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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The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story
Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard
Seven Years in Tibet
The Highwaymen
Nonnas
Straight Outta Compton
Irena's Vow
42
Harriet
Ordinary Angels
The Impossible
Nuremberg
American Sniper
Eden
Fatherhood
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Machine Gun Preacher
Jarhead
Marie Antoinette
Dallas Buyers Club
The Six Triple Eight
Hillbilly Elegy
La Bamba
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Eat Pray Love
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Ali
Soul Surfer
The King
Woman of the Hour
The Founder
Hamnet
Soul on Fire
Song Sung Blue
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
Narvik
Society of the Snow
23 000 Lives
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Ordinary Angels
The Impossible
42
Dallas Buyers Club
La Bamba
Song Sung Blue
Fatherhood
The Six Triple Eight
Hamnet
Hillbilly Elegy
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
23 000 Lives
The Dig
The Swedish Connection
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Lion
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
The Woman in the Line
The 24th
First They Killed My Father
Yara
Selma
To the Max
The Other Side of the Mountain
Raazi
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Ferrari
Maria
NYAD
Where the Tracks End
My Best Friend Anne Frank
True Spirit
You Gotta Believe
On the Basis of Sex
Worth
Penguin Bloom
Blue Miracle
JOY - The Birth of IVF
Broad Peak
Drama Movies Based on Real Life
Harriet
Fatherhood
Jarhead
Nuremberg
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Six Triple Eight
Hillbilly Elegy
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story
Marie Antoinette
La Bamba
Soul Surfer
The King
Eat Pray Love
Woman of the Hour
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
Ali
Society of the Snow
23 000 Lives
The Founder
Hamnet
Narvik
Soul on Fire
Song Sung Blue
iHostage
Rescued by Ruby
The Good Nurse
Anthropoid
The Dig
Pain Hustlers
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Friday Night Lights
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
Outlaw King
Against The Ice
Donnie Brasco
Number 24
The Dirt
The Siege of Jadotville
Drama Movies Based on Books
Soul Surfer
Soul on Fire
Marie Antoinette
Eat Pray Love
Hamnet
Society of the Snow
Friday Night Lights
Hillbilly Elegy
Rescued by Ruby
The Dirt
Donnie Brasco
The Good Nurse
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Dig
Pain Hustlers
Against The Ice
Rob Peace
Number 24
Lion
Snowden
The Siege of Jadotville
Lost Girls
Dog Gone
Victoria & Abdul
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Denial
22 July
Ferrari
NYAD
BlackBerry
True Spirit
The Other Side of the Mountain
Raazi
Outlaw
Scoop
Worth
Where the Tracks End
Lilly
The Long Game
Biographical Movies
The King
Ali
Hillbilly Elegy
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Donnie Brasco
The Good Nurse
The Dirt
Wendy Williams: The Movie
Number 24
Against The Ice
Rob Peace
Roxanne Roxanne
Victoria & Abdul
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Lion
The Swimmers
Dolemite Is My Name
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
Selma
The Two Popes
Shirley
Denial
Ferrari
On the Basis of Sex
First They Killed My Father
BlackBerry
Dangal
NYAD
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Scoop
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
True Spirit
Worth
You Gotta Believe
Lilly
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Golda
Maria
This is I
Less of a Stranger
The Founder
The Dig
Number 24
Lion
Roxanne Roxanne
The Swimmers
The Two Popes
Mosul
First They Killed My Father
Dolemite Is My Name
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Selma
Denial
22 July
Dead Man's Wire
Raazi
BlackBerry
The Photographer Of Mauthausen
Scoop
NYAD
Maria
East of Wall
Where the Tracks End
The Long Game
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
A Private War
She Said
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Spoiler Alert
Barry
'83
I'm Still Here
Notes for My Son
Maestro
Borg vs. McEnroe
Blue Moon
Amina
Silenced
MANK
Zero to Hero
23 000 Lives
Narvik
The Dirt
Pain Hustlers
Rob Peace
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Concussion
Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story
The 24th
Lion
Victoria & Abdul
Roxanne Roxanne
Mosul
Giving Hope: The Ni’cola Mitchell Story
Dog Gone
Sand Castle
The Two Popes
BlackBerry
Ferrari
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
The Long Game
Less of a Stranger
GDN
Dolemite Is My Name
Operation Mincemeat
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Lost Girls
Lucca's World
On the Basis of Sex
Blue Miracle
The Swedish Connection
Selma
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Nothing to Lose
Dangal
Dead Man's Wire
The Woman in the Line
True Spirit
The Trial of the Chicago 7
You Gotta Believe
Strong Black Lead
A Plan To Suit Your Needs
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