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- Titanic. Released: 1997. Rated: PG-13. Memorable quote: “A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets.” Twenty-five years after its release, our hearts still go on for James Cameron’s Academy Award–winning romantic drama.
- 12 Years a Slave. Released: 2013. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “I don’t want to survive. I want to live.” It is nearly impossible for a movie based on a true story to avoid taking any creative license, but 12 Years a Slave comes very close.
- Argo. Released: 2012. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “This is what I do. I get people out. And I’ve never left anyone behind.” Despite being a gripping spy thriller based on the very real extrication of six American diplomats from Iran in 1980 by CIA operative Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck, who also directed the movie), this film took a lot of creative license.
- Hidden Figures. Released: 2016. Rated: PG. Memorable quote: “On any given day, I analyze the velometer levels for air displacement, friction and velocity. And compute over 10,000 calculations by cosine, square root and lately analytic geometry by hand.”
- All the President's Men (1976) Film. Drama. Wait, you’re telling us Watergate is an actual thing that happened, and in 1974 two reporters really did take down a sitting US president?
- In Cold Blood (1967) Film. Before true crime podcasts and Dateline NBC marathons, there was Truman Capote, whose account of the 1959 massacre of a family in rural Kansas shocked a nation not yet desensitised to random acts of unspeakable violence.
- Hustlers (2019) Film. Drama. A rare depiction of a r ecession that’s neither a teary drama about farmers losing their homes nor a political screed against greedy one-percenters, Hustlers is instead a hyperkinetic story of economic survival, set in a world hit particularly hard by the 2008 financial crisis: New York strip clubs.
- Argo (2012) Film. Drama. It’s one of those stories too far-fetched for even the most inventive screenwriter to make up. At the onset of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a movie-loving CIA agent hatched a plot to smuggle six diplomats out of the country by pretending to be a Canadian film crew shooting a fake Star Wars-alike sci-fi flick there.
2024 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming
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Sep 14, 2024 · From historical dramas like 'Rustin' and 'The King' to quippy action comedies like 'Hit Man' with Glen Powell, here are the 25 best Netflix movies based on true stories.
- Declan Gallagher
Jun 7, 2024 · Either way, we’ve rounded up the year’s best films based on true stories (so far). You’ll spot Rufus Sewell, Hugh Grant, Melissa McCarthy, and a dog who’s vying for a spot on our 2025 ...
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May 31, 2024 · Below, find 30 must-see films based on true stories about sports, scammers, and everything in between. Each one is available to stream right now—just be sure to set aside time for going...
- Samantha Simon
Stream Scoop, Shirley, Maestro, and more fascinating films based on real life.
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May 9, 2024 · The best true story movies which prove the truth can be stranger than fiction, from Hustlers to Catch Me If You Can, and where to watch them in the UK.
