Best movies — biographie on Netflix : our Top 20

1990 · Martin Scorsese

Based on the real-life rise of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn youth of Irish and Sicilian parentage who is taken under the wing of local mobsters and, mentored by Jimmy Conway, climbs the hierarchy of a Mafia crew.

With Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero and Tony Darrow

2002 · Steven Spielberg

Before his nineteenth birthday, Frank Abagnale Jr. assumes a string of high-profile identities—posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor and a lawyer—to cash millions in fraudulent checks. A relentless FBI agent makes it his mission to catch him, but Frank stays several moves ahead, thriving on the thrill of the chase and his ability to slip away.

With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams and James Brolin

2023 · J. A. Bayona

On October 13, 1972, a chartered Uruguayan Air Force aircraft transporting a rugby team to Chile went down on a glacier deep in the remote Andes.

With Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Tomas Wolf, Diego Ariel Vegezzi, Esteban Kukuriczka and Francisco Romero

1989 · Edward Zwick

Robert Gould Shaw is appointed to lead the Union's first volunteer regiment of Black soldiers, struggling to forge unity and courage among his men while confronting entrenched racism within his own army and the fierce hostility of the Confederacy.

With Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy, Andre Braugher and John Finn

1979 · Don Siegel

January 18, 1960 — Frank Lee Morris is sent to Alcatraz, the infamous maximum-security prison perched on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay. Regarded as inescapable, the fortress has never seen a successful breakout. Refusing to accept that verdict, Morris joins forces with other inmates and begins to methodically prepare a daring escape.

With Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin and Larry Hankin

2022 · Sally El Hosaini

Fleeing a Syria devastated by war, two teenage sisters undertake a perilous odyssey, risking everything and relying on love, bravery and their remarkable swimming talent as they pursue the chance to reach the 2016 Rio Olympics.

With Manal Issa, Nathalie Issa, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Soliman, James Floyd, Ahmed Malek and Kinda Alloush

2004 · Martin Scorsese

From 1927 to 1947, this biographical drama traces Howard Hughes’s ascent from ambitious filmmaker to a towering figure in both Hollywood and the aviation industry, charting his inventive productions and daring aeronautical endeavors. As his influence and wealth grow, his private life frays—he struggles with intensifying obsessive-compulsive disorder that gradually undermines his relationships and stability.

With Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alan Alda, Danny Huston and Ian Holm

2022 · Baz Luhrmann

Spanning Elvis Presley's rise from small-town performer to global icon, the film examines how his fraught, often transactional partnership with the elusive Colonel Tom Parker shaped his career choices, personal life, and the costs of fame.

With Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and David Wenham

2024 · John Andreas Andersen

As Europe descends into World War II, a determined young Norwegian commits himself to resisting the Nazi threat, a choice that transforms his life and helps reshape his nation’s future.

With Sjur Vatne Brean, Erik Hivju, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Lars Berge, Espen Lervaag, August Wittgenstein and Ines Høysæter Asserson

2016 · Patricia Riggen

Christy is shaken to discover her ten-year-old daughter Anna is afflicted with a rare, untreatable condition, and she throws herself into a relentless search for answers and remedies. After a freak accident sends Anna tumbling three stories, the dramatic rescue that follows is succeeded by an astonishing, seemingly inexplicable recovery that confounds medical experts, heals fractured family ties, and awakens hope throughout their community.

With Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson, Brighton Sharbino, Courtney Fansler, John Carroll Lynch and Eugenio Derbez

1997 · Jean-Jacques Annaud

An ambitious Austrian climber, Heinrich Harrer, leaves his family in 1939 to lead an expedition into the Himalayas. With the outbreak of World War II he is captured by Allied forces and held as a prisoner of war, but he and a fellow detainee manage a daring escape. Their long, perilous trek eventually brings them to Lhasa, Tibet, where Harrer encounters the 14-year-old Dalai Lama; the young leader's compassion and teachings gradually erode Harrer's arrogance and transform his outlook on life.

