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.
Fat Belly: Chopper...Unchopped (2009)
Director: Damon Cameron, Steve Lund
Starring: Mark 'Chopper' Read
A frank and gripping biography of Australian career criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read; a man who has spent more than 23 years behind bars, been shot at, st... Read more
Fidel: The Untold Story (2007)
6.5/10
Starring: Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro led the revolution that overthrew President Batista's military regime in Cuba in 1959 and was sworn in as Prime Minister shortly afterwar... Read more
Fighter Aces (2000)
6.8/10
Chronicles the history of aerial combat using archive footage. Features Adolf Galland, Ginger Lacey, Erich Hartmann and more. Read more
Finding Fela (2014)
7.1/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Fela Kuti, Yeni Kuti, Femi Kuti
Finding Fela tells the story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's life, his music, his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobea... Read more
Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
7.7/10
Director: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
An artist's life is often one of solitude, and so it should generally be of no surprise when one spends much of their time locked away honing his or h... Read more
Flee (2021)
7.9/10
FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time. Read more
For No Good Reason (2012)
7/10
Director: Charlie Paul
Starring: Johnny Depp, Richard E Grant, Terry Gilliam, Tim Robbins, William Burroughs
Gonzo artist Ralph Steadman--most well-known for his fruitful partnership with author Hunter S. Thompson--is interviewed by Johnny Depp in this imagin... Read more
Freeman (2020)
7.8/10
Director: Stephen Page
Starring: Cathy Freeman
Cathy Freeman's win at Sydney 2000 is one of the greatest collective experiences in Australian modern history. Twenty years later, FREEMAN explores th... Read more
Future By Design (2006)
8/10
Industrial engineer and futurist Jacque Fresco has bold prescriptions for solving the world's woes! Are his ideas the way of the future or the ravings... Read more
Galileo's: Battle for the Heavens (2002)
Director: Peter Jones
Starring: Simon Gallow
At a time when heretics were burned alive for dissent, scientist Galileo Galilei risked his life to advance his revolutionary concepts of the universe... Read more