What is your favorite TRUE STORY movie?

[mysteryowl]

Movie, not documentary.

I am looking forward to seeing "Harriet" that was just released.

[Cirque du So-What]

1. That's a tough one, seeing that it's one of my favorite genres

First one that comes to mind is All the President's Men, reminding me that I want to watch it again.

[hlthe2b]

2. Admittedly, my nostalgia (and love for Tom Hanks) leaves me looking forward to Mister Rogers...

I will also want to see Harriet, but I know her story and that will be a mix of uplift and dark. While Mister Rogers is likely to be pure balm to my darkened psyche, given these hard times.

But, yeah, Tom Hanks, our modern day GOOD GUY, playing the ultimate GOOD GUY of recent times. WHat's not to love?

[dewsgirl]

3. I'm looking forward to the new Marie Curie movie.

I love And the Band Played On, Man on The Moon and Walk the Line.

[Cartoonist]

4. Dead Mans Curve

The Jan & Dean story.

[catbyte]

5. Kundun

Stunningly beautiful and my favorite Scorsese film.

[mysteryowl]

12. Fantastic movie!

Great choice. I remember this and would be good to see again.

[Xipe Totec]

6. The Right Stuff

Chuck Yeager's story is heroic.

[Sherman A1]

9. Agreed

[OregonBlue]

7. So many but I loved Breaker Morant, Lawrence of Arabia, Papillion...

[Sherman A1]

8. All good choices!

[Sherman A1]

10. Rabbit Proof Fence and

The Magdalene Sisters come to mind off the top of my head.

[mysteryowl]

13. Rabbit Proof Fence was great! I will see it again, thanks.

I just watched the trailer for Magdalene Sisters, I look forward to seeing it. Thanks.

[sarge43]

11. The Longest Day n/t

[SouthernIrish]

14. Remember the Titans

I think that every child in school should see this.

[Major Nikon]

15. Apocolypse Now

The Red Baron

Flyboys

Arsenic and Old Lace

Moneyball

Rabbit Proof Fence

As someone else mentioned, Lawrence of Arabia. The cinematography alone makes it the obvious choice and there's a lot more great things about it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. Apocalypse Now was based on Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

I liked Flyboys too. I was surprised how much I got into it, as I'm not usually into war films all that much.

Some others I liked:

127 Hours

Apollo 13

It Could Happen To You

Dead Man Walking

Argo

Malcom X

Stand and Deliver

The Buddy Holly Story

Bonnie and Clyde

Dog Day Afternoon

Munich

The Bank Job

The Untouchables

[Hotler]

16. Too Big to Fail. nt

[Duppers]

18. Out of Africa.

Story, scenery location/ cinematography, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford. Just wow!!

Moved me to years.

[Stuart G]

19. Without a doubt, Hoosiers - 1986 (about a 1954 Indiana High School Basketball Team)

staring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091217/

Story Line:

Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie chronicles the attempts of a coach with a spotty past, and the town's basketball-loving drunk to lead their high school team to victory....

"It is loosely based on the Milan High School team that won the 1954 state championship."
quote from IMBD.

[demmiblue]

20. First movie I thought of: Mississippi Burning (though it is said to be loosely based)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

21. Tombstone, Miracle, Cinderella Man, Casino, looking forward to The Irishman.

[demmiblue]

22. Two more: Hidden Figures and Hidalgo

[lpbk2713]

23. Schindler's List

...

[Niagara]

24. I watch quite a few movies based on true event repeatedly

Eight Below-

The Aviator-

Catch Me If You Can-

Erin Brockovich

[wnylib]

25. Erin Brockovich

The Big Short

Schindler's List

And others I can't think of right now.

[Ron Obvious]

26. The Great Escape

Though it wasn't all that true to the real events.

[Skittles]

27. In Cold Blood

[lapfog_1]

28. mine all have a theme

Hidden Figures

The Right Stuff

and my fav...

Apollo 13


on the day Apollo 13 opened myself and another group lead bought 90 tickets ($5 each) and handed them out to our co-workers for a matinee showing. Best NASA outing from my years working there.

[gopiscrap]

29. Amadeus

[AJT]

30. "Bridge on the River Kwai" comes to mind

A Beautiful Mind
The Imitation Game

[Totally Tunsie]

31. "Alive"

...the true story of the Andes plane crash that stranded the Uruguayan rugby team for 72 days. Although the crash claimed 29 lives, 16 others survived after resorting to cannibalism. Riveting movie.

[emmaverybo]

33. So good. A couple of good documentaries about it and a book "Miracle in the Andes," as well as

the source material in the non-fiction account, Alive.

[Adsos Letter]

32. Hotel Rwanda.

[emmaverybo]

34. Oh, yes. Don Cheadle great in that. Also the movie Sometimes in April with Idris Elba truth-based.

[Codeine]

35. Gettysburg.

A Bridge Too Far.

Alexander.

Dam Busters.

Enemy at the Gates.

Porkchop Hill.

Lots of others. I really enjoy historical films.

[Brother Buzz]

36. The World's Fastest Indian

Any geezer who trims his toenails with an angle grinder is alright with me. Anthony Hopkins did a grand portrayal of the genuine Burt Munro.

[Lunabell]

37. The Miracle Worker.

Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft were fabulous. The water scene gives me chills when Helen, played by the sublime Patty Duke, finally gets it. Chills every time.

[Leith]

38. A few that I can think of

Patton
The Imitation Game
All the President's Men
Catch Me If You Can
The King's Speech
Philomena

There are several others that I haven't seen yet, like Hidden Figures.

[wnylib]

45. Philomena - so sad and moving.

[rickford66]

39. Raging Bull

One movie among dozens though.

[Beringia]

40. I know there are many, but what came to my was All the President's Men

[Stuart G]

41. Lincoln - 2012, directed by Speilberg.

Academy Award..best actor, Daniel Day Lewis.
Academy Award Best Screen Play
New York Film Critics Award, Best Supporting Actress - Sally Field
Academy Award for Best Production Design
American Film Institute: Movies of the Year.

[jmowreader]

42. Patton, Goodfellas and Battle of Britain

[EleanorR]

43. Matewan, The Post, King's Speech

Matewan is more loosely based.

[yuiyoshida]

44. Hidden Figures (2016)

[NewJeffCT]

47. great choice

excellent movie

[NewJeffCT]

46. The Killing Fields

is what first came to mind. Never left a movie feeling so drained as when I saw that movie.

Lot of great choices above, though.

[smirkymonkey]

48. Can't wait to see Harriet!

Some of my favorites are:

Michael Collins
Elizabeth
The Imitation Game
The King's Speech
Some Mother's Son
Hidden Figures

I'm sure there are a lot more I can't think of right now. I love biopics/films based on historical events.