BEST MOVIES BASED FROM TRUE STORY
1.Schindler's List (1993)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyClU9d6bJE
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In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. (195 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
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2.My Left Foot (1989)
The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. (103 mins.)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ellpw_5t84
0Ellpw_5t84 3.In the Name of the Father (1993)
Man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he didn't do imprisons his father as well; a British lawyer helps fight for their freedom. (133 mins.)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Philip King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGCOPWkEdQ4
qGCOPWkEdQ4 4.Murder in the First (1995)
An eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement. (122 mins.)
Director: Marc Rocco
Stars: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16P19VLvebQ
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5.The Fighter (2010)
A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.(116 mins.)
Director: David O. Russell
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71l-kIhJ5j8
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6.The Blind Side (2009)
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. (129 mins.)
Director: John Lee Hancock
Stars: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Jae Head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5JkeFDt96c
a5JkeFDt96c 7.The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor. (117 mins.)
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Stars: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Brian Howe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xcZTtlGweQ
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8.Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. (121 mins.)
Director: Terry George
Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx7VmBLvxaw
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9.A Beautiful Mind (2001)
After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish. (135 mins.)
Director: Ron Howard
Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euZiI1MZCk8
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10.Catch Me If You Can (2002)
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. (141 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFj3OXVL_wQ
hFj3OXVL_wQ 11.Braveheart (1995)
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier whom tried to rape her, a commoner begins a revolt and leads Scottish warriors against the cruel English tyrant who rules Scotland with an iron-fist. (177 mins.)
Director: Mel Gibson
Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnGDeq40hI
vbnGDeq40hI 12.Cool Runnings (1993)
Based on the true story of the First Jamacian bobsled team trying to make it to the winter olympics. (98 mins.)
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLlmymHRNZg
wLlmymHRNZg 13.Munich (2005)
Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day. (164 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTsIwrNrC6w
fTsIwrNrC6w 14.Valkyrie (2008)
ased on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII. (121 mins.)
Director: Bryan Singer
Stars: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNvReY8clSU
sNvReY8clSU 15.The Pianist (2002)
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. (150 mins.)
Director: Roman Polanski
Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_jE7-6Uv7E
u_jE7-6Uv7E 16.The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl. (119 mins.)
Director: Scott Derrickson
Stars: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Campbell Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mj5k6KaE4I
9Mj5k6KaE4I 17.Gandhi (1982)
Biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of non-violent protest. (191 mins.)
Director: Richard Attenborough
Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27lMS76hGG0
27lMS76hGG0 18.The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s (121 mins.)
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV_QgKJFZP0
iV_QgKJFZP0 19.Erin Brockovich (2000)
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. (131 mins.)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC5L4IJoERM
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20.Remember the Titans (2000)
The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. (113 mins.)
Director: Boaz Yakin
Stars: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPKnzpb21eg
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