With Brad Pitt, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, David Thewlis, BD Wong, Mako, Lhakpa Tsamchoe and Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

2017 · George Nolfi

En 1964, à San Francisco, Bruce Lee, alors méconnu, défie les conventions en enseignant les arts martiaux aux non-initiés. Cette audace irrite les puristes du Kung Fu, qui dépêchent Wong Jack Man, un maître de Shaolin, pour le défier. Leur confrontation, tenue secrète, reste encore aujourd'hui entourée de mystère quant à son résultat. Cet événement marquant incite Bruce Lee à revoir sa manière de pratiquer et sa philosophie des arts martiaux.

With Philip Ng, Billy Magnussen, Yu Xia, Ron Yuan, Darren E. Scott, King Lau and Yee Jee Tso

2013 · Stephen Frears

Philomena Cunk, irreverent and insatiably curious, launches her most daring film yet: an audacious investigation into existence itself. She journeys from the dawn of the cosmos to the frontiers of biology, art and artificial intelligence, grilling leading thinkers and unlikely experts as she chases answers to why anything exists and whether life has a purpose. With deadpan humor and plain-speaking persistence, she weaves science, philosophy and culture into a search for meaning that is as funny as it is thought-provoking.

With Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham, Barbara Jefford, Ruth McCabe and Peter Hermann

2005 · Catherine Hardwicke

A gritty true account of three Venice Beach teenagers who transformed skateboarding into a radical new sport and reshaped the athletic world. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams—collectively known as the Z-Boys—rise from obscurity after crafting a daring, surf-infused style that explodes into an international phenomenon. But as their pastime turns into a lucrative enterprise, the pressures of fame and money unravel their friendships.

With John Robinson, Emile Hirsch, Rebecca De Mornay, William Mapother, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Victor Rasuk and Nikki Reed

2024 · Henrik Burman

Through his own testimony, Tim traces the extraordinary journey from a gifted young musician to a transformative artist whose sound came to define a generation.

With Avicii, Chris Martin, David Guetta, Nile Rodgers, Arash Pournouri, Aloe Blacc and Dan Tyminski

2023 · Sarah Spillane

Tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson embarks on a bid to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe alone—without stops or outside assistance. Labeled by many as bound to fail, she relies on the guidance of her coach and mentor Ben Bryant and the unwavering support of her parents as she faces some of the world’s most treacherous seas over a 210-day solo voyage.

With Teagan Croft, Cliff Curtis, Alyla Browne, Josh Lawson, Anna Paquin, Bridget Webb and Vivien Turner

2018 · David Mackenzie

Banished by the English after his coronation, Scotland’s famed warrior Robert the Bruce mounts a relentless campaign to reclaim his kingdom and restore his rightful throne.

With Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, Billy Howle, Sam Spruell, Tony Curran and Callan Mulvey

2022 · Tobias Lindholm

Convinced a fellow caregiver is linked to a string of unexplained patient deaths, a nurse risks everything to investigate and expose the dark truth.

With Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha, Kim Dickens, Malik Yoba, Alix West Lefler and Noah Emmerich

2023 · Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Following the 2023 implosion of OceanGate’s tourist submersible Titan during a descent to the Titanic, the film examines the mix of ambition, engineering choices, and human risk that turned a daring venture into a fatal tragedy.

With Jodie Foster, Annette Bening, Rhys Ifans, Luke Cosgrove, Karly Rothenberg, Jeena Yi and Anna Harriette Pittman

2022 · Kasi Lemmons

An intimate, powerful and bittersweet tribute to Whitney Houston that honors her extraordinary voice and lasting influence on R&B and pop. The film follows her rise from humble beginnings to global superstardom, tracing the dazzling triumphs and the personal struggles that shaped her journey.

With Naomi Ackie, Ashton Sanders, Stanley Tucci, Nafessa Williams, Lance A. Williams, Tamara Tunie and Clarke Peters