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.
Vivienne Westwood (2019)
Director: Gillian Greenwood
Starring: Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood created outfits that shocked the world and many of her creations are exhibited in museums around the globe today. In the 1970s this... Read more
Walt Disney: His Life and Legacy (2015)
7.9/10
Director: Sarah Colt
Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film ex... Read more
Warlords (2005)
4.1/10
Starring: Hitler, Adolf Hitler, Stalin, Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt
A major fourt-part television series that sheds light on the main warlords involved in WWII and the psychological battles and strategies that changed... Read more
Washington (2020)
8/10
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Nicholas Rowe
Washington tells the story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common... Read more
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)
6.9/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Julian Assange
Filmed with the startling immediacy of unfolding history, award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney's documentary details the creation of Julian Assange's c... Read more
Weekend of a Champion (2013)
7.5/10
Director: Frank Simon
Starring: Roman Polanski, Jackie Stewart, Helen Stewart
In "Weekend of a Champion", film director and motor-racing fan Roman Polanski spends a weekend with Formula 1 champion driver Jackie Stewart as he att... Read more
West of Memphis (2012)
7.9/10
Director: Amy Berg
From Academy Award nominated filmmaker Amy Berg in collaboration with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, 'West of Memphis' tells the untold story behind an... Read more
Westinghouse (2008)
7.5/10
George Westinghouse (most commonly linked with kitchen appliances), lived a dramatic life balancing his companies, inventive partnership with Nikola T... Read more
Westwind: Djalu's Legacy (2017)
6.9/10
Director: Ben Strunin
Didgeridoo master, keeper of an ancient dreaming, tribal elder: Djalu must pass on his sacred songlines. Are his sons ready? Djalu seeks a way forward... Read more
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (2018)
5.3/10
Since igniting the punk movement with ex-partner and Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren, Dame Vivienne Westwood has been redefining British fashion... Read more