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'
Kinsey (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, Joh...
This fascinating biopic looks at the life of Alfred Kinsey (Liam Neeson), a man driven by scientific passion and personal demons to investigate the el... Read more
Kokoda (2005)
8.7/10
Director: Alistair Grierson
Starring: Jack Finsterer, Travis McMahon, Simon Stone, Luke Ford, Tom Budge
Papua New Guinea 1942. The battle of the track has begun. A fearsome force of Japanese fighters land on the northern coast intending to seize Port Mor... Read more
Kon-Tiki (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Espen Sandberg, Joachim Roenning
Starring: Gustaf Skarsgard, Agnes Kittelsen, Pal Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen,...
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947, together with five men, to prove that South Americans alread... Read more
Kundun (1997)
7/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong
A beautifully crafted saga of the 14th Dalai Lama, from his childhood in Tibet to his exile following the Chinese takeover. A cast of non-professional... Read more
Kundun ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Gyurme Tethong, Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
A beautifully crafted saga of the 14th Dalai Lama, from his childhood in Tibet to his exile following the Chinese takeover. A cast of non-professional... Read more
La Bamba (1987)
6.8/10
Director: Luis Valdez
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales
The box office success story of Ritchie Valens, the Mexican-American farm labourer with a string of chart-busting singles who begins his climb to star... Read more
La Vie en Rose (2007)
7.6/10
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul...
An epic portrait of iconic French singer, Edith Piaf, rooted in a maginificent performance from Marion Cotillard who channels the legendary performer... Read more
La Vie en Rose ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.6/10
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Paul Rouve, Pascal Greggory, Clotilde...
An epic portrait of iconic French singer, Edith Piaf, rooted in a maginificent performance from Marion Cotillard who channels the legendary performer... Read more
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Giulio Ricciarelli
Starring: Johannes Krisch, Alexander Fehling, Andre Szymanski, Friederike Becht, Johann vo...
Germany, 1958: when young attorney Johann Radmann comes across sensitive documents that would bring members of the SS who served in Auschwitz to trial... Read more
Lady Jane (1985)
7.2/10
Director: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood
An excellent costume drama about Lady Jane Grey, accidental successor to the British throne after the deaths of Henry VIII and his son, Edward VI. A w... Read more