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'
Find Me Guilty (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Richard Portnow, Linus Roache, Alex Rocco, Annabella...
Sidney Lumet co-wrote and directs this bizarrely comic true story of mobster 'Fat Jack' DiNorscio who declined a deal for a shortened prison sentence,... Read more
Finding Neverland (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Fredd...
Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman and Julie Christie star in this magical tale about one of the world's greatest storytellers and the people w... Read more
Fire in the Sky (1993)
6.5/10
Director: Robert Lieberman
Starring: D B Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer
UFO buffs should get a lift out of this dramatization of the alleged abduction of Travis Walton - allegedly based on fact. Contains a genuinely freaky... Read more
First Man (2018)
7.7/10
Director: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Pablo Schrei...
A Biopic on the life of the legendary American Astronaut Neil Armstrong from 1961-1969, on his journey to becoming the first human to walk the moon. E... Read more
First Man (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.7/10
Director: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Pablo Schrei...
A Biopic on the life of the legendary American Astronaut Neil Armstrong from 1961-1969, on his journey to becoming the first human to walk the moon. E... Read more
Flags of our Fathers (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, John Be...
Clint Eastwood's World War II film offers a brutal grunts-eye-view of the battle on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. It centres on the lives of three... Read more
Flags of our Fathers ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, John Be...
Clint Eastwood's World War II film offers a brutal grunts-eye-view of the battle on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. It centres on the lives of three... Read more
Flash of Genius (2008)
7/10
Director: Marc Abraham
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Jake Abel, Daniel Roebuck, Alan Al...
Long-time producer Marc Abraham ('The Emperor's Club', 'Children of Men') makes his directorial debut with this true story of inventor Robert Kearns (... Read more
Flight 93 (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Peter Markle
Starring: Brennan Elliott, Kendall Cross, Ty Olsson, Monnae Michaell, April Telek
Pre-empting Paul Greengrass' feature by several months this made-for-TV movie is a dramatic re-telling of the events that occurred on the doomed Fligh... Read more
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
6.9/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Hugh Grant, Meryl Streep, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda
In the 1940s, New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) dreams of becoming a great opera singer. Unfortunately, her ambition far excee... Read more