Films based on a true story.

Checkmate19

Really interested in documentary's or interesting true story's. Anyone any recommendation's on good true story films they have seen.

callaway92

Monster

Edit: wow, can't believe it's 15 y/o now

ianob7

Into the wild

Slydice

Grave of the Fireflies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies

semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka

but like.. it's a tough watch

Stone Deaf 4evr

There's loads 'based' on a true story, but its hard to know how much is fact, vs how much is made up to enhance the drama.

my own picks would be

Black Hawk Down
Lone Survivor
Rescue Dawn
Catch me if you Can
Zodiac
Spotlight
Robocop

0ph0rce0

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

There's loads 'based' on a true story, but its hard to know how much is fact, vs how much is made up to enhance the drama.

my own picks would be

Black Hawk Down
Lone Survivor
Rescue Dawn
Catch me if you Can
Zodiac
Spotlight
Robocop

thebull85

Summer of Sam or To catch a killer. Both about serial killers. Decent films.

Lorelli!

The Experiment was good with Adrian Brody, loosely based on the Stanford Prison experiment which was a dodgy psychology experiment done in the early 70s. They took ordinary volunteers and put them in a prison setting assigning some as wardens and others as prisoners. There was also a film in 2015 afaik based on it called The Stanford Prison Experiment but I haven't seen that myself.

I dont know how true it was to the real story but one of my favourites is Dog Day Afternoon with Al Pacino. It's such an unusual and bizarre story.

CrankyHaus

Stander is a fairly enjoyable film based on an Apartheid era South African cop who cracked and started robbing banks. The township riot scene at the start is incredible.

Agent Coulson

Star Wars It happened A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away but it's true.

Lorelli!

I always remember when The Aimee Fischer Story was on and Swapped at Birth or something like that and the way they hyped it up in the ads before showing it.

The dramatizing in some of those made for tv true movies is so awful and cliche.

ianob7

Fruitvale station is also another great true story depiction

Checkmate19

Cheers for the replies so far. Seen quite a few of them. For anyone not seen it it's been mentioned here. Stander is a very good film.

lsjmhar

Bambi!

vicwatson

Alive (except some died)

lsjmhar

Rambo

budgemook

Does anyone remember those straight to video true story movies from the 80s? They were all from the same studio / production company but I can't remember the name. They were always about things like a girl with anorexia or a wife / child being abused by an alcoholic husband / father.

There were loads of them.

Zeek12

Munich and Captain Phillips

Both excellent movies

waffleman

Icarus - about Russian doping and the cover up

jacksie66

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fallen01angel

Changeling starring Angelina Jolie is a "good" movie in a v upsetting way. Remember the Titans is also well worth a watch.

frag420

The Snowtown Murders

This movie is grim, very grim!!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1680114/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Charlie19

City of God. Brazilian movie with subtitles.

Alpha Dog is another cracker about spoiled teenagers that get mixed up in drugs.

Both probably loosely based on true stories.

Schindler's List would have to get a mention.

Drumpot

Idiocracy was way before it’s time....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9nVLXMhPc

Lorelli!

budgemook wrote: »

Does anyone remember those straight to video true story movies from the 80s? They were all from the same studio / production company but I can't remember the name. They were always about things like a girl with anorexia or a wife / child being abused by an alcoholic husband / father.

There were loads of them.

That's what I meant earlier. There's a whole channel dedicated to them called True Movies. Its up there with God TV

o1s1n

Midnight Express is one of my favourites.

Not Without my Daughter is also good but pretty dated now.

thebull85

o1s1n wrote: »

Midnight Express is one of my favourites.

Not Without my Daughter is also good but pretty dated now.

+1 Midnight Express brilliant film.

Sleeper12

28 posts in & no one mentions Schindlers list or Michael Collins?

DellyBelly

Jaws. Based on shark attacks that happened on the east coast of America

dark crystal

budgemook wrote: »

Does anyone remember those straight to video true story movies from the 80s? They were all from the same studio / production company but I can't remember the name. They were always about things like a girl with anorexia or a wife / child being abused by an alcoholic husband / father.

There were loads of them.

I believe the production company was Odyssey Films.


My mother was a sucker for them

budgemook

dark crystal wrote: »

I believe the production company was Odyssey Films.


My mother was a sucker for them

That's it.

Jimbob1977

Titanic

JFK

The Siege of Jadotville

Zulu

Dunkirk

Lincoln

Gallipoli

Braveheart

Anthropoid

Enemy at the Gates

DellyBelly

jacksie66 wrote: »

The Lord of the Rings.

I'm guessing you are joking but in case not that isn't based on a true story. Well I don't think it is anyway

machiavellianme

The infiltrator
rogue trader
Enron:the smartest guys in the room

SBPhoto

Evil Genius

machiavellianme

Drumpot wrote: »

Idiocracy was way before it’s time....

I'm not "not sure" that it was!
A true masterpiece,rewatched it again recently and it has gotten better with time.

dark crystal

Summer of Sam, as mentioned earlier, is one of my favourites. It's a Spike Lee film based on the Son of Sam murders. In fairness, it's really a fictionalized film set around the murders, but it's still a great watch.


I'd also recommend;


Changeling
Norma Rae
Cinderella Man
12 Years a Slave
Saving Mr. Banks
Philomena
Silkwood
Hidden Figures
Reversal of Fortune
United 93
The Imitation Game
Seabiscuit
North Country
Bridge of Spies
Boys Don't Cry
Quiz Show


All very good films.

EDit

Always enjoyed Silkwood when I was younger, not seen it for ages though (it may have aged badly for all I know)

Comic Book Guy

Fargo

Agent Coulson

Talk Radio if you can find it.


A fictionalized version of a true event.

Skerries

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

Fargo

The Crowman

budgemook wrote: »

Does anyone remember those straight to video true story movies from the 80s? They were all from the same studio / production company but I can't remember the name. They were always about things like a girl with anorexia or a wife / child being abused by an alcoholic husband / father.

There were loads of them.

dark crystal wrote: »

I believe the production company was Odyssey Films.


My mother was a sucker for them

Was just about to post. I remember one that had Liam Neeson as a serial killer made a good while before he became well known.Not sure if it was based on a true story but he was murdering young girls and hiding their bodies in a cave (I think)

Lorelli!

The Hurricane was good but unfortunately it was a "True Story" that wasn't really true. It is widely believed he was guilty after all and got off on a technicality!

Control based on Ian Curtis of Joy Division was well done but very sad.

Turbohymac

The lives of others..

w/s/p/c/

Watched Hacksaw Ridge recently on Netlflix, thought it was excellent, based on a true story.

Or Office Space (if it was based on my life in work at this present moment :-P )

Charlie19

Sleeper12 wrote: »

28 posts in & no one mentions Schindlers list or Michael Collins?

You're 50% correct.

Rush, Apollo 13, A beautiful mind.

Ron Howard is a great man to tell a true story, all highly entertaining from start to finish.

Rush was a big surprise for me.

nix

Pain and gain :pac:

Checkmate19

Sully is excellent for anyone not seen it.

Checkmate19

Good few there i haven't seen that i will check out.

MadDog76

A Bronx Tale
American Gangster
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Black Hawk Down
Blow
Casino
The Damned United
Dog Day Afternoon
Donnie Brasco
Goodfellas
Legend
Munich
Patton
Raging Bull
Serpico
Valkyrie
We Were Soldiers
The Wolf of Wall Street
Wyatt Earp
Zodiac