Unless you live under a rock or a similarly WiFi-less structure, you'll have heard about new TV series "Baby Reindeer," which has gripped viewers the world over since it hit Netflix on April 11.

Written and starring comedian Richard Gadd, "Baby Reindeer" tells the true story of a 20-something-year-old Gadd's own life being derailed by a deranged and relentless stalker.

The show is funny, frightening, poignant and brutally honest, recounting not only the years of harassment Gadd endured at the hands of an obsessive older woman, but also the mistakes and very questionable decisions he made himself during that time — and how his bizarre relationship with his stalker eventually forced him to confront a deeply buried trauma.

If binging "Baby Reindeer" has left you hungry for more autobiographical entertainment, you've come to the right place. From a tale of toxic romance to a woman revisiting the years of her life lost to alcohol, we've gathered a selection of films that offer an unflinchingly honest glimpse into the lives and experiences of their creators.

'The Souvenir' (2019)

Starring Honor Swinton Byrne and Tom Burke, "The Souvenir" is a semi-autobiographical account of director Joanna Hogg's time at film school, where she entered into a passionate but toxic love affair with a mysterious older man.

The subject matter makes this film deeply personal as it is, but Hogg inserts fragments of her own life from that time into scenes in a way that ties her inextricably to the work — even if it is only semi-autobiographical. The mother of protagonist Julie, for example, is played by Tilda Swinton, who was a fellow classmate of Hogg's in the '80s, while Hogg's former London apartment is painstakingly replicated to serve as Julie's home in the film.

'My Childhood' (1972)

The first in a trilogy of films based on director Bill Douglas's memories of his own impoverished upbringing in Scotland, "My Childhood" tells the story of a young boy who, amidst poverty and difficulties at home, befriends a German prisoner of war during World War II.

As Guy Barefoot wrote for the BFI, the film is a "harsh, unsentimental, but also intensely felt and moving portrait of childhood," made all the more poignant by the fact that it's based on Douglas's own early life.

'My Best Fiend' (1999)

In this 1999 documentary, famed filmmaker Werner Herzog explores his tumultuous friendship with German actor Klaus Krinski. While immensely talented, Krinski was notoriously difficult to work with, and was known for his violent outbursts on set — including numerous violent altercations with Herzog, who directed five of his movies.

The film offers an intimate and honest look at Herzog and Krinski's love-hate relationship, and how the dysfunctionality between them resulted in some extraordinary cinema.

'Pain and Glory' (2019)

Pedro Almodóvar's "Pain and Glory" follows a sickly, drug-addicted Spanish film director (Antonio Banderas) as he reflects on his early life, and both the painful and cherished memories that live there.

While Almodóvar says "Pain and Glory" is not strictly autobiographical, he has described it as "all about my life," featuring real characters and intimate moments from his upbringing and young adulthood in Spain — including his complicated relationship with his mother, his discovery of his sexuality (Almodóvar is gay) and the experiences of his siblings and friends.

'The Alcohol Years' (2000)

Filmmaker Carol Morley grew up in Manchester, England, in the 1980s, and by the time she was a teenager had gained a reputation for drinking every night and sleeping with almost anyone. More than a decade later, "The Alcohol Years" sees her retrieve and relive her blurry, adolescent days through interviews with friends and acquaintances from that time.

"I think everybody hated you, Carol, to a certain degree," she is told by one interviewee in the film. "You were an incredibly manipulative person."

Formed of conversations with the people who knew her at her wildest and most promiscuous, the documentary not only provides a frank look at the years Morley lost to alcohol and the way others saw her, but paints a portrait of '80s Manchester and the people who made it.

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