Keyword: based on memoir or autobiography

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

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2002

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A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.

The Other Side of Heaven

6.5

2001

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John Groberg, a farm kid from Idaho Falls, crosses an ocean to become a missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan islands during the 1950s.

J.T. LeRoy

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2018

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A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.

Never Cry Wolf

7.6

1983

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A government researcher, sent to research the menace of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species.

The Wild Child

7.5

1970

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In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.

Lady Sings the Blues

7.2

1972

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The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.

All Creatures Great and Small

6.7

1975

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The story of a young veterinarians apprenticeship to a somewhat eccentric older vet in the English countryside, and the young mans hesitating courtship of the daughter of a local farmer.

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

6.7

2017

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A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.

Romulus, My Father

6.7

2007

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It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

Same Kind of Different as Me

6.5

2017

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International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.

Bound for Glory

7.4

1976

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The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.

In Like Flynn

5.2

2018

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The adventurous life of young Errol Flynn in Australia before he became a famous Hollywood actor.