Keyword: based on memoir or autobiography

The Way Back

6.7

2010

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Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.

Born on the Fourth of July

7.8

1989

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The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.

The Hurricane

7.8

1999

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The story of Rubin Hurricane Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Europa Europa

5.6

1990

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A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.

Rhinegold

6.3

2022

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Capturing the life of German hip-hop rapper, entrepreneur, and ex-convict Giwar Hajabi.

A Nice Girl Like You

5.1

2020

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After being accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend, a violinist creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her on a whirlwind journey of self-discovery.

Wild

7.6

2014

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A chronicle of one womans 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.

NYAD

5.7

2023

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The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.

An Education

7.8

2009

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A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

A Million Little Pieces

6.1

2018

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A drug dependent young man faces his past and his inner demons after he is interned in an institution for addicted.

Dangerous Minds

6.4

1995

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An ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school.

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

7.8

2023

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Going to school at Tomoe Gakuen, after not fitting at her original elementary school. She meets unique students and learns new things at school, even as Japan descends into war.