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.
Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans (2015)
9.1/10
Director: John McKenna, Gabriel Clark
Starring: Steve McQueen
By the end of the 60s Steve McQueen was amongst Hollywoods highest paid and most powerful stars and the coolest dude behind the wheel of any vehicl... Read more
Stevie (2002)
8/10
Director: Steve James
From Steve James, the director of 'Hoop Dreams', this gritty yet poignant documentary tells the story of troubled youth, Stephen Fielding, whom James... Read more
Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Played with Fire (2018)
6.7/10
A documentary about the Millennium-trilogy author Stieg Larsson and his pioneering work of fighting right wing extremists and neo-Nazis, an obsession... Read more
Stories We Tell (2012)
7.6/10
Director: Sarah Polley
In this inspired, genre-twisting documentary, writer/director Sarah Polley ("Away From Her") discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Pol... Read more
Strange Culture (2006)
6.1/10
Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Peter Coyote, Thomas Jay Ryan
The surreal nightmare of internationally-acclaimed artist and professor Steve Kurtz began when his wife, Hope, died in her sleep of heart failure. Pol... Read more
Sunshine Superman (2014)
6.9/10
A heart-racing documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more s... Read more
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013)
7.4/10
Director: Mike Myers, Beth Aala
Starring: Shep Gordon
In his directorial debut, Mike Myers ('Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers') documents the astounding career of loveable Hollywood insider Shep Gordon, who... Read more
Surfwise (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Doug Pray
The amazing true life odyssey of a Malibu doctor who decided to leave behind the lifestyle of mainstream America and seek self-fulfillment by taking u... Read more
Tabloid (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Errol Morris
Starring: Joyce McKinney
Documentary maestro Errol Morris (The Fog of War) tackles the much stranger-than-fiction adventures of Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen whose s... Read more
Tarnation (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Jonathan Caouette
A wonderfully moving and utterly unique documentary chronicling director Jonathan Caouette's fascinating life. Home movies, letters, answering-machine... Read more