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True Stories

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  • Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Jia Sun, Bai Xue, Xiting Han, Xinyi Zhang, and Yuemin Li in The Flowers of War (2011)

    1. The Flowers of War

    20112h 26mR46Metascore
    7.5 (57K)
    An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
    DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChristian BaleNi NiXinyi Zhang
  • Jamie Foxx in Ray (2004)

    2. Ray

    20042h 32mPG-1373Metascore
    7.7 (162K)
    The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
    DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsJamie FoxxRegina KingKerry Washington
  • Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino in At First Sight (1999)

    3. At First Sight

    19992h 8mPG-1341Metascore
    6.0 (15K)
    A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.
    DirectorIrwin WinklerStarsVal KilmerMira SorvinoKelly McGillis
  • Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx in The Soloist (2009)

    4. The Soloist

    20091h 57mPG-1361Metascore
    6.7 (56K)
    A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.
    DirectorJoe WrightStarsJamie FoxxRobert Downey Jr.Catherine Keener
  • Sally Field and Sheila Rosenthal in Not Without My Daughter (1991)

    5. Not Without My Daughter

    19911h 56mPG-1357Metascore
    6.5 (16K)
    An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape.
    DirectorBrian GilbertStarsSally FieldAlfred MolinaSheila Rosenthal
  • Touching the Void (2003)

    6. Touching the Void

    20031h 46mR82Metascore
    7.9 (39K)
    The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
    DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsSimon YatesJoe SimpsonBrendan Mackey
  • Beneath Hill 60 (2010)

    7. Beneath Hill 60

    20102h 2mR
    7.0 (9.1K)
    In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.
    DirectorJeremy SimsStarsBrendan CowellHarrison Sloan GilbertsonSteve Le Marquand
  • Beau Bridges and Patty Duke in Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)

    8. Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

    19891h 40mTV-PGTV Movie
    6.5 (938)
    A caring community and variety of people nationwide come together to rescue a baby who is trapped in an abandoned water well, but they have a short time before something bad might happen.
    DirectorMel DamskiStarsBeau BridgesPat HingleRoxana Zal
  • Richard Thomas in Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)

    9. Berlin Tunnel 21

    19812h 21mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.8 (373)
    In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
    DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsRichard ThomasHorst BuchholzJosé Ferrer
  • The Sun (2005)

    10. The Sun

    20051h 50mNot Rated85Metascore
    7.3 (3K)
    Third part in Aleksandr Sokurov's quadrilogy of Power, following Moloch (1999) and Taurus (2001), focuses on Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Japan's defeat in World War II when he is finally confronted by General Douglas MacArthur who offers him to accept a diplomatic defeat for survival.
    DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsIssei OgataRobert DawsonKaori Momoi
  • Moloch (1999)

    11. Moloch

    19991h 48mNot Rated
    6.7 (2.7K)
    In 1942, in Bavaria, Eva Braun is alone when Adolf Hitler arrives with Dr. Josef Göbbels and his wife Magda Göbbels and Martin Bormann to spend a couple of days without talking politics.
    DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsElena RufanovaEva MattesLeonid Mozgovoy
  • Taurus (2001)

    12. Taurus

    20011h 44m
    6.8 (1.1K)
    Joseph Stalin (Sergei Razhuk) visits ailing Russian leader Vladimir Lenin (Leonid Mozgovoy) in 1923.
    DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsLeonid MozgovoyMariya KuznetsovaSergey Razhuk
  • Richard Vuu in The Last Emperor (1987)

    13. The Last Emperor

    19872h 43mPG-1376Metascore
    7.7 (117K)
    Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatization of China's eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty: Emperor Puyi.
    DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJohn LoneJoan ChenPeter O'Toole
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox in Emperor (2012)

    14. Emperor

    20121h 45mPG-1348Metascore
    6.5 (15K)
    As the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, General Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
    DirectorPeter WebberStarsMatthew FoxColin MoyTommy Lee Jones
  • The Saratov Approach (2013)

    15. The Saratov Approach

    20131h 47mPG-13
    5.5 (2.2K)
    This riveting drama tells the true story of two young American Mormon missionaries held captive and brutalized for a week in a remote part of Russia.
    DirectorGarrett BattyStarsCorbin AllredMaclain NelsonNikita Bogolyubov
  • The Great Raid (2005)

    16. The Great Raid

    20052h 12mR48Metascore
    6.6 (25K)
    Taking place towards the end of WWII, 500 American Soldiers have been entrapped in a camp for 3 years. Beginning to give up hope they will ever be rescued, a group of Rangers goes on a dangerous mission to try and save them.
    DirectorJohn DahlStarsBenjamin BrattJoseph FiennesJames Franco
  • Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon in Invictus (2009)

    17. Invictus

    20092h 14mPG-1374Metascore
    7.3 (172K)
    Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsMorgan FreemanMatt DamonTony Kgoroge
  • The 16th Man (2010)

    18. 30 for 30

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    The 16th Man

    (2010)
    2009– 52mTV-GTV Episode
    7.6 (790)
    This documentary showcases the South African "Springbok" National Rugby Team and its impact on South Africa's transition from segregation to integration. It involves interviews with players and political activists along with vintage video.
    DirectorCliff BestallStarsMorgan FreemanJustice BekebekeCliff Bestall
  • Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

    19. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

    20132h 21mPG-1360Metascore
    7.1 (30K)
    A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
    DirectorJustin ChadwickStarsIdris ElbaNaomie HarrisTerry Pheto
  • Winnie Mandela (2011)

    20. Winnie Mandela

    20111h 44mR37Metascore
    6.1 (1K)
    A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.
    DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsJennifer HudsonTerrence HowardElias Koteas
  • The Man Who Drove with Mandela (1998)

    21. The Man Who Drove with Mandela

    19981h 22m
    7.3 (34)
    During the time of apartheid Nelson Mandela drove around South Africa in a limousine disguised as a chauffeur while organizing the armed struggle against the apartheid regime. But who was the distinguished looking white man sitting in the back seat? Meet Cecil Williams, an acclaimed gay white theatre director and communist.
    DirectorGreta SchillerStarsJoseph BaleAdriaan BassierAshley Brownlee
  • 22. Invictus: Mandela - One Man One Nation

    2010Video
    Bonus feature for the DVD/Blu-ray of the film Invictus (2009).
  • Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey, and Matthias Schweighöfer in The Red Baron (2008)

    23. The Red Baron

    20081h 46mPG-13
    6.3 (13K)
    German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.
    DirectorNikolai MüllerschönStarsMatthias SchweighöferLena HeadeyTil Schweiger
  • Stephen Fry and Michael Fassbender in A Bear Named Winnie (2004)

    24. A Bear Named Winnie

    20041h 30mPGTV Movie
    6.9 (1.3K)
    The extraordinary veritable story of the black bear who would become the inspiration for the stories of A.A. Milne, and the heroic man who saved her life.
    DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsMichael FassbenderGil BellowsDavid Suchet
  • Mark Wahlberg in Lone Survivor (2013)

    25. Lone Survivor

    20132h 1mR60Metascore
    7.5 (317K)
    Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
    DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergTaylor KitschEmile Hirsch

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