Keyword: based on memoir or autobiography

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.

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.

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.

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.

Toast

6.7

2010

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

7.5

2005

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In order to support her ten children, Evelyn Ryan enters a commercial jingle-writing contest.

King of the Hill

7.6

1993

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A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down hotel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.