Rogue (2013), City of God (2002), Cowboy Up (2000), The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), Hasta la Vista! (2011), Affliction (1997), Duel (1971), What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Based On True Story movies.
Storyline: In Tuscany, two women escape from a psychiatric facility and go on an adventure that will change their lives.
Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, women, friendship, italy, freedom, adventure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a local TV station launches a filmmaking contest, teenager Tru Walker (Clara Bryant) enters in a heartbeat. Her life seems full of drama to document -- including a surgeon father who's never there and a mother, Ginny (Mare Winningham), who seems as if she isn't there even when she is. In the end, Tru chooses to make a film about her mentally impaired twin brother, Eddie (Shia LaBeouf). But as airtime nears, Tru fears how others will react to her rather personal story.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, family, coming of age, teen, brotherhood, autism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: David (Jeffrey Lynas) is a young Jewish boy growing up in Montreal in the 1920s. His father, Harry (Len Birman), a self-consumed inventor who yearns for assimilation and acceptance, is not religious. His loving grandfather Zaida (Yossi Yadin) is devout, with his heart still back on the old continent. Every Sunday, as David and Zaida collect scrap metal in a horse and carriage, grandfather preaches Judaism to grandson. David must come to his own conclusions on his Jewish identity and faith.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, coming of age, jewish culture, childhood, father-son relationship, nostalgia ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While a boy is growing up, everyone assumes he is a girl.
Plot Keywords: comedy, french film, coming of age, lgbtq+, family, autobiographical, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A U.S. spy chief (James Cagney) spots a double agent (Richard Conte) and tracks him to Gestapo headquarters in France.
Plot Keywords: spy, world war ii, espionage, france, resistance, allies, nazis ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A youth turns his rebellious nature into a successful ring career in this fact-based portrait of boxer Rocky Graziano.
Plot Keywords: biography, sports, boxing, drama, inspirational, based on true story, american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This docudrama chronicles the life of gossip columnist Walter Winchell (Stanley Tucci). Rising to fame in the mid-1930s, Winchell helps usher in the age of tabloid journalism with his talent for digging up dirt about the rich and powerful. By the 1950s, Winchell has secured his place as America's leader in controversy -- even if his prose comes courtesy of ghostwriter Herman Klurfeld (Paul Giamatti). But the tables turn when Winchell finds himself at the center of a high-profile scandal.
Plot Keywords: biography, history, drama, usa, journalist, media, power ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based in Simla, the McNallys are an Anglo-Indian family consisting of Paul and his wife, Catherine. Both are full of joy when Catherine gives birth to a baby girl, Michelle, but their joy is short-lived when they are told that Michellle cannot see nor hear. Both attempt to bring up Michelle in their own protective way, as a result Michelle is not exposed to the real world, and becomes increasingly violent and volatile. Things only get worse when Catherine gives birth to Sara, and Paul considers admitting Michelle in an asylum. It is here that Debraj Sahai enters their lives. Through his eager involvement, Michelle blossoms, grows, gives up her violence, even gets admitted in school with normal children. The years pass by, Michelle does not succeed in getting her graduation, and it is time for Debraj to bid adieu as he is having his own health problems. 12 years later, at the age of 40, Michelle does succeed in graduating in Arts, and it is shortly thereafter she will be re-united with...
Plot Keywords: drama, biography, inspirational, blindness, education, teacher-student relationship, indian cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Having returned from fighting in World War I, James Allen doesn't want to settle into a humdrum life and decides to set off to find his fortune. He travels the length and breadth of America, working as a skilled tradesman in the construction industry. When times get tough however, he finds himself living in a shelter where an acquaintance suggests they go out for a hamburger. What the friend really has in mind is to rob the diner and Allen soon finds himself working on a chain gang with a long jail sentence. Allen manages to escape however and heads to Chicago where over several years he slowly but surely works his way up the ladder to become one of the most respected construction engineers in the city. His past catches up with him and despite protestations from civic leaders and his many friends in Chicago, he finds himself again on the chain gang. Escaping for a second time, he accepts that to survive, he must lead a life of crime.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, prison, fugitive, social injustice, justice system, oppression ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jacques Mesrine becomes France's most-wanted criminal.
Plot Keywords: crime, action, biography, gangster, french, violence, manhunt ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dancer Jesco White (Edward Hogg) struggles with poverty, drug abuse and other ills as he strives to follow in his famous father's footsteps.
Plot Keywords: drama, biography, crime, usa, independent film, based on true story, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A U.S. pilot (Danny Glover) races an air-strike deadline to find an air-strike expert (Gene Hackman) downed in Vietnam.
Plot Keywords: war, vietnam war, military, rescue, based on true story, american film, 1980s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: ROOM tells the extraordinary story of Jack, a spirited 5-year-old who is looked after by his loving and devoted mother. Like any good mother, Ma dedicates herself to keeping Jack happy and safe, nurturing him with warmth and love and doing typical things like playing games and telling stories. Their life, however, is anything but typical--they are trapped--confined to a 10-by-10-foot space that Ma has euphemistically named Room. Ma has created a whole universe for Jack within Room, and she will stop at nothing to ensure that, even in this treacherous environment, Jack is able to live a complete and fulfilling life. But as Jack's curiosity about their situation grows, and Ma's resilience reaches its breaking point, they enact a risky plan to escape, ultimately bringing them face-to-face with what may turn out to be the scariest thing yet: the real world.
Plot Keywords: drama, thriller, psychological, family, motherhood, survival, trauma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In Tokyo, the reckless single mother Keiko moves to a small apartment with her twelve years old son Akira Fukushima and his siblings Shigeru and Yuki. Kyoko, another sibling arrives later by train. The children have different fathers and do not have schooling, but they have a happy life with their mother. When Keiko finds a new boyfriend, she leaves the children alone, giving some money to Akira and assigning him to take care of his siblings. When the money runs out, Akira manages to find means to survive with the youngsters without power supply, gas or water at home, and with the landlord asking for the rent.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, children, social issues, loneliness, survival, tokyo ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the bloodshed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from Brainerd, MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.
Plot Keywords: crime, black comedy, thriller, mystery, drama, violence, snow ...
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