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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.

Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017)

6.6/10
Director: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolzeal
Starring: Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown

Four years after her death, filmmaker Nick Broomfield goes in search of the forces that made and then destroyed the singer who has been described as h... Read more

McLaren (2017)

7.3/10
Director: Roger Donaldson

From acclaimed director Roger Donaldson, comes then incredible true story of the man behind one of the greatest brands in international motorsport, Mc... Read more

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2016)

8.3/10
Starring: Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Tippi Hedren, Baz Luhrmann, Bryan Bro...

The late Australian actor Rod Taylor, whose most recent role is in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, was a versatile and popular leading man,... Read more

Marina Abramovic In Brazil: The Space In Between (2016)

7.3/10
Director: Marco Del Fiol
Starring: Marina Abramovic

Marina Abramovic travels through Brazil, in search of personal healing and artistic inspiration, experiencing sacred rituals and revealing, for the fi... Read more

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

Risk (2016)

6.3/10
Director: Laura Poitras
Starring: Sarah Harrison, Julian Assange, Jacob Appelbaum

From the Academy Award-winning director of CITIZENFOUR Filmed over six years, RISK is a character study that collides with a high stakes election year... Read more

David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)

7.2/10
Director: Rick Barnes, Jon Nguyen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Starring: David Lynch

David Lynch takes us on an intimate journey through the formative years of his life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark str... Read more

Gleason (2016)

8.4/10
Director: Clay Tweel

At the age of 34, Steve Gleason, former NFL defensive back and New Orleans hero, was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a rare incurab... Read more

Kate Plays Christine (2016)

6.3/10
Director: Robert Greene
Starring: Kate Lyn Sheil

This mesmerising meta-documentary from innovative US filmmaker Robert Greene follows actress Kate Lyn Sheil (The Color Wheel, House of Cards) as she p... Read more

Notes on Blindness (2016)

7.1/10
Director: Peter Middelton, James Spinney

In 1983, after years of failing sight, John Hull, a professor of theology in Birmingham, England, became completely blind. Soon after, he began keepin... Read more