Based On Memoir Or Autobiography
"based on memoir or autobiography" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Priscilla
Synopsis:
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
Starring:
Jacob Elordi,
Cailee Spaeny,
Dagmara Domińczyk
#2
The Wild Child
Synopsis:
In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development was hindered by lack of contact with society. He brings the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years.
Starring:
Claude Miller,
François Truffaut,
Jean Dasté
Plot:
education,
countryside,
child nudity,
doctor,
feral child,
alphabet letter,
1790s,
milk,
timeframe 1790s,
runaway child
...
#3
The Pianist
Synopsis:
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Starring:
Adrien Brody,
Thomas Kretschmann,
Ed Stoppard
#4
The Hurricane
Synopsis:
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
David Paymer,
Clancy Brown
#5
The Diary of Anne Frank
Synopsis:
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Starring:
Ed Wynn,
Shelley Winters,
Lou Jacobi
#6
The Basketball Diaries
Synopsis:
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
Michael Imperioli,
Ernie Hudson
#7
Seven Years in Tibet
Synopsis:
Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
Starring:
Brad Pitt,
BD Wong,
David Thewlis
#8
Papillon
Synopsis:
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman,
Anthony Zerbe,
Steve McQueen
#9
Out of Africa
Synopsis:
Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.
Starring:
Michael Gough,
Robert Redford,
Meryl Streep
Plot:
africa,
tribal chief,
kenya,
coffee plantation,
adventurer,
colonial africa,
colonialism,
1910s,
lion,
based on book
...
#10
Malcolm X
Synopsis:
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Theresa Randle,
Angela Bassett
#11
Girl, Interrupted
Synopsis:
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belo…
Starring:
Brittany Murphy,
Winona Ryder,
Jared Leto
#12
Born on the Fourth of July
Synopsis:
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Starring:
Mark Moses,
Vivica A. Fox,
Tom Cruise
Plot:
drunkenness,
desert,
bar,
1970s,
1950s,
1960s,
religious mother,
crying,
crying man,
vietnam war veteran
...
#13
Maid
Synopsis:
After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.
Starring:
Billy Burke,
Margaret Qualley,
Anika Noni Rose
Plot:
homelessness,
domestic drama,
mother,
poverty,
tv mini series,
work,
child,
memory,
father,
dramedy
...