Movies: Autobiographical

  • 1973
    My Ain Folk

    My Ain Folk (1973)

    My Ain Folk

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    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 other grandmother and uncle. His life is far from happy, filled with silence, rejection and bouts of...

    My Ain Folk
  • 2006
    Wide Awake

    Wide Awake (2006)

    Wide Awake

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    Filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles his lifelong battle with insomnia in this intimate documentary. The cameras roll as he tries to quiet his overly active mind so he can get a decent night's sleep, capturing the details of what it's like to suffer fr...

    Wide Awake
  • 2021
    Potato Dreams of America

    Potato Dreams of America (2021)

    Potato Dreams of America

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    A true story about a gay boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother, and their adventurous escape to Seattle in the 90s....

    Potato Dreams of America
  • 2023
    Le Syndrome des cœurs brisés – Takotsubo

    Le Syndrome des cœurs brisés – Takotsubo (2023)

    Le Syndrome des cœurs brisés – Takotsubo

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    Le Syndrome des cœurs brisés – Takotsubo
  • 1972
    My Childhood

    My Childhood (1972)

    My Childhood

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    The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most...

    My Childhood
  • 2015
    Frank and Cindy

    Frank and Cindy (2015)

    Frank and Cindy

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    G.J. Echternkamp tells the story of his relationship with his parents, his mother Cindy and his step-father, Frank. Frank used to be a member of OXO, a band from the '80s whose one hit wonder scored with the song "Whirly Girl". Cindy was the ultimate...

    Frank and Cindy
  • 1999
    Edge of Seventeen

    Edge of Seventeen (1999)

    Edge of Seventeen

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    1984, Sandusky, Ohio. A naive 17-year-old navigates heartbreak and self-expression as he explores his sexuality....

    Edge of Seventeen
  • 2024
    Oblivion

    Oblivion (2024)

    Oblivion

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    A lone passenger is reflected in the windows of a train crawling through layers of textures towards Minsk. During his absence, the city has not changed: all the streets are frozen, long-gone voices can be heard in the empty rooms and around the corne...

    Oblivion
  • 2021
    Reflejos

    Reflejos (2021)

    Reflejos

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    Two generations dialogue through the images they filmed of their children, a reflection of the emotional bond that arises from their involvement with what was shot....

    Reflejos
  • 2019
    Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh

    Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh (2019)

    Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh

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    In his first HBO comedy special, Gary Gulman offers candid reflections on his struggles with depression through stand-up and short documentary interludes. While speaking to issues of mental health, Gulman also offers his observations on a number of t...

    Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh
  • 1997
    Sixth Happiness

    Sixth Happiness (1997)

    Sixth Happiness

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    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 brittle bone disease, which causes him to have never grown beyond four feet tall. The film follows his sexual aw...

    Sixth Happiness
  • 1974
    After the Fall

    After the Fall (1974)

    After the Fall

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    Adaptation of Arthur Miller's semi-autobiographical play about Quentin, a Jewish intellectual from New York who must reexamine his life and his troubled relationship with Holga....

    After the Fall
  • 1998
    China Dolls

    China Dolls (1998)

    China Dolls

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    Aussie boys of Asian descent candidly discuss their status as a "minority within a minority"....

    China Dolls
  • 1969
    Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

    Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)

    Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

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    Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a seashore in front of his two toddlers and aged mother. Merkin's promiscuous relationships with women ar...

    Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
  • 1969
    You Haunt Me

    You Haunt Me (1969)

    You Haunt Me

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    Ben Howardson, a grieving middle-aged man, grapples with the loss of his accomplished concert pianist mother, Eileen Howardson. Her absence has left an indelible void in his life. Ben returns to his childhood home to pack up Eileen’s belongings. Upon...

    You Haunt Me
  • 2010
    The Erectionman

    The Erectionman (2010)

    The Erectionman

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    Narrator and director Michael Schaap's confessional style and general goofiness bring levity to an awkward topic: "erectile dysfunction" and the little blue pill that treats it....

    The Erectionman
  • 2014
    Rocks in My Pockets

    Rocks in My Pockets (2014)

    Rocks in My Pockets

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    The personal story of a woman struggling with an inherited illness, as told by Signe Baumane, the Latvian director-animator living in New York City. With humour and courage, the director sets out on a challenging journey to discover her family’s best...

    Rocks in My Pockets
  • 1992
    Sunday's Children

    Sunday's Children (1992)

    Sunday's Children

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    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 to shoot with a bow and follow his father on a bicycle trip....

    Sunday's Children
  • 2013
    Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion

    Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion (2013)

    Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion

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    Hartmann proposes a 76-minute film in which each minute stands for a year of his life. This obsessive rule is invoked in the last 4 “years” of his life (and of the film). A cable-car journey codes in its own duration the secret of a perdurable shot. ...

    Time Goes by Like a Roaring Lion
  • 2025
    Outtakes from Jo

    Outtakes from Jo (2025)

    Outtakes from Jo

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    Outtakes, commentary from Zefier's third film: Jo; or The Act of Riding a Bike....

    Outtakes from Jo