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- Spencer. Amid flying rumors surrounding a possible divorce between Princess Diana (Kristen Stuart) and Prince Charles (Jack Farthing), the royal family decides to spend the Christmas holiday at Queen Elizabeth’s (Stella Gonet) Sandringham Estate.
- Hustlers. Based on the salacious true story, Hustlers follows a group of women in New York City who develop the perfect con to steal money from high-powered businessmen.
- My Friend Dahmer. As a kid, it was clear that Jeffrey Dahmer was different from his peers. Instead of playing hide and seek or joining after-school clubs, Jeffrey preferred to spend his time examining and disintegrating dead animals until only their bones were left.
- Elvis. We know his name and we know his music, but there’s a darker story behind the flashy outfits and feel-good songs that many are unaware of. Told from the perspective of his manager, Tom Parker (played by Tom Hanks), Elvis takes a real-life look behind the curtain of the musical phenomenon’s personal life and professional legacy.
- Paid in Full. Movies based on true stories are prone to controversy from subjects they’re based on, and Paid in Full is no exception. Recounting the ’80s drug exploits of Azie “AZ” Faison, Alpo Martinez, and Rich Porter, Paid in Full is a gritty street tale elevated by incredible performances.
- I, Tonya. The main reason to watch I, Tonya is to see Margot Robbie’s electric performance as Tonya Harding. The movie walks a tightrope by telling a story most of the audience already knows.
- Bronson. Drive and The Neon Demon director Nicolas Winding Refn has a penchant for exploring themes of masculinity and violence, and he’s never done it better than in this 2008 British film based on the story of the man often thought to be the country’s most violent prisoner.
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. This 2017 biopic depicts the origins of Wonder Woman on the comic book page and the polyamorous relationship between William Moulton Marston, the man who wrote her, and the women who helped inspire her.
- Official Secrets (2019) This Gavin Hood directorial is a drama based on real events. It revolves around analyst Katharine Gun, who worked at the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) under the government of the United Kingdom.
- Spencer (2021) Directed by Pablo Larraín, this film explores the mental state of Princess Diana as she tries to balance two lives, her personal life wherein she has just found out about her husband Charles III’s affair with Camilla, and her cultural life that is under almost constant surveillance by the world media.
- The Last Duel (2021) From director Ridley Scott comes a historical drama starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Ben Affleck and Jodie Comer. Based on Eric Jager’s 2004 book “The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France,” the film follows knight Jean de Carrouges (Damon) who challenges squire Jacques Le Gris (Driver) to a duel after the latter is accused of rape by the former’s wife Marguerite (Comer), an accusation that Jacques denies.
- Quo vadis, Aida? (2021) Jasmila Žbanić is the director of this biographical war drama based on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, a genocide that led to the death of over 8000 Muslim men during the Bosnian War.
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- Titanic. Released: 1997. Rated: PG-13. Memorable quote: “A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets.” Twenty-five years after its release, our hearts still go on for James Cameron’s Academy Award–winning romantic drama.
- 12 Years a Slave. Released: 2013. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “I don’t want to survive. I want to live.” It is nearly impossible for a movie based on a true story to avoid taking any creative license, but 12 Years a Slave comes very close.
- Argo. Released: 2012. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “This is what I do. I get people out. And I’ve never left anyone behind.” Despite being a gripping spy thriller based on the very real extrication of six American diplomats from Iran in 1980 by CIA operative Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck, who also directed the movie), this film took a lot of creative license.
- Hidden Figures. Released: 2016. Rated: PG. Memorable quote: “On any given day, I analyze the velometer levels for air displacement, friction and velocity. And compute over 10,000 calculations by cosine, square root and lately analytic geometry by hand.”
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