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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.
1. The Great Escape (1963) Approved | 172 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller. 8.2. 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, Charles Bronson. Votes: 258,768 | Gross: $12.10M.
- 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) R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music. 8.5. Rate. 85 Metascore. 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.
1. The Blind Side (2009) PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport. 7.6. Rate. 53 Metascore. The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Apr 14, 2024 · 1. Schindler's List. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes. 2,178 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.
Jan 3, 2024 · 20 of the best movies based on a true story From moments in history to touching stories about humanity. Jan. 3, 2024, 8:41 PM UTC / Updated Feb. 29, 2024, 5:17 PM UTC / Source : TODAY
