semi autobiographical movies page 2

Joe the King (1999)
6 / 10

Crime, Drama

A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing...

Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
6.6 / 10

Comedy

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his...

Nothing Funny (1996)
7.1 / 10

Comedy, Drama

One day, hospital orderlies, watching corpse in the morgue, recognize film director. Man, even though he died, he begins to remember his life. He...

Snake Dancer (1976)
3.5 / 10

Drama

With the oppressive climate of 1970s South Africa as the backdrop, this erotic biopic tells the story of Glenda Kemp (playing herself), a former...

Chronicle of My Mother (2012)
6.5 / 10

Drama

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...

The Long Day Closes (1992)
7.3 / 10

Drama

Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the...

1982 (2013)
6.2 / 10

Drama

1982, a film inspired by true events at the onset of the crack epidemic in Philadelphia, tells the story of a father and his efforts to protect his...

The End of Summer (2013)
6.5 / 10

Romance, Drama

The story, set in the heady post-war 50s into the early 60s , revolves around a love triangle between Tomoko, long playing the mistress to married...

Alexandria… Why? (1979)
6.2 / 10

Drama, War

Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with...

Most Guys Are Losers (2020)
3 / 10

Comedy, Drama

College student Sandy's new boyfriend meets all the criteria for a good partner according to her dad's best-selling dating handbook titled "Most Guys...

Tell Me (2022)
8 / 10

On May 2, 1998, Hide, a leading Japanese rock musician who had been active as a guitarist for X JAPAN and as a solo artist (hide with Spread...

Meesaya Murukku (2017)
7 / 10

Romance, Drama, Comedy

A passionate youngster who dreams of making it in the music industry is on the verge of losing his love. What will happen to his career and romance?

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown (2014)
6.6 / 10

Comedy

A semi-autobiographical one-man theater show, Klass Klown (later renamed Ghetto Klown), based on his memoir Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest...

The Fish Tale (2022)
7.417 / 10

Drama, Comedy

Meebo, an elementary school student and loves fish. His life is indeed "fish-a-holic". Meebo stares at the fish, draws the fish and eat the fish...

Egoist (2023)
7.8 / 10

Drama, Romance

After losing his mother at the age of 14, Kōsuke spent his depressed adolescence hiding his gay identity in a rural town. Now working as a fashion...

Green Bush (2005)
0 / 10

Drama

An Australian Aboriginal DJ realizes that his job at the country radio station is about more than just playing music.

Flowers And Rain (2020)
9.5 / 10

Drama, Music

Childhood was complicated for Yoshida and he faces Japanese society as an outsider after his return from London alongside his parents. He feels...

Ripples of Life (2023)
7 / 10

Drama

Follows a big star who brings a film crew to her remote hometown for a shoot, and while the production is afflicted by disagreements between the...

The Brat! (2012)
0 / 10

Daisuke Bamba (Hiroki Konno) has a complex about his physical traits. He wants to become a director, but doesn't know what to shoot. Daisuke Bamba...

Liam (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary, Animation, Family

Just after Isidore moves to France to study filmmaking, his best friend dies back in the US. Through documentary, performance, and animation, a...