semi biographical movies

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
8.476 / 10

Documentary, Drama

The story of life on our planet by the man who has seen more of the natural world than any other. In more than 90 years, Attenborough has visited...

Welcome to Marwen (2018)
6.558 / 10

Drama, Comedy

When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new...

Lords of Chaos (2018)
6.824 / 10

Drama, Music, Horror, Thriller

A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.

Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
5.683 / 10

Drama, Romance

In 1891, the French painter Paul Gauguin leaves Paris and travels to Tahiti to renew his art as a free man, far from the European artistic...

Greased Lightning (1977)
6.4 / 10

Action, Comedy, Drama

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

A. K. (1985)
6.2 / 10

Documentary

In 1985, Chris Marker traveled to Japan to attend the filming of Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa. Marker analyzes the progress of filming; the...

Convicts (1991)
5.4 / 10

Drama

In 1902, 13-year-old Horace toils on a run-down plantation in rural Texas to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll, the crusty...

Sixty Six (2006)
6.6 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.

The Twentieth Century (2019)
6.2 / 10

Comedy

Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will...

The Brute Man (1946)
4.3 / 10

Horror

A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.

The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story (2014)
5.2 / 10

TV Movie, Drama, Comedy

The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story delves into the experiences of six unknown young actors placed into the Hollywood spotlight, exposing the...

Lily Dale (1996)
2 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister,...

1918 (1985)
6.3 / 10

Drama, War

It's 1918, the height of United States involvement in World War I - Liberty Bonds are sold, German immigrants are suspected as traitors or saboteurs,...

On Valentine's Day (1986)
4 / 10

Drama

In 1917, Elizabeth defies her wealthy parents by running off and marrying Horace Robedaux, a young man of humble prospects. Her parents have not...

The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku (1989)
8 / 10

Animation

A semi-autobiography of Tezuka Osamu combined with a 30 minute science-fiction setting of Journey to the West.

Courtship (1987)
0 / 10

Drama

In 1915, Elizabeth has fallen in love with Horace Robedaux, a young man her father condemns as a "wild boy." No matter how strict and protective, her...

Mi Verdad (2004)
4.7 / 10

Drama

Film about the scandal of TV producer Juan Osorio with Cuban dancer Niurka Marcos.

Shinran (1960)
0 / 10

Drama, History, Adventure

A biographical movie about Shinran

Mylène Farmer, la star secrète (2023)
8 / 10

Documentary

Shakespeare ~The Sky Filled With Eternal Words~ (2016)
0 / 10

Takarazuka Cosmos Troupe 2016 original musical based on the life of William Shakespeare