Semi Autobiographical Movies

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...

A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the...

Just after Isidore moves to France to study filmmaking, his best friend dies back in the US. Through documentary, performance, and animation, a...

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

With the oppressive climate of 1970s South Africa as the backdrop, this erotic biopic tells the story of Glenda Kemp (playing herself), a former...

On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She...

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,...

Kareem and Johnny are two comics in New York struggling on the circuit. In a last-ditch attempt to kickstart their careers, they decide to put...

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

Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a high school student struggling with his...

A flock of memories activated by various musical exercises, to strike the past to the heart, to build something utopian: the future, a sonic...

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...

Dan's getting married for the second time to Liz - and it's her first. It's a casual affair. On a beach. Just a few friends and family. Perfect.

Inspired by the life of Margret Rey, co-creator of the 'Curious George' character and books, Margret and Stevie centers around Rey later in life as...

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

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...

Kidd was living the dream, starring in action movies, but after years of struggling with addiction his world came crashing down. That was 10 years...

One girl's struggle to break free from the suffocating constraints of a world that wasn't made for her. Will she escape? Or be forever trapped inside...

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