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Movies based on a true story

by diam_osvp • Created 8 years ago • Modified 5 years ago
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  • Rooney Mara and Dev Patel in Lion (2016)

    1. Lion

    20161h 58mPG-1369Metascore
    8.0 (261K)
    A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
    DirectorGarth DavisStarsDev PatelNicole KidmanRooney Mara
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (2013)

    2. 12 Years a Slave

    20132h 14mR96Metascore
    8.1 (770K)
    In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
    DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael Fassbender
  • Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci in Goodfellas (1990)

    3. Goodfellas

    19902h 25mR92Metascore
    8.7 (1.3M)
    The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe Pesci
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Kerson, and Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

    4. The Wolf of Wall Street

    20133hR75Metascore
    8.2 (1.7M)
    Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJonah HillMargot Robbie
  • Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams in Spotlight (2015)

    5. Spotlight

    20152h 9mR93Metascore
    8.1 (523K)
    The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
    DirectorTom McCarthyStarsMark RuffaloMichael KeatonRachel McAdams
  • Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

    6. Hacksaw Ridge

    20162h 19mR71Metascore
    8.1 (647K)
    World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsAndrew GarfieldSam WorthingtonLuke Bracey
  • The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)

    7. The Stanford Prison Experiment

    20152h 2mR67Metascore
    6.8 (47K)
    In 1971, twenty-four male students are selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.
    DirectorKyle Patrick AlvarezStarsEzra MillerTye SheridanBilly Crudup
  • Andreas Konstantinou in The Last Note (2017)

    8. The Last Note

    20171h 57mNot Rated
    7.6 (3.5K)
    The execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters and Communists by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis.
    DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsAndreas KonstantinouAndré HennickeMelia Kreiling

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