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
I Can Only Imagine
Hacksaw Ridge
Harriet
Eat Pray Love
The Good Nurse
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Bob Marley: One Love
Ferrari
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Ali
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
The Dig
You Gotta Believe
Lost Girls
The Founder
Dog Gone
The Swedish Connection
Rescued by Ruby
LBJ
Schindler's List
First They Killed My Father
Chabuca
Donnie Brasco
Apollo 13
Narvik
Dangal
Jobs
Rudy
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Shabaash Mithu (Hindi)
Shirley
The Siege of Jadotville
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
The Climb
The Theory of Everything
Penguin Bloom
Drama Movies Based on Real Life
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Bob Marley: One Love
Ferrari
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Ali
Lost Girls
The Dig
The Swedish Connection
Rescued by Ruby
Dog Gone
LBJ
The Founder
First They Killed My Father
Donnie Brasco
Narvik
You Gotta Believe
Schindler's List
Apollo 13
Dangal
Jobs
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Rudy
The Siege of Jadotville
Shirley
BlackBerry
Chabuca
The Theory of Everything
Shabaash Mithu (Hindi)
On the Basis of Sex
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
The Angel
The Drug King
War Machine
Penguin Bloom
Latin Blood - The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
Barry
Drama Movies Based on Books
Nuremberg
Fatherhood
Rob Peace
Friday Night Lights
Hillbilly Elegy
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Ferrari
Eat Pray Love
Society of the Snow
Soul on Fire
Lost Girls
Lion
Moneyball
The Dig
22 July
Rescued by Ruby
Dog Gone
Number 24
The Dirt
Raazi
Donnie Brasco
Worth
Where the Tracks End
Against The Ice
Maharaj
Pain Hustlers
True Spirit
Operation Mincemeat
Schindler's List
Apollo 13
The Long Game
The Laundromat
The Siege of Jadotville
Out of Africa
Born on the Fourth of July
BlackBerry
Scoop
Lucca's World
The Climb
Emergency
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
Woman of the Hour
iHostage
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
Eden
Operation Mincemeat
Anthropoid
Against The Ice
Donnie Brasco
Dead Man's Wire
Apollo 13
Phenomena
Hijack '93
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
The Angel
Wasp Network
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
Silenced
Relentless Crime Dramas
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Women Behind the Camera
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
The Swedish Connection
Rescued by Ruby
First They Killed My Father
Raazi
True Spirit
Emergency
The Sky Is Pink
On the Basis of Sex
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
East of Wall
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
Lucca's World
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
I Am Woman
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Autumn Girl
Baggio: The Divine Ponytail
Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story
Lilly
The Swimmers
Talvar
Cézanne et moi
The Silent Twins
The Polka King
Queen of Coal
Unspeakable Acts
Madame Claude
Elisa & Marcela
Mapplethorpe
Song Sung Blue
Nonnas
La Bamba
Moneyball
Society of the Snow
Miracle
The Founder
22 July
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
Number 24
The Dig
Lion
Cinderella Man
Raazi
Mosul
First They Killed My Father
Dolemite Is My Name
Roxanne Roxanne
Where the Tracks End
The Long Game
Donnie Brasco
Apollo 13
Out of Africa
Schindler's List
BlackBerry
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Born on the Fourth of July
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Scoop
Dead Man's Wire
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Theory of Everything
Rudy
The Two Popes
East of Wall
Zero to Hero
NYAD
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Barry
The Swimmers
The Six Triple Eight
Soul on Fire
Cinderella Man
Worth
Ali
The Long Game
LBJ
Concussion
Pain Hustlers
Maharaj
Dead Man's Wire
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Born on the Fourth of July
JOY - The Birth of IVF
Bombshell
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
Lucca's World
Yara
On the Basis of Sex
Scoop
Shirley
The Theory of Everything
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Hijack '93
Shabaash Mithu (Hindi)
Penguin Bloom
Zero to Hero
A Man of Action
Emergency
Srikanth
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
I Am Woman
I'm Still Here
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Lilly
12th Fail
Barry
The Silent Twins
On My Skin
Rose Island
The Dig
The Founder
Dog Gone
LBJ
Schindler's List
Apollo 13
You Gotta Believe
Narvik
Dangal
Jobs
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Rudy
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Siege of Jadotville
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Theory of Everything
On the Basis of Sex
BlackBerry
Shabaash Mithu (Hindi)
Shirley
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
Chabuca
The Angel
The Drug King
War Machine
Penguin Bloom
Latin Blood - The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
Wendy Williams: The Movie
The Swimmers
Major (Hindi)
Barry
The Climb
A Man of Action
The Sky Is Pink
House of Ga'a
Denial
Notes for My Son
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Borg vs. McEnroe
Unspeakable Acts
Chabuca
Dangal
Maharaj
Narvik
Johnny
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Zero to Hero
Emergency
Yara
Hijack '93
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Lucca's World
Shabaash Mithu (Hindi)
The Drug King
I'm Still Here
The Sky Is Pink
Srikanth
The Match
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Latin Blood - The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
Phenomena
The Angel
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Panipat - The Great Betrayal
This is I
Amina
Baggio: The Divine Ponytail
12th Fail
Borg vs. McEnroe
'83
Rising High
Dance of the Forty One
Broad Peak
Outlaw
Major (Telugu)
House of Ga'a
Kuttavum Shikshayum
On My Skin
Amar Singh Chamkila
Major (Hindi)
Political Drama Movies
Anthropoid
Born on the Fourth of July
Hijack '93
Shirley
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
On the Basis of Sex
A Man of Action
The Angel
War Machine
Emergency
Wasp Network
Golda
Barry
Rustin
Official Secrets
Dance of the Forty One
Madame Claude
Thalaivii
The Most Hated Woman in America
Sergio
Dovlatov
Women Who Rule The Screen
JOY - The Birth of IVF
Pain Hustlers
NYAD
Emergency
I Am Woman
Roxanne Roxanne
I'm Still Here
Shabaash Mithu (Hindi)
True Spirit
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
On the Basis of Sex
Amina
Autumn Girl
The Silent Twins
Denial
A Private War
The Woman in the Line
Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist
The Swimmers
Maria
Official Secrets
Thalaivii
The Most Hated Woman in America
Madame Claude
Elisa & Marcela
A Plan To Suit Your Needs
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