Keyword: based on memoir or autobiography

Bound for Glory

7.4

1976

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

Coming Out of the Ice

6.5

1982

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Victor and his family moved to the USSR in the mid 30s. When he refused to sign his skydiving accomplishment as a citizen of the USSR, he was not tried but simply sent to prison. His horrific imprisonment, beating and torture culminated with his being sent to the Gulag for many years. He was in the Soviet Union, according to the film, for a total of 45 years.

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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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.

My Family and Other Animals

7.5

2005

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

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.

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.

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.

Quartet

6.4

1981

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Marya Zelli finds herself penniless after her art dealer husband, Stephan, is convicted of theft. Marya accepts the hospitality of a strange couple, H.J. and Lois Heidler, who lets her live in their house.

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.

Playing for Time

7.7

1980

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Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.