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'
Breathe (2017)
7.1/10
Director: Andy Serkis
Starring: Tom Hollander, Ed Speleers, Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy
After contracting polio at the age of 28, Robin Cavendish is confined to a bed and given only months to live. With help from his wife Diana and her tw... Read more
Bride Flight (2008)
7/10
Director: Ben Sombogaart
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Elise Schaap, Anna Drijver, Karina Smulders...
Based on a true story that tells of the last Great Air Race, from London to Christchurch in 1953, which carried 26 young Dutch brides-to-be on their w... Read more
Bridge of Spies (2015)
7.6/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, "Bridge of Spies" is directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Matt Cha... Read more
Bridge of Spies ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
7.6/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, "Bridge of Spies" is directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Matt Cha... Read more
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
6.9/10
Director: Gene Saks
Starring: Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Jonathan Silverman, Judith Ivey
New York, the 1930s...and a young man's mind is on the Yankees and sex (not necessarily in that order), as well as trying to deal with his argumentati... Read more
Buddy (1997)
4.9/10
Director: Caroline Thompson
Starring: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming
A sweet-natured film about a most unusual woman, real-life Gertrude Lintz, who in the 1920's kept an incredible menagerie of animals on her Long Islan... Read more
Bugsy (1991)
6.8/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Warren Beatty, Harvey Keitel, Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna
Chronicles the rise and fall of Bugsy Siegel (Warren Beatty), the New York mobster who fell under the spell of 1930's Hollywood and starlet Virginia H... Read more
Burke and Wills (1985)
Director: Graeme Clifford
Starring: Chris Haywood, Drew Forsythe, Greta Scacchi, Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Ralph...
Burke & Wills is a 1985 Australian adventure film directed by Graeme Clifford, starring Jack Thompson and Nigel Havers. The film is based on the true... Read more
Buster (1988)
5.8/10
Director: David Green
Starring: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb
On August 8, 1963, the Royal Mail train, on its nighttime run from London to Glasgow, was robbed by 15 men who got away with 2.6 million pounds. It b... Read more
Calamity Jane (1984)
6.6/10
Director: James Goldstone
Starring: Jane Alexander, Frederic Forrest, Talia Balsam, David Hemmings
This made-for-TV film focuses on the personal life of an American legend, rather than the legend itself. Even in her own lifetime Calamity was more my... Read more