Premise: This documentary focuses on the life of Biggie Smalls, the 1990s New York City rapper. Most documentaries about him focus on his violent death and the conspiracy theories surrounding the shooting. This one looks at Biggie’s early life and rise to fame.
The documentary pairs home videos with interviews of family members and other stars at the time. Instead of a tragedy, this Biggie story ultimately plays as a celebration of the time he had.
Netflix descriptors: “Captivating” and “intimate”
How it starts: A man talks off-camera over grainy home footage of a door, seen at an angle.
“I’ve got this camera pointed toward this door because something special is about to happen,” the man says.
Biggie pokes his head around a wall near the door as someone laughs off-screen.
“I can’t really speak on it, but there you go, baby, it’s startin’,” the man continues. “Know what I mean? It’s startin’. Alright, already.”
Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
Bonus: For a hit of nostalgia, here’s Biggie performing at MTV Spring Break in 1995.
Trailers for other movies that joined Netflix this month:
“Crazy, Stupid, Love” (2011)
“The Dark Knight” (2008)
“Training Day” (2001)
All the movies that have joined Netflix this month so far:
March 1
- “Batman Begins” (2005)
- “Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell” (Netflix Documentary)
- “Blanche Gardin: Bonne Nuit Blanche” (2021)
- “Crazy, Stupid, Love” (2011)
- “Dances with Wolves” (1990)
- “The Dark Knight” (2008)
- “I Am Legend” (2007)
- “Invictus” (2009)
- “Jason X” (2001)
- “Killing Gunther” (2017)
- “LEGO Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed by Venom” (2019)
- “Nights in Rodanthe” (2008)
- “The Pursuit of Happyness” (2006)
- “Rain Man” (1988)
- “Step Up: Revolution” (2012)
- “Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny” (2006)
- “Training Day” (2001)
- “Two Weeks Notice” (2002)
- “Year One” (2009)
March 2
- “Black or White” (2014)
March 3
- “Moxie” (Netflix Film)
- “Parker” (2013)
- “Safe Haven” (2013)
March 5
- “Dogwashers” (Netflix Film)
- “Sentinelle” (Netflix Film)