Greatest 22 Biography Movies Picks from 1993

A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating. See more about Tombstone / IMDB / YouTube

Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame. Explore Rudy / IMDB / YouTube

After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive. Read about Alive / IMDB / YouTube

An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp. Find out about Chaplin / IMDB / YouTube

The story about the relationship between a rebellious 1950s teenager and his abusive stepfather, based on the memoirs of writer and literature Professor Tobias Wolff. Details on This Boy's Life / IMDB / YouTube

A prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer. Find out about Searching for Bobby Fischer / IMDB / YouTube

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. Read about Blood In, Blood Out / IMDB / YouTube

A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar. Learn about Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story / IMDB / YouTube

An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder. Look into Fire in the Sky / IMDB / YouTube

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. More about What's Love Got to Do with It / IMDB / YouTube

Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves. Info on Lorenzo's Oil / IMDB / YouTube

After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world. More about Orlando / IMDB / YouTube

Arriving by train in Guangzhou, 1895, the trio fight off White Lotus followers, who want to kill all foreigners and the cute, European dressed 13th Aunt. It's not kung fu master Dr. Wong's (Jet Li) last fight. See more about Once Upon a Time in China II / IMDB / YouTube

Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent. Info on Once Upon a Time in China III / IMDB / YouTube

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Cat. More about Daens / IMDB / YouTube

An overwhelmed but persevering widow relocates her six children to a new town in the hope that it will afford them a better life. Look into A Home of Our Own / IMDB / YouTube

A lyrical reverie about a young Liverpool boy coming of age in the 1950s among his loving family and the austere Catholic Church as he enters the rigors of school, nurtures a bedazzled love of the movies and longs for companionship. Info on The Long Day Closes / IMDB / YouTube

A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist. More about Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary about notorious punk rock performer GG Allin. See more about Hated: GG Allin & the Murder Junkies / IMDB / YouTube

President F. Ross Johnson of a major tobacco company decides to purchase the company himself, but a bidding war ensues as representatives from other companies make their own offers. Get info on Barbarians at the Gate / IMDB / YouTube

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and. Check out Wittgenstein / IMDB / YouTube

In his final - and most daring - cinematic statement, Jarman the romantic meets Jarman the iconoclast in a lush soundscape pulsing against a purely blue screen, laying bare his physical and spiritual state. More about Blue / IMDB / YouTube