Movies based on a true story?

FusionFuryFusionFury Posts: 14,121
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My family love these, and was wondering if you have any recommendations?
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  • Blossom85Blossom85 Posts: 1,710
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    The Last Emperor
    My Left Foot
    JFK
    Schindler's List
    Ed Wood
    The Basketball Diaries
    The Crucible
    Michael Collins
    Amistad
    Saving Private Ryan
    Angela's Ashes
    Erin Brockovich
    Catch Me If You Can
    Monster
    Veronica Guerin
    Downfall
    Friday Night Lights
    The Motorcycle Diaries
    Open Water
    Walk The Line
    The Last King Of Scotland
    We Are Marshall
    Into The Wild
    Zodiac
    Hunger
    Marley & Me
    Milk
    The Blind Side
    The King's Speech
    The Help
    Argo
    Lincoln
    Philomena
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    Apollo 13 - Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell and the story of the efforts to bring the crew of Apollo 13 home.
    The Right Stuff - The early days of the American space programme.
    Patton (great performance from George C Scott)
    Thirteen Days (Kevin Costner movie about the Cuban Missile Crisis and who close we came to a nuclear war)
  • starsailorstarsailor Posts: 11,347
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    Fargo ;)
  • sarahj1986sarahj1986 Posts: 11,305
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    Titanic
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    La Vie en Rose
    Milk
    Silkwood
    Into the Wild
    October Sky
    Zodiac
    The Laramie Project
    Erin Brockovich
    The Motorcycle Diaries
    Awakenings
    Wonderland
    The Social Network
    10 Rillington Place
    Coal Miner's Daughter
    Shattered Glass
    North Country
    Mississippi Burning
    Bobby
    Boys Don't Cry
    Zero Dark Thirty
    Girl, Interrupted
    50/50
    Riding in Cars with Boys
    Lords of Dogtown
    Infamous
    Freedom Writers
    Temple Grandin
    Texas Killing Fields
  • pericompericom Posts: 6,021
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    Compliance.

    Its pretty unreal but the way the movie unfolds is pretty much what happened in real life. Everything was recorded in McDonalds.
  • finklyfinkly Posts: 669
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    127 Hours
    Munich
    United 93
    24 Hour Party People
    Frost/Nixon
    Pain and Gain
    The Elephant Man
    All That Jazz (kinda)
    Goodfellas
    Hotel Rwanda
    Made in Dagenham
    Rescue Dawn
  • gasheadgashead Posts: 13,807
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    starsailor wrote: »
    Fargo ;)
    Watch it with Catfish for a great 'true story' double-bill ! ;)
  • timebugtimebug Posts: 18,320
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    Except that on the 'Fargo'DVD extras,William H Macy says,he asked one of the Coen brothers,where he could read more about the case,as it was a 'true story'.
    Joel or Ethan (can't remember which!) grinned and said,nowhere,as it wasn't a true story. Macy said 'But the film starts with the caption 'this is a true story' and was told 'Yeah,thats part of the story too!'
  • cmq2cmq2 Posts: 2,502
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    timebug wrote: »
    Except that on the 'Fargo'DVD extras,William H Macy says,he asked one of the Coen brothers,where he could read more about the case,as it was a 'true story'.
    Joel or Ethan (can't remember which!) grinned and said,nowhere,as it wasn't a true story. Macy said 'But the film starts with the caption 'this is a true story' and was told 'Yeah,thats part of the story too!'
    The caption annoyed some investigative journalists intending to write the backstory. And it had fans searching for the money: http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/jun/06/artsfeatures1
  • edExedEx Posts: 13,460
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    "Houston, we have a problem"

    Actually, thinking along those lines I must go and see Captain Phillips. I hear good things :cool:
  • dearmrmandearmrman Posts: 21,434
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    Noah
    The Last Temptation of Christ
    Jesus Christ Superstar
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    Dodgeball :D
  • Tia77Tia77 Posts: 191
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    The Butler
  • NoFussNoFrillsNoFussNoFrills Posts: 4,642
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    8 mile.
  • CBFreakCBFreak Posts: 28,602
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    The Killing Fields - Brilliant under-rated/lesser known/lesser shown war movie
  • clm2071clm2071 Posts: 6,637
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    The Longest Day
    The Dambusters
    Scott of the Antarctic
    The Battle of Britain
    Zulu
    Goodfellas
    A Bridge Too Far
    Tora Tora Tora
    The Colditz Story
    Bridge on the River Kwai
  • dearmrmandearmrman Posts: 21,434
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    Gangster Squad
  • JohnbeeJohnbee Posts: 4,019
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    If Noah is allowed as a true film, I would like to nominate The Devil Rides Out.
  • Cissy FairfaxCissy Fairfax Posts: 11,782
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    Champions and a very accurate portrayal.
  • CadivaCadiva Posts: 18,409
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    Coco Before Chanel
    Julie & Julia
    The Queen (allegedly!)
    The Iron Lady
    Fairy Tale (based on the Cottingley Fairies)
    Chicago
    Mutiny on the Bounty (the Brando version)
    Bonnie & Clyde
    The Untouchables
    Citizen Kane
    The Aviator
    Yanky Doodle Dandy
    Lust for Life
    A Night to Remember (Titanic)
    Gypsy
    Lawrence of Arabia
    The Sound of Music
    Raging Bull
    Ghandi
    Chariots of Fire
    Amadeus
    Sid and Nancy
    The Accused
    My Left Foot
    Born on the Fourth of July
    A Cry in the Dark
    Dangerous Minds
    Boogie Nights
    A Beautiful Mind
    Black Hawk Down
    Frida
    Gettysburg
    Finding Neverland
    Hotel Rwanda
    The Pursuit of Happyness
    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
    Becoming Jane
    Miss Potter
    The Blind Side
  • heart of glassheart of glass Posts: 1,532
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    Avatar. :o
  • MrGiles2MrGiles2 Posts: 1,997
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    One film which I watched recently courtesy of Lovefilm was Sophie Scholl: The Final Days.

    It was one of the saddest films I have ever watched, three young people caught by the Gestapo giving out leaflets in Munich University condemning National Socialism. This event actually occurred in Munich in 1943. All three were interrogated for two days, on the third day, they were tried in a kangaroo court, automatically found guilty and were executed by guillotine on the same day.
  • spiney2spiney2 Posts: 27,058
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    dearmrman wrote: »
    Noah
    The Last Temptation of Christ
    Jesus Christ Superstar

    2nd of those assumes jesus is son of god. 3rd assumes he isnt. they cannot both be true.

    next meeting of pedants anonymous will be on ........
  • spiney2spiney2 Posts: 27,058
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    amadeus is a particular very slanted view of mozart based on a conspiracy theory. although a great play and fine film ........
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