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 Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
8.3/10
Director: Rob Epstein
Starring: Harvey Fierstein
More than a story of one man's life, this Academy Award-winning documentary traces the coming of age of the Gay Rights Movement in the late '70s. Harv... Read more
28 Up (1984)
8.3/10
Director: Michael Apted
Called 'the definitive documentary' produced and directed by Michael Apted. Beginning in 1963 a camera has followed a group of children from the age o... Read more
Peter Greenaway Collection: The Draughtsman's Contract / A Zed & Two Noughts / Peter Greenaway - A Documentary (1982)
Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: Andrea Ferreol, Anne Louise Lambert, Anthony Higgins, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon,...
Peter Greenaway has crafted a string of visually extravagant films that are experimental, erudite, and have won him an ardent cult audience. This excl... Read more
The Fantastic World of M.C. Escher (1980)
6.3/10
Director: Michele Emmer
An interesting look at the art and theory behind the work of M.C. Escher (1898 - 1972). This documentary explores the imagination, inspiration and mat... Read more
21 Up (1977)
8.2/10
Director: Michael Apted
Called 'the definitive documentary' produced and directed by Michael Apted. Beginning in 1963 a camera has followed a group of children from the age o... Read more
Grey Gardens (1976)
7.7/10
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
A unique film portrait of Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale, a mother/daughter duo of former socialites, relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who lived a r... Read more
Janis (1974)
7.8/10
Director: Howard Alk, Seaton Findlay
Starring: Janis Joplin
The short and electrifying career of singer Janis Joplin is chronicled in this biographical documentary. Using family photos, interviews and concert c... Read more
Marjoe / Thoth (1972)
Director: Sarah Kernochan
Starring: Marjoe Gortner
'Marjoe' - A fascinating Oscar-winning documentary on Marjoe Gortner, child firebrand evangelist of the '50s and '60s who wholeheartedly and humourou... Read more
I Am A Dancer (1972)
7.2/10
Director: Pierre Jourdan
Starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Carla Fracci
A portrait of the great Rudolf Nureyev, from his homely beginnings in 1938 to one of the century's great dancers and superstars. Includes excerpts fro... Read more
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