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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.

The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky: Fando Y Lis / El Topo / The Holy Mountain / La Constellation Jodorowsky (1968)

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky

One of cinema's most controversial and influential filmmakers, this collection features three of his early films including 'Fando Y Lis' (1968) - His... Read more

The First Rasta (2010)

Director: Helene Lee

A.k.a. "Le premier rasta". At the beginning of the last century, the young Leonard Percival Howell left Jamaica, became a sailor and travelled the wor... Read more

The Flowers Of St. Francis (Francesco, giullare di Dio) (1950)

7.5/10
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Starring: Aldo Fabrizi

A series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro. Read more

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)

6.8/10
Director: Dayna Goldfine, Daniel Geller

Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost, a fascinating documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and... Read more

The Genius of Charles Darwin (2008)

8.6/10
Director: Russell Barnes
Starring: Richard Dawkins

Author, evolutionary biologist, and committed Darwinist, Richard Dawkins shares his perspective on his scientific hero and begins in simple terms with... Read more

The Gospel According to Andre (2017)

6/10
Director: Kate Novack

Filmmaker Kate Novack explores the life and career of fashion journalist André Leon Talley -- from his childhood in the segregated South to his iconic... Read more

The Great Adventurers: Christopher Columbus (1999)

The momentous tale of how Christopher Columbus set sail in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, discovering 'The New World' along the way. Using r... Read more

The Gunpowder Plot 1605 (1993)

Starring: Narrated by, Peter Twist

The story of Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators is commemorated annually on November 5, Guy Fawkes' plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament, imm... Read more

The Imposter (2012)

7.5/10
Director: Bart Layton

A documentary that uses interviews and dramatised recreations to piece together the bizarre story of a missing boy and the young man who impersonated... Read more

The John Wayne Story: The Early Years (1993)

Starring: John Wayne, Gene Autry, Dean Martin

The John Wayne Story: The Early Years chronicles the early life and success of the legendary Western icon who was born Marion Morrison. The film surve... Read more