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- Matt Sulem
- "13 Hours: The Secret Story of Benghazi" (2016) After a number of terrorist attacks on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya on September 11, 2012, a small team of soldiers were forced to defend the facility in order to save the lives of themselves and the others inside.
- "Anthropoid" (2016) This list isn’t just limited to American operations, as evidenced by our inclusion of “Anthropoid,” the 2016 drama film about the Czechoslovak government-in-exile’s assassination of the high-ranking German Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich on May 27, 1942.
- "Argo" (2012) Although military personnel weren’t directly involved for the most part, the “Canadian Caper” was still a government operation undertaken by Canadian officials and the CIA in January 1980.
- "Behind Enemy Lines" (2001) NATO’s Operation Deny Flight enforced a UN no-fly zone above Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1993 and December 1995. It played a crucial role in shaping the Bosnian War and included an air battle over Banja Luka, the first combat engagement in NATO history, and the Mrkonjić Grad incident, in which U.S. Air Force pilot Scott O’Grady was shot down by Serbian forces.
Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.
- Georgia May
- Schindler's List (1993) Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley. Biography, Drama, History (3h 15m) 9.0 on IMDb — 98% on RT.
- Dunkirk (2017) Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance. Action, Drama, History (1h 46m) 7.8 on IMDb — 92% on RT.
- The Great Escape (1963) Directed by John Sturges. Starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough. Adventure, Drama, History (2h 52m) 8.2 on IMDb — 94% on RT.
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) Directed by Richard Attenborough. Starring Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine. Drama, History, War (2h 55m) 7.4 on IMDb — 59% on RT.
- Francesca Gariano
- ‘Moneyball’ (2011) “Moneyball” brought Michael Lewis' 2003 book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” to the silver screen in 2011. The movie starred Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, a manager taxed with a small budget and an unconventional approach to beating the wealthier teams.
- ‘The Social Network’ (2010) “The Social Network” is based on the 2009 book “The Accidental Billionaires” about the founding of Facebook. Jesse Eisenberg takes on the role of Mark Zuckerberg, who in 2003 worked on a concept that ultimately became Facebook.
- ‘Hidden Figures’ (2016) “Hidden Figures” tells the true stories of three Black mathematicians at NASA. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
- ‘Spotlight’ (2015) Back in 2001, the editor of The Boston Globe assigned a team of journalists to investigate allegations made against a priest who was accused of molesting more than 80 boys.
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- 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.
Apr 21, 2023 · Whether you love thrillers, romances or historical dramas, you’ll want to add these movies based on true stories to your must-watch queue.
1. The Great Raid. 2005 2h 12m R. 6.6 (24K) Rate. 48 Metascore. Taking place towards the end of WWII, 500 American Soldiers have been entrapped in a camp for 3 years. Beginning to give up hope they will ever be rescued, a group of Rangers goes on a dangerous mission to try and save them.
