Best biography shows on Netflix, ranked.
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- #590
This Is Going to Hurt
2022– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Comedy · Drama
Set on Labour Ward with all its hilarity and heart-lifting highs but also its gut-wrenching lows, the show delivers a brutally honest depiction of life as a junior doctor on the wards, and the toll the job can take back home.
Netflix - #1085

El Chapo
2017–2018 · Series · Spanish · 3 seasonsBiography · Crime · Drama
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power during the '90s as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Netflix - #2082
The Law According to Lidia Poët
2023– · Series · Italian · 2 seasonsBiography · Crime · Drama
In late 19th-century Turin, Lidia Poët, fights against everything and everyone to get what is rightfully hers: to be enrolled in the official register of lawyers. Nothing could stop her dream of becoming the first female lawyer in...
Netflix - #4878
Apple Cider Vinegar
2025– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
The life of wellness guru Belle Gibson, who had a large social media following, where she pretended to be suffering from cancer but keeping the disease under control using self-care therapies. She confessed that none of it was true.
Netflix - #5677

Aquarius
2015–2016 · Series · 2 seasonsBiography · Crime · Drama
A gritty 1960s cop drama about LAPD detective Sam Hodiak and his trainee, who must deal with gangs, brutal crimes, changing times, family crises and unhinged manipulative small-time crook Charles Manson, who's slowly building his ...
Netflix - #7275
The End of the Tour
2015 · Movie · 1h 46mBiography · Drama
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
Netflix - #9872
Mrs Playmen
2025– · Series · Italian · 1 seasonBiography · Drama · History
Adelina, head of infamous Italian erotic magazine "Playmen," challenged conservative norms through elegant nudes, daring topics promoting female desire, and intellectual discourse, amid backlash in religious 1960s-70s Italy.
Netflix - #9972
The Swedish Connection
2026 · Movie · Swedish · 1h 42mBiography · Drama · History
Swedish Foreign Ministry bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, overlooked during WWII, rescued thousands while turning supposedly neutral Sweden into a moral force. His efforts challenged the status quo and left a lasting humanitarian legacy.
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