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'
Still Mine (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Michael McGowan
Starring: Campbell Scott, Genevieve Bujold, James Cromwell
Based on true events and laced with wry humour, "Still Mine" is a heartfelt love story about elderly New Brunswicker Craig Morrison (James Cromwell) w... Read more
Stir (1980)
6.9/10
Director: Stephen Wallace
Starring: Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Denis Miller, Gary Waddell, Phil Motherwell
Nominated for 11 AFI awards, 'Stir' is the controversial, unflinching true story of the bloodiest riot in Australian prison history. Bryan Brown ('Dir... Read more
Stone of Destiny (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Starring: Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Billy Boyd, Robert Carlyle, Ciaron Kelly
In 1950, Ian Hamilton, a student and dedicated nationalist, reignited Scottish national pride with his daring raid on Westminster Abbey to bring back... Read more
Stoned (2005)
5.8/10
Director: Stephen Woolley
Starring: Leo Gregory, Paddy Considine, David Morrissey, Ben Whishaw, Tuva Novotny, Amelia...
Based on the short and debauched life of Rolling Stones co-founder, Brian Jones (Leo Gregory), this rock biopic takes a revisionist and controversial... Read more
Strangers In Good Company (1990)
7.8/10
Director: Cynthia Scott
Starring: Alice Diabo, Constance Garneau, Winifred Holden
AKA "The Company Of Strangers". Seven elderly women, previously strangers, are forced to spend three days together in a dilapidated house and draw on... Read more
Strumpet City (1979)
8.7/10
Starring: Angela Harding, Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann, David Kelly, Frank Grimes, Peter O'T...
A panoramic saga of Dublin life during one of the city's most turbulent eras in the early 1900s, based on the novels of James Plunkett, which are in t... Read more
Suffragette (2015)
6.9/10
Director: Sarah Gavron
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whisha...
With an all-star cast including Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankh... Read more
Sully (2016)
7.5/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the Miracle on the Hudson when Captain Sully Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) glided his disabled plane onto the... Read more
Sully ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7.5/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Tom Hanks
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the Miracle on the Hudson when Captain Sully Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) glided his disabled plane onto the... Read more
Survival on the Mountain (1997)
4.3/10
Director: John Patterson
Starring: Markie Post, Dennis Boutsikaris, Ian Tracey, Hiromoto Ida
In this made for television production, a trip to the Himalayas becomes a deadly ordeal for an American couple (Dennis Boutsikaris and Markie Post) wh... Read more