The Truth (2019), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Hopscotch (1980), Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996), Nelly (2016), The Longest Penalty in the World (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Memoir movies.
Storyline: A stormy reunion occurs between an actress and her daughter after the actress publishes her memoirs.
Plot Keywords: movie star, screenwriter, family, family matriarch, emotional, heartwarming, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty personified by a malevolent slave owner, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Plot Keywords: slave, slave trader, abolitionist, master, african-american, love interest, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: CIA agent Miles Kendig decides to get out of 'the game' and to ensure he's left alone he threatens to send his memoirs to the world's intelligence agencies. When the CIA doesn't believe him, he calls their bluff and starts writing and sending out chapters one by one. Realizing that their operations would be compromised, the CIA (led by Myerson and Cutter) set out to put an end to Kendig's plan by whatever means necessary. The heart of the movie follows a game of cat and mouse between a fumbling CIA and an artful Kendig.—P. Wong <pwong@nt.net>
Plot Keywords: cia agent, kgb agent, rescue worker, mentee, publisher, playful, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.—Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: killer, prison guard, judge, warden, cop, writer, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Nelly Arcan shocked the literary world with elegant phrasing and lurid details of sex work in her semi-autobiographical first novel, Putain (Whore), which became an international best-seller in 2001. A prostitute by choice, Nelly's fragmented life is laid bare in a stylish mix of make-believe and memoir, revealing a woman lost between irreconcilable identities: the neurotic writer, the vulnerable lover, the call girl and the star. Despite literary success, the French Canadian's remarkable life ended in tragedy.
Plot Keywords: prostitute, writer, somber, striking, canada, prostitution, memoir ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Sunshine, Nevada, the middle-aged housewife Melanie Leroy sees her husband Ralston Leroy shagging her neighbor and she freaks out. Then she poisons Ralston, who is allergic to seafood, in the dinner. Melanie travels to the California to the apartment building that she has inherited from her aunt and when she meets her tenant Patrick Forman, she believes that he would be a perfect husband for her. She uses her maiden name, Melanie Leroy, and becomes obsessed for him, killing anyone that might interpose between Patrick and her.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: president, biographer, wife, in-law, doctor, engaging, powerful ...
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