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 Great Train Robbery (2013)
7.4/10
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Luke Evans
August, 1963. Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country's history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arriva... Read more
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
7/10
Director: Michael Crichton
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Sean Connery, Lesley-Anne Down
Aka "The First Great Train Robbery". Based-on-fact tale of the world's first moving train heist, this stylish thriller, written and directed by Michae... Read more
The Greatest (1977)
5.9/10
Director: Tom Gries
Starring: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones
The fascinating life of boxing's great Muhammad Ali - with Ali playing himself - get the treatment in this curio with support by Ernest Borgnine, Robe... Read more
The Greatest Showman (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visio... Read more
The Greatest Showman (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visio... Read more
The Grey Zone (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Starring: David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Natasha Lyonne, Mira Sorvino, Dani...
Based on a true story, this bleak yet affecting World War II drama tells of a group of Jewish prisoners known as the 12th Sonderkommando squad, ostens... Read more
The Happy Prince (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Rupert Everett
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Cha...
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the diffi... Read more
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
5.9/10
Director: Peter Cornwell
Starring: Elias Koteas, Martin Donovan, Virginia Madsen, Amanda Crew, Kyle Gallner
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the ho... Read more
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
6.5/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Michael Redgrave
German-occupied Norway 1942: physics professor Dr Pederson (Kirk Douglas) and underground leader Straud (Richard Harris) must convince British Intelli... Read more
The Hiding Place (1975)
7.6/10
Director: James F Collier
Starring: Julie Harris, Jeannette Clift
The award-winning wartime drama, based on the real-life exploits of Corrie Ten Boom, a Dutch woman who was sent to a Nazi concentration camp with her... Read more