Movies: Based on memoir or autobiography

  • 1963
    Alone Across the Pacific

    Alone Across the Pacific (1963)

    Alone Across the Pacific

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    Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination....

    Alone Across the Pacific
  • 1979
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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    Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents....

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • 1998
    I piccoli maestri

    I piccoli maestri (1998)

    I piccoli maestri

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    During the 20 months before Italy's liberation from Fascism, a group of university students trade empty rhetoric for action by joining the Partisans into the mountains of Nazi-occupied northern Italy. There, group leader Gigi falls in love with his b...

    I piccoli maestri
  • 1985
    A Sense of Freedom

    A Sense of Freedom (1985)

    A Sense of Freedom

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    The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man....

    A Sense of Freedom
  • 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
  • 2017
    Against the Law

    Against the Law (2017)

    Against the Law

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    United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers are convicted and imprisoned for indecency and sodomy....

    Against the Law
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2009
    The Front Line

    The Front Line (2009)

    The Front Line

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    United by an uncompromising struggle as members of the infamous 1970s far-left terrorist group Prima Linea, fugitive couple Sergio and Susanna have become increasingly alienated from the real world. Their luck runs out when Susanna is captured and th...

    The Front Line
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    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.
  • 2022
    On Thin Ice

    On Thin Ice (2022)

    On Thin Ice

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    Temporarily homeless Jarna is in the deepest trouble of his life. Debtors have come to collect old drug debts and Jarna is given 24 hours to pay up, setting off a frantic, amphetamine fueled battle against time. Manic speed, fear of killers on his ta...

    On Thin Ice
  • 2023
    Spede

    Spede (2023)

    Spede

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    The story about the life and career of Pertti 'Spede' Pasanen, it traces the iconic entertainer's most innovative phase of filmmaking. The film sheds light on behind-the-scenes events from the late 1960s to the birth story and popularity of Uuno Turh...

    Spede
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1956
    Seven Years in Tibet

    Seven Years in Tibet (1956)

    Seven Years in Tibet

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    Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian moutain climber, escapes from a British POW camp in India and flees north across the Himalayan mountains into Tibet. There he meets and befriends the young Dalai Lama....

    Seven Years in Tibet