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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American Sniper
Soul Surfer
42
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
Soul on Fire
The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story
La Bamba
Ordinary Angels
Moneyball
The Hurricane
Song Sung Blue
The Highwaymen
Unbroken
The Six Triple Eight
Donnie Brasco
Schindler's List
Nuremberg
Harriet
Nonnas
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
The Founder
Fatherhood
Hillbilly Elegy
Eat Pray Love
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Marie Antoinette
I Swear
The Good Nurse
The King
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
iHostage
Woman of the Hour
Apollo 13
I Can Only Imagine
Society of the Snow
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
Jobs
Snowden
The 24th
Drama Movies Based on Real Life
La Bamba
The Highwaymen
Ordinary Angels
Moneyball
The Hurricane
Song Sung Blue
The Six Triple Eight
Unbroken
Harriet
Nuremberg
Nonnas
Schindler's List
Donnie Brasco
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
The Founder
I Swear
Fatherhood
Hillbilly Elegy
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Eat Pray Love
Marie Antoinette
I Can Only Imagine
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
iHostage
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Good Nurse
Rescued by Ruby
Woman of the Hour
The King
Jobs
Apollo 13
Lion
Society of the Snow
Snowden
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Friday Night Lights
The 24th
Ali
BlackBerry
Rudy
Unbroken
The Six Triple Eight
Schindler's List
Nonnas
Harriet
Nuremberg
Donnie Brasco
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
Fatherhood
The Founder
I Swear
Hillbilly Elegy
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
iHostage
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
I Can Only Imagine
Eat Pray Love
Marie Antoinette
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Good Nurse
Woman of the Hour
The King
Jobs
Society of the Snow
Rescued by Ruby
Apollo 13
BlackBerry
Lion
Snowden
The 24th
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Friday Night Lights
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Ali
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
The Dirt
Dog Gone
Born on the Fourth of July
Rudy
Dolemite Is My Name
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Drama Movies Based on Books
Donnie Brasco
Fatherhood
Eat Pray Love
Hillbilly Elegy
Marie Antoinette
The Good Nurse
Snowden
Apollo 13
Rescued by Ruby
Society of the Snow
BlackBerry
Lion
Friday Night Lights
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Dog Gone
Born on the Fourth of July
The Dirt
Against The Ice
Hamnet
Out of Africa
Ferrari
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
True Spirit
The Long Game
Lost Girls
Rob Peace
The Dig
22 July
Pain Hustlers
Operation Mincemeat
Number 24
Lucca's World
Maharaj
The Siege of Jadotville
Worth
Lilly
NYAD
Scoop
Raazi
Spoiler Alert
Crowd Pleasers
The Founder
Society of the Snow
BlackBerry
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Lion
Born on the Fourth of July
Cinderella Man
Rudy
Hamnet
Dolemite Is My Name
Out of Africa
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
Miracle
The Long Game
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Theory of Everything
The Two Popes
Selma
22 July
The Dig
Talk to Me
Roxanne Roxanne
The Swimmers
Number 24
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Mosul
NYAD
Spoiler Alert
First They Killed My Father
Scoop
Raazi
Maria
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Denial
Where the Tracks End
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Dead Man's Wire
Borg vs. McEnroe
'83
Amina
23 000 Lives
Number 24
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Hijack '93
Lucca's World
Narvik
Dangal
Yara
The Woman in the Line
Maharaj
This is I
The Swedish Connection
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Mosul
Raazi
Riphagen - The Untouchable
Wasp Network
Phenomena
Outlaw
Amina
Where the Tracks End
The Match
Hands of Stone
Latin Blood - The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
Rose Island
The Angel
I'm Still Here
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Shabaash Mithu (Hindi)
Panipat - The Great Betrayal
Srikanth
Nothing to Lose
House of Ga'a
'83
Dance of the Forty One
Borg vs. McEnroe
Johnny
Zero to Hero
Chabuca
Madame Claude
The King
Ali
Cinderella Man
Hotel Mumbai
Out of Africa
The Theory of Everything
Selma
Talk to Me
Roxanne Roxanne
Dangal
First They Killed My Father
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Raazi
Wasp Network
The Match
Rose Island
'83
I'm Still Here
Talvar
Zero to Hero
On My Skin
Blue Moon
Ali's Wedding
Silenced
12th Fail
Sanju
Thalaivii
Queen of Coal
MANK
The 24th
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Rob Peace
Concussion
Talk to Me
Selma
Shirley
Pain Hustlers
Lucca's World
Hijack '93
The Woman in the Line
Yara
The Swedish Connection
Maharaj
Bombshell
On the Basis of Sex
Scoop
Lilly
Worth
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
Wasp Network
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Laundromat
The Silent Twins
JOY - The Birth of IVF
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Shabaash Mithu (Hindi)
I'm Still Here
I Am Woman
Rose Island
Dead Man's Wire
Srikanth
Zero to Hero
Talvar
Barry
Hands of Stone
The Most Hated Woman in America
Official Secrets
She Said
Hard Lessons
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Rudy
Ferrari
True Spirit
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
The Swedish Connection
Yara
The Woman in the Line
On the Basis of Sex
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
You Gotta Believe
Raazi
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
NYAD
Spoiler Alert
Maria
First They Killed My Father
Worth
Blue Miracle
Where the Tracks End
Amina
The Ryan White Story
JOY - The Birth of IVF
I'm Still Here
Panipat - The Great Betrayal
Zero to Hero
Hands of Stone
Johnny
The Most Hated Woman in America
Penguin Bloom
Come Sunday
Notes for My Son
Elisa & Marcela
Rustin
Silenced
Broad Peak
Unspeakable Acts
The Lighthouse of the Orcas
Triumph of the Heart
Maestro
Jobs
Miracle
Roxanne Roxanne
Operation Mincemeat
Anthropoid
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
The Siege of Jadotville
Raazi
Golda
First They Killed My Father
Maria
Phenomena
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Angel
Riphagen - The Untouchable
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Dead Man's Wire
I Am Woman
'83
Rose Island
Nothing to Lose
Borg vs. McEnroe
Latin Blood - The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
I'm Still Here
Barry
Dance of the Forty One
Blue Moon
The Drug King
Rustin
Madame Claude
A Man of Action
Broad Peak
Emergency
Maestro
Too Young the Hero
Ẹlẹṣin Ọba: The King's Horseman
Lefter: The Story of The Ordinarius
Good Night, and Good Luck: Live from Broadway
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