Movies: Semi autobiographical

  • 1990
    Avalon

    Avalon (1990)

    Avalon

    6.61990HD

    A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land....

    Avalon
  • 1996
    Nothing Funny

    Nothing Funny (1996)

    Nothing Funny

    6.81996HD

    One day, hospital orderlies, watching corpse in the morgue, recognize film director. Man, even though he died, he begins to remember his life. He made a career making movies, had numerous mistresses, but never realized their dreams. His life was inte...

    Nothing Funny
  • 2012
    Keep the Lights On

    Keep the Lights On (2012)

    Keep the Lights On

    5.72012HD

    Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers — compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade...

    Keep the Lights On
  • 2016
    Closet Monster

    Closet Monster (2016)

    Closet Monster

    7.02016HD

    A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood....

    Closet Monster
  • 2005
    Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

    Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    6.82005HD

    A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music....

    Get Rich or Die Tryin'
  • 1999
    Liberty Heights

    Liberty Heights (1999)

    Liberty Heights

    6.61999HD

    This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating ine...

    Liberty Heights
  • 2014
    Infinitely Polar Bear

    Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)

    Infinitely Polar Bear

    6.62014HD

    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....

    Infinitely Polar Bear
  • 2004
    Against the Ropes

    Against the Ropes (2004)

    Against the Ropes

    52004HD

    A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport....

    Against the Ropes
  • 2014
    We'll Never Have Paris

    We'll Never Have Paris (2014)

    We'll Never Have Paris

    4.82014HD

    Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Devon, after his beautiful coworker, Kelsey, confesses that she has a...

    We'll Never Have Paris
  • 1969
    The Learning Tree

    The Learning Tree (1969)

    The Learning Tree

    6.71969HD

    The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ...

    The Learning Tree
  • 2024
    The 4:30 Movie

    The 4:30 Movie (2024)

    The 4:30 Movie

    5.52024HD

    In the summer of 1986, three sixteen year old friends spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams to see the latest comedy, each of the teens learn more about life an...

    The 4:30 Movie
  • 1979
    All That Jazz

    All That Jazz (1979)

    All That Jazz

    7.41979HD

    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 bo...

    All That Jazz
  • 1988
    Biloxi Blues

    Biloxi Blues (1988)

    Biloxi Blues

    6.21988HD

    A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II....

    Biloxi Blues
  • 2023
    My Love Affair with Marriage

    My Love Affair with Marriage (2023)

    My Love Affair with Marriage

    5.52023HD

    From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a girl should act. But as she grew older something didn't seem right with the concept of love: the mo...

    My Love Affair with Marriage
  • 2019
    The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)

    The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    7.02019HD

    Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind....

    The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  • 1977
    The Devil's Playground

    The Devil's Playground (1977)

    The Devil's Playground

    6.51977HD

    A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the nam...

    The Devil's Playground
  • 1993
    Dear Diary

    Dear Diary (1993)

    Dear Diary

    7.31993HD

    Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted Rome, in the second he visits a reclusive friend on an island, and in the last he has to grapple wit...

    Dear Diary
  • 2017
    Lady Bird

    Lady Bird (2017)

    Lady Bird

    7.22017HD

    Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college....

    Lady Bird
  • 2005
    The Squid and the Whale

    The Squid and the Whale (2005)

    The Squid and the Whale

    6.92005HD

    Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s....

    The Squid and the Whale
  • 1959
    The 400 Blows

    The 400 Blows (1959)

    The 400 Blows

    8.01959HD

    For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one...

    The 400 Blows