Based On Memoir Or Autobiography Movies

  • 1970
    Night People

    Night People

    Night People

    01970HD

    Based on Oscar- and Grammy-winning DJ Mark Ronson's memoir Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s New York City; plot TBA.

    Night People
  • 1996
    The One That Got Away

    The One That Got Away

    The One That Got Away

    6.41996HD

    The existence of the anti-Iraq coalition was threatened when Saddam targetted Israel. In order to keep Israel out of the war, and the coalition...

    The One That Got Away
  • 1970
    My Life with Him (Che)

    My Life with Him (Che)

    My Life with Him (Che)

    01970HD

    In the 1950s, young revolutionary Ernesto Guevara meets Peruvian economist, intellectual and activist Hilda Gadea, whose sharp political vision and...

    My Life with Him (Che)
  • 1975
    Katie Tippel

    Katie Tippel

    Katie Tippel

    6.31975HD

    In the late 19th-century, the Tippel family moves to rural Stavoren in search of greener pastures. However, their dreams are quickly shattered, as...

    Katie Tippel
  • 2019
    St. Louis

    St. Louis

    St. Louis

    72019HD

    Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last hope of salvation for more than nine hundred...

    St. Louis
  • 2026
    Borges and Me

    Borges and Me

    Borges and Me

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    Jay Parini finds himself stuck in a Morris Minor, chauffeuring the brilliant, blind Jorge Luis Borges through Scotland. Quiet and conservative,...

    Borges and Me
  • 1982
    Coming Out of the Ice

    Coming Out of the Ice

    Coming Out of the Ice

    6.81982HD

    A biographical film about Victor Herman, based on the memoir of the same name.

    Coming Out of the Ice
  • 2008
    Behind the Walls

    Behind the Walls

    Behind the Walls

    6.12008HD

    A young runaway rejects society's condemnation and dares to fulfill his dreams. France, 1930s. 14-year-old orphan Yves Tréguier sees the world...

    Behind the Walls
  • 1970
    Untitled George Clinton Biopic

    Untitled George Clinton Biopic

    Untitled George Clinton Biopic

    01970HD

    Based on Clinton’s memoir, Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You?, it is the untold story of influential...

    Untitled George Clinton Biopic
  • 1970
    Urho – Between the Hammer and the Sickle

    Urho – Between the Hammer and the Sickle

    Urho – Between the Hammer and the Sickle

    01970HD

    In 1975, Finnish President Urho Kekkonen became an internationally recognized expert on bridging the East with the West by hosting the...

    Urho – Between the Hammer and the Sickle
  • 1948
    The Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain

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    The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to...

    The Iron Curtain
  • 2025
    Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story

    Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story

    Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story

    72025HD

    It’s Chicago in the 1980s and ‘90s, and Kevin Matthews has it all as one of the nation’s most recognized on-air radio...

    Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story
  • 1970
    Sharon and My Mother-in-Law

    Sharon and My Mother-in-Law

    Sharon and My Mother-in-Law

    01970HD

    An account of a young Palestinian woman living in the West Bank from the early 1980s up until 2003, including a period when her mother-in-law moved...

    Sharon and My Mother-in-Law
  • 2015
    The C-Word

    The C-Word

    The C-Word

    5.32015HD

    The C Word is an adaptation of Lisa Lynch's inspiring and candid book, based on her blog, about her battle with cancer.

    The C-Word
  • 2015
    Waffle Street

    Waffle Street

    Waffle Street

    6.12015HD

    The true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the...

    Waffle Street
  • 1997
    Two Came Back

    Two Came Back

    Two Came Back

    4.11997HD

    A nomadic young woman and other crew members struggle to survive aboard a delivery vessel caught in a violent storm.

    Two Came Back
  • 1998
    Point Last Seen

    Point Last Seen

    Point Last Seen

    71998HD

    After Rachel Myles' abusive ex-husband vanishes with their children, she takes refuge in the solitude of the desert, where she makes a new career as...

    Point Last Seen
  • 2017
    Against the Law

    Against the Law

    Against the Law

    6.82017HD

    United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and...

    Against the Law
  • 2010
    The Wife of Gegege

    The Wife of Gegege

    The Wife of Gegege

    02010HD

    A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.

    The Wife of Gegege
  • 1985
    My American Cousin

    My American Cousin

    My American Cousin

    6.41985HD

    Sandy Wilcox is a pre-teen girl in rural 1950s British Columbia whose longing to be treated as an adult is roused even further when her older...

    My American Cousin