"Autobiographical" Movies
Movies based on autobiographies, or that are based on the personal experiences of the filmmaker.
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| Release Date | Title | Production Budget | Opening Weekend | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 2024 | Better Man | ||||
| Dec 25, 2024 | A Complete Unknown | ||||
| Dec 13, 2024 | Young Werther | ||||
| Dec 6, 2024 | Unstoppable: The Anthony Ro… | ||||
| Nov 1, 2024 | Lost On A Mountain In Maine | $385,442 | $385,442 | $385,442 | |
| Sep 13, 2024 | The 4:30 Movie | $2,389 | |||
| Sep 6, 2024 | Continue | ||||
| Jul 26, 2024 | Dìdi (弟弟) | $207,307 | $4,839,360 | $4,865,334 | |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Arthur the King | $19,000,000 | $7,633,898 | $25,049,006 | $32,213,584 |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Suncoast | ||||
| Feb 2, 2024 | Fitting In | $50,091 | $87,995 | $87,995 | |
| Dec 8, 2023 | Our (Almost Completely True… | ||||
| Oct 20, 2023 | Nyad | $16,098 | |||
| May 26, 2023 | About My Father | $4,321,148 | $12,089,391 | $17,657,217 | |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Der Passfälscher | $2,323 | $61,033 | $150,836 | |
| Feb 17, 2023 | Ageless Love | ||||
| Jan 6, 2023 | Landlocked | ||||
| Dec 16, 2022 | Les années Super-8 | $2,778 | $15,061 | $30,635 | |
| Dec 2, 2022 | Spoiler Alert | $82,983 | $1,384,003 | $1,477,571 | |
| Nov 11, 2022 | The Fabelmans | $161,579 | $17,348,945 | $43,271,455 | |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | ||||
| Oct 28, 2022 | A Savannah Haunting | $269,061 | |||
| Oct 28, 2022 | Armageddon Time | $15,000,000 | $70,275 | $1,872,625 | $6,568,234 |
| Sep 23, 2022 | 5-25-77 | ||||
| Dec 25, 2021 | A Journal for Jordan | $25,000,000 | $1,211,089 | $6,545,174 | $6,682,685 |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Flee | $3,400,000 | $24,794 | $339,754 | $2,062,173 |
| Nov 12, 2021 | tick, tick…BOOM! | $115,585 | |||
| Nov 12, 2021 | Belfast | $1,779,410 | $9,250,870 | $49,507,348 | |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Grace and Grit | ||||
| Apr 9, 2021 | Moffie | $14,007 | $24,520 | $28,701 | |
| Mar 13, 2020 | I Still Believe | $12,000,000 | $9,103,614 | $10,410,004 | $16,703,751 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | The Farewell | $3,000,000 | $351,330 | $17,700,478 | $25,466,013 |
| May 17, 2019 | The Souvenir | $78,400 | $1,030,502 | $2,087,678 | |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Instant Family | $48,000,000 | $14,504,315 | $67,363,237 | $119,736,188 |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Boy Erased | $11,000,000 | $207,057 | $6,788,692 | $11,862,650 |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Nelly | $1,304 | $3,046 | $8,850 | |
| Aug 31, 2018 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | $2,395 | $5,234 | $50,197 | |
| Aug 10, 2018 | Dakuaan Da Munda | $88,712 | |||
| Aug 3, 2018 | Never Goin’ Back | $10,322 | $61,271 | $61,271 | |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Inimi cicatrizate | ||||
| Jul 13, 2018 | Hva vil folk si | $4,024 | $44,156 | $837,149 | |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Never Steady, Never Still | $4,861 | |||
| May 25, 2018 | Estiu 1993 | $1,100,000 | $21,307 | $185,903 | $2,751,844 |
| May 10, 2018 | Nada a Perder | $679,531 | $679,531 | $38,399,842 | |
| Apr 27, 2018 | L’eau froide | $5,110 | $30,209 | $30,209 | |
| Apr 20, 2018 | Le Redoutable | $10,994 | $82,264 | $1,351,420 | |
| Feb 9, 2018 | The 15:17 to Paris | $30,000,000 | $12,554,286 | $36,276,286 | $56,096,200 |
