Autobiographical Movies
- 1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?4.61969HD
Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a...
- 1996
A Moment of Innocence
A Moment of Innocence7.61996HD
A semi-autobiographical account of Makhmalbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two...
- 1992
Sunday's Children
Sunday's Children6.21992HD
Little Pu spends a summer in Norrland with all his relatives. He and his brother get to hear the story about the watchmaker who hung himself, learns...
- 1997
Sixth Happiness
Sixth Happiness41997HD
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...
- 1993
Blue
Blue71993HD
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...
- 2019
Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh
Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh6.22019HD
In his first HBO comedy special, Gary Gulman offers candid reflections on his struggles with depression through stand-up and short documentary...
- 1993
Caro diario
Caro diario7.3831993HD
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...
- 2017
Take Your Birth Control
Take Your Birth Control22017HD
This is a book excerpt adaptation from Anna Akana's "So Much I Want To Tell You: Letters To My Little Sister"
- 2013
The End of Summer
The End of Summer6.52013HD
The story, set in the heady post-war 50s into the early 60s , revolves around a love triangle between Tomoko, long playing the mistress to married...
- 1972
My Childhood
My Childhood6.91972HD
The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he...
- 1987
Forbidden Dreams
Forbidden Dreams7.31987HD
Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family...
- 2023
Le Syndrome des cœurs brisés – Takotsubo
Le Syndrome des cœurs brisés – Takotsubo02023HD
- 2007
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out6.92007HD
Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, compiles his Super 8 footage to offer an intimate look at what it was like to be a member of one of the...
- 2010
The Erectionman
The Erectionman02010HD
Narrator and director Michael Schaap's confessional style and general goofiness bring levity to an awkward topic: "erectile dysfunction" and the...
- 1998
China Dolls
China Dolls3.51998HD
Aussie boys of Asian descent candidly discuss their status as a "minority within a minority".
- 1973
My Ain Folk
My Ain Folk71973HD
When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off to a welfare home and Jamie goes to live with his...
- 1978
My Way Home
My Way Home7.11978HD
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the...
- 2006
Exile Family Movie
Exile Family Movie102006HD
A family’s story, typically crazy and exceptional at the same time. A film about home and exile, parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters...
- 2009
Run Run It's Him
Run Run It's Him72009HD
Has Matthew been wasting his life? He’s 29 years old with 4 memberships at adult video stores, 55 tapes of compiled porn, and absolutely...
- 2021
Reflejos
Reflejos02021HD
Two generations dialogue through the images they filmed of their children, a reflection of the emotional bond that arises from their involvement with...