True story films

[anonymous-user]

What action/crime/thrillers do you recommend that are based on true stories? Cheers

[Gnevans]

Unbroken: Great War film

[Delbox]

Kajaki: the True Story;
Lone Survivor;
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi;
American Sniper;
The Last Full Measure

Edited by Delbox on Thursday 1st April 19:59

[Eric Mc]

Apollo 13.
About 90% accurate - which is pretty good for Hollywood.

[cuprabob]

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Unbroken
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
American Made
Middle Men

Edited by cuprabob on Thursday 1st April 20:07

[Wacky Racer]

Operation Daybreak.....The assassination of Obergruppenführer Reynard Heydrich in Prague in 1942.

[Abbott]

Hacksaw Ridge
Captain Phillips
Sully

[Cloudy147]

Walking Tall

[anonymous-user]

Papillion, the orginal one.

Erin Brockovich

[anonymous-user]

Abbott said:

Hacksaw Ridge
Captain Phillips
Sully

I've seen all these are rate them 5* like yourself

[CubanPete]

Not in the slightest bit action...

Marvellous

[Eric Mc]

Abbott said:

Hacksaw Ridge
Captain Phillips
Sully

I was disappointed with Sully because the NTSN enquiry was very badly portrayed and was nothing like the real one.

[P5BNij]

Munich - about the aftermath of the '72 Olympics massacre

Mesrine (two part) - notorious French villain played by Vincent Casell

The Baarder Meinhoff Complex - accurate and very well made story of the '60s and '70s terrorist campaign.

[Voldemort]

The Longest Day

A Bridge Too Far

The Lion King

[tdm34]

The Hurricane
Ford vs Ferrari (Le Mans 66)

[Blenkiboy]

Unstoppable with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. Runaway train!

[RichFN2]

The 12th Man
Rescue Dawn
The Pianist

[FourWheelDrift]

Goodfellas.

[mickyh7]

The Irishman.
3 .5 hour's long.
Brilliant.
Lots of stuff you wouldn't believe happened
But did.

[Cotty]

Black Hawk Down is good and based on a true story
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265086/?ref_=fn_al_t...