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23 results for “based on memoir or autobiography”

Point Last Seen

1998 ★ 7.0

After Rachel Myles' abusive ex-husband vanishes with their children, she takes refuge in the solitude of the desert, where she makes a new career as a search-an

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Tab Hunter Confidential

2015 ★ 7.2

Throughout 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

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A Sense of Freedom

1985 ★ 6.5

The 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

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The Other Side of Heaven

2001 ★ 6.3

John 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

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The Truce

1997 ★ 6.1

After the liberation of Auschwitz, an Italian prisoner of War begins a torturous voyage home to Turin, through a Europe caught between war and peace. Task: Writ

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Blaze

2018 ★ 6.3

Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw country movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelso

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Cross Creek

1983 ★ 6.6

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors,

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J.T. LeRoy

2019 ★ 5.5

A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law. Top

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An Angel at My Table

1990 ★ 7.0

Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and

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My Family and Other Animals

2005 ★ 6.4

Escaping the dreary wet weather of 1930s England, an eccentric family uproot and ship themselves to the sunnier climes of the Greek island of Corfu. Topic: Film

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Sod and Stubble

2025 ★ 5.5

The adventures and adversities of a family pioneering on the plains of Kansas. Based on the best-selling biography by John Ise. Topic: Film "Sod and Stubble" (2

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Kensuke's Kingdom

2024 ★ 7.2

A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a r

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Orange Is the New Black

2013 ★ 7.7

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camarad

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A Rose in Winter

2019 ★ 6.0

The true story of Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher and feminist who converted to Christianity and became a nun, and died in Auschwitz to became Saint an

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Born Free

1966 ★ 6.8

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off

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A Million Little Pieces

2019 ★ 6.2

A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota. Topic: Film "A Mil

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Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly on My Head

2018 ★ 7.1

An Italian magistrate leads a crusade against organized crime which ultimately costs him his life in this biopic told through his daughter's eyes. Rocco Chinnic

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Two Came Back

1997 ★ 4.1

A nomadic young woman and other crew members struggle to survive aboard a delivery vessel caught in a violent storm. Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 wor

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Life Itself

2014 ★ 7.5

The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulit

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Class of '44

1973 ★ 6.5

During the last years of World War II, Hermie, Oscy, and Benjie are coming of age. They went their separate ways when they graduated from high school in 1944. B

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In Like Flynn

2018 ★ 4.9

A mostly true account of future Hollywood star Errol Flynn's sea adventures in the early thirties, sailing from Australia to Papua in search of gold, along with

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Ring of Bright Water

1969 ★ 5.8

Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Together they set out to explo

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Room for One More

1952 ★ 6.5

Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she

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