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Make way for Best True Story Movies. Films are the most fun method to escape the boring and melancholy life. This is because movies give wings to our fantasies and for a particular time period we can live and feel a fantasy world where there are no worries and sadness. After all everything that happens on screen is just drama and fantasy. But, the irony is that the escape zone that movies provide us for a short period of time is often based on real life events and true stories. Yes, there are hundreds or better say thousands of movies that are based on pure fantasy but there also movies that are based on actual events.

True story movies are actually different from biography movies. Biography movies mainly focus on one person and explore the events of his/her life. Usually that subject person of biography films is a famous personality. True story movies on the other hand focuses on events that affected life of one person or a group of persons. True story movies may be based on memoir written by an author or may be based on news and facts that shook the world.

Many film makers love to add impossible action sequence and comic scenes (just for the sake of fun) to movies. Many true story movies also get the similar treatment. So there are several true story movies listed here that are exaggerated as compared to the real life event to make film enjoyable. Many true story movies have sad, tragic and sometimes horrific ending. We have tried here to skip such films and include only those films which have happy and inspirational endings.

Here is the list of 100 greatest films that are based on true stories:

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100. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Director – Tobe Hooper
Cast – Paul A. Partain, Jim Siedow, Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 1 October 1974
Box Office – $30.9 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –

99. 300

Director – Zack Snyder
Cast – Lena Headey, Dominic West, Gerard Butler, David Wenham
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 60%
Release Date – 9 March 2007
Box Office – $456.1 million
Genre – Action, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –

98. Psycho

Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Vera Miles, Martin Balsam, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 16 June 1960
Box Office – $50 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

97. Almost Famous

Director – Cameron Crowe
Cast – Kate Hudson, Anna Paquin, Frances McDormand, Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 13 September 2000
Box Office – $47.4 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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96. Remember the Titans

Director – Boaz Yakin
Cast – Donald Faison, Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Nicole Ari Parker
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 73%
Release Date – 23 September 2000
Box Office – $136.7 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Sport
Awards – None
Plot –

95. The Impossible

Director – J. A. Bayona
Cast – Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Naomi Watts
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 9 September 2012
Box Office – $180.3 million
Genre – Drama, History, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

94. The Amityville Horror

Director – Andrew Douglas
Cast – Philip Baker Hall, Melissa George, Ryan Reynolds
IMDB Rating – 6
Rotten Tomatoes – 24%
Release Date – 15 April 2005
Box Office – $108 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –

93. Born on the Fourth of July

Director – Oliver Stone
Cast – Raymond J. Barry, Kyra Sedgwick, Jerry Levine, Tom Cruise, Frank Whaley
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 20 December 1989
Box Office – $161 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, War
Awards – Won 2 Oscar
Plot –

92. Eight Below

Director – Frank Marshall
Cast – Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Paul Walker, Jason Biggs
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 17 February 2006
Box Office – $120.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –

91. 50/50

Director – Jonathan Levine
Cast – Anna Kendrick, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Seth Rogen
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 30 September 2011
Box Office – $41.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –

90. Invictus

Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 3 December 2009
Box Office – $122.2 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – None
Plot –

89. The Conjuring

Director – James Wan
Cast – Ron Livingston, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Vera Farmiga
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – July 19, 2013
Box Office – $319.5 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

88. Ali

Director – Michael Mann
Cast – Ron Silver, Jon Voight, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jamie Foxxt, Mario Van Peebles
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – 25 December 2001
Box Office – $87.7 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Sport
Awards – None
Plot –

87. Shadow of the Vampire

Director – E. Elias Merhige
Cast – Cary Elwes, John Malkovich, Eddie Izzard, Willem Dafoe, John Aden Gillet
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 25 January 2001
Box Office – $11.2 million
Genre – Drama, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –

86. Black Hawk Down

Director – Ridley Scott
Cast – Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Ewan McGregor
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – December 28, 2001
Box Office – $173 million
Genre – Drama, History, War
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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85. 127 Hours

Director – Danny Boyle
Cast – Kate Mara, James Franco, Amber Tamblyn
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 4 September 2010
Box Office – $60.7 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

84. The Last King of Scottland

Director – Kevin Macdonald
Cast – Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker, Simon McBurney, James McAvoy
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 27 September 2006
Box Office – $48.4 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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83. Cinderella Man

Director – Ron Howard
Cast – Craig Bierko, Renée Zellweger, Russell Crowe, Paul Giamatti
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 29 May 2005
Box Office – $108.5 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Sport
Awards – None
Plot –

82. Gallipoli

Director – Peter Weir
Cast – Mark Lee, Mel Gibson
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 13 August 1981
Box Office –$5,732,587
Genre – Adventure, Drama, History
Awards – None
Plot –

