Act One
1963 ★ 6.3This autobiographical story traces the career of playwright Moss Hart. Moss struggles as a dramatic writer until he concentrates his efforts on writing comedy.
The Pianist
2002 ★ 8.4The 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,
Black Bird
2022 ★ 8.1As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be free
Here Is Your Life
1966 ★ 7.1A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future. Topic: Film "Here Is
The Man Who Loved Women
1977 ★ 7.1At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself w
The Swing
1994 ★ 5.0The second film by Kyrgyzstani director Aktan Arym Kubat (then credited by his Russian name Aktan Abdykalykov), it is the first of his autobiographical Kurak ("
Paris-Brest
2020 ★ 6.7Colin returns to Brest to discover that the petty theft he committed five years previously allowed his opportunistic parents to place his grandmother, Manou, in
Stranded
1965 ★ 6.7Compton's first feature was the autobiographical Stranded, which she wrote, directed, starred in, self-financed and distributed. Released in 1965, the film sha
Once in Paris...
1978 ★ 7.3A subtle, down-to-earth and autobiographical depiction of an American screenwriter in Paris who befriends his chauffeur and has an affair with a British aristoc
Behind the Candelabra
2013 ★ 6.6Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted. Drama Roma
Colette
2018 ★ 6.9After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the in
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951 ★ 7.0Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa stars as
Confessions of a Fool
1976 ★ 5.0Based on August Strindberg’s autobiographical novel about his marriage to Siri von Essen. She was married when she met him, but abandoned her husband, became St
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
1985 ★ 7.3An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China. Drama
Das Boot
1985 ★ 8.6Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, Das Boot follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen
Out of Africa
1985 ★ 7.2Tells the life story 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
Bad Education
2004 ★ 7.4When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a
The Lover
1992 ★ 7.0A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and s
The Stories
2026 ★ 5.5The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Cl
Rochelle Aytes
Rochelle Aytes (born May 17, 1976) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as April Malloy on ABC's drama series Mistresses, and as the