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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The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
Ordinary Angels
The Hurricane
Nuremberg
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
23 000 Lives
American Sniper
The Highwaymen
The Six Triple Eight
Nonnas
Moneyball
Born on the Fourth of July
iHostage
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Song Sung Blue
La Bamba
Woman of the Hour
Eat Pray Love
Harriet
To the Max
Hillbilly Elegy
Society of the Snow
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
The King
I Can Only Imagine
Donnie Brasco
Outlaw King
The Founder
Operation Mincemeat
42
Hamnet
Mosul
Snowden
Anthropoid
Soul on Fire
Number 24
The Good Nurse
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
The Long Game
The Six Triple Eight
Moneyball
Song Sung Blue
The Highwaymen
Nonnas
Harriet
23 000 Lives
Donnie Brasco
I Can Only Imagine
La Bamba
42
Soul on Fire
Hillbilly Elegy
Society of the Snow
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
The King
Eat Pray Love
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
The Founder
iHostage
Unbroken
I Swear
The Long Game
Woman of the Hour
Born on the Fourth of July
Snowden
Outlaw King
Jobs
Soul Surfer
Hamnet
Cinderella Man
The Good Nurse
Operation Mincemeat
Schindler's List
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Fatherhood
Number 24
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Anthropoid
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
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Drama Movies Based on Books
Soul Surfer
Hillbilly Elegy
Soul on Fire
Eat Pray Love
The Long Game
Society of the Snow
Born on the Fourth of July
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Donnie Brasco
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Against The Ice
The Good Nurse
Fatherhood
Schindler's List
Snowden
Hamnet
Apollo 13
Operation Mincemeat
Scoop
Ferrari
Marie Antoinette
Number 24
Rescued by Ruby
Dog Gone
The Siege of Jadotville
Rob Peace
Wasp Network
Lost Girls
Friday Night Lights
The Laundromat
The Dig
The Dirt
True Spirit
BlackBerry
Raazi
Out of Africa
Lilly
Where the Tracks End
NYAD
Emergency
Drama Movies Based on Real Life
23 000 Lives
I Can Only Imagine
La Bamba
42
The King
Born on the Fourth of July
Outlaw King
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
Woman of the Hour
I Swear
Cinderella Man
The Founder
The Long Game
Operation Mincemeat
Snowden
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Unbroken
Jobs
Fatherhood
Apollo 13
The Good Nurse
Hamnet
Mosul
Soul Surfer
To the Max
Schindler's List
Number 24
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Concussion
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Anthropoid
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
True Spirit
Ferrari
Miracle
Friday Night Lights
Rescued by Ruby
Ali
Marie Antoinette
Dog Gone
Schindler's List
Fatherhood
Apollo 13
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
The Swedish Connection
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Ferrari
Hamnet
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
True Spirit
To the Max
The Dig
The Theory of Everything
Rudy
The 24th
Blue Miracle
Selma
Out of Africa
Raazi
Broad Peak
Ẹlẹṣin Ọba: The King's Horseman
Yara
JOY - The Birth of IVF
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
First They Killed My Father
My Best Friend Anne Frank
The Woman in the Line
NYAD
Where the Tracks End
Hands of Stone
On the Basis of Sex
Lion
Maria
Worth
I'm Still Here
Johnny
You Gotta Believe
The Lighthouse of the Orcas
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
The Founder
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Woman of the Hour
Dolemite Is My Name
Cinderella Man
Number 24
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Hamnet
Apollo 13
Mosul
Scoop
Talk to Me
Friday Night Lights
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
Miracle
The Dig
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Theory of Everything
Rudy
BlackBerry
The Swimmers
The Two Popes
Selma
Out of Africa
Raazi
Barry
The Trial of the Chicago 7
First They Killed My Father
Roxanne Roxanne
Where the Tracks End
NYAD
Dead Man's Wire
22 July
Lion
I'm Still Here
Maria
Borg vs. McEnroe
She Said
East of Wall
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Dog Gone
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Hijack '93
Lost Girls
Rescued by Ruby
Lilly
Yara
Blue Miracle
Rising High
Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
Wendy Williams: The Movie
Notes for My Son
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
Hard Lessons
Outlaw
The Polka King
Revenge of the Green Dragons
The Most Hated Woman in America
Baggio: The Divine Ponytail
Too Young the Hero
The Ryan White Story
Queen of Coal
Unspeakable Acts
Triumph of the Heart
Up Next: Silvio Santos
Action Movies
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Yara
Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story
22 July
On My Skin
Dead Man's Wire
A Man of Action
Hard Lessons
Outlaw
Revenge of the Green Dragons
The Most Hated Woman in America
The Drug King
Talvar
Unspeakable Acts
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
Kuttavum Shikshayum
Biographical Drama Movies
Jobs
Ferrari
Marie Antoinette
Rob Peace
Golda
Talk to Me
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
True Spirit
Ali
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
The Two Popes
Rudy
The Theory of Everything
The Dirt
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
BlackBerry
I Am Woman
The Swimmers
Dangal
Selma
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
Broad Peak
Lilly
Out of Africa
NYAD
Shirley
First They Killed My Father
Hands of Stone
Roxanne Roxanne
The Angel
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Bombshell
On the Basis of Sex
Worth
Lion
Wendy Williams: The Movie
A Man of Action
I'm Still Here
Nothing to Lose
A Plan To Suit Your Needs
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