Biographical Documentary Movies

This documentary offers a deeply intimate look at extraordinary teenager Billie Eilish. Award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler follows her journey on...

A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by...

From teen comedian to Hollywood legend, Eddie Murphy revisits his extraordinary showbiz ride with raw honesty and humor.

The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court...

A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to...

Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully...

An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded "inventor-entrepreneur" who has enormous influence on the world in...

For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film...

Explore the formative years of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the profound influence of original bandmate Hillel Slovak.

A doomed love triangle between intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their beloved volcanoes.

What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.

The story of artist Lil Peep from his birth in Long Island and meteoric rise as a genre blending pop star & style icon, to his death due to an...

A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of...

In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful...

An unprecedented, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the man who built the inimitable empire of comedy, shaping television and culture for generations. The...

A documentary film that chronicles the extraordinary personal and entrepreneurial journey of Renzo Rosso, one of the most visionary figures in...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

An intimate and cinematic portrait of astronomer and planetary scientist Carl Sagan, we explore his romance with partner Ann Druyan and with science....

A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through...

In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted,...