Autobiography movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant autobiography movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, thought provoking, touching, inspirational and humorous films and TV shows about / with autobiography, biopic, family relations, female nudity, bare chested male, flashback, lifestyle, father son relationship, death and coming of age plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as autobiography: The Railway Man (2013), Julieta (2016), Blue (1993), Molly's Game (2017), Dangal (2016), Torrey Pines (2016), Burn After Reading (2008), Young Rock (2021), Antwone Fisher (2002), 700 Sundays (2014).

List of autobiography movies

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The Railway Man (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Switzerland, UK, Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Style: intense, emotional, captivating, inspirational, romantic ...
Plot: world war two, war, torture, autobiography, biopic, prison, life is a bitch, human spirit, wartime life, haunted by the past, revenge, captivity ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1942
Place: burma, england, asia, thailand
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 7.1
 34K
Julieta (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
Style: emotional, melancholic, sentimental, art house, thought provoking ...
Plot: mother daughter relationship, childhood, mother daughter estrangement, loneliness, depression, sex, death of husband, female nudity, guilt, family drama, psychology, autobiography ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 80s, 90s
Place: spain, galicia, switzerland, madrid, portugal
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The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street (2016)
Genre: Biography
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story: The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of Czech New Wave.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, touching, suspense, captivating
Plot: autobiography, filmmaker, female nudity, emigration, narcissism, filmmaking, delusion, biopic, selfish man, hypocritical man, award, egocentrism ...
Time: year 1974, year 1968, 70s, 60s, 90s
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 7.3
 3K
Blue (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, underground film, experimental ...
Plot: aids, storytelling, death, autobiography, terminal illness, gender, church, infidelity, hiv, lgbt, private detective, underground ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, asia
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 7.4
 186K
Molly's Game (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Style: inspirational, smart, freeze frame, psychological, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: poker, trial, gambling, female protagonist, lawyer, father daughter relationship, court, card playing, fbi, woman, strong female lead, mafia ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, 2000s
Place: new york, los angeles, colorado, manhattan new york city
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 8.3
 209K
Dangal (2016)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.
Style: inspirational, intense, atmospheric, lyrical, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wrestler, small town, female empowerment, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, olympics, biopic, indians, great ending, mentor, life philosophy, determination ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, 2000s
Place: india
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 7.5
 39
Torrey Pines (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Torrey Pines is a stop-motion animated feature film by director Clyde Petersen. Based on a true story, the film is a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in Southern California in the early 1990's. Raised by a schizophrenic single ...
Style: serious, sincere, contemplative, captivating
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, schizophrenia, road trip, paranoia, autobiography, hallucination, lgbtqi, desire for fame, gay interest, mother child relationship, psychosis ...
Time: 90s
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Burn After Reading (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of Linda Litzke and Chad Feldheimer, the two gym employees see a chance to make enough money for her to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of ...
Style: dark comedy, funny, black comedy, absurd, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: stupidity, espionage, paranoia, farce, divorce, infidelity, spy, gym, violence, online dating, great ending, ambition ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, virginia, persia, america ...
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Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, dramatic
Plot: woman, family relations, autobiography, poetry, parents and children, poet, festival, travel, parents, travel and leisure
Time: 2010s
Place: persia
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 8.1
 30K
Young Rock (2021)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: As Dwayne Johnson runs for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life through the outrageous stories of his family and youth that shaped him into the man he is today. He explores his childhood years living amid ...
Style: funny, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining
Plot: wrestling, childhood, autobiography, actor's life, actor, rising to stardom, grownups, adolescence vs adulthood, desire for fame, lifestyle, black cast, muscleman ...
Time: 80s, 2030s, 90s, 20th century, future ...
Place: polynesia
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Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The disturbing true-story of Lisa McVey, who was abducted in 1984 but later released by her abuser, only to have people question her story.
Style: suspense, rough, suspenseful, touching, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, true crime, abduction, child abduction, kidnapped, rape, psychopath, kidnapped girl, autobiography, homicidal maniac, homicide detective ...
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 7.3
 38K
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot: psychiatrist, redemption, african american, child abuse, family reunited, u.s. navy, human spirit, honest, black, justice, survival, transformation ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, mexico, san diego california, cleveland ohio
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 8.3
 1K
700 Sundays (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 700 Sundays, legendary comedian and actor Billy Crystal tells the stories of his youth, growing up in the jazz world of Manhattan, his teenage years, and finally adulthood. The Tony Award-winning show is a funny and poignant exploration of family ...
Style: humorous, talky, realistic, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: actor's life, artists and showbiz, stand up comedian, childhood, showbiz, coming of age, youth, parents and children, autobiography, performer's life, biopic, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.2
 2K
Step by Step (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After a serious sport accident in a swimming pool, Ben, now an incomplete quadriplegic, arrives in a rehabilitation center. He meets with other handicapped persons (tetraplegics, paraplegics, traumatized crania), all victims of accidents, as well as ...
Style: touching, psychological, humorous, unusual plot structure, thought provoking
Plot: friendship, paraplegic, disabled person, autobiography, rehabilitation center, suicide attempt, doctor, re-education, disability, parents, brain injury, hospital ...
