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'
Napoleon (2002)
7.4/10
Director: Yves Simoneau
Starring: Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, Isabella Rossellini, John Malkovich
From director Yves Simoneau (Nuremberg) comes one of the most ambitious productions in television history, with the script adapted from Max Gallo's be... Read more
Napoleon (1927)
7.6/10
Director: Abel Gance
Starring: Albert Dieudonne
Abel Gance's original 1927 masterpiece is a must-see not only for silent film buffs, but for all interested in classic world cinema. You are taken fro... Read more
Ned Kelly (1970)
5.1/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Mick Jagger, Clarissa Kaye, Mark McManus
Mick Jagger stars as Ned Kelly, Australia's most notorious and picturesque bandit. This true story, that has been re-constructed from old newspaper ac... Read more
Ned Kelly (2003)
6.5/10
Director: Gregor Jordan
Starring: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts, Geoffrey Rush
Australia, 1880s. After a brutal childhood at the hands of the police and the subsequent death of his father, 16-year-old Ned Kelly is imprisoned on t... Read more
Neruda (2016)
6.9/10
Director: Pablo Larrain
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Mercedes Moran, Luis Gnecco
In this dense and scintillating mix of fact and fantasy, Gael García Bernal reteams with No director Pablo Larraín to play an obsessive (fictional) de... Read more
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
7.6/10
Director: Carroll Ballard
Starring: Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy
A young government biologist is assigned to travel to the isolated Arctic wilderness of Northern Canada to study the area's population of wolves. His... Read more
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
7.3/10
Director: Franklin J Schaffner
Starring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews, Tom Baker, Michael Bryant, Maurice...
The epic, lavish, yet ultimately tragic true story of Tsar Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), a man who lost an empire because he couldn't say 'no' to his... Read more
Night Crossing (1981)
6.4/10
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: Jane Alexander, John Hurt, Glynnis O'Connor, Beau Bridges, Doug McKeon, Ian Bann...
An entertaining true story about two families who plan an escape from East Berlin by hot-air balloon. Starring John Hurt and Jane Alexander. Read more
Night Skies (2006)
4.7/10
Director: Roy Knyrim
Starring: Jason Connery, A J Cook, George Stults, Ashley Peldon
On March 13th, 1997 one of the largest UFO sightings ever recorded took place across the southwestern United States. Based on the recollections of an... Read more
Nina's Journey (2005)
Director: Lena Einhorn
Starring: Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Chwalibog, Andrzej Brzeski, Pawel Iwanicki, Narrated...
Narrated by Nina Einhorn herself, this dramatized feature film tells the story of her life focusing on the years between 1937 and 1945. Her Jewish fam... Read more