Greatest 25 Biography Movies Popular from 2008

After Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him, but when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quiet public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope. Info on Changeling / IMDB / YouTube

During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive. Info on Ip Man / IMDB / YouTube

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII. Get info on The Other Boleyn Girl / IMDB / YouTube

The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed. Explore The Diving Bell and the Butterfly / IMDB / YouTube

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution. Find out about Persepolis / IMDB / YouTube

A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was revered for her extravagant political and personal life. Find out about The Duchess / IMDB / YouTube

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. Details on Hunger / IMDB / YouTube

A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City. Learn about How to Lose Friends & Alienate People / IMDB / YouTube

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict. Find out about Waltz with Bashir / IMDB / YouTube

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, the artistic crime of the century. Find out about Man on Wire / IMDB / YouTube

A chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush. Check out W. / IMDB / YouTube

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206. Info on Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan / IMDB / YouTube

A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s. Check out The Baader Meinhof Complex / IMDB / YouTube

Die-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games. Find out about The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France. Get info on Mesrine: Killer Instinct / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life and death as France's Public Enemy No. 1 in the 1970s. Info on Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 / IMDB / YouTube

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists. See more about Cadillac Records / IMDB / YouTube

A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Read about The Express / IMDB / YouTube

The life of career criminal Carlton Leach. Find out about Rise of the Footsoldier / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946. Learn about Il Divo / IMDB / YouTube

Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both. See more about The Edge of Love / IMDB / YouTube

Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper. Read about Flash of Genius / IMDB / YouTube

A secretary at a Berlin newspaper in 1936 gets to write about two Alpinists, as she knows them well. She later gets to report on and photograph her friends' and other Alpinists' climbs of the dangerous Swiss Eiger north face. More about North Face / IMDB / YouTube

German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike. Explore The Red Baron / IMDB / YouTube

A career-spanning documentary on The Rolling Stones, with concert footage from their A Bigger Bang tour. Look into Shine a Light / IMDB / YouTube