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'
Immortal Beloved (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Bernard Rose
Starring: Gary Oldman, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe
This bio of composer Ludwig Van Beethoven (Gary Oldman) focuses on a mysterious letter he wrote to one of three women. Filmed in and around Prague, it... Read more
Imperium (2016)
6.5/10
Director: Daniel Ragussis
Starring: Toni Collette, Daniel Radcliffe, Nestor Carbonell, Sam Trammell, Tracy Letts, De...
Radcliffe is Nate Foster, a quiet classical-music fan and loner of an FBI agent who was instrumental in getting an Islamic extremist to open up about... Read more
Imperium (Blu-ray) (2016)
6.5/10
Director: Daniel Ragussis
Starring: Toni Collette, Daniel Radcliffe, Nestor Carbonell, Sam Trammell, Tracy Letts, De...
Radcliffe is Nate Foster, a quiet classical-music fan and loner of an FBI agent who was instrumental in getting an Islamic extremist to open up about... Read more
In Cold Blood (1967)
8/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Robert Blake, John Forsythe, Scott Wilson, Jeff Corey
An engrossing true story, masterfully adapted from the Truman Capote novel, tracing two young killers, their motives and eventual arrest after the mur... Read more
In Darkness (2011)
7.3/10
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Herbert Knaup, Benno Furmann, Maria Schrader, Agnieszka Grochowska, Robert Wieck...
From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland ("Europa Europa"), "In Darkness" is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in... Read more
In Like Flynn (2018)
5.3/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Thomas Cocquerel, Corey Large, William Moseley, Clive Standen, David Wenham, Dan...
A chronicle of Errol Flynn's pre-Hollywood sea adventures up the east coast of Australia. His crew includes his best friend Rex, a wild, visceral youn... Read more
In Love and War (1995)
6/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Chris O'Donnell, Mackenzie Astin
This film chronicles Ernest Hemingway's WW1 love affair with Red Cross nurse Agnes Von Kurowsky, eight years his senior and the inspiration for the ch... Read more
In Pursuit of Honour (1995)
Director: Ken Olin
Starring: Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar
An invigorating retelling of a little known episode in American history; a 1935 military mutiny involving five cavalry soldiers who chose to defy Gene... Read more
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
6.9/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an al... Read more
In the Heart of the Sea (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.9/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an al... Read more