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Films based on a true story.

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    #32
    Jimbob1977
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    Titanic

    JFK

    The Siege of Jadotville

    Zulu

    Dunkirk

    Lincoln

    Gallipoli

    Braveheart

    Anthropoid

    Enemy at the Gates


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    #33
    DellyBelly
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    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


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    #34
    machiavellianme
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    The infiltrator
    rogue trader
    Enron:the smartest guys in the room


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    #35
    SBPhoto
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    Evil Genius


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    #36
    machiavellianme
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    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.


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    #37
    dark crystal
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    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.


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    #38
    EDit
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    Always enjoyed Silkwood when I was younger, not seen it for ages though (it may have aged badly for all I know)


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    #39
    Comic Book Guy
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    Fargo


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    #40
    Agent Coulson
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    Talk Radio if you can find it.


    A fictionalized version of a true event.


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    #41
    Skerries
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    Comic Book Guy wrote: »
    Fargo

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    #42
    The Crowman
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    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 :o

    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)


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    #43
    Lorelli!
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    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.


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    #44
    Turbohymac
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    The lives of others..


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    #45
    w/s/p/c/
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    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 )


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    #46
    Charlie19
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    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    28 posts in & no one mentions Schindlers list or Michael Collins?

    You're 50% correct.


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    #47
    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    #48
    nix
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    Pain and gain :pac:


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    #49
    Checkmate19
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    Sully is excellent for anyone not seen it.


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    Checkmate19
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    Good few there i haven't seen that i will check out.


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    #51
    MadDog76
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    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


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    #52
    Relikk
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    Good Night, and Good Luck
    The Pianist
    Lawrence of Arabia
    The Elephant Man
    24 Hour Party People
    The Last Emperor
    Ed Wood
    Man On The Moon
    The Aviator
    Cinderella Man


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    #53
    Lorelli!
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    MadDog76 wrote: »
    The Damned United

    I thought The Damned United was brilliant and cast very well with Colm Meany as Don Revie and Michael Sheen as Brian Clough. Apparently Clough's family were not happy about it though and thought the film's representation of him was too harsh.


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    #54
    B-D-P--
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    This is kinda cool link for some "Based on a true story" movies
    https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/based-on-a-true-true-story/


    Also I'm pretty sure The Minions was based on a true story...


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    #55
    Lorelli!
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    B-D-P-- wrote: »
    Also I'm pretty sure The Minions was based on a true story...

    And Spongebob. Bikini Bottom - Bikini Atoll.


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    #56
    Psychsearch
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    Max Manus was decent, about a Norwegian resistance fighter during world war 2!


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    #57
    quintana76
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    Spinal Tap


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    #58
    silverharp
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    The Great Escape

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #59
    xalot
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    The Imposter is a great 'cant believe that actually happened' documentary.


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    Lorelli!
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    Downfall was very good.

    I watched the docudrama film Auschwitz made in 2011 a couple of years ago and wouldn't recommend it. I didn't like the way it was made. I dont usually get too upset over a film even if its true but it was too realistic, raw and very grim.


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    #61
    Outlaw Pete
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    Mask (story of Rocky Dennis) is my favourite biopic.


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