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Old 16-12-2012, 18:52   #1
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Best True Story Movies
Anyone got any good films to watch which are based on true stories?

Drama/Thrillers etc.
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Old 16-12-2012, 19:19   #2
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I like Catch Me If You Can and Monster and Alive.
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:59   #3
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The Blind Side.
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Old 17-12-2012, 02:29   #4
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Old 17-12-2012, 03:38   #5
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Zulu is a great film.
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Old 17-12-2012, 10:46   #6
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Silkwood.
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Old 17-12-2012, 11:25   #7
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Saving Private Ryan (the realistic WW2 scenes aside, the main plot was obviously dramatised but based on a true story)
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Old 17-12-2012, 12:01   #8
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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!!
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Old 17-12-2012, 13:26   #9
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I like Catch Me If You Can and Monster and Alive.
I agree to these
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Old 17-12-2012, 14:20   #10
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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.
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Old 17-12-2012, 18:26   #11
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Gandhi
The Mission
Killing Fields


None of them are "Date" movies, but all cracking films !
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Old 17-12-2012, 18:37   #12
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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)
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Old 17-12-2012, 19:32   #13
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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)
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Old 17-12-2012, 20:16   #14
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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
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Old 17-12-2012, 20:54   #15
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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
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Old 17-12-2012, 20:59   #16
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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.
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Old 17-12-2012, 21:53   #17
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Old 17-12-2012, 22:16   #18
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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.
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Old 17-12-2012, 22:55   #19
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Zodiac (the most true true story I've seen )
127 Hours
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Old 18-12-2012, 01:00   #20
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Old 18-12-2012, 06:04   #22
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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.
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Old 18-12-2012, 08:13   #23
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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
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Old 18-12-2012, 10:59   #24
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All The President's Men
Apollo 13
A Bridge Too Far
Tora, Tora, Tora
The Right Stuff
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Old 18-12-2012, 11:05   #25
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JFK
perhaps in places
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