based on memoir or autobiography movies page 5

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
6.9 / 10

Drama

During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor's beautiful...

King of the Hill (1993)
6.795 / 10

Drama, History

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a...

Rhinegold (2022)
6.73 / 10

History, Drama, Crime, Music

Xatar’s way from the ghetto to the top of the charts is as dramatic as it is daring: Fatih Akin’s new film is based on the autobiographical novel...

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
6.89 / 10

Drama, Music, Romance

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug...

Bound for Glory (1976)
6.781 / 10

Music, Drama

A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering...

The Front Line (2009)
5.9 / 10

Drama, Crime, History

United by an uncompromising struggle as members of the infamous 1970s far-left terrorist group Prima Linea, fugitive couple Sergio and Susanna have...

Book of Love (1990)
5.6 / 10

Comedy, Romance

John Twiller takes down his high school yearbook and begins to reminiscence about that time he first moved into the neighborhood in 1956. His teenage...

Blaze (1989)
6.2 / 10

Drama, Romance

This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip...

Romulus, My Father (2007)
5.8 / 10

Drama

The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story...

Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
4.9 / 10

Drama

The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore is reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle.

Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre (2023)
8 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Cross Creek (1983)
6.6 / 10

Drama, Romance

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused...

The Iron Curtain (1948)
5.8 / 10

Thriller

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to...

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)
7 / 10

Animation, Drama, Family

This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun,...

The Outrun (2024)
0 / 10

Drama

Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the Orkney Islands; a place both wild and beautiful right off the Scottish coast. After more than a decade of...

And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story (1999)
5.5 / 10

Drama

Based on the autobiography of Sonny Bono, this film focuses on the volatile relationship between Sonny (Jay Underwood) and Cher (Renee Faia) during...

Waffle Street (2015)
6.129 / 10

Drama, Comedy

The true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the...

Patients (2017)
7.4 / 10

Drama, Comedy

After a serious sport accident in a swimming pool, Ben, now an incomplete quadriplegic, arrives in a rehabilitation center. He meets with other...

The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
6.814 / 10

Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.

Room for One More (1952)
6.3 / 10

Comedy, Family

Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her...