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'
Let Him Have It (1992)
7.3/10
Director: Peter Medak
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay
An absorbing drama based on the true story of Derek Bentley, a slow-witted youth who was pulled into a life of crime in post war England, and sentence... Read more
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
7.9/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiros...
Clint Eastwood's companion-piece to 'Flags of Our Fathers' recounts the same battle, only from the perspective of the Japanese. Iconic actor Ken Wata... Read more
Letters From Iwo Jima ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.9/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shi...
Clint Eastwood's companion-piece to 'Flags of Our Fathers' recounts the same battle, only from the perspective of the Japanese. Iconic actor Ken Watan... Read more
Levity (2003)
6.5/10
Director: Ed Solomon
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Holly Hunter, Kirsten Dunst, Morgan Freeman
Newly released from prison, convicted killer Billy Bob Thornton returns to the town of the murder. Seeking redemption, Thornton befriends the sister o... Read more
Life (2015)
6.1/10
Director: Anton Corbijn
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton, Dane DeHaan, Ben Kingsley
Inspired by a true story, LIFE charts the friendship that developed between Magnum photographer Dennis Stock and actor James Dean when Stock was comm... Read more
Life (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.6/10
Director: Anton Corbijn
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton, Dane DeHaan, Ben Kingsley
Inspired by a true story, LIFE charts the friendship that developed between Magnum photographer Dennis Stock and actor James Dean when Stock was comm... Read more
Life of a King (2013)
6.9/10
Director: Jake Goldberger
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Dennis Haysbert, LisaGay Hamilton, Paula Jai Parker, Richard T...
"Life of a King" is the true story of one man's inspiring mission to better the future of inner-city youth in Washington, D.C. After being incarcerate... Read more
Lincoln (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, David Strathairn, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, Joseph Gordon-Le...
This inspiring and revealing drama focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final four months in office. In early 1865, visionary leader Abraham Lin... Read more
Lincoln ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, David Strathairn, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, Joseph Gordon-Le...
This inspiring and revealing drama focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final four months in office. In early 1865, visionary leader Abraham Lin... Read more
Lion (2016)
8.1/10
Director: Garth Davis
Starring: David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara
Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone... Read more