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'
The Conspirator (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Robert Redford
Starring: Kevin Kline, Robin Wright, Tom Wilkinson, Justin Long, James McAvoy, Danny Husto...
As the quest to prosecute those responsible for the murder of President Abraham Lincoln heats up, Mary Surratt (Robin Wright) is arrested and charged... Read more
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
7.6/10
Director: George Seaton
Starring: William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith
William Holden stars as Eric Erickson, a Swedish-American businessman blackmailed by British Intelligence into posing as a Nazi sympathizer while actu... Read more
The Counterfeiters (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Starring: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach, August Zirner
In pre-WWII Germany, Salomon Sorowitsch is a world-class counterfeiter, being also a Jew he is soon arrested and put in a concentration camp, but as t... Read more
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003)
6.3/10
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Cameron Bancroft, Brian Dennehy, Shannon Elizabeth, Mike Farrell, Christian Kane...
Based on Brian Cruver's startling book, 'Anatomy of Greed', this strident, made-for-TV movie chronicles the rise and fall of the notorious, Houston-ba... Read more
The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)
6.2/10
Director: Don Murray
Starring: Pat Boone, Erik Estrada
Pat Boone is minister David Wilkerson, on a mission to drive juvenile delinquency off the streets of New York City. Boone faces his toughest opponent... Read more
The Crown Prince (2006)
6.2/10
Director: Robert Dornhelm
Starring: Christian Clavier, Vittoria Puccini, Omar Sharif, Max Von Thun, Klaus Maria Bran...
Unhappy in his arranged marriage, Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf (Max von Thun) takes the young and beautiful Baroness Mary Vetsera (Vittoria Puccini) a... Read more
The Crown: Season 1 (2016)
8.7/10
Starring: John Lithgow, Victoria Hamilton, Matt Smith, Claire Foy
The Crown focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while f... Read more
The Crown: Season 2 (2017)
8.7/10
Starring: John Lithgow, Victoria Hamilton, Matt Smith, Claire Foy
Season 2 continues to follow the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th... Read more
The Crown: Season 3 (2019)
7.6/10
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Josh O'Connor, Tobias Menz...
S.1: The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson who... Read more
The Crown: Season 4 (2020)
7.7/10
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Josh O'Connor, Tobias Menz...
S.1: The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson who... Read more