Time: 90s, year 2016
Place: france
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 7.3
 14K
Desert Flower (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Austria, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: supermodel, immigrant, life is a bitch, fighting the system, injustice, feminism, model, fashion, un, homelessness, female protagonist, circumcision ...
Time: year 2009, year 1997, 60s, 21st century
Place: somalia, africa, indiana, europe, london ...
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 5.9
 25K
All Eyez on Me (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against ...
Style: hood, factual, captivating, thought provoking, enigmatic ...
Plot: rapper, hip hop, african american, biopic, record company, black, music industry, murder, autobiography, police brutality, prison, interview ...
Time: 20th century, year 2017
Place: harlem, usa, california, baltimore, new york ...
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 5.6
 209
Lisa (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called "Princess Marushka", filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover the mystery behind Sylvain's disappearance, ...
Style: captivating, sincere, realistic, serious
Plot: world war two, secret, betrayal, cross cultural relations, anti semitism, murder, filmmaking, death, autobiography, love affair, girl, filmmaker ...
Time: 1930s
Place: france
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 735
Changing Ends (2023)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: An autobiographical scripted comedy based on stand-up and presenter Alan Carr's life.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Plot: gay teenager, family relations, autobiography, parents, small town, adolescence, teenager, small town life, teenage boy, life, gay, homosexuality ...
Time: 80s
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Last King of the Cross (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: Inspired by John Ibrahim's best-selling autobiography, this series is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power. The story tracks John Ibrahim's rise from a ...
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, dramatic, suspenseful
Plot: gangster, autobiography, female nudity, city, brother, police, money, bandit, gunfight, brothers, extortion, heroin ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: sydney australia, australia
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Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: Spain, Cuba, UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Yuli is the nickname given to Carlos Acosta by his father, Pedro, who considers him the son of Ogun, an African god and a fighter. As a child Yuli avoids discipline and education, learning from the streets of an impoverished and abandoned Havana. ...
Style: thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational
Plot: dancing, ballet school, autobiography, little boy, emigration, father son relationship, dance school, ballet, historical figure, career, ambitious man, society ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 90s, 80s
Place: cuba, london
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Pilules Bleues (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The shy comic book writer JB meets the newly divorced young mother Laura at a party. Love magic rises. But Laura and her son Oscar are both HIV positive.
Style: light, tense, contemplative, humorous, unusual plot structure
Plot: child, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, single mother, autobiography, love, pills, hiv positive, mother son relationship, superhero, comic book, hiv, doctor ...
Time: 2000s
Is relevant ?
 4.9
 295
Nude (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After graduating from high school, young Hiromi moves from Niigata to Tokyo to pursue her dreams of becoming an actress. She first starts out in the adult film industry under the stage name of Mihiro...
Style: disturbing, captivating, crying
Plot: porn actress, porn industry, model, autobiography, japanese woman, porn star, sexual content, lifestyle, social problems, sex worker, porn, pink film ...
Place: tokyo
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What War May Bring (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.
Style: captivating, emotional, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, strong female presence, haunted by the past, concentration camp, saving a life, accused of murder, autobiography, saved from execution, american soldier, nazi, nazi officer ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place: france, paris france
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Fleisch ist mein Gem?se (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, romantic, offbeat ...
Plot: singer, music band, musician's life, alcohol abuse, virgin, family reunited, shyness, coming of age, music, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, youth ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: hamburg germany, germany, europe
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 122
Love Me Do (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A director decides to make a film about an old friend, musician, who died from drugs years ago and became known to the general public after his death. The present and the past confused in the mind of the director and the influences in his work.
Style: captivating
Plot: musician, autobiography, rock singer, producer, celebrity, cultural icon, car bomb, symbolism, star, camera, belch
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The Life of Reilly (2006)
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Charles Nelson Reilly's biographic one-man play.
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, clever ...
Plot: ambition, prodigy, introspection, lifestyle, against the odds, gays and lesbians, artists and showbiz, actor's life, dysfunctional family, showbiz, television, autobiography ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a ...
Style: dramatic, inspirational, philosophical, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: buddhism, beautiful scenery, expedition, mountain, world war two, biopic, wanderlust, travel, friendship, culture clash, survival, self discovery ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 90s, year 1997
Place: tibet, himalaya, austria, chile, asia ...
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 808
First Light (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: In May 1940, feeling the RAF needs every man to fight to Luftwaffe, Geoffrey 'Geoff'/'Boy' Wellum joins at 18, becoming the youngest ever Spitfire pilot. After an intense training, he soon bonds with the flying men of his ...
Style: thrilling, captivating
Plot: world war two, aviation, fighter pilot, aerial combat, luftwaffe, world war, royal air force, autobiography, pilot, military aviation, air force base, war ...
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 242
Mumu (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He's a kid badly loved, mischievous and specializes in silly things to do. He is sent to a small boarding school in a small ...
Style: touching, humorous, realistic, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot: boarding school, hardcase students, boarding school life, children, childhood, teachers and students, mischievous children, rebellion, youth, family relations, disorder, power relations ...
Time: 1940s, 21st century
Place: europe, france
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 6.5
 8K
The Truth (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Japan, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: family relations, mother, redemption, couples, autobiography, adaptation, family problems, love, teenage girl, youth, mother daughter conflict, film set ...
Place: paris france, france
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