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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.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson (2008)

7.7/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Johnny Depp, Sony Barger, Hunter S Thompson, Tom Wolfe

Living and dying with a fast, hard, and uncompromising style was the only choice for writer/journalist Hunter S. Thompson. In this insightful document... Read more

Good Ol' Freda (2013)

7.3/10
Director: Ryan White
Starring: Freda Kelly

Freda Kelly was just a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big. Though she had no concept of how f... Read more

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)

7.8/10
Director: Nicholas D Wrathall
Starring: Gore Vidal

No twentieth-century figure has had a more profound effect on the worlds of literature, film, politics, historical debate, and the culture wars than G... Read more

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017)

6.2/10
Director: Sophie Fiennes
Starring: Grace Jones

Electrifying concert performances and intimate, personal footage showcase the life and talent of singer and actress Grace Jones. Read more

Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Gandulf Henning
Starring: Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Keith Richards, etc ...

Thirty years after his untimely death, BBC Four presents the first-ever documentary film about the musical legend, Gram Parsons. Through his work with... Read more

Great Adventurers: Robert Falcon Scott (2001)

7.2/10

Robert Falcon Scott's doomed attempt to be first to the South Pole became a race against his Norwegian rival Roald Amundsen. When Scott and his exhaus... Read more

Great British Commanders (2004)

Director: Emma Hawley

Fascinating historical biography series about six of the greatest military commanders Great Britain has ever produced. The internationally known chara... Read more

Grey Gardens (1976)

7.7/10
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer

A unique film portrait of Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale, a mother/daughter duo of former socialites, relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who lived a r... Read more

Grizzly Man (2005)

7.8/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Timothy Treadwell, Narrated by, Werner Herzog

Timothy Treadwell was a self-styled crusader for the Grizzly Bears of Alaska. After spending 13 summers living with and recording the animals he love... Read more

Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002)

7.4/10
Director: Darlene Johnson
Starring: David Gulpilil, Rolf de Heer, Jack Thompson, Phillip Noyce

David Gulpilil was the first Aboriginal Australian to appear as an actor in a film, Nicholas Roeg's 'Walkabout' in 1971, and since then he has become... Read more