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Best Biography Movies of the 1980s
Amadeus (1984)
PGBiography, Drama, History2h40The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Raging Bull (1980)
RBiography, Drama, Sport2h09The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
The Elephant Man (1980)
PGBiography, Drama2h04A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Gandhi (1982)
PGBiography, Drama, History3h11The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
My Left Foot (1989)
RBiography, Drama1h43Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
Glory (1989)
PGBiography, Drama, History2h02Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
The Killing Fields (1984)
RBiography, Drama, History2h21A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
The Right Stuff (1983)
PGAdventure, Biography, Drama3h13The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.
The Last Emperor (1987)
PG-13Biography, Drama, History2h43The story of the final Emperor of China.
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
RBiography, Comedy, Drama2h01In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
RBiography, Drama, War2h25The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Chariots of Fire (1981)
PGBiography, Drama, Sport2h05Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.
Out of Africa (1985)
PGBiography, Drama, Romance2h41In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
La Bamba (1987)
PG-13Biography, Drama, Music1h48Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.
Bloodsport (1988)
RAction, Biography, Drama1h32"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.