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.
Daughter from Danang (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Gail Dolgin
Evacuated from Vietnam in 1975 as an infant as part of the hotly controversial wartime program known as Operation Babylift, a fully Americanized Heidi... Read more
David Attenborough: Life on Air (2010)
8.7/10
Starring: David Attenborough, Michael Palin
Michael Palin presents this BBC documentary on the life and work of David Attenborough - scientist, host and media personality. Attenborough joined th... Read more
David Bowie: Starman (2004)
7.3/10
Starring: David Bowie
With a career well into its fifth decade, David Bowie has achieved what most can only dream of, always managing to stay at the cutting edge, with both... Read more
David Crosby: Remember My Name (2019)
7.2/10
Starring: David Crosby, Jackson Browne
Meet David Crosby in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. 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
Derek Jarman: Life as Art (2004)
7.3/10
Director: Andy Kimpton-Nye
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Peter Tatchell, Tariq Ali, Simon Fisher-Turner
Derek Jarman was one of the most idiosyncratic, innovative and controversial film-makers in Britain throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s. On-screen and off... Read more
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Starring: Diana Vreeland
A documentary charting the life and work of Diana Vreeland, the influential fashion editor, who, after 25 years at Harper's Bazaar magazine, transform... 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
Dragonslayer (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Tristan Patterson
Southern California skateboarding legend Josh "Skreech" Sandoval is profiled in this edgy documentary about his challenges adapting to fatherhood in t... Read more
Dreams of a Life (2011)
6.8/10
Director: Carol Morley
Starring: Zawe Ashton
Carol Morley's moving documentary drama is based around the case of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit above a shopping mall in North London in 200... Read more