81. Seabiscuit

Director – Gary Ross
Cast – Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 25 July 2003
Box Office – $148.3 million
Genre – Drama, History, Sport
Awards – None
Plot –

80. 8 Mile

Director – Curtis Hanson
Cast – Kim Basinger, Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 6 November 2002
Box Office – $242.9 million
Genre – Drama, Music
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

79. Glory

Director – Edward Zwick
Cast – Morgan Freeman, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Denzel Washington
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 15 December 1989
Box Office – $26.8 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
Plot –

78. We Bought a Zoo

Director – Cameron Crowe
Cast – Thomas Haden Church, Matt Damon, Colin Ford, Scarlett Johansson, Patrick Fugit
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – December 23, 2011
Box Office – $120.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –

77. The Help

Director – Tate Taylor
Cast – Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Bryce Dallas Howard
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – August 10, 2011
Box Office – $216.6 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

76. United 93

Director – Paul Greengrass
Cast – Peter Hermann, Christian Clemenson, Daniel Sauli, David Alan Basche, Cheyenne Jackson
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 28 April 2006
Box Office – $76.3 million
Genre – Drama, History, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

75. Valkyrie

Director – Bryan Singer
Cast – Bill Nighy, Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, Kenneth Branagh, Carice van Houten
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 62%
Release Date – 25 December 2008
Box Office – $200.3 million
Genre – Drama, History, Thriller
Awards – None
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74. 21

Director – Robert Luketic
Cast – Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne,
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 35%
Release Date – 28 March 2008
Box Office – $157.9 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, History
Awards – None
Plot –

73. The Bank Job

Director – Roger Donaldson
Cast – Saffron Burrows, Jason Statham
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 25 February 2008
Box Office – $64.8 million
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

72. Marley & Me

Director – David Frankel
Cast – Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 62%
Release Date – 25 December 2008
Box Office – $247.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –

71. We Are Marshall

Director – McG
Cast – Ian McShane, Matthew McConaughey, Kate Mara, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 48%
Release Date – 12 December 2006
Box Office – $43.5 million
Genre – Drama, Sport
Awards – None
Plot –

70. The Girl Next Door (2007 Horror Film)

Director – Gregory Wilson
Cast – Blythe Auffarth, Daniel Manche, Blanche Baker
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – 3 October 2007
Box Office – $ 1 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –

69. The Untouchables

Director – Brian De Palma
Cast – Andy García, Charles Martin Smith, Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 2 June 1987
Box Office – $106.2 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

68. The Sea Inside

Director – Alejandro Amenábar
Cast – Lola Dueñas, Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Mabel Rivera
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 3 September 2004
Box Office – $38,535,221
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

67. Zodiac

Director – David Fincher
Cast – Robert Downey Jr., Charles Fleischer, Brian Cox, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Edwards, Mark Ruffalo
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – February 28, 2007
Box Office – $84.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –

66. Zero Dark Thirty

Director – Kathryn Bigelow
Cast – Kyle Chandler, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – December 19, 2012
Box Office – $132.8 million
Genre – Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

65. Goodfellas

Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta
IMDB Rating – 8.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 12 September 1990
Box Office – $46.8 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

64. JFK

Director – Oliver Stone
Cast – Laurie Metcalf, Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 20 December 1991
Box Office – $205.4 million
Genre – Drama, History, Thriller
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –

63. Casino

Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, Kevin Pollak, Sharon Stone, Don Rickles
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 22 November 1995
Box Office – $116.1 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

62. The Longest Day

Director – Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Darryl F. Zanuck, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald
Cast – Eddie Albert, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Curd Jürgens, Robert Mitchum
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 25 September 1962
Box Office – $50.1 million
Genre – Action, Drama, History
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –

61. A Bridge too far

Director – Richard Attenborough
Cast – Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Hopkins, Elliott Gould, James Caan
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 59%
Release Date – 15 June 1977
Box Office – $50.7 million
Genre – Drama, History, War
Awards – None
Plot –

60. In Cold Blood

Director – Richard Brooks
Cast – Paul Stewart, Robert Blake, John Forsythe, Scott Wilson
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 14 December 1967
Box Office – $13 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

59. The Strangers

Director – Bryan Bertino
Cast – Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 48%
Release Date – 30 May 2008
Box Office – $82.4 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

58. Mississippi Burning

Director – Alan Parker
Cast – Willem Dafoe, Gene Hackman
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 2 December 1988
Box Office – $34.6 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, History
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

57. Escape from Alcatraz

Director – Don Siegel
Cast – Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 22 June 1979
Box Office – $43 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

56. The Killing Fields

Director – Roland Joffé
Cast – Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Craig T. Nelson, Sam Waterston, John Malkovich
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 2 November 1984
Box Office – $34.7 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
Plot –

