Movies: Based on memoir or autobiography
- 1963
Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
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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....
- 1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
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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....
- 1998
I piccoli maestri (1998)
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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...
- 1985
A Sense of Freedom (1985)
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The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man....
- 1982
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters (1982)
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An adult Ralphie Parker narrates several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town....
- 2017
Against the Law (2017)
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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....
- 1969
Not Fade Away (1969)
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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...
- 1969
Finally Home (1969)
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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,...
- 2025
Laterna Magica (2025)
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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....
- 2009
The Front Line (2009)
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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...
- 2025
Sod and Stubble (2025)
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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....
- 2008
Behind the Walls (2008)
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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...
- 2023
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre (2023)
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- 1969
Born a Crime (1969)
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Film adaptation of the eponymous memoir by Trevor Noah....
- 1969
Four. (1969)
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A small-town couple with big dreams of making their family complete must persevere through infertility and tragedy....
- 2022
On Thin Ice (2022)
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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...
- 2023
Spede (2023)
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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...
- 1969
Fearless: The Adam Brown Story (1969)
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Adam Brown overcomes his addictions and trains to become an elite member of the SEAL Team Six....
- 1969
Strong Hearts Have Scars (1969)
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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....
- 1956
Seven Years in Tibet (1956)
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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....