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.
A Very British Gangster (2007)
6.3/10
Director: Donal MacIntyre
Starring: Dominic Noonan, Donal MacIntyre
World-renowned, award-winning BBC journalist Donal MacIntyre dives into Manchester's underworld, revealing Britain's most notorious and powerful crime... Read more
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Starring: Diana Vreeland
A documentary charting the life and work of Diana Vreeland, the influential fashion editor, who, after 25 years at Harper's Bazaar magazine, transform... Read more
Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
7.9/10
Director: John Dullaghan
Starring: Charles Bukowski, Bono, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Waits, Linda Lee Bukowski, Tayl...
The first comprehensive documentary on the controversial poet, underground writer and cult icon. Director John Dullaghan spent seven years researchin... Read more
Pina (2011)
7.7/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders pays tribute to the work of brilliant avant-garde German choreographer Pina Bausch. When Bausch tragically died of cancer two days before... Read more
Ladies And Gentlemen, Mr Leonard Cohen (1965)
7.4/10
Director: Don Owen, Donald Brittain
Starring: Leonard Cohen
This jazzy black and white film portrait catches the imaginative energies, lyrical and comical, of a young Leonard Cohen, the quicksilver poet, noveli... Read more
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present (2012)
7.9/10
Director: Matthew Akers
Starring: Marina Abramovic
Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Marina Abramovic has been redefining what art is for nearly 40 years. Using her own body as a vehicle, pushing he... Read more
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
8.1/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Eric Clapton, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Bea...
A unique and exclusive look into the life of the quiet Beatle. By the age of 25 George Harrison had achieved unparalleled international fame and finan... Read more
Herb and Dorothy (2008)
Director: Megumi Sasaki
' Herb and Dorothy' tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal worker, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the m... Read more
Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Matt Tyrnauer
Starring: Giancarlo Giammetti, Valentino Garavani
Far from being a film solely for fashion lovers, this is an intriguing, multi-layered personality study that provides an exciting and eye-opening look... Read more
Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)
7.2/10
Director: Paola di Florio
Fittingly enlightening, Awake: The Life of Yogananda is a vivid, elegantly assembled portrait of the savvy guru with the cherubic face and penetrating... Read more