - polymath
36. Spring Symphony (1983)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Music
Chronicles the illustrious 19th-century love affair between composer Robert Schumann and pianist Clara Wieck.
Director: Peter Schamoni | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Herbert Grönemeyer, Rolf Hoppe, Anja-Christine Preussler
Votes: 368
Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896) - pianist and composer
37. Cleopatra (1963)
G | 192 min | Biography, Drama, History
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown
Votes: 37,400 | Gross: $57.78M
Cleópatra (69 a.C. - 30 a.C.) - queen
38. Veronica Guerin (2003)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 21,891 | Gross: $1.57M
Veronica Guerin (1958 - 1996) - journalist
39. Henry & June (1990)
NC-17 | 136 min | Biography, Drama
Anaïs Nin meets American writer Henry Miller in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening, which includes Henry and his wife June.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 14,190 | Gross: $11.57M
Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977) - writer
40. La Vie En Rose (2007)
PG-13 | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner
Votes: 90,740 | Gross: $10.30M
Edith Piaf (1915 - 1963) - singer
41. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
R | 91 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risqué bondage photos.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris
Votes: 11,652 | Gross: $1.41M
Bettie Page (1923 - 2008) - model
42. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,236
Catarina, the great (1729 - 1796) - queen
43. Marie Antoinette (2006)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan
Votes: 121,866 | Gross: $15.96M
Marie Antoinette (1755 - 1793) - queen
44. Sarah Bernhardt: Une étoile en plein jour (2006 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
Director: Laurent Jaoui | Stars: Ludmila Mikaël, Julie Debazac, Samuel Cahu, Vincent Martin
Votes: 35
Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) - actress
45. The Young Victoria (2009)
PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 66,381 | Gross: $11.00M
Victoria (1819 - 1901) - queen
46. An Angel at My Table (1990)
R | 158 min | Biography, Drama
Janet Frame was a brilliant child who, as a teen, was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Explore Janet's discovery of the world and her life in Europe as her books are published to acclaim.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn
Votes: 8,683 | Gross: $1.05M
Janet Frame (1924 - 2004) - writer
47. Made in Dagenham (2010)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone
Votes: 16,068 | Gross: $1.09M
48. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Votes: 120,587
Bonnie Parker (1910 - 1934) - american outlaw
49. Sissi (1955)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz
Votes: 9,978
Elisabeth von Österreich "Sissi" (1837 - 1898) - queen
50. Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956)
107 min | Drama, History
The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 7,356
Elisabeth von Österreich "Sissi" (1837 - 1898) - queen
51. Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957)
109 min | Drama, History, Romance
The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 5,995
Elisabeth von Österreich "Sissi" (1837 - 1898) - queen
52. Mahler (1974)
PG | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Composer Gustav Mahler's (Robert Powell) life, told in a series of flashbacks as he and his wife (Georgina Hale) discuss their failing marriage during a train journey.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague, Miriam Karlin
Votes: 3,059
Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964) - composer
53. A Royal Affair (2012)
R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm
Votes: 50,868 | Gross: $1.55M
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751 - 1775) - queen
54. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, RaéVen Kelly, Virginia Capers
Votes: 24,575 | Gross: $39.10M
Anna Mae Bullock "Tina Tuner" (1939 - ) - singer
55. The Virgin Queen (1955)
Approved | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson
Votes: 3,067
Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603) - queen
56. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess
Votes: 119,954 | Gross: $26.81M
Anne Boleyn (1501 - 1536) - queen
57. Blue Note (1991)
135 min | Drama, Music, Romance
the film covers the last few days of fragile Chopin's professional life.
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Marie-France Pisier, Janusz Olejniczak, Sophie Marceau, Noëmi Nadelmann
Votes: 731
Armandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, known as George Sand (1804 - 1876) - writer
58. I, the Worst of All (1990)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
This fact-based film examines the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself... See full summary »
Director: María Luisa Bemberg | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Héctor Alterio, Lautaro Murúa
Votes: 719 | Gross: $0.05M
Sóror Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 - 1695) - writer and poet
59. Les jupons de la révolution (1989)
History
Stars: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Vincent Martin, Emmanuelle Béart, Stéphane Freiss
Votes: 15
Théroigne de Méricourt (1762 - 1817) - participate at french revolution Charlotte Corday (1768 - 1793) - participate at french revolution Adélaïde de Flahaut (1761 - 1836) - wirter Marie Antoinette (1755 - 1793) - queen
60. Colette, une femme libre (2004– )
115 min | Biography
Stars: Marie Trintignant, Wladimir Yordanoff, Lambert Wilson, Barbara Schulz
Votes: 52
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954) - writer
61. Gothic (1986)
R | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr
Votes: 8,863 | Gross: $0.92M
Mary Shelley (1797 - 1851) - writer
62. Children of the Century (1999)
135 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A story of doomed passion between two genius writers of the 19th century - novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset.
