Best Movies Based on True Stories

  • 35. Milk

  • 5.3
      • MPAA
      • R
  • A biopic that follows the life of Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, and his struggles to defend the gay community until he was elected a government official, becoming the first openly gay official...Read more to earn such a position.

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  • 34. The Big Short

  • 6.5
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      • Adults Only (18+)
      • MPAA
      • R
  • The movie tells of four economists who successfully predict the crash of the Real Estate and Insurance markets, in the first half of the 2000s, and decide to expose the big banking corporations for...Read more their greed and failure to predict the economic meltdown.

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  • 33. The Big Sick

  • 5.5
      • MPAA
      • R
  • After performing one of his stand-up shows,Pakistani-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani meets grad student Emily Gardner. Their relationship develops into true love but they have to face many challenges....Read more

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  • 32. The Imitation Game

  • 7.7
      • MPAA
      • PG-13
  • The true story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing who along with his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School attempt to crack the German Enigma...Read more code during World War II.

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  • 31. The Farewell

  • 6.6
      • MPAA
      • PG
  • When her grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the headstrong Billi clashes with her parents over the decision to keep the diagnosis a secret from her grandmother. As the family gathers in...Read more China, ostensibly for a family wedding, they struggle to say goodbye without revealing the truth.

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  • 30. Into the Wild

  • 7.3
      • MPAA
      • R
  • Based on a true story, Christopher, a star student and athlete, graduates from Emory University, and decides to go to Alaska to live in the wilderness, after giving up his entire savings to charity....Read more He goes on a journey of self-discovery, meeting several people along the way.


  • 29. The Aviator

  • 7.7
      • MPAA
      • PG-13
  • A biopic that depicts the life of the billionaire and aviator Howard Huges who has no difficulty soaring high, but he cannot evade the tormenting thoughts and the obsessive-compulsive disorder that...Read more brings him down whenever he witnesses an airplane crash.


  • 28. Erin Brockovich

  • 6.1
  • The true story of how down-on-her-luck single mother Erin Brokovish put together one of the biggest class actions suits in US history and won the high profile case against a multi-million dollar...Read more company despite her lack of formal education in the law.


  • 27. 127 Hours

  • 6.9
      • MPAA
      • R
  • The biography of Aron Ralston, a mountain climber, and his painful experience when he got trapped under a boulder, putting him in a situation that demands sacrifice in order to survive.


  • 26. The Pianist

  • 6.6
      • MPAA
      • R
  • The film depicts the life of Polish Jewish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman who faces the terrors of World War II as he gets separated from his family and takes shelter in the ruins of Warsaw.