Greatest 28 Biography Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1985

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. Learn about Out of Africa / IMDB / YouTube

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign. Learn about The Killing Fields / IMDB / YouTube

A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances. Explore Mask / IMDB / YouTube

A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. Details on Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters / IMDB / YouTube

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union. More about The Falcon and the Snowman / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor. Get info on The Times of Harvey Milk / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame. Explore Sweet Dreams / IMDB / YouTube

Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception. Check out Colonel Redl / IMDB / YouTube

The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer. Find out about Rembetiko / IMDB / YouTube

A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain. More about Dance with a Stranger / IMDB / YouTube

The Biblical story of Israel's greatest King. Find out about King David / IMDB / YouTube

Ian Holm is children's author Lewis Carroll in this poignant fantasy-drama set in 1930s New York and populated by the fabulous special effects creatures of Muppet master Jim Henson. Info on Dreamchild / IMDB / YouTube

Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination. Explore Rasputin / IMDB / YouTube

A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption. More about Marie / IMDB / YouTube

Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor/U.S. senator Huey Long. More about Huey Long / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary on horror/mystery film maker Dario Argento. Features an in-depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985. Info on Dario Argento's World of Horror / IMDB / YouTube

Biography of the Academy Award winning director including dramatic color footage of WWII. Explore George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey / IMDB / YouTube

The fact-based story of the pioneer of nursing, known as the Lady with the Lamp. See more about Florence Nightingale / IMDB / YouTube

Struggling actress Hedda Hopper (Jane Alexander) can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintance of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) - maker and breaker of careers (and lives) through her daily syndicated newspaper column. The big movie moguls, fed up with Parson's power over their stars, decide to de-cla. Look into Malice in Wonderland / IMDB / YouTube

Presumably this is an adaptation of Australian actor Errol Flynn's autobiography, My Wicked, Wicked Ways. Check out My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn / IMDB / YouTube

Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom. Get info on John and Yoko: A Love Story / IMDB / YouTube

Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac's legacy and influence are explained via interviews with Kerouac's friends and contemporaries such as William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, and Edie Parker. Narrator Peter Coyote reads sections of Kerouac's (mostly autobiographi. Look into Kerouac, the Movie / IMDB / YouTube

After Stalin's purges, Zinaida Volkova, daughter of Leon Trotsky, is exiled to Berlin. As the Nazis rise to power, and World War II is approaching, she becomes obsessed with Antigone, the protagonist of a famous Greek tragedy, and loses her mind. Learn about Zina / IMDB / YouTube