Director: Diane Kurys | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci
Votes: 2,022 | Gross: $0.05M
Armandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, known as George Sand (1804 - 1876) - writer
63. Rowing with the Wind (1988)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Lord Byron, poet Percy Shelley, his future wife, Mary Shelley (writing Frankenstein) and others spend the summer of 1816 together.
Director: Gonzalo Suárez | Stars: Hugh Grant, Lizzy McInnerny, Valentine Pelka, Elizabeth Hurley
Votes: 1,138
Mary Shelley (1797 - 1851) - writer
64. The Queen (2006)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings
Votes: 115,977 | Gross: $56.44M
Elisabeth II (1926 - ) - queen
65. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Rab Affleck, Stéphane Algoud
Votes: 69,697 | Gross: $14.28M
Jeanne d'Arc (1413 - 1431) - warrior and saint
66. Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)
R | 119 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Kounen | Stars: Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Elena Morozova, Natacha Lindinger
Votes: 7,034 | Gross: $1.72M
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883 - 1971) - fashion designer
67. Evita (1996)
PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Madonna, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 37,572 | Gross: $50.05M
Eva Perón (1919 - 1952) - first lady of Argentina
68. Everlasting Moments (2008)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, History
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Callin Öhrvall
Votes: 5,956 | Gross: $0.61M
Maria Larsson - photographer
69. Coco Chanel (2008 TV Movie)
PG | 139 min | Biography, Drama
The life story of legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Barbora Bobulova, Shirley MacLaine, Olivier Sitruk, Valentina Lodovini
Votes: 3,815
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883 - 1971) - fashion designer
70. The Brontës of Haworth (1973– )
60 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Dramatized biography of the Brontë sisters Charlotte, Anne and Emily.
Stars: Alfred Burke, Vickery Turner, Ann Penfold, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Votes: 122
Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855) - writer Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848) - writer Anne Brontë (1820 - 1849) - writer
71. Mata Hari (1931)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Votes: 3,953 | Gross: $0.93M
Margaretha Gertruida Zelle - Mata Hari (1876 - 1917) - dancer (accused to be spy on WW I)
72. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Passed | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 2,128
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning (1806 - 1861) - poet
73. Marat/Sade (1967)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, History, Music
In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theater play. The actors are the patients.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Patrick Magee, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson, Ian Richardson
Votes: 2,671
Charlotte Corday (1768 - 1793) - participate at french revolution
74. Devotion (1946)
Passed | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
Genius authors Emily and Charlotte Brontë fall in love with their curate as they seek to get their work published.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet
Votes: 1,015
Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855) - writer Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848) - writer Anne Brontë (1820 - 1849) - writer
75. The Belle of Amherst (1976 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Portrait of 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson based on her poems, letters and notes. This is a taped broadcast of a live one-woman performance.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Star: Julie Harris
Votes: 137
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) - poet
76. Agatha (1979)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
December 1926, Agatha Christie's husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. Fiction: A US reporter looks for her and investigates.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Helen Morse
Votes: 3,578 | Gross: $7.50M
Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976) - writer
77. The Iron Lady (2011)
PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama
An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Susan Brown
Votes: 113,617 | Gross: $30.02M
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (1925 - 2013) - primer minister of the UK
78. Charlotte Corday (2008 TV Movie)
93 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Set In July 1793 During The Outbreak Of The Revolution In France In This 2008 Crime Thriller A Young Girl From Caen Named Charlotte Corday Who Assasinated A Jacobin Newspaper Editor ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Helman | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Bernard Blancan, Thierry Gibault, Marc Fayet
Votes: 64
Charlotte Corday (1768 - 1793) - participate at french revolution
79. Chanel Solitaire (1981)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
This movie tells the story of the early life and rise to fame and fortune of French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (Marie-France Pisier), beginning with her upbringing in an ... See full summary »
Director: George Kaczender | Stars: Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton, Rutger Hauer, Brigitte Fossey
Votes: 339
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883 - 1971) - fashion designer
80. La Malibran (1944)
95 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
The rise and fall of a diva circa 1820.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Geori-Boué, Suzy Prim, Mona Goya, Jacques Jansen
Votes: 70
Maria Malibran (1808 - 1836) - singer
81. The Mad Empress (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Rival version of drama of Carlotta, Maximilian and Juarez, story better known from simultaneously filmed 1939 Juarez. This different production, financed by Mexico and Columbia , was bought out by Warners to play down competition.
