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'
Gotti (2018)
4.8/10
Director: Kevin Connolly
Starring: Chris Mulkey, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Stacy Keach, Sp...
Raised on the streets of New York, young John Gotti found his way into the Gambino crime family, eventually having the boss removed and becoming head... Read more
Grace of Monaco (2014)
5.7/10
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Frank Langella, Nicole Kidman, Parker Posey, Tim Roth, Paz Vega, Milo Ventimigli...
Grace Of Monaco is set in 1962 and showcases 12 months in the life of iconic princess Grace Kelly, 6 years after she married Prince Rainier of Monaco... Read more
Grand Theft Parsons (2003)
6.1/10
Director: David Caffrey
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Christina Applegate, Robert Forster, Gabriel Macht
Based on the bizarre but true funeral pact between country music legend Gram Parsons (Gabriel Macht) and his manager Phil Kaufman (Johnny Knoxille).... Read more
Great Aussie Icons - Bryan Brown in... Stir / Money Movers (1979)
Director: Bruce Beresford, Stephen Wallace
Starring: Bryan Brown, Dennis Miller, Phil Motherwell, Terence Donovan, Tony Bonner, Alan...
Among the best-loved Australian actors of his generation, the legendary Bryan Brown has lent his acerbic, tough-guy persona to a host of classic local... Read more
Great Balls Of Fire (1989)
6.2/10
Director: Jim McBride
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin
Dennis Quaid plays Jerry Lee Lewis in this biopic that traces 'the killer's' rise to rock and roll stardom in the '50s and the marriage to his teenage... Read more
Grey Gardens (2009)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Sucsy
Starring: Daniel Baldwin, Drew Barrymore, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jessica Lange, Ken Howard, M...
Thirty-five years after the Maysles brothers' famed documentary of the same name, 'Grey Gardens' offers a wry, behind-the-scenes look at ' Big Edie' ... Read more
Grey Owl (1999)
6/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Renee Asherson, Stephanie Cole, Charles Powell, Graham Greene
From director Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) comes the remarkable story of a 1930s frontier trapper who adopted the ways of the wild and found love amo... Read more
Gridiron Gang (2006)
6.9/10
Director: Phil Joanou
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner, Leon Rippy, L Scott Caldwell, Kevin Dunn,...
Based on a documentary of the same name about a group of juvenile criminals who are uplifted by a determined probation officer, Sean Porter (played by... Read more
Gunfight At The O.K. Corral (1957)
7.2/10
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Burt Lancaster, Lee Van Cleef, Dennis Hopper, John...
Superbly mounted, landmark western that authentically depicts the famous showdown between Wyatt Earp and 'Doc' Holliday and the Clanton Gang, while ex... Read more
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ( Blu-ray ) (1957)
7.2/10
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
Superbly mounted, landmark western that authentically depicts the famous showdown between Wyatt Earp and 'Doc' Holliday and the Clanton Gang, while ex... Read more