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, emotional, psychological and inspirational films and TV shows about / with autobiography, biopic, childhood, female nudity, husband wife relationship, family drama, coming of age, storytelling, hospital and bare chested male 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), Adventures of a Mathematician (2020), Noble Farmer (2023), Torrey Pines (2016), A Golden Boy (2014), Antwone Fisher (2002), The Fabelmans (2022), The Story of Piera (1983), Molly's Game (2017), Blue (1993).
Best films
List of autobiography movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Switzerland, Australia, Thailand
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:
inspirational, emotional, epic, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, war, world war two, japanese soldier, autobiography, biopic, japanese occupation, prison, life is a bitch, human spirit, haunted by the past, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1942
Place:
burma, england, asia, thailand, japan
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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, suspenseful, rough, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, abduction, kidnapped, true crime, rape, child abduction, psychopath, kidnapped girl, autobiography, homicide detective, homicidal maniac ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Poland, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
Style:
suspense, sentimental, suspenseful
Plot:
autobiography, nuclear, friendship, world war two, scientist, college professor, family relations, war, vengeance, mathematician, desert, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
harvard university, new mexico
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Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 4 min.
TV show
Story:
Before becoming a manga artist, Hiromu Arakawa spent seven years working as a farmer in Hokkaido. Well acquainted with the many emotions that are part and parcel of agricultural work, she captures the harsh realities of Japanese dairy farming while ...
Style:
humorous, anime, exciting, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
slice of life, autobiography, farming, farm, girl, farmhouse, family farm, farmer, children, little girl, cattle ranch, childhood ...
Place:
hokkaido
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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, surreal ...
Plot:
coming of age, schizophrenia, autobiography, road trip, hallucination, mother child relationship, dysfunctional family, paranoia, mental illness, family drama, stop motion, lgbtq ...
Time:
90s
Place:
southern california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young copywriter moves to Rome in the wake of his screenwriter father's death, where he meets a publisher who wants to release his dad's autobiography.
Style:
melancholic, depressing, sad, bad ending, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
male protagonist, autobiography, father son relationship, loss of father, unfulfilled love, mental disorder, book, femme fatale, old woman, grief, identity, coming of age ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
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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:
thought provoking, inspirational, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
redemption, african american, psychiatrist, child abuse, destiny, family reunited, hopes, u.s. navy, human spirit, loneliness, changing lives, therapist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, mexico, san diego california, cleveland ohio, africa ...
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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, Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This sometimes confusing erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti though it focuses more on her mother Eugenia.
Style:
erotic, independent film, neorealism, psycho sexual, grotesque
Plot:
incest, making love, lesbian lover, mother daughter incest, forbidden sex, female pubic hair, medea, female nudity, autobiography, sex with mother, sex scene, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1983, 60s, 80s, 70s
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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, female nudity, filmmaker, emigration, narcissism, filmmaking, delusion, biopic, egoism, murder, award, hypocritical man ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 60s, year 1974, year 1968
Place:
prague, cannes
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202K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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:
freeze frame, art house, social, thought provoking, political ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
poker, trial, gambling, father daughter relationship, lawyer, female protagonist, court, card playing, strong female lead, woman, illegal gambling, fbi ...
Time:
year 2017, future, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
new york, colorado, los angeles, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography
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:
private detective, storytelling, death, autobiography, terminal illness, lgbt, gender, church, infidelity, underground, eyesight, lgbtqi ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Heironymus Merkin screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth and moral decay.
Style:
erotic, meta, surreal, absurd, allegory ...
Plot:
autobiography, showbiz, satire, midlife crisis, surrealism, sexuality, morality, promiscuity, temptation, experimental narrative, identity crisis, celebrity ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
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239K
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, lyrical, atmospheric, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, wrestler, female empowerment, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, indians, great ending, olympics, biopic, life philosophy, mentor, determination ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 2000s
Place:
india, delhi, israel
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
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, black comedy, funny, cynical, absurd ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
stupidity, espionage, satire, paranoia, farce, divorce, gym, dark humor, infidelity, internet dating, online dating, sarcasm ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, virginia, persia, america ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, lions and jaguars while living among the poplar trees of the boundless Po valley. A harsh life that is a fairy tale too, as a lonely and marginalized ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, semi autobiographical, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
poverty, painter, isolation, autobiography, world war two, biopic, hiding place, alienation, painting, loneliness, character study, identity ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Biography
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Based on the journey of the legendary Telugu actor, filmmaker and ex-Chief Minister Late Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
autobiography, journey, biopic, heroes, director, actor, travel, cultural icon, actor's life, tribute, film industry, ambition ...
Place:
india
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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, multicultural, intercultural, dramatic, exciting ...
Plot:
poetry, poet, festival, travel, woman, family relations, autobiography, self discovery, inheritance, identity, persian culture, travel and leisure ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, iran
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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, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating
Plot:
wrestling, childhood, actor's life, autobiography, actor, rising to stardom, desire for fame, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, grownups, black cast, muscleman ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 80s, 2030s ...
Place:
polynesia
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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:
melancholic, sexual, erotic, sentimental, colorful ...
Plot:
loneliness, guilt, childhood, sex, mother daughter estrangement, depression, hospital, female nudity, death of husband, family drama, mother daughter relationship, autobiography ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 80s, 90s
Place:
spain, galicia, portugal, madrid, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
G.J. Echternkamp tells the story of his relationship with his parents, his mother Cindy and his step-father, Frank. Frank used to be a member of OXO, a band from the '80s whose one hit wonder scored with the song "Whirly Girl". Cindy ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, musician, autobiography, mother son relationship, couple relations, husband wife relationship, love story, fall in love, music, relationships, male female relationship, musician's life ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
Style:
sexy, humorous, funny, cult classic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nudity, satire, sorority, anti conformity, radio, public nudity, female nudity, adultery, lesbian, masturbation, lesbianism, public humiliation ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, year 1981, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
washington d.c., middle east, bronx new york city, new york, usa ...
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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:
stand up comedian, childhood, actor's life, artists and showbiz, showbiz, youth, coming of age, parents and children, autobiography, performer's life, biopic, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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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:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, psychological
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
mother, family relations, autobiography, redemption, couples, love, adaptation, family problems, teenage girl, youth, mother daughter conflict, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Pete Davidson attempts to work through unique family dynamics and the complexities of fame to form meaningful relationships.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, slice of life, autobiography, celebrity, celebrity culture, fame, social satire, social issues, lifestyle, social problems, character study, family drama ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
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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:
psychological, touching, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, humorous
Plot:
paraplegic, friendship, 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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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.
Style:
serious
Plot:
autobiography, prison, nixon, biopic, political scandal, prison life, imprisonment, controversy, moral ambiguity, resilience, true crime, political intrigue ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
washington d.c.
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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:
touching, sincere, captivating, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
supermodel, life is a bitch, immigrant, feminism, injustice, model, fashion, homelessness, un, female protagonist, circumcision, african ...
Time:
year 1997, year 2009, 60s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, indiana, europe, london ...
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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, enigmatic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
rapper, african american, hip hop, biopic, record company, profanity, black, sex scene, murder, music industry, autobiography, prison ...
Time:
20th century, year 2017
Place:
harlem, usa, california, las vegas, baltimore ...
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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:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, tense, dramatic
Plot:
city, female nudity, autobiography, gangster, brother, police, brothers, bandit, gunfight, money, drug trade, cheating wife ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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