An autobiographical film is a movie that tells the story of someone's life, usually based on their own experiences and perspective. It is like a personal diary or memoir, but in a visual format. Full definition
The writer - director, Babak Shokrian, has made an erratic autobiographical film about juggling artistic ambitions and family expectations in L.A.'s close - knit Iranian Jewish community. (metacritic.com)
The Big Red One is Fuller's most autobiographical film, at once an old - fashioned war thriller and a portrait of the insanity and senseless destruction of combat, and the most expensive and ambitious production of his career. (parallax-view.org)
Davies made his reputation with a series of autobiographical films — the two distributed in the States were «Distant Voices, Still Lives» and «The Long Day Closes» — that were as brutally depressing as they were aesthetically striking. (csmonitor.com)