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Memories from Childhood

Fiction films set in the years when the writer or director was a child, with some level of autobiographical content. Will include films based on fictional, partially autobiographical books.

Suggestions welcome.

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  • The Fabelmans
  • Belfast
  • Lady Bird
  • Roma
  • Minari
  • Armageddon Time
  • mid90s
  • Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
  • American Graffiti
  • Turning Red
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Crooklyn
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • Almost Famous
  • Murmur of the Heart
  • Hope and Glory
  • Amarcord
  • Empire of the Sun
  • The Tender Bar
  • Moonlight
  • The Hand of God
  • Mirror
  • 20th Century Women
  • Pain and Glory
  • The Time to Live and the Time to Die
  • The Tree of Life
  • Aftersun
  • The Cake General
  • Honey Boy
  • The 400 Blows
  • Persepolis
  • Thirteen
  • The Dance of Reality
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • The Long Day Closes
  • Super 8
  • Radio Days
  • Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
  • Pastoral: To Die in the Country
  • The Devil's Playground
  • Empire of Light
  • Dazed and Confused
  • Little Women
  • The Yearling
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Au Revoir les Enfants
  • Soleil
  • I Killed My Mother
  • 5-25-77
  • Papicha
  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • Sing Street
  • Stand by Me
  • Autobiography
  • A Brighter Summer Day
  • Roma
  • My Life as a Dog
  • The Home Song Stories
  • L'immensità
  • House of Hummingbird
  • Summer 1993
  • The Queen of My Dreams
  • I Like Movies
  • Dìdi (弟弟)
  • Suncoast
  • My Winnipeg