55. Out of Africa

Director – Sydney Pollack
Cast – Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Robert Redford
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 60%
Release Date – 10 December 1985
Box Office – $227.5 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 7 Oscars
Plot –

54. Alpha Dog

Director – Nick Cassavetes
Cast – Shawn Hatosy, Sharon Stone, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 54%
Release Date – 12 January 2007
Box Office – $32.1 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

53. Bonnie and Clyde

Director – Arthur Penn
Cast – Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 13 August 1967
Box Office – $70 million
Genre – Action, Biography, Crime
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –

52. The Mission

Director – Roland Joffé
Cast – Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 31 October 1986
Box Office – $17.2 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, History
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

51. The Boy in Stripped Pajamas

Director – Mark Herman
Cast – Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Asa Butterfield, Vera Farmiga
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 63%
Release Date – 12 September 2008
Box Office – $44.1 million
Genre – Drama, War
Awards – None
Plot –

50. Michael Collins

Director – Neil Jordan
Cast – Aidan Quinn, Alan Rickman, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 5 September 1996
Box Office – $27.5 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

49. Patton

Director – Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast – Karl Malden, George C. Scott
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 18 February 1970
Box Office – $61.8 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, War
Awards – Won 7 Oscars
Plot –

48. The Painted Veil

Director – John Curran
Cast – Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Toby Jones
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 20 December 2006
Box Office – $26,809,273
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –

47. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Director – George Roy Hill
Cast – Katharine Ross, Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Robert Redford
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 23 September 1969
Box Office – $102.3 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot –

46. Monster

Director – Patty Jenkins
Cast – Christina Ricci, Charlize Theron, Lee Tergesen, Bruce Dern
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 17 December 2003
Box Office – $60.4 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

45. Downfall

Director – Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast – Alexandra Maria Lara, Juliane Köhler, Bruno Ganz, Ulrich Matthes, Corinna Harfouch
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 8 September 2004
Box Office – $92.2 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – None
Plot –

44. In the Name of the Father

Director – Jim Sheridan
Cast – Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, Daniel Day-Lewis
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 12 December 1993
Box Office – $65.8 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

43. Boogie Nights

Director – Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast – Burt Reynolds, John C. Reilly, Mark Wahlberg, Don Cheadle, Julianne Moore
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 10 October 1997
Box Office – $43.1 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

42. Doctor Zhivago

Director – David Lean
Cast – Tom Courtenay, Geraldine Chaplin, Siobhán McKenna, Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 22 December 1965
Box Office – $111.7 million
Genre – Drama, Romance, War
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot –

41. Catch Me if You Can

Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Tom Hanks, Martin Sheen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Walken
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 25 December 2002
Box Office – $352.1 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

40. Miracle

Director – Gavin O’Connor
Cast – Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich, Kurt Russell
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 6 February 2004
Box Office – $64.5 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – None
Plot –

39. The Sound of Music

Director – Robert Wise
Cast – Christopher Plummer, Julie Andrews
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 2 March 1965
Box Office – $286.2 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Family
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot –

38. City of God

Director – Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Cast – Douglas Silva, Alexandre Rodrigues, Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 30 August 2002
Box Office – $30.6 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

37. The Basketball Diaries

Director – Scott Kalvert
Cast – Ernie Hudson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Patrick McGaw, Lorraine Bracco, Bruno Kirby
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 46%
Release Date – 21 April 1995
Box Office – $2.4 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

36. The Battle of Algiers

Director – Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast – Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Tommaso Neri, Saadi Yacef
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 8 September 1966
Box Office – $879,794
Genre – Drama, War
Awards – None
Plot –

35. Eight Below

Director – Frank Marshall
Cast – Moon Bloodgood, Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 17 February 2006
Box Office – $120.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –

34. Dog Day Afternoon

Director – Sidney Lumet
Cast – John Cazale, Charles Durning, Al Pacino, James Broderick
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 21 September 1975
Box Office – $50 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

33. Braveheart

Director – Mel Gibson
Cast – Sophie Marceau, Catherine McCormack, Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 19 May 1995
Box Office – $210.4 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot –

32. Serpico

Director – Sidney Lumet
Cast – Al Pacino
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 5 December 1973
Box Office – $29.8 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

31. Full Metal Jacket

Director – Stanley Kubrick
Cast – Vincent D’Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, Matthew Modine, Lee Ermey
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 17 June 1987
Box Office – $120 million
Genre – Drama, War
Awards – None
Plot –

29. The Blind Side

Director – John Lee Hancock
Cast – Tim McGraw, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 66%
Release Date – 17 November 2009
Box Office – $309.2 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Sport
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

28. All the President’s Men

Director – Alan J. Pakula
Cast – Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 4 April 1976
Box Office – $70.6 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot –

