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Jul 21, 2020 · From perilous adventures to passionate romances, the 10 movies on this list prove that everyone has a story to tell. Using the score assigned from IMDb, here are the 10 best films based on memoirs, ranked.
Jun 26, 2024 · The best movies based on memoirs capture real-life experiences of people fighting addictions, surviving war, and falling in love. Many films based off of memoirs feature amazing actors and actresses and a few movies based on biographies have even won Academy Awards. What memoirs adapted into movies will you find on this list.
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- Can You Ever Forgive Me (2018) Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? is based on author Lee Israel’s memoir. It tells the story of a period in Israel’s life in which she was desperate for money and turned to forging celebrity memorabilia.
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) The story of Jean-Dominique Bauby plays out in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which shares a name with his memoir.
- Persepolis (2007) Persepolis is a bold and engaging animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel memoir. It tells Satrapi’s story as an equally bold young girl growing into a rebellious teenager and then an adult.
- An Education (2009) An Education is a coming-of-age story based on Lynn Barber’s memoir of the same name that was adapted by Nick Hornby, as was Wild.
- Persepolis (based on Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi) Unlike many autobiographical tales, Marjane Satrapi’s wonderful graphic memoir about coming of age as a progressive girl in Iran managed to wholeheartedly maintain its brilliance on the big screen.
- This Boy’s Life (based on This Boy’s Life , Tobias Wolff) Tobias Wolff is one of the best at conjuring up believable, lovable young men in crisis, and his 1989 memoir may be his best showing.
- An Education (based on An Education , Lynn Barber) Nick Hornby, who wrote the screenplay adaptation of this British memoir, has has described the book (and film) as being about “a suburban girl who’s frightened that she’s going to get cut out of everything good that happens in the city.
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (based on The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death , Jean-Dominique Bauby) Jean-Dominique Bauby was at the top of his field as the editor-in-chief of French Elle and father to two boys when a rare condition made him lose all functionality save in his left eye.
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: The true story of game show producer Chuck Barris’ double life as a CIA assassin was documented in his memoir by the same name. The film, which was George Clooney’s directorial debut, stars Clooney, Sam Rockwell, Julia Roberts, and Drew Barrymore.
With Paul Petersen, Cailey Fleming, Ryan Broussard, Jordan Scott. Memories can either fuel our existence or eat away at us like a disease. In the not-too-distant future, Dr. Theodore Maine is on the cusp of losing his job at Janus Labs where he is developing research for Alzheimers treatment.
