Keyword: based on memoir or autobiography

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.

The Diary of Anne Frank

6.7

2016

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During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Fellini's Casanova

7.1

1976

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The myth of Giacomo Casanova, the notorious womanizer is presented as a pitiable and terrifying figure. A sex scandal lands him in prison, but an escape to Paris provides him a new lease of life.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

7

1979

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Based on writer Maya Angelous childhood, this story is about a young girl in the South who is sent to live with her grandmother after her parents divorce.

Alone on the Pacific

7.1

1963

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Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination.

Unplanned

4

2019

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All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she believed in a womans right to choose. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.

Angela's Ashes

7.3

1999

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Based on the best-selling autobiography by Irish expatriate Frank McCourt, Angelas Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankies siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankies Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the I.R.A., and when he does find money, he spends it on drink.

The One That Got Away

6.1

1996

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An army unit, conducting reconnaissance deep within enemy territory, is disclosed and defeated. Several surviving soldiers desperately run to the border.

The C-Word

6.3

2015

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A woman writes a blog about her experience with terminal cancer.

Cry Freedom

6.9

1987

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South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

A Sense of Freedom

6.9

1981

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The life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.