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'
Blackbeard (2006)
5.7/10
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Angus MacFadyen, Mark Umbers, Richard Chamberlain, Jessica Chastain, Rachel Ward...
The life and exploits of ruthless 18th Century pirate, Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard, are brought to the screen in this rousing two-part Hallmark serie... Read more
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Robert John Burke, Topher Grace, Ashlie Atkinson, Adam Driver, Rya...
From Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. Its the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first Afri... Read more
BlacKkKlansman (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Robert John Burke, Topher Grace, Ashlie Atkinson, Adam Driver, Rya...
From Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. Its the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first Afri... Read more
Blaze (1989)
5.9/10
Director: Ron Shelton
Starring: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin
Paul Newman pulls out all the stops in his energetic performance as Earl K. Long, the wily Louisiana governor whose whirlwind romance with stripper Bl... Read more
Blind Flight (2003)
7/10
Director: John Furse
Starring: Ian Hart, Linus Roache
The true account of the kidnapping of Brian Keenan and his subsequent captivity with John McCarthy in Lebanon in 1986. The men spent four and a half y... Read more
Blind Mountain (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Li Yang
Starring: Yang Youan, Zhang Yuling, Huang Lu
In rural early 90's China, Bai (Huang Lu), a pretty and enterprising college student, travels to a remote, mist shrouded mountain village in the compa... Read more
Blow (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Ted Demme
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Jordi Molla, Ray Liotta, Paul Reubens, Cliff Curtis,...
Johnny Depp offers a bravura performance in this true life account of the rise and fall of drug kingpin George Jung, who went from selling marijuana i... Read more
Blow ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Ted Demme
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Jordi Molla, Ray Liotta, Franka Potente, Paul Reuben...
Johnny Depp offers a bravura performance in this true life account of the rise and fall of drug kingpin George Jung, who went from selling marijuana i... Read more
Blue Murder (1995)
8.6/10
Director: Michael Jenkins
Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin, Steve Bastoni, Gary Day, Peter Phelps, Alex Dimit...
Based on real events this shockingly confronting mini-series exposed the corrupt practises of Detective Roger Rogerson, the golden boy of Sydney's pol... Read more
Blue Sky (1994)
6.4/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe
This emotional drama features an Academy Award winning performance by Jessica Lange as the manic, love-starved wife of Army officer Tommy Lee Jones, w... Read more