The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993), David Lynch: The Art Life (2016), Arthur Miller: Writer (2017), Uncle Howard (2016), Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017), The Road Home (1999), The Red Tent (1971), The Truth (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Memoir movies.
Storyline: Ray Müller directs this extensive documentary on the life of Nazi propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. Created at the behest of Riefenstahl, the film honestly delves into her association with Hitler and the extent to which she knows of the Nazi Party's entire strategy. It also gives a fuller picture of Riefenstahl's life, discussing her ascent from dancer to documentary filmmaker, as well as her post-Nazi work, which includes nature filmmaking and photography.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, history, nazi germany, filmmaking, propaganda, controversy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The life and career of iconic director David Lynch are explored in more than 20 conversations recorded with him at his home.
Plot Keywords: documentary, artist, biography, filmmaking, artistic creation, director, personal history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Rebecca Miller presents a portrait of her father, the prolific American playwright Arthur Miller.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, writer, literature, 20th century, theater, creative process ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Director Howard Brookner's body of work is rediscovered 30 years after his death.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, new york, filmmaking, 1980s, archival footage, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Iconic makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin's life and work are recalled through interviews with some of his famous clients, including Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, fashion, beauty, celebrity, lgbtq+, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Chinese businessman (Honglei Sun) recalls the story of the courtship of his mother (Ziyi Zhang) and father (Yulian Zhao), on the occasion of the old man's death.
Plot Keywords: romance, rural, nostalgia, chinese cinema, zhang yimou, drama, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (Sean Connery) leads a 1928 North Pole air search for Italian explorer Umberto Nobile (Peter Finch).
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, historical, biographical, survival, expedition, arctic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A stormy reunion occurs between an actress and her daughter after the actress publishes her memoirs.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, french film, mother-daughter relationship, lies, memories, reconciliation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmakers André Heller and Othmar Schmiderer interview Traudl Junge, a secretary to Adolf Hitler in 1942.
Plot Keywords: documentary, world war ii, history, nazi, biography, germany, holocaust ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In Hollywood of the 50's, the obscure screenplay writer Joe Gillis is not able to sell his work to the studios, is full of debts and is thinking in returning to his hometown to work in an office. While trying to escape from his creditors, he has a flat tire and parks his car in a decadent mansion in Sunset Boulevard. He meets the owner and former silent-movie star Norma Desmond, who lives alone with her butler and driver Max Von Mayerling. Norma is demented and believes she will return to the cinema industry, and is protected and isolated from the world by Max, who was her director and husband in the past and still loves her. Norma proposes Joe to move to the mansion and help her in writing a screenplay for her comeback to the cinema, and the small-time writer becomes her lover and gigolo. When Joe falls in love for the young aspirant writer Betty Schaefer, Norma becomes jealous and completely insane and her madness leads to a tragic end.
Plot Keywords: classic, film noir, hollywood, madness, fame and fortune, screenwriter, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The brother of condemned killer Gary Gilmore comes to terms with his brother's crimes and his family's violent legacy.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, biography, true story, family, tragedy, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Rick McKay directs this oral history about the golden age of live theater in New York City during the 1940s and '50s. The film includes interviews with the actors, singers, dancers, authors, directors and producers of some of Broadway's greatest shows, as well as reminiscences from younger actors inspired by the greats of this era. Over 100 interviews are included, from stars such as Bea Arthur, Angela Lansbury, Charles Nelson Reilly and Elaine Stritch.
Plot Keywords: documentary, broadway, golden age, theater, history, musical, actors ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: If, in 1940, you had a lobotomized aunt, an institutionalized father, a racist mother, and were the only gay kid on the block, what do you think the odds would be that you'd end up a Tony winner, a staple of television, and a generational icon? Enter "The Life Of Reilly". The cliché goes that truth is stranger than fiction. In this case, it is also funnier and more heartbreaking. Charles Nelson Reilly, famous for his game show innuendos and "X Files" guest appearances, takes us through his bizarre, star-studded, tragic, hilarious, and ultimately amazing life with a potent blend of tenderness and quick one-liners. "The Life Of Reilly" is an adaptation of Mr. Reilly's acclaimed one-man show and was photographed for the screen during Mr. Reilly's final two performances of his play in North Hollywood, California.—jlm
Plot Keywords: documentary, drama, adaptation, stage play, comedy, tragedy, autobiographical ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This intimate portrait examines one of the world's most beloved and inventive comedians. Told largely through Robin's own voice and using a wealth of never-before-seen archival footage, the film examines his extraordinary life and career and reveals the spark of madness that drove him.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, comedy, robin williams, stand-up comedy, actor, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award-winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first fully-rounded portrait of their brash and free-spirited daughter Anne, perhaps the world's most famous victim of the Holocaust.—Dawn M. Barclift
Plot Keywords: history, documentary, world war ii, nazi, holocaust, jewish, diary ...
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