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.
Con Man (2003)
6.8/10
Director: Jess Moss
He didn't dare the law to "catch me if you can" but they caught him nevertheless, uncovering James Arthur Hogue's life as a career impostor. Adopting... Read more
Confucius - Words of Wisdom (1996)
In an age of intrigue and vice, he was a voice of morality and virtue. 2500 years after his death, he is revered as one of the great teachers in histo... Read more
Crossing Rachmaninoff (2015)
8.4/10
Director: Rebecca Tansley
Starring: Flavio Villani
An uplifting musical journey that provides an intimate insight into the process of becoming a classical musician. Crossing Rachmaninoff follows aspiri... Read more
Crossing the Line (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Daniel Gordon
Witness the stories of four US army defectors who abandoned their homeland to seek out a new life in communist North Korea in this fascinating documen... Read more
Crumb (1995)
8/10
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Starring: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb
Robert Crumb, the multi-talented underground comic book artist, is profiled in this unique, in-depth documentary portrait. Emerging from a dysfunction... Read more
Cutie and the Boxer (2013)
7.2/10
Director: Zachary Heinzerling
Starring: Ushio Shinohara, Noriko Shinohara
"Cutie and the Boxer" is a candid New York love story about life and art that explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of renowned "boxing" painter Ushio... Read more
Daft Punk Unchained (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Herve Martin-Delpierre
Starring: Thomas Bangalter, Todd Edwards
The first ever documentary film on the most secretive duo in the world. The epic story of two uncompromising artists. With the participation of their... Read more
Dancer (2016)
7.9/10
Director: Steven Cantor
Starring: Sergei Polunin
The very first thing you notice about the young Ukrainian ballet superstar Sergei Polunin is his deep set of piercing eyes which somehow seem to unner... Read more
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story (2005)
8.4/10
Director: Julian Shaw
Starring: Pieter-Dirk Uys, Nelson Mandela
Controversial South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, who gained infamy in the 1980s for his cross-dressing parodies of the apartheid regime... Read more
Darwin: The Voyage That Shook the World (2009)
7.2/10
Director: Steve Murray
Marking the 200th anniversary of Darwin's death, this expansive documentary follows him as a young amateur scientist on board the HMS Beagle in 1831,... Read more