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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.

I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

7.8/10
Director: Raoul Peck
Starring: Samuel L Jackson

In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, pe... Read more

Catherine the Great (2006)

6.3/10
Starring: Emily Bruni

One of Russia's most brilliant rulers, Catherine the Great, is the subject of this thrilling and extensively researched documentary/drama. Lavishly f... Read more

Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2007)

7.2/10
Director: Steven Sebring
Starring: Patti Smith, Philip Glass, Sam Shepard, Tom Verlaine, Jay Dee Daugherty, etc ...

Eleven years in the making, and shot mostly in 16mm black and white, director Steven Sebring began following rock poet Patti Smith as her career took... Read more

What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)

7.1/10
Director: Lewis MacAdams, Richard Lerner
Starring: Steve Allen, William Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg

A lively and revealing investigation into the personal history and creative process of Jack Kerouac - father of the Beat Generation, author of 'On the... Read more

Bonhoeffer (2003)

7.2/10
Director: Martin Doblmeier

This is the dramatic story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the young German theologian who offered one of the first clear voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler... Read more

Bacon's Arena (2009)

7.9/10
Director: Adam Low

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century and for the first time we have a film biogra... Read more

American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009)

7.8/10
Director: Matt Harlock
Starring: Bill Hicks

The life and humor of stand-up iconoclast Bill Hicks is saluted in this documentary. Interviews with family and friends are mixed with "photo-animated... Read more

In Search of Mozart (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Phil Grabsky

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth this documentary by award-winning film-maker Phil Grabsky ("The Boy Who Plays On... Read more

Gaudi's Barcelona (2007)

'Gaudi's Barcelona' is the story of a remarkable artist whose extraordinary work has defined a city on the international stage. Think of Barcelona and... Read more

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)

7.4/10
Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
Starring: Joan Rivers

Can we talk? Joan Rivers sure can, as evidenced by this critically acclaimed documentary that chronicles a year in the life of the controversial comed... Read more