History vs. Hollywood

Upcoming Movies Based on True Stories


Here you will find a schedule of new and upcoming true story movies. Get a jump on the biopics and real-life stories that will hit theaters in the coming months. Discover release dates, watch trailers and meet the real people who are the basis for these new movies based on true stories.
March 2024
This movie starring Bill Nighy was inspired by stories surrounding the Homeless World Cup soccer competition.
April 2024
The Netflix movie chronicles Prince Andrew's infamous 2019 BBC interview about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
When residents of an English town start to receive vulgar letters, they rush to blame an unruly Irish immigrant.
Michael Douglas portrays Benjamin Franklin, who at age 70 worked to secure the Franco-American Alliance.
A group of Mexican-American youths fight prejudice to play golf at a white country club in the 1950s, hoping to become champions.
A British special forces team carries out "ungentlemanly" warfare against the Nazis.
The film tells the story of the Smallbone Family, whose children grew up to become Christian pop superstars.
May 2024
Does Jerry Seinfeld's comedy about the invention of Pop-Tarts at all resemble the real-life Kellogg's / Post rivalry?
To avoid a murder wrap, Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton escapes to Cuba with the help of Hollywood producer Bert Schneider.
Backed by Amy Winehouse's estate, the movie chronicles the evolution of the singer from adolescence to adulthood.
Sight tells the story Ming Wang, an impoverished prodigy who fled China and became one of the world's top eye surgeons.
Two pioneers fall in love and fight for their survival on the frontier during the American Civil War.
Swimmer Trudy Ederle (Daisy Ridley) attempts to swim across the English Channel.
June 2024
The Hulu series chronicles the rise of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and his rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent's partner Pierre Berge.
Gary Johnson (Glen Powell), a professor who moonlights as a fake hit man for the cops, starts to fall for a client.
The 6th wife of King Henry VIII, Katherine Parr, struggles to not end up dead like the wives before her.
A photographer documents a 1960s biker gang, interviewing the wife of one of its most devoted members.
July 2024
The film tells the story of 22 families in East Texas that adopted 77 children from the local foster system.
A reporter investigates two unrelated deaths in Baltimore: the murder of a young Jewish girl and the death of a black female bartender.
Incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit, John 'Divine G' Whitfield finds hope by acting in a prison theater group alongside other inmates.
A Norwegian cargo ship is under constant attack from the Germans as it tries to get war materials to the Soviet Union.
In 1971, four women join Mexico's first female police force, only to discover they are part of a publicity stunt to distract from a serial killer on the loose.
August 2024
Kneecap tells the origin story of the Belfast rap group of the same name, who all play themselves in the film.
A brilliant young man whose father was a drug dealer and convicted of murder tries to take a different path in life.
A well-known skin specialist (Elizabeth Banks) tries to grow her business but is hampered when a rival opens up a business across the street.
After being diagnosed with MS and losing her husband, a woman moves back home to Australia with her three sons and encounters an old love.
An underdog Little League team dedicates its season to a teammate's dying father and reaches the Little League World Series.
Dennis Quaid portrays Ronald Reagan in this movie about his life and presidency.
September 2024
Kate Winslet portrays fashion model turned war correspondent Lee Miller, who worked for Vogue during WWII.
November 2024
German Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer plots the assassination of Adolf Hitler.
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