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'
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Bill Murray, Elizabeth Wilson, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivi...
June, 1939. As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife, Eleanor (Olivia Will... Read more
I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
5.6/10
Director: Hugh Hudson
Starring: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Eva Marie Saint, Liam Aiken
In this true story, Kim Basinger is Kuki Gallmann, a divorced Italian socialite who weds dashing young adventurer Vincent Perez and, along with her yo... Read more
I Love You To Death (1990)
6.4/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Joan Plow...
An off-beat comic love story inspired by true events, about a wife who tried to kill her philandering husband several times, and yet at the court case... Read more
I Remember Nelson (1981)
7.9/10
Director: Simon Langton
Starring: Anna Massey, Geraldine James, John Clements, Kenneth Colley, Paolo Bonacelli, Ph...
From the acclaimed 'Masterpiece Theatre' series comes this portrait of national hero, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson. His personal life was as explosive... Read more
I Saw the Light (2015)
5.7/10
Director: Marc Abraham
Starring: Bradley Whitford, Cherry Jones, Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Maddie Hasson,...
I Saw the Light tells the story of the iconic Hank Williams, whose rise to stardom in the 1940s would influence countless artists across many genres a... Read more
I Shot Andy Warhol (1995)
6.6/10
Director: Mary Harron
Starring: Lili Taylor, Stephen Dorff, Jared Harris, Lothaire Bluteau, Martha Plimpton, Ann...
Lili Taylor is eerily convincing as Valerie Solanas, Factory fringe figure, founder and only member of SCUM (Society for Cutting up Men) and the woman... Read more
I Want To Live! (1958)
7.5/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent
Susan Hayward won an Oscar for her commanding performance in this true story of prostitute Barbara Graham, who, framed and convicted of murder, was to... Read more
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: Clifton James, John Mills, Cecil Parker, Marius Goring, John Le Mesurier
If official documentation didn't exist, we'd never believe a fantastic yarn like this. Actor M.E. Clifton James plays himself, a British stock-company... Read more
I, Tonya (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Allison Janney, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Bojana Novakovic, Sebastian...
In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world come... Read more
I, Tonya (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Allison Janney, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Bojana Novakovic, Sebastian...
In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world come... Read more