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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Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
Nuremberg
American Gangster
Song Sung Blue
I Can Only Imagine
Harriet
Nonnas
Soul on Fire
La Bamba
The Six Triple Eight
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
Hacksaw Ridge
Fatherhood
The 24th
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Good Nurse
The Highwaymen
Eat Pray Love
Hillbilly Elegy
Bob Marley: One Love
Friday Night Lights
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Unbroken
The Long Game
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Ferrari
The Dirt
The King
Ali
The Hurricane
Miracle
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Concussion
The Theory of Everything
Dog Gone
Rescued by Ruby
Outlaw King
Everest
Society of the Snow
Lost Girls
Nonnas
The Six Triple Eight
Hacksaw Ridge
Friday Night Lights
Unbroken
Ali
The Theory of Everything
The Hurricane
Hotel Mumbai
The King
Talk to Me
The Long Game
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Dangal
Moneyball
Roxanne Roxanne
Society of the Snow
Cinderella Man
Born on the Fourth of July
Raazi
Schindler's List
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Out of Africa
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
First They Killed My Father
Lion
Apollo 13
'83
Talvar
Wasp Network
On My Skin
Sanju
The Match
Rose Island
Zero to Hero
I'm Still Here
Queen of Coal
Blue Moon
Silenced
Thalaivii
Crowd Pleasers
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
The Good Nurse
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
iHostage
Woman of the Hour
Against The Ice
Donnie Brasco
Operation Mincemeat
Phenomena
Dead Man's Wire
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Anthropoid
Apollo 13
Hijack '93
Eden
Wasp Network
The Angel
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
Silenced
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
BlackBerry
Sand Castle
Come Sunday
Borg vs. McEnroe
Revenge of the Green Dragons
The Polka King
Dance of the Forty One
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East of Wall
I'm Still Here
The Silent Twins
The End of the Tour
Blue Moon
Cézanne et moi
A Private War
Ali's Wedding
Sergio
Vikrithi
Drama Movies Based on Real Life
La Bamba
The 24th
Eat Pray Love
Bob Marley: One Love
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
The Long Game
Talk to Me
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Ali
The Hurricane
The Dirt
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Concussion
Society of the Snow
Dog Gone
Miracle
Lost Girls
The King
Jobs
Dangal
Donnie Brasco
iHostage
Everest
Rob Peace
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
The Founder
Rescued by Ruby
The Theory of Everything
Ferrari
You Gotta Believe
Woman of the Hour
Cinderella Man
BlackBerry
Dead Man's Wire
Outlaw King
Number 24
Blue Miracle
Moneyball
22 July
LBJ
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Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
The Hurricane
Concussion
Dog Gone
Rob Peace
Number 24
Miracle
Jobs
Society of the Snow
The Dirt
Lost Girls
Ferrari
The King
The Theory of Everything
Everest
Rescued by Ruby
Dangal
Talk to Me
Woman of the Hour
iHostage
The Founder
Donnie Brasco
Outlaw King
LBJ
Blue Miracle
Cinderella Man
BlackBerry
Born on the Fourth of July
Operation Mincemeat
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Moneyball
You Gotta Believe
22 July
Dead Man's Wire
Schindler's List
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Rudy
Anthropoid
Out of Africa
Spanish-Language Movies
Women Behind the Camera
Lost Girls
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
The Swimmers
The Swedish Connection
Raazi
Lilly
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
First They Killed My Father
I Am Woman
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
True Spirit
Unspeakable Acts
On the Basis of Sex
Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story
The Polka King
Madame Claude
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Emergency
East of Wall
Talvar
The Sky Is Pink
Queen of Coal
Baggio: The Divine Ponytail
The Silent Twins
Mapplethorpe
Cézanne et moi
Autumn Girl
Elisa & Marcela
Drama Movies Based on Books
Ferrari
Donnie Brasco
Born on the Fourth of July
Moneyball
Operation Mincemeat
The Laundromat
Pain Hustlers
Where the Tracks End
Raazi
Schindler's List
Maharaj
Lilly
The Dig
22 July
Out of Africa
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Worth
The Siege of Jadotville
Scoop
Lion
True Spirit
Apollo 13
Denial
Penguin Bloom
Unspeakable Acts
NYAD
Nothing to Lose
Outlaw
Wasp Network
The Angel
The Lighthouse of the Orcas
Emergency
The Climb
I'm Still Here
The End of the Tour
The Silent Twins
Thalaivii
Silenced
War Machine
12th Fail
The Theory of Everything
Miracle
The Founder
Cinderella Man
Dolemite Is My Name
Schindler's List
Raazi
Where the Tracks End
Dead Man's Wire
22 July
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
The Dig
Rudy
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Out of Africa
The Swimmers
Mosul
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
The Two Popes
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Lion
Apollo 13
First They Killed My Father
Scoop
Denial
NYAD
'83
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Barry
Maria
Borg vs. McEnroe
Talvar
Official Secrets
Amina
East of Wall
Rustin
Zero to Hero
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Notes for My Son
I'm Still Here
Political Drama Movies
Jobs
Rudy
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Out of Africa
The Dig
I Am Woman
The Siege of Jadotville
Narvik
First They Killed My Father
Hijack '93
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Latin Blood - The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
Apollo 13
'83
A Man of Action
Nothing to Lose
Golda
Barry
Maria
Borg vs. McEnroe
Lefter: The Story of The Ordinarius
Broad Peak
Riphagen - The Untouchable
Dance of the Forty One
Rustin
The Angel
Emergency
Rose Island
I'm Still Here
Blue Moon
Mapplethorpe
Maestro
The Drug King
Madame Claude
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Too Young the Hero
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