The best movies
with the theme based on memoir or autobiography
- Girl, InterruptedJames Mangold, 1999
296
- The PianistRoman Polanski, 2002
252
- An EducationLone Scherfig, 2009
170
- 12 Years a SlaveSteve McQueen, 2013
113
- DeparturesYojiro Takita, 2008
24
- The Basketball DiariesScott Kalvert, 1995
45
- The Wild ChildFrançois Truffaut, 1970
21
- WildJean-Marc Vallée, 2014
20
- Out of AfricaSydney Pollack, 1985
27
- Fellini's CasanovaFederico Fellini, 1976
11
- An Angel at My TableJane Campion, 1990
11
- PapillonFranklin J. Schaffner, 1973
18
- Seven Years in TibetJean-Jacques Annaud, 1997
39
- The Theory of EverythingJames Marsh, 2014
47
- The Naked Civil ServantJack Gold, 1975
3
- Lady Sings the BluesSidney J. Furie, 1972
5
- For a Lost SoldierRoeland Kerbosch, 1992
3
- Balzac and the Little Chinese SeamstressDai Sijie, 2002
3
- Europa EuropaAgnieszka Holland, 1990
13
- ToastS.J. Clarkson, 2010
21
- Behind the CandelabraSteven Soderbergh, 2013
25
- Never Cry WolfCarroll Ballard, 1983
4
- The Way BackPeter Weir, 2010
15
- Gorillas in the MistMichael Apted, 1988
13
- The Diary of Anne FrankGeorge Stevens, 1959
3
- Bound for GloryHal Ashby, 1976
2
- BlacKkKlansmanSpike Lee, 2018
14
- The CounterfeitersStefan Ruzowitzky, 2007
7
- JarheadSam Mendes, 2005
16
- My Father's GloryYves Robert, 1990
4