MOVIES BASED ON TRUE STORIES | LATEST

Arthur the King: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  Does this movie about a stray dog who tags along with an adventure racing team stay on course when it comes to the facts?
Wicked Little Letters: History vs. Hollywood
Comedy  |  When residents of an English seaside town start to receive vulgar letters laced with profanities, an unruly Irish immigrant becomes the prime suspect.
Masters of the Air: History vs. Hollywood
War  |  The 100th Bomb Group takes on scores of German fighters during WWII, but does the series hit the target when it comes to the truth?
Ferrari: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  Does this Michael Mann movie stay in its lane with regard to the facts?
The Iron Claw: History vs. Hollywood
Sports  |  Does this movie about the Von Erich professional wrestling family keep the facts inside the ring?
Napoleon: History vs. Hollywood
War  |  Does this Ridley Scott film accurately depict Napoleon?
Nyad: History vs. Hollywood
Sports  |  Does this story of long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad (Annette Bening) drown in too much fiction?
Killers of the Flower Moon: History vs. Hollywood
Crime  |  Meet the real Mollie and Ernest Burkhart and the man who orchestrated the Osage Nation murders.
Cabrini: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  How much of this story of a nun who battles to help orphaned immigrant children is based in reality?
Ordinary Angels: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  A hairdresser rallies a community to help a widowed father get his sick daughter to her transplant operation in the wake of a record-setting snowstorm.
Society of the Snow: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  Do the facts survive in this harrowing story about the Andes plane crash?
The Boys in the Boat: History vs. Hollywood
Sports  |  Meet the real group of working-class college students who rowed their way to the 1936 Olympics in Germany.
Maestro: History vs. Hollywood
Music  |  Is this film about conductor Leonard Bernstein and his wife off-key when it comes to the truth?
Next Goal Wins: History vs. Hollywood
Sports  |  Does this Taika Waititi movie accurately portray Thomas Rongen, who accepted a job coaching the infamously bad American Samoa soccer team?
Pain Hustlers: History vs. Hollywood
Crime  |  High-school dropout Liza Drake becomes wildly successful at a corrupt pharmaceutical start-up, but is her story true?
The Burial: History vs. Hollywood
Drama  |  Flashy attorney Willie E. Gary fights to save the business of funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones).


ALL RECENT ADDITIONS

Arthur the King
Does this movie about a stray dog who tags along with an adventure racing team follow the facts of the story?
Cabrini
Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini fights for better care for orphaned children living in the slums of New York.
Wicked Little Letters
When residents of an English town start to receive vulgar letters, they rush to blame an unruly Irish immigrant.
Ordinary Angels
A hairdresser rallies a community to help a widowed father save his critically ill daughter.
Masters of the Air
Does the series hit the target with regard to the facts about the 100th Bomb Group during WWII?
Society of the Snow
Does the truth survive in this movie about the 1972 Andes plane crash?
Ferrari
The Michael Mann film explores the life of Italian sports car mogul Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver).
The Boys in the Boat
Meet the real group of working class boys who rowed their way to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
The Iron Claw
Does this movie about the Von Erich wrestling family deliver an iron claw to the truth?
Maestro
Is this movie about music conductor Leonard Bernstein and wife Felicia off-key when it comes to the truth?
Napoleon
Does Joaquin Phoenix accurately depict French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte?
Next Goal Wins
Thomas Rongen becomes the head coach of the infamously bad American Samoa soccer team.
Nyad
Annette Bening portrays long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, who attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida.
Pain Hustlers
Single mom Liza Drake finds success at a corrupt pharmaceutical start-up with a new opioid medication.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this story of the Osage Tribe Murders.
The Burial
Larger-than-life attorney Willie E. Gary fights to save the business of a funeral home owner.
Dumb Money
A computer nerd flips the script on Wall Street by driving up GameStop's stock value.
A Million Miles Away
Actor Michael Peña portrays José Hernández, a migrant farmworker who dreams of becoming an astronaut.
The Hill
Rickey Hill dreams of playing big league baseball despite a seemingly insurmountable medical condition.
Gran Turismo
Meet the real Gran Turismo player who became an actual race car driver.
The Beanie Bubble
The Apple TV+ movie tells the story of toy salesman Ty Warner and the rise and fall of Beanie Babies.
Oppenheimer
The Christopher Nolan film explores the story of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.
Sound of Freedom
An agent with Homeland Security quits his job in order to rescue children from human traffickers.
Maggie Moore(s)
When two women with the same name are murdered a week apart, a police chief looks for a connection.
The Crowded Room
Tom Holland portrays Danny Sullivan, a character inspired by The Campus Rapist, Billy Milligan.
Flamin' Hot
Did Richard Montañez create Flamin' Hot Cheetos, or is the film perpetuating a lie?
Reality
NSA translator Reality Winner leaks a classified intelligence report to The Intercept.

UPCOMING MOVIES
November 2023
Rustin (11/17)
Napoleon (11/22)
December 2023
Maestro (12/20)
Ferrari (12/26)
Unknown 2023
January 2024
Griselda (1/25)
February 2024
March 2024
Cabrini (3/8)
Manhunt (3/15)
One Life (3/15)
April 2024
Scoop (4/5)
May 2024
June 2024

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