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'
Windtalkers ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
6/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Adam Beach, Christian Slater, Frances O'Connor, Mark Ruffalo, Nicolas Cage, Noah...
Set during the 1944 Allied invasion of Saipan and inspired by a true story, John Woo's WWII epic stars Nicolas Cage as a battle hardened Marine sergea... Read more
Without Limits (1998)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Towne
Starring: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter
Follows the life of famous 1970's runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to Oregon University where he worked with the legendary coach... Read more
Witness To The Mob (2000)
6.8/10
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Nicholas Turturro, Debi Mazar, Abe Vigoda
This hard hitting offering tells the story of Mafia underboss, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano and the flamboyant head of the Gambino crime family, exposing... Read more
Wolf Creek (2005)
6.3/10
Director: Greg McLean
Starring: John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi
Three mates head into Wolf Creek National Park in the Australian outback for a dream vacation only to find, after a day's hiking, that the car battery... Read more
Woman in Gold (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Ir...
Academy Award winner Helen Mirren stars in the incredible true story of Maria Altmann, a Jewish refugee who is forced to flee Vienna during World War... Read more
Wonderland (2003)
6.6/10
Director: James Cox
Starring: Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow, Josh Lucas, Tim Blake Nelson, Dylan McDe...
Val Kilmer turns in a stunning performance as porn legend John Holmes in this gritty drama that offers two versions of the controversial events of Jul... Read more
World Trade Center (2006)
6/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Dorff, Jay H...
Oliver Stone's unusually apolitical memorial to 9/11 is the true story of two New York policemen (Nic Cage and Michael Pena) sent in to find survivors... Read more
Worried About the Boy (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring: Freddie Fox, Mark Gatiss, Marc Warren, Douglas Booth, Mathew Horne
Inspired by the 1986 newspaper headline, which broke during boy george's heavily reported drug problem, worried about the boy is a compassionate biogr... Read more
Wyatt Earp (1994)
6.7/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Jeff Fahey, Mark Harmon, Michael Mads...
This epic-length biography shows how fate and circumstance turned the fabled Earp into a hardened and heartless man who killed in the name of law and... Read more
Wyatt Earp ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
6.7/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Jeff Fahey, Mark Harmon, Michael Mads...
This epic-length biography shows how fate and circumstance turned the fabled Earp into a hardened and heartless man who killed in the name of law and... Read more