| Dec 25, 2017 | Molly’s Game | $30,000,000 | $2,349,967 | $28,780,744 | $53,296,424 |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja | $7,594 | $37,489 | $442,659 | |
| Nov 10, 2017 | Gold Star | ||||
| Sep 22, 2017 | Stronger | $30,000,000 | $1,611,040 | $4,211,129 | $8,786,287 |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Elizabeth Blue | ||||
| Sep 15, 2017 | In Search of Fellini | $25,815 | |||
| Sep 8, 2017 | Year by the Sea | ||||
| Aug 29, 2017 | Paradise Club | $1,758 | $21,923 | $21,923 | |
| Aug 11, 2017 | The Glass Castle | $4,678,548 | $17,273,059 | $22,081,049 | |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Poesia Sin Fin | $338,372 | |||
| Feb 1, 2017 | Córki dancingu | $7,370 | $101,657 | $102,986 | |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Moonlight | $1,500,000 | $402,075 | $27,854,931 | $64,895,106 |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Coming Through the Rye | $4,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 | |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Cameraperson | $12,760 | $102,033 | $110,408 | |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Ji-geum-eun-mat-go-geu-ddae… | $5,291 | $24,470 | $677,479 | |
| Mar 4, 2016 | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | $35,000,000 | $7,450,275 | $23,083,334 | $25,350,747 |
| Jan 15, 2016 | The Lady in the Van | $6,000,000 | $61,566 | $10,021,175 | $42,320,503 |
| Sep 29, 2015 | Roger Waters the Wall | $2,179,727 | |||
| Sep 11, 2015 | Lang Tu Teng | $212,616 | $117,591,252 | ||
| Sep 2, 2015 | A Walk in the Woods | $8,000,000 | $8,246,267 | $29,499,394 | $37,119,358 |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Gun dan ba! Zhong liu jun | $50,036 | $286,639 | $146,486,639 | |
| Aug 7, 2015 | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | $2,000,000 | $52,334 | $1,477,002 | $2,279,959 |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Felt | ||||
| Jun 19, 2015 | Eden | $18,987 | $65,460 | $233,959 | |
| May 29, 2015 | Heaven Knows What | $16,862 | $80,312 | $83,995 | |
| Apr 17, 2015 | True Story | $1,950,214 | $4,719,695 | $5,894,210 | |
| Feb 25, 2015 | Farewell to Hollywood | $572 | $8,601 | $8,601 | |
| Dec 25, 2014 | American Sniper | $58,000,000 | $633,456 | $350,126,372 | $547,326,372 |
| Dec 3, 2014 | Wild | $15,000,000 | $606,810 | $37,880,356 | $52,460,543 |
| Nov 14, 2014 | Rosewater | $10,000,000 | $1,154,303 | $3,128,941 | $3,185,717 |
| Nov 11, 2014 | The Compleat Al | ||||
| Nov 7, 2014 | Actress | $19,365 | $19,365 | ||
| Oct 31, 2014 | Point and Shoot | ||||
| Oct 24, 2014 | Low Down | $7,000 | $52,337 | $52,337 | |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Abus de faiblesse | $4,957 | $31,557 | $54,941 | |
| Aug 8, 2014 | E Agora? Lembra-me | ||||
| Aug 1, 2014 | Behaving Badly | $39,952 | |||
| May 23, 2014 | La danza de la realidad | $24,768 | $293,680 | $323,391 | |
| May 2, 2014 | Documented | $5,422 | $30,662 | $30,662 | |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Ilo Ilo | $8,775 | $54,071 | $1,328,680 | |
| Mar 19, 2014 | L'image manquante | $10,148 | $51,337 | $52,434 | |
| Dec 31, 2013 | Zhi wo men zhong jiang shi … | $100,030,000 | |||
| Nov 22, 2013 | Bettie Page Reveals All | $4,846 | $108,118 | $108,118 | |
| May 3, 2013 | Après Mai | $13,288 | $79,568 | $79,568 | |
| May 1, 2013 | Post Tenebras Lux | $4,674 | $38,911 | $276,580 | |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Mental | $9,804 | $17,669 | $4,385,959 | |
| Mar 22, 2013 | On the Road | $25,000,000 | $39,550 | $720,828 | $9,313,302 |
