Into the Wild (2007) | 8.1 | |
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) | 8.1 | |
Erin Brockovich (2000) | 7.4 | |
Awakenings (1990) | 7.8 | |
Lion (2016) | 8.0 |
Based on true story movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on true story movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, inspirational, sad, cult classic and motivational films and TV shows about / with biopic, real life, husband wife relationship, woman, motivation, historical event, based on real people, mission, moving and flashback plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as based on true story: Snowden (2016), Into the Wild (2007), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Lion (2016), The Imitation Game (2014), Green Book (2018), Changeling (2008), Hidden Figures (2016), The Social Network (2010), Everest (2015).
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162K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style:
realistic, factual, political thriller, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
espionage, journalism, whistleblower, fighting the system, hacking, moral dilemma, internet, surveillance, technology, cia, spying, idealism ...
Time:
year 2016, 20th century, year 2015, year 2009, year 2012 ...
Place:
hong kong, geneva switzerland, japan, russia, america ...
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655K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, wilderness, survival, self discovery, freedom, journey, solitude, life philosophy, isolation, travel, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1991 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, america, astoria oregon, seattle ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not ...
Style:
clever, exciting, captivating, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
con artists, adaptation, master criminal, prodigy, creativity, fbi, con men, deception, entrepreneur, biopic, chase, race against time ...
Time:
60s, year 2002, 70s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
new york, new orleans, los angeles, georgia, america ...
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250K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA, India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Style:
emotional, touching, motivational, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, family friendly, chick flick, kids
Plot:
adoption, poverty, survival, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loneliness, childhood, mother son reunion, foster home, train, brother brother relationship, courage, missing child ...
Time:
2010s, year 1986, year 2016, year 2012, year 2010 ...
Place:
india, australia, tasmania, kolkata, melbourne
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley ...
Style:
inspirational, clever, intellectual, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
world war two, mathematics, genius, inventor, inventions and discoveries, code, code breaking, prodigy, mathematician, invention, computer, ambition ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, 20th century, 1950s, 2010s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, idaho, los angeles ...
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561K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line relied on ...
Style:
road movie, feel good, uplifting, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
racism, road trip, travel, musician, interracial friendship, driver, friendship, racial prejudice, on the road, journey, black american, friend ...
Time:
60s, 2010s, year 1962, 20th century
Place:
bronx new york city, southern usa, america, new york, nebraska ...
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265K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Style:
psychological, heartbreaking, sentimental, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, investigation, fighting the system, missing child, missing person, police corruption, uncover truth, disorder, trial, kidnapped child, corruption ...
Time:
1920s, year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, year 1935 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, canada, seattle
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, motivational, touching, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot:
racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, african american, stereotypes, prejudice, sexism, strong female character, scientist, genius, racial segregation ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, year 2016, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place:
persia, indiana, virginia, usa, langley virginia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among ...
Style:
clever, intellectual, realistic, witty, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
entrepreneur, programmer, business, geek, facebook, computers and web, hacker, inventions and discoveries, rise to the top, computer genius, success, college ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, california, boston, usa, san francisco ...
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231K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one ...
Style:
realistic, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
survival, mountain climbing, climbing, mountain, natural disaster, snow, mountaineer, stranded, forces of nature, man versus nature, beautiful scenery, wilderness ...
Time:
year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
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593K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, tense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, maniac, journalism, mind game, journalist, paranoia, killings, killer, true crime ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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175K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise ...
Style:
inspirational, motivational, realistic, factual, cerebral ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
business, fast food, businessman, capitalism, rags to riches, greed, money, salesman, ambition, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, biopic ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1929 ...
Place:
america, usa, california, milwaukee wisconsin, minnesota ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, human spirit, family drama, christian, interracial relations, football, rising to stardom, racism, interracial adoption ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee, america, boston, mississippi ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, shipwreck, forces of nature, storm at sea, coast guard, courage, daring rescue, sinking ship, fisherman ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1952, year 1951 ...
