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Best Movies Based on a True Story

Top rated Movies Based on a True Story on Filmaffinity

- 1
- Schindler's List
  
  1993
  
  Steven Spielberg
  
  Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall ...
- 8.6
  
  175,903
- 2
- City of God
  
  2002
  
  Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
  
  Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Seu Jorge ...
- 8.4
  
  129,069
- 3
- Le Trou
  
  1960
  
  Jacques Becker
  
  Philippe Leroy, Marc Michel, Michel Constantin, Jean Kéraudy, Raymond Meunier, André Bervil
- 8.4
  
  13,373
- 4
- Goodfellas
  
  1990
  
  Martin Scorsese
  
  Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino ...
- 8.4
  
  114,640
- 5
- Dersu Uzala
  
  1975
  
  Akira Kurosawa
  
  Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, Svetlana Danilchenko, Vladimir Kremena, Dmitriy Korshikov, Suymenkul Chokmorov
- 8.3
  
  33,941
- 6
- The Great Escape
  
  1963
  
  John Sturges
  
  Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn ...
- 8.2
  
  67,963
- 7
- In the Name of the Father
  
  1993
  
  Jim Sheridan
  
  Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite, John Lynch, Beatie Edney ...
- 8.2
  
  80,340
- 8
- Rome, Open City
  
  1945
  
  Roberto Rossellini
  
  Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Maria Michi, Harry Feist ...
- 8.1
  
  17,452
- 9
- Rope
  
  1948
  
  Alfred Hitchcock
  
  James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Joan Chandler ...
- 8.1
  
  37,281
- 10
- Battleship Potemkin
  
  1925
  
  Sergei M. Eisenstein
  
  Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Ivan Bobrov ...
- 8.0
  
  29,070
- 11
- Monsieur Verdoux
  
  1947
  
  Charles Chaplin
  
  Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, Marilyn Nash, Isobel Elsom, Robert Lewis ...
- 7.9
  
  7,402
- 12
- Birdman of Alcatraz
  
  1962
  
  John Frankenheimer
  
  Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Neville Brand, Thelma Ritter, Betty Field ...
- 7.9
  
  7,179
- 13
- Come and See
  
  1985
  
  Elem Klimov
  
  Alexei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas, Victor Lorents
- 7.8
  
  8,143
- 14
- The Straight Story
  
  1999
  
  David Lynch
  
  Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean Stanton, Everett McGill, John Farley ...
- 7.8
  
  43,424
- 15
- Missing
  
  1982
  
  Costa-Gavras
  
  Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi ...
- 7.8
  
  15,651
- 16
- Midnight Express
  
  1978
  
  Alan Parker
  
  Brad Davis, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Irene Miracle, Randy Quaid ...
- 7.7
  
  30,347
- 17
- The Bridge
  
  1959
  
  Bernhard Wicki
  
  Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht, Karl Michael Balzer ...
- 7.7
  
  3,404
- 18
- The River
  
  1951
  
  Jean Renoir
  
  Patricia Walters, Adrienne Corri, Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields ...
- 7.7
  
  4,091
- 19
- Z
  
  1969
  
  Costa-Gavras
  
  Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irene Papas, Jacques Perrin, François Périer ...
- 7.7
  
  6,912
- 20
- Casque d'or
  
  1952
  
  Jacques Becker
  
  Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières, Gaston Modot, Paul Barge
- 7.7
  
  4,187
- 21
- In Cold Blood
  
  1967
  
  Richard Brooks
  
  Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, Jeff Corey ...
- 7.7
  
  8,093
- 22
- Hangmen Also Die!
  
  1943
  
  Fritz Lang
  
  Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart, Dennis O'Keefe ...
- 7.7
  
  3,322
- 23
- 5 Fingers
  
  1952
  
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  
  James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden, Oscar Karlweis ...
- 7.6
  
  2,754
- 24
- Nobody Knows
  
  2004
  
  Hirokazu Koreeda
  
  Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan ...
- 7.6
  
  7,340
- 25
- Society of the Snow
  
  2023
  
  J.A. Bayona
  
  Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Diego Vegezzi ...
- 7.6
  
  34,946
- 26
- Hotel Rwanda
  
  2004
  
  Terry George
  
  Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Desmond Dube, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Nick Nolte ...
- 7.6
  
  42,182
- 27
- Escape from Alcatraz
  
  1979
  
  Don Siegel
  
  Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward ...
- 7.6
  
  34,808
- 28
- Enemy at the Gates
  
  2001
  
  Jean-Jacques Annaud
  
  Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins ...
- 7.6
  
  83,141
- 29
- Memories of Murder
  
  2003
  
  Bong Joon-ho
  
  Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-Kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho, Byeon Hie-bong ...
- 7.6
  
  25,293
- 30
- Green Book
  
  2018
  
  Peter Farrelly
  
  Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Iqbal Theba, Linda Cardellini, Ricky Muse ...
- 7.6
  
  51,687

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