Award winning autobiography movies

Steven Spielberg's name will be back on the tip of everyone's tongue this awards season, with his new film The Fabelmans set to release on November Spielberg's upcoming movie is unique from the rest of his masterpieces because it serves as a semi-autobiographical story of his own life, with a fictional character embodying a young aspiring director dealing with his parents' failed marriage.

The Fabelmans has received rave reviews since its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, but Spielberg is far from the first filmmaker to illustrate his own life for material. Semi-autobiographic films are surprisingly common, whether a filmmaker recaptures a youthful memory or the hardships they faced during a cultural shift.

The story is a series of vignettes about the eccentric inhabitants of a small town in Fascist Italy, told from the point of view of Titta, a young teenager. Fellini himself grew up in similar circumstances in the town of Rimini near the movie's setting and based Titta in part on a childhood friend, Luigi "Titta" Benzi via The New York Times.

Perhaps, the adolescent perspective explains why so many characters are childishly obsessed with sex, such as young Titta and Uncle Teo. Almost Famous is a story of young would-be music journalist William Miller, who adventures with the band Stillwater.

Biography movies about singers

Considering Cameron Crowe had written for Rolling Stone as a teenager, he created the leading characters based on his own life, which makes his comedy-drama his most personal film via Indiewire. Although Stillwater is a fictional band, they are probably based heavily on real bands like The Eagles or Led Zeppelin. Not only is Almost Famous is an engaging coming-of-age story and nice tribute to the rock bands of the '70s, it's one of the ultimate "plotless" hang-out movies.

The viewer gets to know the band just like William, and seeing guitarist Russell Hammond betray him is genuinely heartbreaking after so much fun.