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 Gangster
Nuremberg
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Hacksaw Ridge
Deepwater Horizon
The Six Triple Eight
Nonnas
Lone Survivor
Harriet
The Highwaymen
Priscilla
Bohemian Rhapsody
Fatherhood
Erin Brockovich
The Best of Enemies
Jobs
The Founder
Wonder
Soul on Fire
The King
LBJ
iHostage
Hotel Mumbai
Hillbilly Elegy
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Bob Marley: One Love
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
12 Years a Slave
Ray
The Good Nurse
Everest
Rescued by Ruby
The Dirt
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Darkest Hour
Outlaw King
The Iron Claw
Lost Girls
Society of the Snow
Operation Mincemeat
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Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Denial
Nuremberg
Bohemian Rhapsody
Deepwater Horizon
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
The Iron Claw
BlackBerry
Hotel Mumbai
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
LBJ
Raazi
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
The Swedish Connection
East of Wall
This is I
Blue Moon
Up Next: Silvio Santos
Drama Movies Based on Real Life
Nonnas
Lone Survivor
Harriet
The Highwaymen
Priscilla
Erin Brockovich
Fatherhood
Jobs
The King
Soul on Fire
Wonder
The Best of Enemies
The Founder
Everest
iHostage
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Hillbilly Elegy
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
Bob Marley: One Love
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
LBJ
Ray
Hotel Mumbai
The Dirt
12 Years a Slave
Society of the Snow
The Good Nurse
The Iron Claw
Outlaw King
Rescued by Ruby
Darkest Hour
Race
Rob Peace
BlackBerry
Unbroken
You Gotta Believe
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Pain Hustlers
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Drama Movies Based on Books
Wonder
Fatherhood
Soul on Fire
The Dirt
Hillbilly Elegy
The Best of Enemies
Rescued by Ruby
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
BlackBerry
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
The Good Nurse
12 Years a Slave
The Dig
Lost Girls
Society of the Snow
Unbroken
Dog Gone
The Infiltrator
Pain Hustlers
Operation Mincemeat
The Iceman
Number 24
Against The Ice
Rob Peace
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
The Long Game
Worth
Glory
Lion
22 July
Denial
True Spirit
NYAD
Raazi
Where the Tracks End
Thank You for Your Service
Wasp Network
The Siege of Jadotville
Lucca's World
The Laundromat
Jobs
The Founder
The King
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
LBJ
12 Years a Slave
Bob Marley: One Love
Ray
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
The Dirt
Society of the Snow
Hotel Mumbai
The Good Nurse
Everest
The Iron Claw
Outlaw King
Rescued by Ruby
Darkest Hour
Lost Girls
Unbroken
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Race
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
BlackBerry
Woman of the Hour
Rob Peace
Hijack '93
You Gotta Believe
Operation Mincemeat
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Dangal
Number 24
The Two Popes
The Dig
Dog Gone
Pain Hustlers
Against The Ice
The Iceman
The Infiltrator
Rescued by Ruby
Lost Girls
Dog Gone
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Woman of the Hour
Hijack '93
Yara
Blue Miracle
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
Phenomena
Wendy Williams: The Movie
Lilly
Too Young the Hero
Rising High
Widow Clicquot
The Polka King
Outlaw
The Ryan White Story
Hard Lessons
Unspeakable Acts
Revenge of the Green Dragons
The Most Hated Woman in America
Baggio: The Divine Ponytail
Notes for My Son
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story
Queen of Coal
Triumph of the Heart
Up Next: Silvio Santos
Ray
The Iron Claw
BlackBerry
Society of the Snow
12 Years a Slave
Darkest Hour
The Dig
Roxanne Roxanne
The Two Popes
The Long Game
Number 24
Woman of the Hour
First They Killed My Father
Lion
Glory
Dolemite Is My Name
Denial
22 July
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Mosul
Raazi
NYAD
Where the Tracks End
The Swimmers
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Official Secrets
'83
Maharaj
Silenced
Scoop
Borg vs. McEnroe
12th Fail
Maria
Widow Clicquot
Talvar
I'm Still Here
East of Wall
Dovlatov
Maestro
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Swedish Connection
Narvik
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
Raazi
Lefter: The Story of The Ordinarius
Rose Island
Shirley
The Siege of Jadotville
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Phenomena
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
A Man of Action
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Too Young the Hero
'83
I Am Woman
The Angel
Borg vs. McEnroe
Emergency
Latin Blood - The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
Maria
The Drug King
Nothing to Lose
I'm Still Here
Broad Peak
Riphagen - The Untouchable
Barry
Maestro
Dance of the Forty One
Rustin
Madame Claude
Ẹlẹṣin Ọba: The King's Horseman
Good Night, and Good Luck: Live from Broadway
Blue Moon
Up Next: Silvio Santos
Autumn Girl
Biographical Drama Movies
Bob Marley: One Love
You Gotta Believe
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Rob Peace
The Two Popes
Hands of Stone
Number 24
Dangal
Against The Ice
Dolemite Is My Name
Woman of the Hour
Glory
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Worth
Lion
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
NYAD
True Spirit
Lefter: The Story of The Ordinarius
Denial
This is I
Wendy Williams: The Movie
The Swimmers
Shirley
Official Secrets
On the Basis of Sex
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
A Man of Action
House of Ga'a
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Backstabbing for Beginners
Lilly
The Ryan White Story
Latin Blood - The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
Borg vs. McEnroe
12th Fail
The Angel
Bombshell
Maria
Penguin Bloom
Mosul
Dangal
Yara
Rose Island
Where the Tracks End
Phenomena
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Lucca's World
'83
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Maharaj
A Man of Action
The Woman in the Line
Emergency
House of Ga'a
The Angel
Borg vs. McEnroe
Silenced
Outlaw
Latin Blood - The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
Srikanth
The Match
Rising High
12th Fail
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Talvar
I'm Still Here
The Climb
Dovlatov
The Drug King
Nothing to Lose
Mixed by Erry
The Lighthouse of the Orcas
Broad Peak
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
Panipat - The Great Betrayal
Riphagen - The Untouchable
Major (Hindi)
Notes for My Son
Thalaivii
Women Who Rule The Screen
Pain Hustlers
True Spirit
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
The Swimmers
Shirley
On the Basis of Sex
Official Secrets
JOY - The Birth of IVF
The Woman in the Line
I Am Woman
Emergency
Widow Clicquot
Maria
I'm Still Here
The Most Hated Woman in America
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
Thalaivii
Shabaash Mithu (Hindi)
Amina
Madame Claude
A Private War
Elisa & Marcela
Autumn Girl
A Plan To Suit Your Needs
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