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 Girl King (2015)
5.9/10
Director: Mika Kaurismaki
Starring: Hippolyte Girardot, Patrick Bauchau, Michael Nyqvist, Martina Gedeck, Peter Lohm...
The Girl King paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are agai... Read more
The Girl Next Door (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Gregory Wilson
Starring: Blanche Baker, Blythe Auffarth, Daniel Manche
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's... Read more
The Glass Castle (2017)
7.2/10
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Starring: Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson, Brie Larson
Based on a memoir, four siblings must learn to take care of themselves as their responsibility-averse, free-spirit parents both inspire and inhibit th... Read more
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
7.3/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: James Stewart, June Allyson, Henry Morgan, Frances Langford, Louis Armstrong, Ge...
James Stewart and June Allyson star as the popular band leader and his wife in this Anthony Mann film bio loaded with swinging music and fine musician... Read more
The Good Shepherd (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Robert De Niro
Starring: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup, Robert...
Robert De Niro directs this intimate, cold war espionage drama exploring the origins of the CIA via the wartime agency, the Office of Strategic Servie... Read more
The Grandmaster (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Zhang Ziyi
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, THE GRANDMASTER is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary Kung FU master... Read more
The Grandmaster ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Zhang Ziyi
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, THE GRANDMASTER is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary Kung FU master... Read more
The Great Bookie Robbery (1987)
8.1/10
Director: Marcus Cole, Mark Joffe
Starring: John Bach, Gary Sweet, Bruno Lawrence, Madeleine Blackwell, Gary Day, Catherine...
On 21st April 1976, gunmen held up Melbourne's venerable Victorian club, escaping with several million dollars in untraceable cash. The robbery had be... Read more
The Great Locomotive Chase / Shipwrecked (1956)
Director: Francis D Lyon, Nils Gaup
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Fess Parker, Kenneth Tobey, Stian Smestad, Gabriel Byrne
'The Great Locomotive Chase' - An adventure story based on a true American Civil War incident of a mission behind Confederate lines to steal a Union t... Read more
The Great Raid (2005)
6.7/10
Director: John Dahl
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Fiennes, Marton Csokas
Telling the story of one of the most successful rescue missions in US armed forces history, in which Army Rangers raided a Philippine POW camp freeing... Read more