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'
Mommie Dearest (Blu-ray) (1981)
6.7/10
Director: Frank Perry
Starring: Diana Scarwid, Faye Dunaway, Steve Forrest, Mara Hobel
Based upon the best-selling book by the adopted daughter of film legend Joan Crawford, Christina Crawford literally blew the lid off the private life... Read more
Moneyball (2011)
7.6/10
Director: Bennett Miller
Starring: Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill
The true story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's attempt to field a successful baseball team after a 2001 playoff loss to the Yankees... Read more
Moneyball (Blu-ray) (2011)
7.6/10
Director: Bennett Miller
Starring: Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill
The true story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's attempt to field a successful baseball team after a 2001 playoff loss to the Yankees... Read more
Monster (2003)
7.3/10
Director: Patty Jenkins
Starring: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen
Charlize Theron won the Best Actress Academy Award for her astonishing performance as Aileen Wuornos, the prostitute convicted of killing several men... Read more
Mother Teresa (2003)
7.1/10
Director: Fabrizio Costa
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Laura Morante, Michael Mendl, Sebastiano Somma
AKA 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta'. The Albanian-born missionary is accorded a sensitively-mounted screen biography in this Italian production starring O... Read more
Mountain Patrol ( Kekexili ) (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Lu Chuan
Starring: Duobuji , Zhang Li, Qi Liang, Zhao Xueying
Based on the true story of Beijing reporter, Ga Yu, who travelled to the remote mountain region of Kekexili on China's Tibetan border to cover a story... Read more
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
7.3/10
Director: Bob Rafelson
Starring: Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E Grant
A compelling drama, based on William Harrison's biographical novel, 'Burton and Speke', about the historic journey in search of the source of the Nile... Read more
Mozart and the Whale (2005)
6.9/10
Director: Petter Naess
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley, Erica Leerhsen
Donald (Josh Hartnett) is a taxi driver who also happens to suffer from Asperger's Syndrome, a type of autism. He likes routine, birds and has a supe... Read more
Mr Nice (2011)
Director: Bernard Rose
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Crispin Glover, David Thewlis, Rhys Ifans, Omar Djalili, Elsa Pat...
Adapted from the autobiography by the real-life Howard Marks this intriguing comedy/drama details the life of Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans), an Oxford sch... Read more
Mr Turner (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Lesley Manville, Ma...
A look at the last quarter century of the great British painter J. M. W. Turner. Profoundly affected by the death of his esteemed father, loved by his... Read more