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- All the President's Men (1976) Film. Drama. Wait, you’re telling us Watergate is an actual thing that happened, and in 1974 two reporters really did take down a sitting US president?
- In Cold Blood (1967) Film. Before true crime podcasts and Dateline NBC marathons, there was Truman Capote, whose account of the 1959 massacre of a family in rural Kansas shocked a nation not yet desensitised to random acts of unspeakable violence.
- Hustlers (2019) Film. Drama. A rare depiction of a r ecession that’s neither a teary drama about farmers losing their homes nor a political screed against greedy one-percenters, Hustlers is instead a hyperkinetic story of economic survival, set in a world hit particularly hard by the 2008 financial crisis: New York strip clubs.
- Argo (2012) Film. Drama. It’s one of those stories too far-fetched for even the most inventive screenwriter to make up. At the onset of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a movie-loving CIA agent hatched a plot to smuggle six diplomats out of the country by pretending to be a Canadian film crew shooting a fake Star Wars-alike sci-fi flick there.
- King Richard. Watch Now. King Richard is the story of Richard Williams, father of legendary tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams, at the very start of their careers.
- Spencer. Watch Now. Kristen Stewart stars in Pablo Larraín's Spencer as Princess Diana. The drama takes place over the three days in 1991 as the British royal family spends the Christmas holidays at Sandringham, the Queen's country retreat in Norfolk.
- Belfast. Watch Now. Kenneth Branagh's moving semi-autobiographical drama Belfast is based in part on Branagh's own childhood in the Northern Irish capital.
- The Favourite. Watch Now. In 18th-century England, Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) is on the throne. Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) and her cousin Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) both vie to be Anne's favorite.
1. The Pianist. 2002 2h 30m R. 8.5 (916K) Rate. 85. During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive. Director Roman Polanski Stars Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay. 2. Black Book. 2006 2h 25m R.
100 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Great Escape. 1963 2h 52m Approved. 8.2 (259K) Rate. 86 Metascore. Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. Director John Sturges Stars Steve McQueen James Garner Richard Attenborough. 2. The Vernon Johns Story. 1994 1h 40m PG. 7.5 (349)
- Schindler's List. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes. 2,117 votes. Capturing the harrowing experiences of Holocaust survivors, this film focuses on Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved over a thousand Polish Jews by employing them in his factories.
- Goodfellas. Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci. 1,708 votes. This crime drama plunges viewers into the dark world of organized crime, following the rise and fall of notorious gangster Henry Hill and his associates in the Lucchese crime family.
- Apollo 13. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon. 1,952 votes. Ron Howard's tribute to the courage and determination of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission brings to life the incredible true story of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew as they struggle to survive a catastrophic malfunction in outer space.
- Tombstone. Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn. 1,228 votes. Dramatizing the legendary events surrounding the O.K. Corral shootout, this Western film follows the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday as they join forces to bring law and order to the town of Tombstone, Arizona.
65 of the Best Movies Based on True Stories—Must-Watch Movies From History. These movies based on true stories range from crime dramas to lighthearted comedies and everything in-between....
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Nov 19, 2020 · Films based on true stories connect us to the past in a visceral way. Here are the 10 best, chosen by TIME staff and a panel of historians.
