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Semi autobiographical movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant semi autobiographical movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out semi autobiographical, captivating, realistic, entertaining, semi serious and touching films and TV shows about / with family relations, coming of age, friendship, culture clash, father son relationship, love, childhood, relationships, cigarette smoking and biopic plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as semi autobiographical: Almost Famous (2000), Benjamin (2018), Feel Good (2020), Summer 1993 (2017), Never Cry Wolf (1983), America America (1963), Charlie's Country (2013), The Fabelmans (2022), The Fish Tale (2022), Meesaya Murukku (2017).
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List of semi autobiographical movies
313K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, teen, road movie, semi autobiographical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, journalism, rock and roll, rock music, on the road, musician, musician's life, music, rock, fame, manic pixie dream girl, road trip ...
Time:
70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
california, new york, san francisco, phoenix arizona, seattle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A promising young filmmaker is thrown into emotional disarray over the impending release of his second feature, when he is introduced to a magnetic French musician called Noah.
Style:
sexy, semi autobiographical, psychological, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lgbtq, gay interest, gay, gay relationship, gay couple, gay love, gay subtext, male full rear nudity, kinky sex, lgbt, gay lead character, sex talk ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
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15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 315 min.
TV show
Story:
Recovering addict and comedian Mae tries to control the addictive behaviors and intense romanticism that permeate every facet of her life. Life is further complicated by a new and all-consuming relationship with her new girlfriend George.
Style:
romantic, witty, semi autobiographical, sensual, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian friend, lesbian romance, addiction, female comedian, comedian, lesbian lover, lesbian attraction, tomboy ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
Style:
semi autobiographical, sincere, serious, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, toddlers
Plot:
childhood trauma, death of mother, orphan, loss, loss of mother, little girl, summer, childhood, mother daughter relationship, farmhouse, uncle, countryside ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
spain, mediterranean sea, barcelona, catalonia, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This film dramatizes the true story of Farley Mowat, when he was sent to the Canadian tundra area to collect evidence of the grievous harm the wolf population was allegedly doing to the caribou herds. In his struggle to survive in that difficult ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, scenic, philosophical, anthropological, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
wilderness, nature, wolf, mountain, scientist, arctic, camping, snow, voice over narration, skinny dipping, environment, dog ...
Time:
year 1983, 1940s, 80s, 1930s
Place:
alaska, usa, canada
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America
Style:
semi autobiographical, aesthetic, existential, social, road movie ...
Plot:
greek, immigration, immigrant, emigration, migration, armenian genocide, american dream, boat, journey, determination, dream, narration ...
Time:
19th century, year 1963, 1890s, 20th century
Place:
greece, ottoman empire, new york, istanbul turkey, middle east ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's ...
Style:
thought provoking, semi autobiographical, realistic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
racism, culture clash, introspection, against the rules, society, elderly, escapades, social misfits, wilderness, indigenous people, self discovery, alienation ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, tasmania
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133K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story about a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves.
Style:
semi autobiographical, dramatic, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, coming of age, teenage boy, bullying, childhood, relationships, filmmaker, autobiography, boy, anti semitism, filmmaking, life ...
Time:
2020s, year 1957, 20th century, year 1965, year 1963 ...
Place:
arizona, northern california, new jersey, california, north america ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
"Meebo" is an elementary school student and loves fish. His life is indeed "fish-a-holic". Meebo stares at the fish, draws the fish and eat the fish every day. His father worries that he is a little different from other children ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dramatic ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, fish, childhood, family drama, social relations, relationships, school, high school student, bandit, schoolboy, neighbor, father son relationship ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A passionate youngster who dreams of making it in the music industry is on the verge of losing his love. What will happen to his career and romance?
Style:
semi autobiographical, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
hip hop, struggle, ambition, college life, dream, coming of age, college campus, young adult, musician's life, romantic relationship, relationships, music ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Is relevant?
124K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A Korean-American family moves to Arkansas in search of their own American Dream. With the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother, the stability of their relationships is challenged even more in this new life in the ...
Style:
sad, period piece, semi autobiographical, independent film, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
korean american, husband wife relationship, farmer, food, friendship, grandmother grandson relationship, farm, pain, heart condition, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, 2020s, future
Place:
arkansas, east asia, oklahoma city, nebraska
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. Launched at full speed ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, thrilling, psychological, captivating, interesting
Plot:
aids, drug addiction, drug overdose, theater, audition, drug addict, theatre play, young couple, young lovers, couples, slice of life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
paris france, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: India, France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A 9-year-old boy in a remote village in India begins a lifelong love affair with cinema when he bribes his way into a rundown movie palace and spends a Summer watching movies from the projection booth.
Style:
gujarati, semi autobiographical, captivating, disturbing, entertaining ...
