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Whether you're looking to relive history or for a dose of human experience, here's a list of some of the best movies based on a true story. ‘Moneyball’ (2011)
The Round Up (French: La Rafle) (2010) – French historical war drama film based on the true story of a young Jewish boy, the film depicts the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv), the mass arrest of Jews by French police who were accomplices of Nazi Germans in Paris in July 1942 [117]
On the Basis of Sex. Felicity Jones portrayed a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this legal biopic, which chronicles the late Supreme Court Judge’s career from 1956 through 1993.
29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]
Man on a Swing (1974) – thriller film loosely drawn from a true-life murder investigation and based on the non-fiction book The Girl on the Volkswagen Floor (1971) by journalist William Arthur Clark [176] Massacre Mafia Style (1974) – crime thriller film based on true stories Duke Mitchell was told over the years [177]
These 79 best movies based on true stories prove that truth really can be stranger than fiction. ... Dark Waters is about the fight for public health in a small town in West Virginia. Residents of ...
This is a list of films and miniseries that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.. True story films [1] gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the production of films based on actual events that first aired on CBS, ABC, and NBC.
2 Hearts (2020) – romantic drama film based on the true story of Leslie and Jorge Bacardi and Christopher Gregory [1]; 18 Presents (Italian: 18 regali) (2020) – Italian drama film based on an actual Italian woman, Elisa Girotto, who had planned and allocated 17 years of birthday gifts for her daughter Anna before her death in September 2017 due to a terminal breast cancer.