| Mar 13, 2013 | J'ai tué me mère | ||||
| Feb 22, 2013 | Wo 11 | $3,516 | $9,213 | $14,703 | |
| Jan 11, 2013 | Infancia clandestina | $2,004,027 | |||
| Dec 21, 2012 | Not Fade Away | $19,182 | $610,792 | $610,792 | |
| Dec 14, 2012 | Let's Make a Movie | ||||
| Dec 14, 2012 | Saving Grace B. Jones | ||||
| Dec 7, 2012 | Lay the Favorite | $20,998 | $20,998 | $1,095,134 | |
| Nov 9, 2012 | Coming Up Roses | $20,567 | $20,567 | ||
| Nov 2, 2012 | A Liar's Autobiography - Th… | $5,102 | $5,102 | $5,102 | |
| Oct 19, 2012 | The Sessions | $1,000,000 | $113,467 | $6,002,451 | $11,495,204 |
| Aug 29, 2012 | Little Birds | $4,574 | $16,594 | $16,594 | |
| Aug 24, 2012 | Sleepwalk With Me | $68,801 | $2,266,066 | $2,266,066 | |
| Jul 13, 2012 | 2016: Obama’s America | $2,500,000 | $31,610 | $33,349,941 | $33,349,941 |
| Jul 6, 2012 | Crazy Eyes | $3,259 | $6,106 | $6,106 | |
| Jun 29, 2012 | Magic Mike | $7,000,000 | $39,127,170 | $113,721,571 | $170,549,753 |
| May 25, 2012 | Mighty Fine | $27,900 | $27,900 | $27,900 | |
| May 18, 2012 | Virginia | $6,915 | $9,915 | $9,915 | |
| Apr 13, 2012 | Blue Like Jazz | $1,200,000 | $261,190 | $595,018 | $595,018 |
| Mar 23, 2012 | The Long Day Closes | $22,765 | $22,765 | ||
| Aug 13, 2010 | Eat Pray Love | $60,000,000 | $23,104,523 | $80,574,010 | $206,598,789 |
| Mar 19, 2010 | The Runaways | $9,500,000 | $805,115 | $3,573,673 | $5,278,632 |
| Jan 30, 2009 | Entre les murs | $3,250,000 | $155,190 | $3,766,810 | $34,114,067 |
| Feb 22, 2008 | Die Fälscher | $6,250,000 | $87,514 | $5,488,570 | $20,199,663 |
| Dec 25, 2007 | Persepolis | $7,300,000 | $88,826 | $4,443,403 | $25,397,187 |
| Nov 30, 2007 | Le Scaphandre et le Papillon | $14,000,000 | $75,721 | $5,990,075 | $22,754,472 |
| Jun 1, 2007 | Gracie | $9,000,000 | $1,355,904 | $2,956,339 | $3,922,043 |
| Oct 5, 2005 | The Squid and the Whale | $1,500,000 | $129,844 | $7,372,734 | $11,191,423 |
| Jun 3, 2005 | Lords of Dogtown | $25,000,000 | $5,623,373 | $11,273,517 | $13,424,365 |
| Oct 1, 2004 | Therese | $357,000 | $2,627,016 | $2,627,016 | |
| Jun 25, 2004 | De-Lovely | $15,000,000 | $13,337,299 | $18,524,496 | |
| Apr 30, 2004 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | $17,000,000 | $1,233,297 | $2,694,071 | $2,694,071 |
| Nov 26, 2003 | In America | $205,229 | $15,539,656 | $25,382,911 | |
| Aug 20, 2003 | Thirteen | $2,000,000 | $116,260 | $4,601,043 | $9,505,996 |
| Aug 15, 2003 | American Splendor | $2,000,000 | $159,705 | $6,003,587 | $8,685,632 |
| Mar 7, 2003 | Nowhere in Africa | $6,500,000 | $22,070 | $6,173,485 | $6,568,446 |
| Dec 19, 2002 | Antwone Fisher | $12,500,000 | $210,013 | $21,078,145 | $23,367,586 |
| Dec 6, 2002 | Adaptation | $18,500,000 | $384,478 | $22,498,520 | $32,531,756 |
| Nov 8, 2002 | 8 Mile | $41,000,000 | $51,240,555 | $116,724,075 | $245,768,384 |
| Sep 27, 2002 | Moonlight Mile | $21,000,000 | $329,771 | $6,830,957 | $6,830,957 |
| Aug 9, 2002 | Scarlet Diva | $4,547 | $18,062 | $18,062 | |
| Mar 29, 2002 | The Rookie | $22,000,000 | $16,021,684 | $75,600,072 | $80,491,516 |
| Dec 14, 2001 | Iris | $5,500,000 | $23,144 | $5,580,479 | $5,692,941 |
| Jul 27, 2001 | China: The Panda Adventure | $28,268 | $3,708,478 | $6,601,743 | |
| Dec 22, 2000 | Before Night Falls | $85,230 | $4,221,817 | $8,503,459 | |
| Sep 15, 2000 | Almost Famous | $60,000,000 | $2,314,646 | $32,522,352 | $47,371,191 |
| May 5, 2000 | I Dreamed of Africa | $34,000,000 | $2,411,445 | $6,543,194 | $14,291,999 |
| Dec 24, 1999 | Angela's Ashes | $25,000,000 | $54,628 | $13,038,660 | $13,038,660 |
