Biography
This documentary sub-heading is one of the most popular forms of non-fiction film. The biography details the lives - usually the achievements and faults of - noted or notorious public figures. Also included, alongside other movie types, are profiles of everyday people and their human interest stories.
Dreams of a Life (2011)
6.8/10
Director: Carol Morley
Starring: Zawe Ashton
Carol Morley's moving documentary drama is based around the case of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit above a shopping mall in North London in 200... Read more
Dries (2017)
7.1/10
Director: Reiner Holzemer
An intimate Portrait of the Fashion Designer Dries Van Noten. This film offers an insight into the life, mind and creative heart of a Master Fashion D... Read more
Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011)
7.2/10
Director: Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey
Design history was born in a cavernous warehouse on a gritty street in Venice Beach, California, where Charles and Ray Eames set up their Renaissance-... Read more
Edgeplay: A Film About The Runaways (2004)
7/10
Director: Victory Tischler-Blue
Starring: Sandy West, Vicki Blue, Jackie Fox, Cherie Currie, Suzi Quatro, Lita Ford, Kari...
In 1975, a group of underage, teenaged girls, including then-unknown future rock stars Joan Jett and Lita Ford, got together to form the first ever al... Read more
Edward Said: The Last Interview (2005)
8.7/10
Director: Mike Dibb
This compelling portrait features the casual conversation between Edward Said and American-based journalist Charles Glass to provide fascinating insig... Read more
Einstein Revealed (1996)
7.9/10
Director: Peter Jones
Starring: F Murray Abraham, Narrated by, Andrew Sachs
Narrated by F Murray Abraham, this dramatized documentary portrays Einstein (played by Andrew Sachs) as a man of formidable genius, passionate emotion... Read more
El Che: Investigating a Legend (1997)
8.4/10
Director: Maurice Dugowson
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara de la Serna represents one of the most enduring images of a political leader. His legendary character has been an inspiration fo... Read more
Elvis on Elvis (2008)
Starring: Elvis Presley
Think you know all there is to know about Elvis Presley? Think again! Featuring rare and never-before-seen footage and interviews, this release presen... Read more
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Thom Zimny
Starring: Ann-Margret , Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Dean Martin, Elvis Pres...
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2012)
6.9/10
Director: Seth Kramer
Before entire networks were built on populist personalities; before reality morphed into a TV genre; the masses fixated on a single, sociopathic star:... Read more