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Tag: based on memoir or autobiography

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My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals

Young Gerald explored his passion for the animal kingdom with...

Seal Morning

In 1930s England, an orphaned girl and her lovely aunt...

My American Cousin

My American Cousin

Sandy Wilcox is a pre-teen girl in rural 1950s British...

Cloudbusting

Cloudbusting

Shows William Reich and his young son Peter on top...

The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one...

Wild

Wild

A woman with a tragic past decides to start her...

Castaway

Castaway

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a...

Heartburn

Heartburn

Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine...

Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship...

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free...

Gorillas in the Mist

Gorillas in the Mist

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to...

Blaze

Blaze

A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young...

My Father's Glory

My Father's Glory

Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress...

We Bought a Zoo

We Bought a Zoo

Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to...

Soul Surfer

Soul Surfer

The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost...

For a Lost Soldier

For a Lost Soldier

In the occupied Netherlands near the end of WWII, a...

The Wife of Gegege

The Wife of Gegege

A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in...

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E....

An Education

An Education

Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a...

Departures

Departures

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and...

Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a...

Behind the Walls

Behind the Walls

A young runaway rejects society's condemnation and dares to fulfill...

The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters

The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced...

Romulus, My Father

Romulus, My Father

The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their...