27. Pappilon

Director – Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast – Victor Jory, Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen, Don Gordon
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 16 December 1973
Box Office – $53,267,000
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

26. The Insider

Director – Michael Mann
Cast – Diane Venora, Al Pacino, Philip Baker Hall, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 28 October 1999
Box Office – $60.2 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

25. October Sky

Director – Joe Johnston
Cast – Chris Owen, Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 19 February 1999
Box Office – $34.7 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –

24. Judgment at Nuremberg

Director – Stanley Kramer
Cast – Marlene Dietrich, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, Richard Widmark, Burt Lancaster
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 19 December 1961
Box Office – $10 million
Genre – Drama, War
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –

23. The French Connection

Director – William Friedkin
Cast – Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman, Tony Lo Bianco, Fernando Rey
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 7 October 1971
Box Office – $51.7 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot –

22. The King’s Speech

Director – Tom Hooper
Cast – Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 26 November 2010
Box Office – $414.2 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot –

21. Heat

Director – Michael Mann
Cast – Val Kilmer, Robert De Niro, Dennis Haysbert, Tom Sizemore, Al Pacino, Amy Brenneman, Ted Levine
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date -15 December 1995
Box Office – $187.4 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

20. Argo

Director – Ben Affleck
Cast – Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, Ben Affleck, John Goodman
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – October 12, 2012
Box Office – $232.3 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
Plot –

19. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale

Director – Lasse Hallström
Cast – Jason Alexander, Richard Gere, Erick Avari, Joan Allen
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 8 July 2009
Box Office – $46.7 million
Genre – Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –

18. Into the Wild

Director – Sean Penn
Cast – Jena Malone, Emile Hirsch, Brian Dierker, William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Catherine Keener
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 21 September 2007
Box Office – $56,822,960
Genre – Adventure, Biography, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

17. Finding Neverland

Director – Marc Forster
Cast – Kate Winslet, Radha Mitchell, Johnny Depp, Julie Christie
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – October 29, 2004
Box Office – $116.8 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Family
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –

16. Amadeus

Director – Miloš Forman
Cast – Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, F. Murray Abraham, Simon Callow, Tom Hulce
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 6 September 1984
Box Office – $52 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – Won 8 Oscars
Plot –

15. The Pursuit of Happyness

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Director – Gabriele Muccino
Cast – Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Thandie Newton
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – December 15, 2006
Box Office – $307.1 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – None
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14. My Left Foot

Director – Jim Sheridan
Cast – Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cyril Cusack, Ray McAnally
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 24 February 1989
Box Office – $14.7 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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13. The Diving bell and the Butterfly

Director – Julian Schnabel
Cast – Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Marie-Josée Croze
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 22 May 2007
Box Office – $19.8 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – None
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12. The Elephant Man

Director – David Lynch
Cast – Anthony Hopkins, John Gielgud, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 2 October 1980
Box Office – $26 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – None
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11. Raging Bull

Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Robert De Niro
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 14 November 1980
Box Office – $23.4 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Sport
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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10. The Exorcist

Director – William Friedkin
Cast – Kitty Winn, Max von Sydow, Jack MacGowran, Ellen Burstyn, Lee J. Cobb
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 26 December 1973
Box Office – $441.3 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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9. A Beautiful Mind

Director – Ron Howard
Cast – Paul Bettany, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 13 December 2001
Box Office – $313 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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8. Titanic

Director – James Cameron
Cast – Billy Zane, Frances Fisher, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 18 November 1997
Box Office – $2.187 billion
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 11 Oscars
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7. Lawrence of Arabia

Director – David Lean
Cast – Anthony Quinn, José Ferrer, Claude Rains, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quayle
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 10 December 1962
Box Office – $70 million
Genre – Adventure, Biography, Drama
Awards – Won 7 Oscars
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6. The Great Escape

Director – John Sturges
Cast – James Garner, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 20 June 1963
Box Office – $11.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, History
Awards – None
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5. The Pianist

Director – Roman Polanski
Cast – Maureen Lipman, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Adrien Brody
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 6 September 2002
Box Office – 120.1 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Music
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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4. Saving Private Ryan

Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 24 July 1998
Box Office – $482.3 million
Genre – Drama, War
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
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3. Hotel Rwanda

Director – Terry George
Cast – Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 22 December 2004
Box Office – $33.9 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – None
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2. Apollo 13

Director – Ron Howard
Cast – Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 22 June 1995
Box Office – $355.2 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, History
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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1. Schindler’s List

Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Jonathan Sagall, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
IMDB Rating – 8.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 30 November 1993
Box Office – $322.1 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – Won 7 Oscars.
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So which true story movie you liked the most? Most of the films listed here are produced in hollywood. You might have seen movies of other languages that are based on true stories. We would love to hear if you liked any true story film made in foreign language.