Director: Miguel Contreras Torres | Stars: Medea de Novara, Conrad Nagel, Jason Robards Sr., Lionel Atwill
Votes: 49
Carlotta of Mexico (1840 - 1927) - empress
82. Mad Love (2001)
R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma
Votes: 4,054 | Gross: $0.28M
Juana (1479 - 1555) - queen
83. Farewell, My Queen (2012)
R | 100 min | Drama, History, Romance
A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 9,145 | Gross: $0.07M
Marie Antoinette (1755 - 1793) - queen
84. Henri 4 (2010)
155 min | Biography, Drama, War
A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is... See full summary »
Director: Jo Baier | Stars: Julien Boisselier, Joachim Król, Andreas Schmidt, Roger Casamajor
Votes: 1,365
Marguerite de Valois (1553 - 1615) - queen
85. Nostradamus (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Horror
The trials and horrific visions that made the most famous mystic of all time.
Director: Bryn Higgins | Stars: Jasper Britton, Greg Costello, Julie Cox, Oliver Dimsdale
Votes: 92
Caterina de Medicis (1519 - 1589) - queen
86. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 4,882 | Gross: $2.33M
Mary Stuart (1542 - 1587) - queen
87. Ninon de Lenclos (1920)
Director: Eugen Burg | Stars: Wanda Treumann, Hans Lackner, Julius Strobl, Oskar Fuchs
Anne "Ninon" de Lenclos (1620 - 1705) - courtisan
88. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography
A narration of the life of the great 19th Century English author George Eliot, born Mary Ann Evans, using footage from films of her novels as well as original footage with a cast including Harriet Walter as Eliot.
Director: Mary Downes | Stars: Maureen Lipman, Harriet Walter, John Sessions, James Wilby
Votes: 44
George Eliot (1819 - 1880) - writer
89. Du fond du coeur (1994)
124 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Anne Brochet, Benoît Régent, Hanns Zischler, Benjamin Sacks
Votes: 23
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, Madame de Staël (1766 - 1817) - writer
90. Christmas and the Civil War (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
Director: Pamela Mason Wagner | Stars: Jared Morrison, Kera O'Bryon, Krystal Browning, Kevyn Settle
Votes: 17
Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) - writer
91. The Countess (2009)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
Director: Julie Delpy | Stars: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca
Votes: 8,657
Erzsébet Báthory (1560 - 1614) - comtess and labelled the most prolific female serial killer in history
92. Alexandra David-Néel: J'irai au pays des neiges (2012 TV Movie)
103 min | Biography, Drama
This biographical telefilm retraces the journey of Alexandra David-Néel, accompanied by Aphur Yougden, a child lama who was to become her adopted son, for 13 years of wanderings from India ... See full summary »
Director: Joël Farges | Stars: Dominique Blanc, Nicolas Brioudes, Lobsang Dhondup, Hervé Dubourjal
Votes: 44
Alexandra David-Néel (1868 - 1969) - explorer
93. Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 95 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. However, the plane disappears in the process.
Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Diane Keaton, Rutger Hauer, Bruce Dern, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 446
Amelia Mary Earhart (1897 - 1937) - aviation pioneer
94. Manuela Sáenz (2000)
97 min | Drama
In 1856, a whaler arrives in Paita, Peru; on board is Herman Melville, who is astonished to learn that Manuela Sáenz, for eight years the lover of Simón Bolívar, is still alive. He calls on... See full summary »
Director: Diego Rísquez | Stars: Beatriz Valdés, Mariano Álvarez, Erich Wildpret, Asdrúbal Meléndez
Votes: 132
Manuela Sáenz (1797 - 1856) - revolutionary
95. Mozart's Sister (2010)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A reimagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang, and a musical prodigy in her own right.
Director: René Féret | Stars: Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau
Votes: 1,614 | Gross: $0.71M
Marianna "Nannerl" Mozart (1751 - 1829) - musician
96. Olga (2004)
141 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and... See full summary »
Director: Jayme Monjardim | Stars: Camila Morgado, Caco Ciocler, Luís Melo, Eliane Giardini
Votes: 3,645
Olga Benário (1908 - 1942) - wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes
97. The Duchess (2008)
PG-13 | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was revered for her extravagant political and personal life.
Director: Saul Dibb | Stars: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 87,273 | Gross: $13.82M
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757 - 1806) - women of letters and influent "salonière"
98. The French Revolution (1989)
335 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A chronicle of the French Revolution from the calling of the Etats General in 1789 until the end of the Jacobin Terror in 1794.
Directors: Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jane Seymour, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 1,845
Charlotte Corday (1768 - 1793) - participate at french revolution Marie Antoinette (1755 - 1793) - queen
99. Catherine the Great (1995 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama, History
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
Directors: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann, Ian Richardson, Brian Blessed
Votes: 1,348
Catarina, the great (1729 - 1796) - queen
100. Young Catherine (1991 TV Movie)
Unrated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Plummer, Franco Nero, Marthe Keller
Votes: 1,176
Catarina, the great (1729 - 1796) - queen
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