Based On Memoir Or Autobiography Movies

Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.

The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.

An assistant director investigates the authenticity of a popular autobiographical novel being adapted into a movie.

Drama about an impoverished family, a widowed mother and her two sons, trying to get by.

A definitive film on music icon Cass Elliot's life, legacy, and the mother-daughter bond that shaped them both, rather than a traditional biopic on...

In 1974. Shogo was suddenly called back by his father, Haruo Yuge who was the leader of Hakusan-gumi in Wakayama. What awaited him was the crisis of...

From a very young age, Christian Haupt displays an uncanny knowledge of baseball and vivid memories of a past life as Lou Gehrig, the famous Yankee....

Set majorly Pamplona in 1965, follows the life of American writer Alan Jolis as he awakes to a vivid sensual world and grows up emotionally.

A small-town couple with big dreams of making their family complete must persevere through infertility and tragedy.

A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.

Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian moutain climber, escapes from a British POW camp in India and flees north across the Himalayan mountains into Tibet....

Adam Brown overcomes his addictions and trains to become an elite member of the SEAL Team Six.

A television adaptation of the memories of one of the first important Czech actors, Jindřich Mošna, about his difficult theatrical...

Set between 1980s rural Indiana and a Dominican reform school, a white sister and her adopted black brother fight oppression, prejudice, and rigid...

Based on the bestselling memoir - Yakuza Moon - by Shoko Tendo. The author stars as herself in the film adaptation of her tumultuous life as the...

Chronicles the life of Tony Volpentest, the quadruple congenital amputee who defied expectations to become one of the most accomplished Paralympic...

The true story of a teenager who became a world sensation, a love story with a broken heart, laughter, love, hope and tragedy, learning to live when...

Cosmetics saleswoman Kirsi Viilonen dreams of a career as a star artist. When Kirsi meets DJ and radio journalist Paula, she decides to give in...

A behind-the-scenes perspective on counterterrorism expert Erroll Southers’ career, which shaped by decades of experiences at the highest...

Brilliant and deeply troubled Jewish teenager Deborah Blau retreats into an elaborate kingdom she's constructed within her own mind. As Deborah loses...