Movies Based on a True Story
Gangsters, fighters, athletes, serial killers, celebrities and so much more–these films are the best of the based-on-a-true-story stories.
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Straight Outta Compton
American Sniper
The Impossible
Ordinary Angels
Seven Years in Tibet
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
Soul on Fire
Fatherhood
42
The Highwaymen
Ferrari
Nonnas
Soul Surfer
The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story
The Founder
Machine Gun Preacher
Eat Pray Love
23 000 Lives
La Bamba
Jarhead
The Six Triple Eight
Irena's Vow
Harriet
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Nuremberg
Donnie Brasco
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Friday Night Lights
Marie Antoinette
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Woman of the Hour
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
Society of the Snow
Rescued by Ruby
BlackBerry
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
The 24th
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
The Highwaymen
The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story
Donnie Brasco
Harriet
Woman of the Hour
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
iHostage
Snowden
Against The Ice
Operation Mincemeat
Hijack '93
The Good Nurse
Eden
Wasp Network
Anthropoid
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Dead Man's Wire
Phenomena
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
The Angel
Silenced
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Drama Movies Based on Real Life
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
Soul on Fire
Fatherhood
The Founder
42
Nonnas
Soul Surfer
23 000 Lives
Machine Gun Preacher
Ferrari
Eat Pray Love
Jarhead
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Irena's Vow
The Six Triple Eight
La Bamba
Harriet
Donnie Brasco
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Woman of the Hour
Nuremberg
Society of the Snow
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Marie Antoinette
Friday Night Lights
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
iHostage
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
BlackBerry
The 24th
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
Victoria & Abdul
Dallas Buyers Club
Rescued by Ruby
Number 24
Song Sung Blue
Pain Hustlers
Wendy Williams: The Movie
Friday Night Lights
The Six Triple Eight
Nuremberg
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Society of the Snow
Dallas Buyers Club
The King
Lion
I Swear
Roxanne Roxanne
Hamnet
Dangal
The Long Game
Ali
Selma
Raazi
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Wasp Network
First They Killed My Father
'83
I'm Still Here
Zero to Hero
Rose Island
Talvar
On My Skin
The Match
Thalaivii
12th Fail
Queen of Coal
Silenced
Blue Moon
Sanju
MANK
Ali's Wedding
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Biographical Drama Movies
Soul Surfer
Jarhead
Eat Pray Love
Ferrari
La Bamba
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Dallas Buyers Club
Woman of the Hour
Marie Antoinette
Song Sung Blue
BlackBerry
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Number 24
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
Victoria & Abdul
Wendy Williams: The Movie
The King
Lion
Against The Ice
The Good Nurse
Hillbilly Elegy
Roxanne Roxanne
Rob Peace
GDN
The Dirt
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Dangal
Dolemite Is My Name
True Spirit
Ali
Selma
You Gotta Believe
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
Wasp Network
The Two Popes
Denial
On the Basis of Sex
Nothing to Lose
Broad Peak
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
23 000 Lives
Song Sung Blue
The 24th
Lion
Hamnet
Hillbilly Elegy
The Woman in the Line
The Dig
To the Max
Yara
Blue Miracle
True Spirit
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Raazi
Selma
My Best Friend Anne Frank
The Swedish Connection
On the Basis of Sex
You Gotta Believe
Where the Tracks End
Broad Peak
NYAD
First They Killed My Father
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
The Other Side of the Mountain
Worth
Rustin
JOY - The Birth of IVF
Penguin Bloom
Maria
I'm Still Here
Amina
Come Sunday
Zero to Hero
Johnny
The Most Hated Woman in America
Panipat - The Great Betrayal
Spoiler Alert
The Lighthouse of the Orcas
Marie Antoinette
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
BlackBerry
Victoria & Abdul
Number 24
Dallas Buyers Club
Pain Hustlers
Wendy Williams: The Movie
Snowden
The King
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Operation Mincemeat
Against The Ice
Lion
I Swear
The Good Nurse
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Dog Gone
Rob Peace
Roxanne Roxanne
Hillbilly Elegy
Concussion
The Dirt
Hamnet
The Dig
GDN
Anthropoid
Mosul
Dolemite Is My Name
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Sand Castle
Ali
Outlaw King
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
The Two Popes
Less of a Stranger
The Long Game
Narvik
Selma
Drama Movies Based on Books
Snowden
Against The Ice
Pain Hustlers
Operation Mincemeat
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Hillbilly Elegy
The Dig
Hamnet
Rob Peace
The Dirt
Outlaw
True Spirit
The Long Game
22 July
Where the Tracks End
Wasp Network
Raazi
The Siege of Jadotville
Lost Girls
Denial
Nothing to Lose
Lilly
NYAD
Worth
Maharaj
The Laundromat
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
The Silent Twins
The Climb
The Other Side of the Mountain
She Said
Lucca's World
Penguin Bloom
War Machine
Scoop
I'm Still Here
The Angel
The Lighthouse of the Orcas
Spoiler Alert
Emergency
Latin American Movies
I Swear
The Dig
Dolemite Is My Name
The Long Game
Selma
Raazi
The Swimmers
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
Dead Man's Wire
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Denial
The Two Popes
NYAD
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
First They Killed My Father
She Said
'83
Rustin
Barry
Scoop
Borg vs. McEnroe
Maria
East of Wall
I'm Still Here
Zero to Hero
Amina
Spoiler Alert
Notes for My Son
12th Fail
A Private War
Maestro
Silenced
Blue Moon
Elisa & Marcela
Amar Singh Chamkila
MANK
Ali's Wedding
Dovlatov
Rodney King
A Plan To Suit Your Needs
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