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