True Stories
True Stories are those based (sometimes loosely!) on fact. They cover topics as diverse as drug addiction, poverty, political unrest, the corruption of power, alcoholism, class divisions, sexual inequality, mental illness and other human struggles. Meet some of history's most intriguing characters, find out what it's really like to climb a mountain or paint a masterpiece. Truly, the True Story is one of cinema's most engaging and enthralling genres.
Bio-pics feature in this section and are also gathered together separately under the 'Biography' sublink left.
Pictured: Inside the Las Vegas mob, Scorsese's unromantic 'Goodfellas'
The Wannsee Conference (1984)
7.9/10
Director: Heinz Schirk
Starring: Dietrich Mattausch, Gerd Brockman, Gunter Spoerrie
An acclaimed film that re-enacts the fateful January 1942 meeting of the Nazi party and top German Officials that set in motion 'The Final Solution'.... Read more
The White Masai (2005)
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth
Starring: Nina Hoss, Jacky Ido, Katja Flint, Antonio Prester
A truly incredible love story based on Corinne Hofmann's autobiography about her journey to Kenya and her culture-shock romance with a Masai warrior.... Read more
The Whole Wide World (1995)
7.3/10
Director: Dan Ireland
Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Renee Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth
A poignant based-on-fact drama, set in Texas during the 1930s and charting the complex relationship between two independent minded souls: pulp novelis... Read more
The Winslow Boy (1999)
7.4/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Gemma Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon
From the celebrated play by Terence Rattigan comes this moving representation of "The Winslow Boy", an exquisite new film by acclaimed director and pl... Read more
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro
In 2008, stockbroker, investment adviser and financier Bernie Madoff made headlines around the world when he was arrested for perpetrating perhaps the... Read more
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Jon Favreau, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Jean Dujardin,...
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more
The Wolf of Wall Street ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more
The Woman He Loved (1988)
6.4/10
Director: Charles Jarrott
Starring: Jane Seymour, Anthony Andrews, Olivia de Havilland, Julie Harris
Forbidden by the Church of England and Royal Protocol to wed American divorcee Mrs. Wallis Warfield-Simpson, King Edward VII abdicates in 1936, spendi... Read more
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Paul Rodriguez, Annie Whittle, Aaron Murphy, Walton...
In 1967, at the age of 68, Invercargill-born Burt Munro broke the land speed record on the salt flats of Utah, fulfilling a life-long dream and settin... Read more
The World's Fastest Indian ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Annie Whittle, Anthony Hopkins, Bruce Greenwood, Diane Ladd, Walton Goggins, Pau...
In 1967, at the age of 68, Invercargill-born Burt Munro broke the land speed record on the salt flats of Utah, fulfilling a life-long dream and settin... Read more