Plot:
follow your dream, aspiration, direction and purpose, daydreamer, actor's life, ambitious, actor, desire for fame, dream, ambition, dream come true, father ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
With the oppressive climate of 1970s South Africa as the backdrop, this erotic biopic tells the story of Glenda Kemp (playing herself), a former Sunday school teacher who becomes an exotic dancer -- and provocatively shares the stage with a python. ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, erotic, historical drama, period piece
Plot:
python, snake, stripper, controversy, biopic, exotic dancer, sex scandal, entrapment, taboo, female sexuality, performance art, media frenzy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south africa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
Style:
sentimental, sexy, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
bipolar disorder, mental illness, father daughter relationship, mental disorder, mental health, absent mother, parents and children, illness, poverty, husband wife relationship, youth, trust ...
Time:
year 2014, future, 60s, year 1967, year 1978 ...
Place:
boston, usa, new york, new england, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
British writer/director John Boorman (The Emerald Forest) draws us into an astonishing and exhilarating portrait of his own childhood, set against the terrors of a London torn apart by the onset of WWII. Seven-year-old Billy Rohan (Sebastian Rice ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, wartime, childhood, children in wartime, war, boy, youth, wartime life, coming of age, air raid, premarital sex, toy soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1939, year 1987
Place:
england, london, europe, big ben london, britain
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, melancholic, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, african american, black, child's point of view, family relations, school, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, tokyo, africa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual ...
Style:
funny, semi autobiographical, realistic, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
coming of age, jewish family, dysfunctional family, great depression, past, stage play, little boy, boy, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, gambling ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1937
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his ...
Style:
surreal, cerebral, captivating, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
music, workaholic, showbiz, jazz, theater, death, dancing, filmmaking, heart disease, price of fame, father daughter relationship, divorce ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Is relevant?
348K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, rap, follow your dream, musician, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, street gang, musician's life, trailer park ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, year 1995, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, los angeles, america, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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 camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
Style:
sexy, humorous, clever, offbeat, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, strong female character, prison life, prison, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian interest, women's prison, women in prison, lesbian love, lesbian romance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york state, idaho, usa, new york
Is relevant?
95
Genre: Animation, Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Sammy is an American animated television series that aired from August 8 until August 15, 2000.
Style:
adult animation, semi autobiographical, parody, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot:
father son relationship, hollywood, dysfunctional family, parent child relationship, family relations, tv star, comedian, absent father, actor, agent, pop culture, showbiz ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
In Texas, Mo straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and a pending asylum request while hustling to support his Palestinian family.
Style:
humorous, semi autobiographical, funny, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
culture, sister, citizenship, love, life, brother, refugee, cultural difference, culture clash, fight, autobiography, identity crisis ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Quite by accident, a film director arrives in town a day early. With time to kill before his lecture, he stops by a restored palace and meets a fledgling artist. She’s never seen any of his films, but knows he’s famous. They talk, they go to her ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, disturbing, psychological, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
marriage proposal, cafe, movie business, repeated scene, adulterer, male female relationship, couple relations, love story, in love, couples, love affair, romantic relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mixing fiction and reality, filmmaker Mark Webber tells the story of a man who returns home from prison and attempts to rebuild his life in his impoverished Philadelphia neighborhood.
Style:
semi autobiographical, disturbing, psychological, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
father son relationship, addiction, character study, substance abuse, realism, family drama, family problems, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, parents and children, politician, political activism ...
Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
1880, Buenos Aires. In a lost pension, a journalist interviews one of the last living men who crossed the Andes with San Martín. Manuel Esteban Corvalan was 15 years old then, and literacy was one of his secretaries.Your account will allow us to ...
Style:
exciting, serious, semi autobiographical, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
revolution, fight for freedom, national hero, war for independence, independence, moral dilemma, father son relationship, teenager, leaving home, inheritance, american history, military ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, 1880s
Place:
andes mountains, chile, argentina, spain, south america
Is relevant?
357
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A story of passion, rivalry, love, and friendship. Jan Banas, acclaimed Silesian football player of the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to makes his dreams come true on and off the field. Stars is the story of a great love between young people torn by ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, semi autobiographical, serious
Plot:
football player, love triangle, friendship, infidelity, money, ambition, rise to the top, dream, football, sex scene, biopic, naked breasts ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 70s
Place:
west germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
.A countdown of the greatest superstars in WWE History. From Hulk Hogan to Randy Savage to The Rock to John Cena enjoy an experience down memory lane for long-time fans, and a new experience for new fans of WWE.
Style:
semi autobiographical, entertaining, semi serious, disturbing
Plot:
legacy, legend, champion, wrestling, dream, title bout, king, giant, boxing, combat, fan, professional wrestling ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
florida
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story:
From Netflix: Jesús Juárez overcomes his childhood as an orphan to become a Robin Hood like hero During the Mexican Revolution, but can't forget his first love - Isabel.
Style:
semi autobiographical, captivating, tense, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
bandit, biopic, mexican revolution, lifestyle, criminal, social problems, gang member, gang, criminal gang, heroism, justice, folk hero ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 37 min.
TV show
Story:
A world-famous comedian desperately searches for a way out after a night in Philadelphia with his brother threatens to sabotage more than his success.
Style:
suspense, semi autobiographical, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
comedian, famous, gang, family problems, brother brother relationship, stand up comedian, brothers, life is a bitch, relationship vs career, celebrity, criminal, ex convict ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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