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'
Extraordinary Measures (2010)
6.5/10
Director: Tom Vaughan
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Keri Russell
Compelling, fact-based drama focuses on a couple (Brendan Fraser and Keri Russell) whose two youngest children suffer from Pompe disease, a potentiall... Read more
Factory Girl (2006)
6.4/10
Director: George Hickenlooper
Starring: Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Hayden Christensen, Jimmy Fallon, Mena Suvari, Shawn...
In 1965, college dropout Edie Sedgwick (Sienna Miller) headed to New York to become a superstar. When she met Andy Warhol (played by Guy Pearce), it... Read more
Factotum (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Bent Hamer
Starring: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Fisher Stevens, Adrienne Shelly, Didier...
The life of celebrated poet, novelist and wild man Charles Bukowski is examined in this darkly humourous, booze-drenched adaptation of his novel. Mat... Read more
Farewell (2009)
7/10
Director: Christian Carion
Starring: David Soul, Fred Ward, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Niels Arestrup, Willem Dafoe, Guill...
Based on an incredible true story, 'Farewell' is an espionage film about events that changed world history. In Moscow 1981, Colonel Sergei Gregoriev (... Read more
Fearless (2006)
7.7/10
Director: Ronny Yu
Starring: Jet Li, Shido Nakamura, Betty Sun, Nathan Jones, Brandon Rhea, Anthony De Longis...
Rumoured (sadly) to be Jet Li's last wushu film this epic biopic tells the story of Chinese national hero and founder of the Jingwu Sports Federation,... Read more
Fearless ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.7/10
Director: Ronny Yu
Starring: Jet Li, Nathan Jones, Jean Claude Leuyer, Brandon Rhea, Shido Nakamura, Betty Su...
Rumoured (sadly) to be Jet Li's last wushu film this epic biopic tells the story of Chinese national hero and founder of the Jingwu Sports Federation,... Read more
Female Agents (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Jean-Paul Salome
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Deborah Francois, Moritz Bleibtr...
In May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group for two... Read more
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
6.9/10
Director: Kari Skogland
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Rose McGowan, Natalie Press, Tom Collins, Kevin Zegers, Jim Sturge...
Inspired by Martin McGartland's shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from West Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British po... Read more
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
6.7/10
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Annette Bening, Julie Walters, Kenneth Cranham, Vanessa Redgrave, Jamie Bell, St...
Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame finds romance and happiness with a younger man, but her life changes forever when she is diagnosed with breast cancer... Read more
Final Portrait (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Stanley Tucci
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Tony Shalhoub, Clemence Poesy, James Faulkner, Armie Hammer
In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord (Armie Hammer) is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist... Read more