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.
By the end of the 60s Steve McQueen was amongst Hollywoods highest paid and most powerful stars and the coolest dude behind the wheel of any vehicl... Read more
From Steve James, the director of 'Hoop Dreams', this gritty yet poignant documentary tells the story of troubled youth, Stephen Fielding, whom James... Read more
A documentary about the Millennium-trilogy author Stieg Larsson and his pioneering work of fighting right wing extremists and neo-Nazis, an obsession... Read more
In this inspired, genre-twisting documentary, writer/director Sarah Polley ("Away From Her") discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Pol... Read more
The surreal nightmare of internationally-acclaimed artist and professor Steve Kurtz began when his wife, Hope, died in her sleep of heart failure. Pol... Read more
A heart-racing documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more s... Read more
In his directorial debut, Mike Myers ('Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers') documents the astounding career of loveable Hollywood insider Shep Gordon, who... Read more
The amazing true life odyssey of a Malibu doctor who decided to leave behind the lifestyle of mainstream America and seek self-fulfillment by taking u... Read more
Documentary maestro Errol Morris (The Fog of War) tackles the much stranger-than-fiction adventures of Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen whose s... Read more
A wonderfully moving and utterly unique documentary chronicling director Jonathan Caouette's fascinating life. Home movies, letters, answering-machine... Read more