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The story follows the government’s failed attempts to stop Holiday from performing her human rights-focused hit song, “Strange Fruit,” amid the war on drugs in the 1940s.
Based on the non-fiction novel “A Long Way Home” by Saroo Brierley, “Lion” tells the story of Saroo, portrayed by Dev Patel, who gets lost on a train and ends up thousands of miles away ...
These 79 best movies based on true stories prove that truth really can be stranger than fiction. It can also be more heartwarming, shocking, and inspirational.
A Call to Spy (2019) – historical drama film inspired by the true stories of three women who worked as spies in World War II [7] [8] A Girl from Mogadishu (2019) – Irish - Belgian semi-biographical film based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed , who having escaped war-torn Somalia , emerged as one of the world's foremost international ...
In Love and War (1987) – war thriller film based on the true story of James Stockdale and Sybil Stockdale [442] In the Mood (1987) – comedy film based on the true story of Sonny Wisecarver [443] La Bamba (1987) – biographical drama film following the life and short-lived musical career of Mexican-American Chicano rock and roll star ...
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]
1776 (1972) – historical musical drama film depicting a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence [72]; Aguirre, the Wrath of God (German: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972) – West German-Mexican-Peruvian epic historical drama film about Spanish soldier Lope de Aguirre, who lead a group of conquistadores down the Amazon River in South ...
He was cast as the character Harold Lauder in the 2020 CBS miniseries The Stand. [2] According to Teague, The Stand had been a favorite book of his since the age of 13. He noted he tried to draw directly from Lauder's psychology in The Stand novel. [2] As Harold Lauder, he plays a sociopathic teenager being tempted by evil during a pandemic. [18]