Movies: Based on memoir or autobiography
- 2009
An Education (2009)
An Education6.92009HD
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a ta...
- 2024
Beautiful Rebel (2024)
Beautiful Rebel6.82024HD
The origin story of one of Italy's greatest rock stars, Gianna Nannini, who chased her dream despite obstacles from her family and the music industry....
- 2019
Unplanned (2019)
Unplanned6.82019HD
As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman's right to choose led her ...
- 1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Somebody Up There Likes Me7.31956HD
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ....
- 2012
Chronicle of My Mother (2012)
Chronicle of My Mother6.62012HD
Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own be...
- 1990
An Angel at My Table (1990)
An Angel at My Table6.91990HD
Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous trage...
- 1997
The Truce (1997)
The Truce6.21997HD
After the liberation of Auschwitz, an Italian prisoner of War begins a torturous voyage home to Turin, through a Europe caught between war and peace....
- 1966
Born Free (1966)
Born Free6.81966HD
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When...
- 1956
The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
The Thick-Walled Room7.11956HD
A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole....
- 1999
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Angela's Ashes7.31999HD
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions....
- 1970
The Confession (1970)
The Confession7.31970HD
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement....
- 2002
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys6.62002HD
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends....
- 1990
My Father's Glory (1990)
My Father's Glory7.31990HD
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes frien...
- 2001
The Other Side of Heaven (2001)
The Other Side of Heaven6.12001HD
John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean. Through le...
- 1992
For a Lost Soldier (1992)
For a Lost Soldier6.71992HD
In the occupied Netherlands near the end of WWII, a young teenager, Jeroen Boman (Maarten Smit) is sent to the Dutch countryside to avoid the war in Amsterdam. While living with his adopted family, Jeroen meets and becomes friends with a Canadian sol...
- 2019
A Million Little Pieces (2019)
A Million Little Pieces6.12019HD
A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota....
- 1956
Actress (1956)
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Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness....
- 1999
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story (1999)
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story5.51999HD
Based on the autobiography of Sonny Bono, this film focuses on the volatile relationship between Sonny and Cher during the early 60's to their messy divorce in the late 70's....
- 2010
The Wife of Gegege (2010)
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A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together....
- 2024
Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
Kensuke's Kingdom6.82024HD
A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote island, terrified, they struggle to survive and adjust to life alone, One day, Micha...