Best True Story Movies

DEADLY_17DEADLY_17 Posts: 9,262
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Anyone got any good films to watch which are based on true stories?

Drama/Thrillers etc.
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  • spaniel-loverspaniel-lover Posts: 4,188
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    I like Catch Me If You Can and Monster and Alive.
  • revolver44revolver44 Posts: 22,766
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    The Blind Side.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,347
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    The Fighter
  • neo_walesneo_wales Posts: 13,625
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    Zulu is a great film.
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  • jrmswfcjrmswfc Posts: 5,644
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    Saving Private Ryan (the realistic WW2 scenes aside, the main plot was obviously dramatised but based on a true story)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 29
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    Unstoppable is based on true events but is also IMO a good thriller.

    I'm pretty sure Goodfella's is based on a book the real mobster Henry Hill wrote, but my memory might be faulty on that one. either bloody good film!! :)
  • sarahj1986sarahj1986 Posts: 11,305
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    I like Catch Me If You Can and Monster and Alive.

    I agree to these
  • Sick BulletSick Bullet Posts: 20,770
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    Philadelphia - Tom Hanks
    The Fugitive - Harrison Ford
    127 Hours - James Franco

    And yes GoodFellas if it was a true story I'm unsure though.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,139
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    Gandhi
    The Mission
    Killing Fields


    None of them are "Date" movies, but all cracking films !

    :)
  • Inky BinkyInky Binky Posts: 2,261
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    Black Hawk Down (LINK)

    This is one of the best war films out there. The actual events were even more harrowing than what the movie depicted. If you like this film than try watching the documentary "True Story of Black Hawk Down" (LINK)
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    Top 10

    To Die For
    Nobody Knows
    Election 1 & 2
    The Chaser
    The President's Last Bang
    Vengeance is Mine
    Blood Rain
    Inherit the Wind
    The Elephant Man
    Voice of a Murderer (the story is largely fictionalised, but just before the credits, you hear a snippet of a taunting phone call from the real-life kidnapper-murderer)
  • CBFreakCBFreak Posts: 28,602
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    I concur with The Killing Fields and Zulu. Brilliant movies.

    I've heard good things about 127 HOURS. That might be worth a look at.

    Hmm ones I've actually seen:
    Rabbit-Proof Fence
    United 93
    Hachikō Monogatari
    Ed Wood
    Born on the 4th of July
  • mialiciousmialicious Posts: 4,686
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    Philadelphia - Tom Hanks
    The Fugitive - Harrison Ford
    127 Hours - James Franco

    And yes GoodFellas if it was a true story I'm unsure though.

    the Fugitive is only true in that a doctor was once wrongly imprisoned for his wifes murder but thats where it ends.

    Raging Bull
    Sid and Nancy
    The Krays
    City of God
    JFK
    Fire in the sky
    Schindlers list
    Erin Brockovich
    The ghost and the darkness
    Lords of dogtown
    Zodiac
    Almost famous
    Apollo 13
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    mialicious wrote: »
    Lords of dogtown

    That's one of those films where it has problems but I still liked it anyway, even though I can't explain why.
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    All the President's Men
  • mialiciousmialicious Posts: 4,686
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    Takae wrote: »
    That's one of those films where it has problems but I still liked it anyway, even though I can't explain why.

    The documentary is better but the movie adaptation had a great performance from Heath Ledger.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,895
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    Zodiac (the most true true story I've seen :D)
    127 Hours
  • ArcanaArcana Posts: 37,521
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  • Ted CTed C Posts: 11,730
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    mialicious wrote: »
    the Fugitive is only true in that a doctor was once wrongly imprisoned for his wifes murder but thats where it ends.

    Raging Bull
    Sid and Nancy
    The Krays
    City of God
    JFK
    Fire in the sky
    Schindlers list
    Erin Brockovich
    The ghost and the darkness
    Lords of dogtown
    Zodiac
    Almost famous
    Apollo 13

    Fire in the sky a true story?

    To be taken with a very large pinch of salt, I would say.
  • mialiciousmialicious Posts: 4,686
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    Fire in the sky a true story?

    To be taken with a very large pinch of salt, I would say.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Walton
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    All The President's Men
    Apollo 13
    A Bridge Too Far
    Tora, Tora, Tora
    The Right Stuff
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,139
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    mialicious wrote: »
    JFK

    perhaps in places :)
  • spaniel-loverspaniel-lover Posts: 4,188
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    Fire in the sky a true story?

    To be taken with a very large pinch of salt, I would say.

    I'm reading the book at the moment.
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