Semi Autobiographical Movies

An only child's meditative, impressionistic account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades.

Follows a big star who brings a film crew to her remote hometown for a shoot, and while the production is afflicted by disagreements between the...

A semi-autobiographical one-man theater show, Klass Klown (later renamed Ghetto Klown), based on his memoir Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest...

Based on true events. On the edges of Las Vegas, 17-year-old Andrew's life is spiraling out of control. Unable to cope with the loss of his father,...

Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given...

Plot kept under wraps; An original feature-length coming-of-age drama film with semi-autobiographical elements that's currently in the early...

Larry Malone sets up his brother Dave to get rid of Murphy, a rival gang leader, and then informs on Dave to have him convicted of murder. In one...

My American Cousin is a Canadian drama film, released in 1985. Written and directed by Sandy Wilson based on her own childhood, the film stars...

Seventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage...

Childhood was complicated for Yoshida and he faces Japanese society as an outsider after his return from London alongside his parents. He feels...

Senthil, an advertising executive, decides to invite his old friends to his wedding. His past is unraveled as he sets out on a journey to meet his...

A diploma film portraying stages in the life of a student of cinema.

Waris Hussein’s acclaimed drama is based on the autobiography of Firdaus Kanga, who stars in the lead role of Brit, a young man born with...

A managing director in Madras receives a letter from a childhood friend and begins to reminisce about his adolescent years, when he was growing up...

A woman's journey of self-discovery and the dynamics of her zany family. Alexis Fish is left broke and broken-hearted after the death of her...

Director Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed woman struggling to survive with her family in the...

Daisuke Bamba (Hiroki Konno) has a complex about his physical traits. He wants to become a director, but doesn't know what to shoot. Daisuke Bamba...

An auto-documentary about a disenfranchised Everyman and his struggle to re-integrate himself into society. He fails and turns to crime.

An Australian Aboriginal DJ realizes that his job at the country radio station is about more than just playing music.

A semi-autobiographical short about a young man musing about the nostalgic joy of being a careless child.