Movies about: True stories
Topic: True stories. 129 movies, best first.
- Schindler's List
A German businessman saves his Jewish workers during the Holocaust. - Goodfellas
A young man's rise and fall within New York's mafia world over decades. - City of God
Two boys grow up in a Rio slum, one to become a photographer and the other a gangster. - The Intouchables
A paralyzed rich man hires a young ex-convict as his caregiver and they become friends. - The Pianist
A Polish pianist fights to survive the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. - Ayla
A Turkish sergeant adopts a Korean girl during the Korean War and their bond endures. - Ayla: The Daughter of War
A Turkish soldier adopts an orphan girl during the Korean War. - Braveheart
A Scottish warrior rises to lead a rebellion against England. - Dangal
A father trains his daughters to become world-class wrestlers. - Judgment at Nuremberg
An American judge presides over the trial of Nazi-era German jurists. - Lawrence of Arabia
A British officer unites Arab tribes against the Ottomans in World War I. - Oppenheimer
The story of a physicist developing the atomic bomb and its moral consequences. - A Beautiful Mind
A brilliant mathematician battles schizophrenia to achieve his breakthrough. - Casino
A gambling handicapper runs a Las Vegas casino for the mob until chaos takes over. - Close-Up
A man impersonates a film director to fool a family, and the case is reenacted. - Downfall
Hitler's last days in the bunker as Berlin collapses. - Green Book
A nightclub bouncer and a Black pianist tour the racially segregated American South together. - Raging Bull
Boxer Jake LaMotta destroys his own life with rage and jealousy. - The Great Escape
Allied prisoners of war plan a mass escape from a German camp. - The Wolf of Wall Street
A stockbroker's wild rise and fall in a world of excess and fraud. - 12 Years a Slave
A free Black man is kidnapped and sold into slavery before the Civil War. - Catch Me If You Can
A young con artist forges identities while evading an FBI agent. - Dersu Uzala
A Russian explorer befriends a Siberian hunter in the wilderness. - Ford v Ferrari
An American engineer and a British driver try to beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. - Hacksaw Ridge
A conscientious objector medic saves dozens of soldiers at the Battle of Okinawa. - Hotel Rwanda
A hotel manager shelters over a thousand refugees during the Rwandan genocide. - Into the Wild
A young man abandons everything and heads alone into the Alaskan wilderness in search of freedom. - Memories of Murder
Two detectives hunt a serial killer in rural South Korea in the 1980s. - Nobody Knows
Four children abandoned by their mother try to survive on their own in Tokyo. - Rush
Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda wage a fierce rivalry in the 1970s. - Spotlight
A team of journalists uncovers a vast cover-up of church abuse. - The Elephant Man
A severely deformed man finds dignity in Victorian London with the help of a compassionate surgeon. - Ainda Estou Aqui
A Brazilian woman searches for the truth about her husband's disappearance during the military dictatorship. - Cinderella Man
A boxer down on his luck during the Great Depression makes a comeback and becomes a symbol of hope. - Dallas Buyers Club
A man diagnosed with AIDS begins smuggling medication to help other patients. - Dog Day Afternoon
A bank robbery goes wrong and turns into a media circus in Brooklyn. - Gandhi
The life of the man who led India to independence through nonviolence. - Ip Man
A Wing Chun master defends his hometown during the Japanese occupation. - JFK
A New Orleans district attorney investigates a conspiracy behind President Kennedy's assassination. - La battaglia di Algeri
The Algerian uprising against French colonial rule is shown in documentary style.