Movies: Based on memoir or autobiography
- 1979

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
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Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents....
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 - 1969

Night People (1969)
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Based on Oscar- and Grammy-winning DJ Mark Ronson's memoir Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s New York City; plot TBA....
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 - 1982

Coming Out of the Ice (1982)
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A biographical film about Victor Herman, based on the memoir of the same name....
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 - 1999

And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story (1999)
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Based on the autobiography of Sonny Bono, this film focuses on the volatile relationship between Sonny and Cher during the early 60's to their messy divorce in the late 70's....
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 - 1969

Chrysalis (1969)
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In war-torn 1970s Vietnam, a resourceful young boy navigates his place in a chaotic world, guided by his grandmother’s wisdom while haunted by memories of his fractured family....
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 - 2022

Sepidar (2022)
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This piece is inspired by the memoirs of Sepideh Gholian. A prisoner of conscience at 26 years old in Bushehr prison, Iran....
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 - 2019

The Girl with the Instagram (2019)
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Nagyvárad, Hungary, 1944. From February to June, Eva Heyman, a 13-year-old Jewish girl, wrote a diary describing the harsh conditions of her life under Nazi occupation. How would she have told her story if she had used Instagram?...
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 - 1969

Strong Hearts Have Scars (1969)
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The true story of a teenager who became a world sensation, a love story with a broken heart, laughter, love, hope and tragedy, learning to live when time is of the essence and learning to love when you have to say goodbye....
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 - 1969

Urho – Between the Hammer and the Sickle (1969)
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In 1975, Finnish President Urho Kekkonen became an internationally recognized expert on bridging the East with the West by hosting the “Conference of Security and Cooperation of Europe”. His dreams of retirement and the penwork of his newfound journa...
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 - 1969

The Eden Express (1969)
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In the 1970s, Mark Vonnegut, son of renowned sci-fi author Kurt Vonnegut, leads his friends out of Nixon's broken America to Eden, where they can build something good. His friends are in paradise but Mark begins hearing strange voices. Becoming incre...
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 - 1969

Finally Home (1969)
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Raised in the South African township of Zamelda, Johannes 'JoJo' Radebe faced prejudice as a young boy who was captivated by dance – and Barbies… rather than football and rugby, as was the norm among his peers. With the support of his mother, sister,...
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 - 2025

Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story (2025)
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It’s Chicago in the 1980s and ‘90s, and Kevin Matthews has it all as one of the nation’s most recognized on-air radio personalities. He’s partying with celebrities, rubbing shoulders with famous athletes, and the world is at his fingertips. Then ever...
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 - 2025

Spacewoman (2025)
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Explores achievements of Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft, paving the way for the next generation of female space explorers....
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 - 2018

Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head (2018)
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An Italian magistrate leads a crusade against organized crime which ultimately costs him his life in this biopic told through his daughter's eyes....
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 - 1969

Fearless: The Adam Brown Story (1969)
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Adam Brown overcomes his addictions and trains to become an elite member of the SEAL Team Six....
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 - 2024

Stopping Time (2024)
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Enzo, still not over the death of his grandmother Yiyi, returns to her house, almost abandoned, with the aim of taking some elements....
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 - 1969

Never Saw Me Coming (1969)
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Described as a heist thriller that becomes “a powerful examination of systemic prejudice and economic inequality,” the stranger-than-fiction story follows Smith’s journey from teenage hacker to financial system mastermind. By 18, she had already orch...
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 - 1969

The Infinite Present Ends (1969)
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Based on a fictionalized 2015 memoir from psychiatric nurse Mary Dorsan, the text embeds within a teenage psychiatric ward over the course of a year, teasing out the complex bonds, challenges, frustrations and unexpected moments of grace shared betwe...
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 - 2018

Back Towards Light (2018)
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Marissa, a 25-year-old woman, goes through an unimaginable journey trying to maintain her sense of self after becoming a victim of human trafficking and sex slavery....
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 - 1969

Willie and Jimmy Dean (1969)
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In 1950's Hollywood, a gay aspiring writer forms an intimate bond with his roommate, James Dean. Together they navigate their careers and concealed truths, unaware that their intense connection is destined for a tragic end....
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