Place:
new england, boston, massachusetts, usa
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50K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, erotic, sexy, rough ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, fashion, addiction, aids, drug abuse, drug addiction, heroin, mental illness, model, supermodel, lesbian romance, fashion industry ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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33K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet ...
Style:
period piece, inspirational, sentimental, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
slavery, racism, interracial relations, society, interracial romance, high society, social differences, aristocracy, white male black female relationship, love and romance, interracial couple, biracial ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, ancient times, regency period, victorian era ...
Place:
england, indiana, europe
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6K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, rape, abusive husband, domestic violence, kidnapping, sister sister relationship, murder, true crime, rape victim, rough sex, incest rape, courtroom drama ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
ontario canada, canada
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, rough ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
high school, teacher, dedicated educator, teachers and students, racism, lifestyle change, teenage life, urban ghetto life, mentor, teenager, strong female lead, idealism ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, year 1993, year 1994, year 1999 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, long beach california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
Style:
touching, uplifting, inspirational, compassionate, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
disability, genius, love, physicist, cambridge university, mathematics, prodigy, husband wife relationship, supportive spouse, scientist, against the odds, biopic ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 60s, 90s ...
Place:
oxford university, england, united kingdom
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55K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
dog, snow, dog sled, escapades, delivery, save the day, friendship, puppy, plague, blizzard, winter, storm ...
Time:
1920s, future, 1910s, year 2019
Place:
alaska, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK, Singapore
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Based on the 2009 documentary Surviving Mumbai about the Mumbai attacks in 2008 at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, factual, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist, jihad, hotel, religious fanatic, islamic terrorism, chaos, courage, hostage, survival, shooting ...
Time:
year 2019, 2000s, year 2008
Place:
india, mumbai india, australia, pakistan, bombay india ...
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99K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, suspense, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
art, painter, painting, artist, biopic, plagiarism, secret, courtroom, abusive husband, couples, ambition, art history ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2014, 1900s ...
Place:
hawaii, san francisco, california, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Style:
inspirational, intellectual, philosophical, motivational, clever ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
mathematics, genius, scientist, mathematician, discovery, university student, biopic, self discovery, culture clash, cambridge university, mentor, philosophy ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, year 1914, post world war one, pre world war one ...
Place:
england, india, bombay india
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201K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running ...
Style:
realistic, serious, brutal, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gang, rise and fall, gangster, abusive husband, psychopath, mobster, twins, relationships, mafioso, extortion, twin brother ...
Time:
60s, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 50s ...
Place:
london, england, east end london, west end london, scotland yard ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, business, wall street, rise and fall, greed, stock market, addiction, success, stock broker, wealth, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, usa, america, geneva switzerland, italy ...
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854K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 330 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, rough, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
radiation, nuclear holocaust, radiation poisoning, nuclear power plant, nuclear reactor, disaster, save the day, nuclear explosion, salvation, scientist, nuclear radiation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr, soviet union, ukraine, moscow russia ...
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399K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style:
suspense, inspirational, breathtaking, intense, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, trapped, isolation, mountain, wilderness, climbing, canyon, courage, alone, human spirit, loneliness, desert ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place:
utah, usa
Is relevant ?
144K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Style:
inspirational, stylized, emotional, motivational, intense ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, businesswoman, career woman, inventor, entrepreneurship, strong female lead, ambition, divorce, career, women, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
boston, usa, california, new jersey, new york state ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Style:
disturbing, harsh, serious, bleak, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
child abuse, true crime, torture, dysfunctional family, murder, captivity, courtroom drama, family problems, domestic violence, court, trial, mistreatment ...
Time:
60s, year 2007, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, scientist, mathematician, imaginary friend, nobel prize, obsession, prodigy ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 20th century, 1940s, 2000s ...
Place:
boston, harvard university, new jersey, persia, detroit ...
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