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'
Waterloo (1970)
7.3/10
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles
An epic historical film centering around Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. Tremendous action and superb cinematography. Stars Rod Steiger, Christopher Pl... Read more
Waterloo (Blu-ray) (1970)
7.3/10
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Rod Steiger
An epic historical film centering around Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. Tremendous action and superb cinematography. Stars Rod Steiger, Christopher Pl... Read more
We Are Marshall (2006)
7.1/10
Director: McG
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Ian McShane,...
In November 1970, a chartered plane carrying the Marshall University football team, their coaches and various prominent citizens, crashed into the App... Read more
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
7.1/10
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, John Michael...
From writer/director Cameron Crowe comes this inspirational true story, based on the memoir by Benjamin Mee. Matt Damon stars as Mee, a recent widower... Read more
We're Here to Help (2007)
6.2/10
Director: Jonothan Cullinane
Starring: Erik Thomson, Miriama Smith, Michael Hurst
A sharply-scripted highly enjoyable kafka-esque comedy of a David-and-Goliath battle with the biggest bureaucracy of all - the tax department. Set in... Read more
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
5.9/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Diane Kruger, Merritt Weav...
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from h... Read more
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei
Based on a true story about a group of journalists covering the Bosnian conflict; centering on a British TV reporter who becomes especially outraged b... Read more
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Brian Goodman
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Will Lyman, Brian Goodman, Donnie Wahlbe...
A tough-talking crime drama that follows the journey of two childhood friends as they attempt to sever their powerful ties to the underworld. Mark Ruf... Read more
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
6.6/10
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Starring: Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Tina Fey, Margot Robbie
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker (Tina Fey) decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged... Read more
White Boy Rick (2018)
6.5/10
Director: Yann Demange
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Ro...
Rick Wershe is a single father who's struggling to raise two teenagers during the height of the crack epidemic in 1980s Detroit. Wershe sells guns ill... Read more