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