Keyword: based on memoir or autobiography

Somebody Up There Likes Me

7.7

1956

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Boxer Rocky Grazianos biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

7.3

2002

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84 Charing Cross Road

7.5

1987

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True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.

Book of Love

6.1

1990

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A reminiscence of youth in the 1950s.

My Family and Other Animals

7.5

2005

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An English family relocates to sunny Greece four years before WWII.

Blaze

5.9

1989

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A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.

Room for One More

7.2

1952

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New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose become foster parents to several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.

An Angel at My Table

7.6

1990

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Janet Frame was a brilliant child who, as a teen, was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Explore Janets discovery of the world and her life in Europe as her books are published to acclaim.

Waffle Street

6.2

2015

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After being fired as VP in a big mortgage fund (fall guy), Jim decides on a complete change and starts work at a 24/7 diner.

Ring of Bright Water

7.1

1969

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Stuck in a dead-end job Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Adventures ensue.

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

6.5

1968

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The eleven members of the Bower family move to Dakota Territory.

The Bromley Boys

6.3

2018

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The true story of Sports Greatest Underdog.