Movies: Based on memoir or autobiography

  • 1957
    Muhō Ichidai

    Muhō Ichidai (1957)

    Muhō Ichidai

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    The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period....

    Muhō Ichidai
  • 1985
    Cloudbusting

    Cloudbusting (1985)

    Cloudbusting

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    Shows William Reich and his young son Peter on top of a hill trying to make his cloudbusting machine work. Reich leaves Peter on the machine and returns to his lab. In flashback, he remembers several times he and Peter enjoyed together as Reich worke...

    Cloudbusting
  • 1969
    Finally Home

    Finally Home (1969)

    Finally Home

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    Raised in the South African township of Zamelda, Johannes 'JoJo' Radebe faced prejudice as a young boy who was captivated by dance – and Barbies… rather than football and rugby, as was the norm among his peers. With the support of his mother, sister,...

    Finally Home
  • 2018
    Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head

    Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head (2018)

    Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head

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    An Italian magistrate leads a crusade against organized crime which ultimately costs him his life in this biopic told through his daughter's eyes....

    Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head
  • 1969
    Untitled George Clinton Biopic

    Untitled George Clinton Biopic (1969)

    Untitled George Clinton Biopic

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    Based on Clinton’s memoir, Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You?, it is the untold story of influential pioneer of funk and his tumultuous journey to founding musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic. Known for their outla...

    Untitled George Clinton Biopic
  • 1969
    Born a Crime

    Born a Crime (1969)

    Born a Crime

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    Film adaptation of the eponymous memoir by Trevor Noah....

    Born a Crime
  • 1969
    Not Fade Away

    Not Fade Away (1969)

    Not Fade Away

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    A woman born with a rare genetic mutation which caused her to lose her sight and hearing over time, beat the odds and expectations of her prognosis. Based on the memoir "Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found", written by Rebecca Alexander...

    Not Fade Away
  • 2015
    The C-Word

    The C-Word (2015)

    The C-Word

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    The C Word is an adaptation of Lisa Lynch's inspiring and candid book, based on her blog, about her battle with cancer....

    The C-Word
  • 1969
    Fearless: The Adam Brown Story

    Fearless: The Adam Brown Story (1969)

    Fearless: The Adam Brown Story

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    Adam Brown overcomes his addictions and trains to become an elite member of the SEAL Team Six....

    Fearless: The Adam Brown Story
  • 1982
    The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

    The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters (1982)

    The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

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    An adult Ralphie Parker narrates several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town....

    The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
  • 2023
    Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre

    Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre (2023)

    Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre

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    Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
  • 2025
    Sod and Stubble

    Sod and Stubble (2025)

    Sod and Stubble

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    The adventures and adversities of a family pioneering on the plains of Kansas. Based on the best-selling biography by John Ise....

    Sod and Stubble
  • 2023
    Speak Sunlight

    Speak Sunlight (2023)

    Speak Sunlight

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    Set majorly Pamplona in 1965, follows the life of American writer Alan Jolis as he awakes to a vivid sensual world and grows up emotionally....

    Speak Sunlight
  • 1969
    Untitled Evan Gershkovich Biopic

    Untitled Evan Gershkovich Biopic (1969)

    Untitled Evan Gershkovich Biopic

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    Chronicles the harrowing year the Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent Evan Gershkovich spent in a Russian prison on fabricated espionage charges after being arrested by the Federal Security Service....

    Untitled Evan Gershkovich Biopic
  • 1969
    Jesus Land

    Jesus Land (1969)

    Jesus Land

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    Tells the true story of Julia and her adopted Black brother David, who struggle to navigate their tumultuous childhood in a harsh Christian Fundamentalist home amid the bigotry of ’80s rural Indiana. When the teens rebel against their abusive parents...

    Jesus Land
  • 2008
    Behind the Walls

    Behind the Walls (2008)

    Behind the Walls

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    A young runaway rejects society's condemnation and dares to fulfill his dreams. France, 1930s. 14-year-old orphan Yves Tréguier sees the world through the bars of "educational homes" where he is raised in conditions worthy of a penal colony, and drea...

    Behind the Walls
  • 1957
    Gejagt bis zum Morgen

    Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957)

    Gejagt bis zum Morgen

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    Drama about an impoverished family, a widowed mother and her two sons, trying to get by....

    Gejagt bis zum Morgen
  • 1969
    Four.

    Four. (1969)

    Four.

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    A small-town couple with big dreams of making their family complete must persevere through infertility and tragedy....

    Four.
  • 2025
    Laterna Magica

    Laterna Magica (2025)

    Laterna Magica

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    A film by Séverine Barde, adapted from Dorian Rossel's play, based on Ingmar Bergman's fictional autobiography. A powerful self-portrait, at the crossroads of theater and cinema, from the collection De la scène à l'écran....

    Laterna Magica
  • 1969
    Strong Hearts Have Scars

    Strong Hearts Have Scars (1969)

    Strong Hearts Have Scars

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    The true story of a teenager who became a world sensation, a love story with a broken heart, laughter, love, hope and tragedy, learning to live when time is of the essence and learning to love when you have to say goodbye....

    Strong Hearts Have Scars