1990s biographical drama films

1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg

Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical war drama film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, who portrays Scottish warrior Sir William Wallace in the First War of Scottish Independence. The film also stars Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack and Angus Macfadyen. The story is inspired by Blind Harry's 15th century epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace.

1999 film by James Mangold

1997 film by Jean-Jacques Annaud

1994 film by Tim Burton

1998 film by Shekhar Kapurr

1996 film directed by Alan Parker

1993 film by Jim Sheridan

1992 film by Ridley Scott

1997 film by Mike Newell

1993 film by Michael Caton-Jones

1999 film by Kimberly Peirce

1996 film directed by Miloš Forman

1995 film by Scott Kalvert

1999 film by Luc Besson

1996 film by Agnieszka Holland

1999 film by David Lynch

1992 film by Spike Lee

1994 film directed by Peter Jackson

1996 film directed by Scott Hicks

Gia is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with Mercedes Ruehl and Elizabeth Mitchell. It was directed by Michael Cristofer and written by Cristofer and Jay McInerney. The original music score was composed by Terence Blanchard. The film premiered on January 31, 1998, on HBO.

1999 film by Miloš Forman

1995 film directed by Oliver Stone

Bugsy is a 1991 American biographical crime drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by James Toback. Starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Bebe Neuwirth, and Joe Mantegna, the film is based on mobster Bugsy Siegel and his affair with starlet Virginia Hill.

1991 film directed by Oliver Stone

1999 film directed by Norman Jewison

1999 film by Joe Johnston

1993 film directed by Frank Marshall

1995 film by Michael Caton-Jones

Kundun is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (known also as Kundun), the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet. A grandnephew of the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, stars as the adult Dalai Lama, while the Dalai Lama's niece Tencho Gyalpo appears as his mother.

1996 film directed by Neil Jordan

1995 film directed by John N. Smith

1997 film directed by Gregory Nava

1998 film directed by Bill Condon

1994 historical film directed by Nicholas Hytner

1997 British biographical film directed by Brian Gilbert

1993 American drama film by Rob Cohen

1994 film directed by Lawrence Kasdan

1990 film by Barbet Schroeder

1992 film by Danny DeVito

1994 film by Gérard Corbiau

1994 film by Bernard Rose

1994 film by Shekhar Kapur

1997 film by John Madden

1993 film by Brian Gibson

1996 film by Julian Schnabel

1991 film by Maurice Pialat

1999 film directed by Martyn Burke

Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British musical period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert and Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan, along with Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville and Ron Cook. The story concerns the 15-month period in 1884 and 1885 leading up to the premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. The work explores the creative conflict between playwright and composer, and depicts their decision to continue their partnership, which led to their creation of several more Savoy operas.

1990 film by Philip Kaufman

1990 film by Bob Rafelson

1997 television film directed by John Frankenheimer

1993 film directed by Richard Attenborough

1993 film by Steven Zaillian

1992 film by Cyril Collard

1998 film directed by Marshall Herskovitz

1996 film by Mary Harron

1990 film by Robert Altman

1993 film directed by Derek Jarman

1994 film by Roger Christian