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'
Gomorrah (2008)
7/10
Director: Matteo Garrone
Starring: Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Cantalupo, Maria Nazionale, Marco...
Matteo Garrone's stark, shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, is one of cinema's most authentic depictions of organized crime. A tour de force... Read more
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
7.5/10
Director: George Clooney
Starring: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr, Patricia Clarkson, Frank Lan...
George Clooney's second outing as a director is both an intelligent homage to iconic American broadcaster Edward R Murrow (convincingly portrayed by D... Read more
Good Night, and Good Luck. ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
7.5/10
Director: George Clooney
Starring: David Strathairn, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, Rob...
George Clooney's second outing as a director is both an intelligent homage to iconic American broadcaster Edward R Murrow (convincingly portrayed by D... Read more
Good Vibrations (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Lisa Barros D'sa, Glenn Leyburn
Starring: Adrian Dunbar, Karl Johnson, Liam Cunningham, Dylan Moran, Jodie Whittaker, Rich...
Terri Hooley is a radical, rebel and music-lover in 1970s Belfast, when the bloody conflict known as the Troubles shuts down his city. As all his frie... Read more
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Director: Bille August
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Diane Kruger, Dennis Haysbert
The surprising relationship that developed between Nelson Mandela and South African prison guard James Gregory is explored in this riveting biodrama.... Read more
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
7.1/10
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie
After leaving London for the English countryside, writer A.A. Milne starts to spin fanciful yarns about his son's growing collection of stuffed animal... Read more
Goodbye Christopher Robin (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.1/10
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie
After leaving London for the English countryside, writer A.A. Milne starts to spin fanciful yarns about his son's growing collection of stuffed animal... Read more
GoodFellas (1990)
8.7/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Joe Pesci
Martin Scorsese's electrifying gangster saga chronicles three decades in the Mafia with Irish-Sicilian mobster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) and his "wisegu... Read more
Goodfellas ( Blu-ray ) (1990)
8.7/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Martin Scorsese's violent true-life gangster epic which follows Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) as he rises through the ranks of the Mafia. Upon turning FBI i... Read more
Gorillas In The Mist (1988)
7/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris
Based on the true story of anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver), who travels to the African mountains to study gorillas. In this paradise, wh... Read more