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Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio
2017 ★ 7.9This drama reveals the difficult rise to fame of the Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera, from her past of abuse to success as a band leader. Topic: Television
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 ★ 7.2Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and
The Two-Headed Spy
1958 ★ 6.3Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated t
Testament of Youth
1979 ★ 7.8A dramatization of Vera Brittain's 1933 autobiography Testament of Youth—a memorial to a generation devastated by WWI—chronicles her experiences as a nurse in L
My Husband is a Cartoonist
2010 ★ 8.5The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura Nunoe, the wife of Gegege no Kitaro mangaka Mizuki Shigeru. The stor
Hearts of Citizens
2010 ★ 0.0It is an autobiography of Qi Junzao, the legendary politician, writer, calligraphist, from the age 17 to 70. It depicted his politicals fights in the late Qing
The Other Side of Heaven
2001 ★ 6.3John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during th
Chotchan
1987 ★ 0.0The 38th NHK Asadora. Based on the autobiography of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother. Chotchan is a 1987 television drama series that originally aired on the NHK bro
A Sense of Freedom
1985 ★ 6.5The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man. Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word overview of the film "A Sense of
The Children of Sanchez
1978 ★ 6.5Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lew
Toast
2010 ★ 6.6Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Ni
Plastic Hell
1997 ★ 0.0A stylized autobiography of the insides of a horror geek's brain and the dilemma of having a family, that would never want to be involved. Or silly exploitation
Hardcore
1977 ★ 3.8Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by Fiona herself!
The Captains: Still Kicking
2013 ★ 6.0Still Kicking: William Shatner and 'Christopher Plummer' is a one-hour television special that captures the memories and insights of these two icons. The settin
The Doris Day Show
1968 ★ 6.2The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five se
The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku
1989 ★ 6.3A semi-autobiography of Tezuka Osamu combined with a 30 minute science-fiction setting of Journey to the West. The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku is an anim
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989 ★ 3.7When young Roxanne Ulrich (Chynna Phillips) meets wealthy charmer Herbert Pulitzer (Perry King) and enters the scandal-ridden world of the rich and famous, her
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974 ★ 6.6In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. Sh
The Kid
2010 ★ 6.5Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life together agai
Cobb
1994 ★ 5.7Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, fe
It's the Heart That Dies Last
2017 ★ 6.8At 47, Julien is an eternal misfit with no real job. But now that he has published an autobiography recounting his childhood memories, a complicated relationshi
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010 ★ 5.2Augustine is a two-part, Italian-made mini-series about the influential theologian and church father St. Augustine of Hippo. The piece tells the story of his li
Testament of Youth
2015 ★ 7.3Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimon
Gorillas in the Mist
1988 ★ 7.0The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them. Drama History drama history