| Nov 17, 1999 | Liberty Heights | $95,247 | $3,732,398 | $3,732,398 | |
| May 14, 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | $14,000,000 | $1,633,183 | $14,395,874 | $14,395,874 |
| Dec 25, 1998 | Patch Adams | $50,000,000 | $25,262,280 | $135,014,968 | $202,173,000 |
| Jun 6, 1997 | Buddy | $3,504,671 | $10,067,104 | $10,067,104 | |
| Mar 7, 1997 | Private Parts | $14,616,333 | $41,198,146 | $41,198,146 | |
| Sep 13, 1996 | Fly Away Home | $4,708,044 | $25,143,818 | $36,469,322 | |
| Oct 27, 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | $4,000,000 | $70,864 | $31,983,777 | $49,800,000 |
| Mar 3, 1995 | Roommates | $4,038,033 | $12,076,989 | $12,076,989 | |
| May 13, 1994 | Crooklyn | $14,000,000 | $4,209,475 | $13,024,170 | $13,024,170 |
| Dec 25, 1993 | Heaven & Earth | $5,840,300 | $5,840,300 | ||
| Apr 9, 1993 | This Boy's Life | $4,104,962 | $4,104,962 | ||
| Apr 7, 1993 | The Sandlot | $4,918,712 | $32,416,586 | $32,416,586 | |
| Nov 14, 1992 | Flirting | $2,415,396 | $2,415,396 | ||
| Oct 9, 1991 | Little Man Tate | $24,989,789 | $24,989,789 | ||
| Jun 28, 1991 | Europa Europa | $5,575,738 | $5,575,738 | ||
| May 24, 1991 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | $2,710,416 | $7,300,000 | $7,300,000 | |
| Jan 11, 1991 | Not Without My Daughter | $3,804,055 | $14,789,113 | $14,789,113 | |
| Sep 12, 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | $7,871,856 | $37,963,281 | $37,963,281 | |
| 1990 | White Hunter, Black Heart | $2,319,124 | $2,319,124 | ||
| Nov 15, 1989 | Steel Magnolias | $5,425,440 | $83,759,091 | $95,151,938 | |
| Oct 21, 1988 | Bat*21 | $982,080 | $3,966,256 | $3,966,256 | |
| Jun 15, 1988 | Bull Durham | $5,009,307 | $50,888,729 | $50,888,729 | |
| Oct 16, 1987 | Barfly | $3,221,000 | $3,221,000 | ||
| May 1, 1987 | Mitt liv som hund | $8,345,266 | $8,345,266 | ||
| Dec 25, 1986 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | $2,580,750 | $11,957,943 | $11,957,943 | |
| May 2, 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is … | $4,879,107 | $18,034,150 | $18,034,150 | |
| Sep 21, 1984 | Until September | $1,983,321 | $4,097,094 | $4,097,094 | |
| Jul 27, 1984 | Purple Rain | $7,766,201 | $68,392,977 | $68,396,097 | |
| Dec 6, 1983 | The Dresser | $43,132 | $5,310,748 | $5,310,748 | |
| Oct 7, 1983 | Never Cry Wolf | $36,385 | $27,668,764 | $27,668,764 | |
| Dec 17, 1982 | Best Friends | $4,022,891 | $36,670,556 | $36,670,556 | |
| Aug 6, 1982 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $67,870 | $14,844,106 | $14,850,958 | |
| Jun 18, 1982 | Author! Author! | $2,279,260 | $13,111,101 | $13,111,101 | |
| Apr 23, 1982 | If You Could See What I Hear | $2,408,000 | $8,693,512 | $8,693,512 | |
| Sep 18, 1981 | Mommie Dearest | $5,000,000 | $905,920 | $19,032,000 | $25,032,000 |
| Jul 25, 1980 | Caddyshack | $6,000,000 | $3,142,689 | $39,846,344 | $39,849,764 |
| Jul 18, 1980 | The Big Red One | $7,206,220 | $7,206,220 | ||
| Dec 20, 1979 | All That Jazz | $86,229 | $37,823,676 | $37,823,676 | |
| May 26, 1978 | Big Wednesday | ||||
| Oct 20, 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues | $19,726,490 | $19,726,490 | ||
| Aug 20, 1969 | Alice's Restaurant | $6,300,000 | $6,300,000 | ||
| May 7, 1969 | Sinful Davey | ||||
| Mar 2, 1965 | The Sound of Music | $8,200,000 | $163,214,286 | $286,213,233 | |
| Dec 16, 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | $15,000,000 | $37,495,385 | $69,995,047 | |
| Nov 19, 1925 | The Big Parade | $245,000 | $11,000,000 | $22,000,000 |
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