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
Ordinary Angels
American Sniper
42
La Bamba
Song Sung Blue
The Impossible
Nonnas
The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story
The Highwaymen
Fatherhood
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
The Six Triple Eight
Soul Surfer
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
The Dirt
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
I Swear
Soul on Fire
Friday Night Lights
Harriet
Victoria & Abdul
Born on the Fourth of July
Dolemite Is My Name
Unbroken
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
iHostage
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
Eat Pray Love
Donnie Brasco
Hillbilly Elegy
Cinderella Man
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Ali
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
Rescued by Ruby
Nuremberg
The Theory of Everything
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story
The Highwaymen
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
Harriet
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
Donnie Brasco
Snowden
iHostage
The Good Nurse
Apollo 13
Against The Ice
Woman of the Hour
Operation Mincemeat
Anthropoid
Eden
Wasp Network
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
The Angel
Dead Man's Wire
Phenomena
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
Hijack '93
Silenced
The Impossible
Nonnas
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
The Six Triple Eight
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Fatherhood
Soul Surfer
I Swear
The Dirt
Soul on Fire
Victoria & Abdul
Friday Night Lights
Harriet
Born on the Fourth of July
Unbroken
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
iHostage
Hillbilly Elegy
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
Eat Pray Love
Donnie Brasco
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Dolemite Is My Name
Cinderella Man
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Nuremberg
The Theory of Everything
The King
Ali
Rescued by Ruby
Outlaw King
The Good Nurse
Jobs
Society of the Snow
23 000 Lives
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Jarhead
Lost Girls
The Founder
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Soul Surfer
Soul on Fire
The Dirt
Hillbilly Elegy
Jarhead
Nuremberg
Victoria & Abdul
Born on the Fourth of July
Eat Pray Love
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Rescued by Ruby
The Good Nurse
Against The Ice
Dog Gone
Irena's Vow
Apollo 13
Snowden
Society of the Snow
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Lost Girls
The Long Game
Out of Africa
Ferrari
BlackBerry
Number 24
Marie Antoinette
Operation Mincemeat
Lion
True Spirit
Hamnet
Rob Peace
22 July
The Siege of Jadotville
The Other Side of the Mountain
The Dig
Pain Hustlers
Lilly
Scoop
Worth
Spoiler Alert
Snowden
iHostage
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Good Nurse
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Woman of the Hour
Lost Girls
Yara
22 July
A Man of Action
Hard Lessons
Dead Man's Wire
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
The Most Hated Woman in America
Outlaw
Unspeakable Acts
On My Skin
Talvar
The Drug King
Kuttavum Shikshayum
Born on the Fourth of July
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Dolemite Is My Name
Cinderella Man
The Founder
Roxanne Roxanne
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Society of the Snow
The Theory of Everything
Irena's Vow
Apollo 13
Woman of the Hour
Out of Africa
Number 24
Selma
Talk to Me
The Long Game
BlackBerry
Mosul
Lion
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
Hamnet
The Dig
22 July
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Scoop
The Swimmers
Spoiler Alert
Borg vs. McEnroe
Where the Tracks End
The Two Popes
Dead Man's Wire
NYAD
Denial
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Barry
She Said
'83
Raazi
Drama Movies Based on Real Life
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Victoria & Abdul
The King
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Rescued by Ruby
Eat Pray Love
The Good Nurse
Outlaw King
Donnie Brasco
23 000 Lives
Nuremberg
Jobs
Cinderella Man
Woman of the Hour
The Theory of Everything
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Society of the Snow
The Founder
Jarhead
Dog Gone
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Irena's Vow
Ali
Lost Girls
True Spirit
Snowden
Selma
Apollo 13
The 24th
Mosul
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Out of Africa
The Long Game
BlackBerry
Lion
Sand Castle
Hamnet
Rob Peace
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
Operation Mincemeat
The 24th
23 000 Lives
The Theory of Everything
Ferrari
Out of Africa
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
The Swedish Connection
Selma
Hamnet
Lion
True Spirit
Yara
JOY - The Birth of IVF
To the Max
Worth
Blue Miracle
Hands of Stone
Spoiler Alert
The Other Side of the Mountain
The Dig
You Gotta Believe
The Woman in the Line
Where the Tracks End
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
On the Basis of Sex
Johnny
NYAD
Penguin Bloom
My Best Friend Anne Frank
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Come Sunday
Raazi
Maria
Rustin
The Ryan White Story
Panipat - The Great Betrayal
The Most Hated Woman in America
First They Killed My Father
Zero to Hero
Amina
Biographical Movies
Jobs
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Number 24
BlackBerry
Lion
Dangal
True Spirit
Marie Antoinette
Wendy Williams: The Movie
Rob Peace
Hands of Stone
I Am Woman
Worth
The Swimmers
Spoiler Alert
Lilly
Scoop
A Man of Action
Borg vs. McEnroe
You Gotta Believe
The Two Popes
This is I
Penguin Bloom
On the Basis of Sex
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Denial
NYAD
My Best Friend Anne Frank
The Angel
Come Sunday
Official Secrets
First They Killed My Father
The Ryan White Story
Rustin
Nothing to Lose
Bombshell
12th Fail
Srikanth
Shirley
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