Keyword: based on memoir or autobiography

Papillon

8.3

1973

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A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devils Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Moffie

6.9

2019

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A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.

The Glass Castle

4.6

2017

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A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother whos an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the childrens imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.

Toast

6.7

2010

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The ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960s Britain.

I Am Zlatan

6.2

2021

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Son of Balkan immigrants Zlatan Ibrahimovic, born in Sweden, becomes, after a rough childhood, a Swedish football champion of several decades.

Boy Erased

6.9

2018

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The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.

Testament of Youth

7.4

2014

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A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.

Breakthrough

5.8

2019

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When her 14-year-old son drowns in a lake, a faithful mother prays for him to come back from the brink of death and be healed.

Out of Africa

7.4

1985

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In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

6.5

2008

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A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.

For a Lost Soldier

7.7

1992

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Set in The Netherlands at the end of WW II, this touching story, told in flashbacks, explores the complex and romantic relationship between an adult soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy.

Beautiful Rebel

6.4

2024

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The origin story of one of Italys greatest rock stars, Gianna Nannini, who chased her dream despite obstacles from her family and the music industry.