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Best Movies Based on a True Story

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Top rated Movies Based on a True Story on Filmaffinity

1

Schindler's List Schindler's List

1993

Steven Spielberg

Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall ...

8.6

177,466
2

City of God City of God

2002

Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Seu Jorge ...

8.4

130,891
3

The Hole (The Night Watch) The Hole (The Night Watch)

1960

Jacques Becker

Philippe Leroy, Marc Michel, Michel Constantin, Jean Kéraudy, Raymond Meunier, André Bervil

8.4

13,880
4

Goodfellas Goodfellas

1990

Martin Scorsese

Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino ...

8.4

116,568
5

Dersu Uzala Dersu Uzala

1975

Akira Kurosawa

Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, Svetlana Danilchenko, Vladimir Kremena, Dmitriy Korshikov, Suymenkul Chokmorov

8.3

34,503
6

The Great Escape The Great Escape

1963

John Sturges

Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn ...

8.2

68,567
7

In the Name of the Father In the Name of the Father

1993

Jim Sheridan

Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite, John Lynch, Beatie Edney ...

8.2

81,493
8

Rome, Open City Rome, Open City

1945

Roberto Rossellini

Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Maria Michi, Harry Feist ...

8.1

17,925
9

Rope Rope

1948

Alfred Hitchcock

James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Joan Chandler ...

8.1

38,453
10

Battleship Potemkin Battleship Potemkin

1925

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Ivan Bobrov ...

8.0

29,422
11

Monsieur Verdoux Monsieur Verdoux

1947

Charles Chaplin

Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, Marilyn Nash, Isobel Elsom, Robert Lewis ...

7.9

7,616
12

Birdman of Alcatraz Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

John Frankenheimer

Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Neville Brand, Thelma Ritter, Betty Field ...

7.9

7,466
13

Come and See Come and See

1985

Elem Klimov

Alexei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas, Victor Lorents

7.8

8,737
14

The Straight Story The Straight Story

1999

David Lynch

Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean Stanton, Everett McGill, John Farley ...

7.8

44,610
15

Missing Missing

1982

Costa-Gavras

Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi ...

7.7

16,175
16

Midnight Express Midnight Express

1978

Alan Parker

Brad Davis, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Irene Miracle, Randy Quaid ...

7.7

30,871
17

The Bridge The Bridge

1959

Bernhard Wicki

Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht, Karl Michael Balzer ...

7.7

3,567
18

Casque d'or Casque d'or

1952

Jacques Becker

Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières, Gaston Modot, Paul Barge

7.7

4,304
19

Z Z

1969

Costa-Gavras

Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irene Papas, Jacques Perrin, François Périer ...

7.7

7,262
20

The River The River

1951

Jean Renoir

Patricia Walters, Adrienne Corri, Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields ...

7.7

4,235
21

In Cold Blood In Cold Blood

1967

Richard Brooks

Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, Jeff Corey ...

7.7

8,450
22

Hangmen Also Die! Hangmen Also Die!

1943

Fritz Lang

Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart, Dennis O'Keefe ...

7.6

3,479
23

5 Fingers 5 Fingers

1952

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden, Oscar Karlweis ...

7.6

2,854
24

Nobody Knows Nobody Knows

2004

Hirokazu Koreeda

Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan ...

7.6

7,657
25

Hotel Rwanda Hotel Rwanda

2004

Terry George

Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Desmond Dube, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Nick Nolte ...

7.6

42,585
26

Escape from Alcatraz Escape from Alcatraz

1979

Don Siegel

Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward ...

7.6

35,701
27

Enemy at the Gates Enemy at the Gates

2001

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins ...

7.6

84,061
28

Green Book Green Book

2018

Peter Farrelly

Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Iqbal Theba, Linda Cardellini, Ricky Muse ...

7.6

53,903
29

Into the Wild Into the Wild

2007

Sean Penn

Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian Dierker ...

7.6

72,485
30

Mississippi Burning Mississippi Burning

1988

Alan Parker

Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, Michael Rooker ...

7.6

21,167

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