100 Biography Documentaries to Watch
A curated MovieDB guide to 100 titles selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
Rank 1TV Series
Intimate Portrait
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.
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2TV Series
American Experience
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
3TV Series
American Masters
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
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4MovieLorne
2026★ 6.8
5TV SeriesRonaldinho: The One and Only
2026★ 7.5
6TV SeriesThe Directors
1999★ 6.1
7TV SeriesMr. Scorsese
2025★ 8.1
8TV SeriesKylie
2026★ 8.7
10TV SeriesArnold
2023★ 7.9
11TV SeriesThe Last Movie Stars
2022★ 7.1
12TV SeriesMel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026★ 7.9
13TV SeriesPretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023★ 7.4
14MovieEverybody’s Everything
2019★ 8.5
15MovieDavid Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020★ 8.4
16TV SeriesThe Temptations
1998★ 8.0
17TV Seriesaka Charlie Sheen
2025★ 7.5
18TV SeriesBeckham
2023★ 8.0
19TV SeriesThe Beatles Anthology
1995★ 8.3
20TV SeriesMessi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
2024★ 7.5
21TV SeriesPretend It's a City
2021★ 7.4
22MovieArtem & Eva
2023★ 7.4
23MovieBeastie Boys Story
2020★ 7.5
24MovieIn Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis
2022★ 6.7
25TV SeriesThe Men Who Built America
2012★ 8.0
26TV SeriesThe Andy Warhol Diaries
2022★ 6.7
27TV SeriesApocalypse: The Rise of Hitler
2011★ 7.6
28TV SeriesHillary
2020★ 5.9
29TV SeriesLeonardo da Vinci
2024★ 7.6
30TV SeriesAbraham Lincoln
2022★ 7.7
31MovieThe Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
2026★ 7.3
32MovieTINA
2021★ 7.7
33TV SeriesGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011★ 7.6
34MovieWhitney
2018★ 7.3
35MovieThe Alpinist
2021★ 7.8
36MovieBecoming Madonna
2024★ 6.9
37MovieAudrey
2020★ 7.1
38TV SeriesConversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
2022★ 7.4
39MovieAltman
2014★ 6.7
40TV SeriesStanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
2021★ 7.3
41TV SeriesNaomi Osaka
2021★ 6.6
42TV SeriesDark Side of the 90's
2021★ 7.1
43TV SeriesThe Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2018★ 7.2
44MovieThe Most Beautiful Boy in the World
2021★ 7.4
45MovieStanisław Lem: Autor Solaris
2016★ 6.6
46TV SeriesBobby Kennedy for President
2018★ 7.8
47MovieBowie: The Final Act
2025★ 7.9
48TV SeriesMurder Made Me Famous
2015★ 8.4
49TV SeriesBilly Joel: And So It Goes
2025★ 8.7
50MovieVal
2021★ 7.2
51MovieSenna
2010★ 8.1
52TV SeriesCorleone: A History of la Cosa Nostra
2019★ 7.9
53MovieAroused
2013★ 5.9
54TV SeriesBecoming
2020★ 5.8
55MovieGrizzly Man
2005★ 7.5
56MovieZappa
2020★ 7.3
57TV SeriesWhat's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019★ 7.4
58MoviePiece by Piece
2024★ 7.1
59TV SeriesThe Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
2018★ 6.7
60MovieAdrienne
2021★ 6.8
61TV SeriesThe Haunting Of...
2012★ 7.3
62TV SeriesCarlos Alcaraz: My Way
2025★ 6.2
63MoviePelé
2021★ 7.3
64TV SeriesSinatra: All or Nothing at All
2015★ 7.2
65MovieBruce Lee, the Legend
1984★ 7.9
66MovieCorman's World
2011★ 7.0
67MovieMiss Americana
2020★ 7.8
68TV SeriesSitting Bull
2025★ 6.7
69MovieKubrick by Kubrick
2020★ 7.3
70MovieAlbert Schweitzer
1957★ 6.5
71TV SeriesReframed: Marilyn Monroe
2022★ 8.1
72Movie"Sr."
2022★ 6.9
73MovieBeing James Bond
2021★ 7.7
74MovieBillie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
2021★ 8.2
75TV SeriesElvis Presley: The Searcher
2018★ 7.5
76MovieFaye
2024★ 6.4
77MovieUntouchable
2019★ 6.5
78MovieSly
2023★ 7.2
79MovieCrumb
1995★ 7.5
80MovieThe Hitch
2014★ 6.4
81MovieSTILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023★ 7.8
82MovieAileen: Queen of the Serial Killers
2025★ 6.8
83TV SeriesBad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.
2022★ 6.2
84MovieMusic by John Williams
2024★ 8.1
85MovieElton John: Never Too Late
2024★ 6.5
86MovieSpielberg
2017★ 7.5
87MovieBeing Evel
2015★ 6.7
88TV SeriesLola
2021★ 5.2
89MovieRonaldo
2015★ 7.0
90MovieTake Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
2017★ 6.4
91MovieO.J.: Made in America
2016★ 8.4
92MovieEnigma
2025★ 6.2
93MovieSalinger
2013★ 6.4
94MovieLucy and Desi
2022★ 7.1
95TV SeriesTheodore Roosevelt
2022★ 7.4
96MovieI Am Heath Ledger
2017★ 7.4
97MovieThe Source
1999★ 5.6
98TV SeriesReading Again Mafalda
2023★ 7.8
99MovieRay Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012★ 7.4
100MovieJackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021★ 7.7
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A curated MovieDB guide to 100 titles selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
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