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.
Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Richard Lowenstein
A look at the troubled heart and soul of Michael Hutchence, lead singer and songwriter of INXS. Deftly woven from an archive of rich imagery, Michael'... Read more
Mystify: Michael Hutchence (Blu-Ray) (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Richard Lowenstein
A look at the troubled heart and soul of Michael Hutchence, lead singer and songwriter of INXS. Deftly woven from an archive of rich imagery, Michael'... Read more
Pavarotti (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Ron Howard
Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera te... Read more
Liam Gallagher: As It Was (2019)
Starring: Liam Gallagher
From the dizzying heights of his "champagne supernova" years, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher falls into a wilderness of booze and legal battles, before... Read more
Diego Maradona (2019)
7.7/10
Director: Asif Kapadia
Starring: Diego Maradona
Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Armando Marad... Read more
The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps (2019)
Director: Julia Parnell, Rob Curry
The story of lyrical genius, Martin Phillipps and his band, The Chills, is a cautionary tale, a triumph over tragedy, and a statement about the meanin... Read more
Maiden (2018)
7.7/10
The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round... Read more
Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Played with Fire (2018)
6.7/10
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
Kingpin (2018)
8.1/10
Starring: Dermot Mulroney
The journeys of some of the most well-known names in the world of crime (El Chapo, Whitey Bulger, Pablo Escobar, John Gotti), and a look at how they b... Read more