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They say art imitates life, especially in the case of movies that are based on a true story. Whether you’re interested in historical events or iconic biopics, here are the best true story-based movies and shows to stream now.
- Moonlight
- The Big Sick
- Bernie
- The Disaster Artist
- Capote
- Zodiac
- Apollo 13
- Polytechnique
- Silence
- Bronson
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Barry Jenkins’ best picture-winning film tells the story of Chiron in three parts as he grows up and comes to terms with his sexuality and learning to be comfortable in his own skin. It’s based in part on the unpublished, semiautobiographical play of Tarell Alvin McCraney (who co-wrote Moonlight) in In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. (McCraney co-w...
The real-life relationship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon provides the basis for this charming romantic comedy. The movie deals with the dynamic of the couple’s interracial relationship and how it affects their families—his family more than hers—as well as Gordon’s hospital stay and medically induced coma. Nanjiani and Gordon wrote the sc...
Richard Linklater’s account of an East Texas murder is a curio, even by his standards. He mixes real interviews with locals of Carthage, Texas, into his fictionalized account of Marjorie Nugent’s murder at the hands of her assistant, Bernie Tiede. Jack Black’s vocal and physical affectations as Bernie walk the line of caricature, but he never cross...
For a movie that could’ve gone wrong in so many ways, The Disaster Artist avoids pratfalls to deliver a kind-hearted take on the making of The Room, a cult classic that’s widely considered one of the best worst movies of all time. James Franco’s performance as human enigma Tommy Wiseau is good enough to make you wish he was the main character inste...
Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as the titular author, this film follows Truman Capote to a small Kansas town to report on a gruesome quadruple murder. As the case drags on for years, the writer is caught between his responsibility to his subjects and his career. Capote’s real trip led to the bestselling non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, but Capotei...
Zodiac is the great crime movie of our time. David Fincher’s masterpiece about the hunt for the notorious Bay Area killer is not only his best film—it’s perhaps the best film ever made on the nature of obsession. Dark, enigmatic, and unforgettable, this is the kind of movie that gets better with each viewing. It’s finally receiving some of the reco...
Ron Howard’s docudrama recounts the incredible story of NASA’s race against time to bring the stranded three-person crew of Apollo 13 back home from space. It’s so fantastic, in fact, that it’s hard to believe you’re watching a true story. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, and Kevin Bacon give emotional weight to a movie that could have easily j...
Based on the 1989 Montreal Massacre, Polytechniquetells the horrifying story of a mass shooting on a college campus and its aftermath. Viewers experience the events through the eyes of the killer and two student victims. This is a difficult subject matter, especially in light of the killer’s misogynistic motives, but director Denis Villeneuve (Blad...
Silenceis a crushingly heavy movie, just as full of horror as it is hope. The story follows two Jesuit priests on a quest to find their mentor in 17th-century Japan. At the time, Christianity was illegal in Japan, ultimately punishable by death. In lesser hands, this story would collapse under its own weight, but Martin Scorsese approaches a diffic...
Drive andThe 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. In Bronson, 19-year-old Michael Peterson is sentenced to seven years behind bars fo...
If you are looking for true stories on Amazon Prime, check out this list of 10 films that range from dramas to comedies to documentaries. From Moonlight to Zodiac, these movies are based on real events and people that will entertain and inspire you.
- Raazi (2018) ‘Raazi’ is an Indian Hindi-language (Bollywood) film directed by the multi-talented Meghna Gulzar and stars Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Soni Razdan, Shishir Sharma and Rajit Kapur.
- Raging Bull (1980) The 4th collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro, ‘Raging Bull’ is adapted from the 1970 memoir of former American boxing champion Jake LaMotta titled ‘Raging Bull: My Story.’
- Shershaah (2021) This is an Indian Hindi-language (Bollywood) biographical drama based on the inspiring life of Indian army officer Captain Vikram Batra, who sacrificed his life while occupying Point 4875, which would eventually end the Kargil War of 1999 fought between India and Pakistan.
- Honey Boy (2019) ‘Honey Boy,’ directed by Alma Har’el, is a powerful drama deeply rooted in a real-life story. The film plunges into the tumultuous life of actor Shia LaBeouf, who also wrote the screenplay and his experiences as a child actor under the intense scrutiny of Hollywood.
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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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