great movies that are based on true stories?
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["'Escape From Alcatraz' (1979)", "'Apocalypse Now' (1979)", "'The Imitation Game' (2014)", "'Into the Wild' (2007)", "'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962)", "'Midnight Express' (1978)", "'Spartacus' (1960)", "'Catch Me If You Can' (2002)"]
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["The Report. The film focuses on Senate staffer Daniel Jones (Adam Driver) and tracks his investigation into CIA's “enhanced interrogation techniques. ... ", "Charlie's Angels. ... ", 'The Good Liar. ... ', 'Ford v Ferrari. ... ', 'Radio Flash. ... ', 'The Irishman. ... ', '97 mins. ... ', 'I Lost My Body.']
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['E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)', 'Back to the Future (1985)', 'Marriage Story (2019)', 'Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)', 'Cape Fear (1991)', 'Zodiac (2007)', 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)', 'The Irishman (2019)']
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['All the Bright Places (2020) ... ', 'Beasts of No Nation (2015) ... ', 'Dallas Buyers Club (2013) ... ', 'Dear John (2010) ... ', 'The Florida Project (2017) ... ', 'A Ghost Story (2017) ... ', 'Marriage Story (2019) ... ', 'The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)']
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['Da 5 Bloods.', 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.', 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend.', 'The Lovebirds.', 'Extraction.', 'Tigertail.', 'Spenser Confidential.', 'Lost Girls.']
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['Sonic the Hedgehog. ... ', 'The Photograph. ... ', 'Fantasy Island. ... ', 'Downhill. ... ', 'Buffaloed. ... ', 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire. ... ', 'Come As You Are. ... ', 'Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.']
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The True Stories That Inspired 'Titanic' Movie Characters. ... You probably already knew that Jack and Rose, the main characters in the 1997 movie Titanic, weren't real. Like all films “based on a true story,” the movie added its own fictional elements to historical events.
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['Inception. Inception is arguably one of the best sci-fi movies about dreams inside of dreams. ... ', "Step Brothers. You'll love it, your wife will probably hate it. ... ", '300. ... ', 'The Departed. ... ', 'Full Metal Jacket. ... ', 'Terminator Salvation. ... ', 'Goodfellas. ... ', 'Reservoir Dogs.']
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Lord of the Rings was, unfortunately, based on no TRUE story. Tolkien's world had already been created in short stories he had written during his days in the army, those stories being the collection published in The Silmarillion, which concerned the history of Middle-Earth.
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['The Man in the High Castle.', 'Bosch.', 'Mozart in the Jungle.', 'Red Oaks.', 'Patriot.', 'One Mississippi.', 'Sneaky Pete.', 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.']
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['The Strangers (2008) ... ', 'The Entity (1982) ... ', 'Fire in the Sky (1993) ... ', 'The Girl Next Door (2007) ... ', 'The Amityville Horror (1979) ... ', "Child's Play (1988) ... ", 'Wolf Creek (2005) ... ', 'The Conjuring (2013)']
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['The Shawshank Redemption (1994) R | 142 min | Drama. ... ', 'The Godfather (1972) R | 175 min | Crime, Drama. ... ', 'The Godfather: Part II (1974) R | 202 min | Crime, Drama. ... ', 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) R | 178 min | Western. ... ', 'Pulp Fiction (1994) ... ', "Schindler's List (1993) ... ", '12 Angry Men (1957) ... ', 'Inception (2010)']
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['Roma (2018) Photo: Alfonso Cuarón/Netflix. ... ', 'A Silent Voice (2016) Photo: Everett Collection. ... ', 'Room (2015) Photo: Caitlin Cronenberg/Element/Shutterstock. ... ', 'Marriage Story (2019) Photo: Wilson Webb/Netflix/Kobal/Shutterstock. ... ', 'Blue Valentine (2010) ... ', 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) ... ', 'Moonlight (2016) ... ', 'The Spectacular Now (2013)']
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['Fear City: New York vs The Mafia.', 'The Old Guard.', "It's Okay to Not Be Okay.", 'Fatal Affair.', 'Ozark.', 'Animal Crackers.', 'Indian Matchmaking.', 'Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich.']
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['Red Ball Express (1952) Director Budd Boetticher. ... ', 'D-day the Sixth of June (1956) Director Henry Koster. ... ', 'The Longest Day (1962) ... ', 'The Americanization of Emily (1964) ... ', 'Overlord (1975) ... ', 'The Big Red One (1980) ... ', 'Code Name: Emerald (1985) ... ', 'Saving Private Ryan (1998)']
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As with most "based on a true story" movies, the basic plot is accurate, but a few details have been altered, time has dilated and a couple things have been entirely invented or omitted in order to make the story work better as a movie. In that regard, Ford v Ferrari works pretty well, but here is the real story.
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["Boyhood. If you haven't seen Boyhood, you've almost certainly heard about it. ... ", 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day. ... ', 'Fight Club. ... ', 'The Godfather.', 'This Is Spinal Tap. ... ', '12 Years a Slave. ... ', 'Unforgiven. ... ', 'The Way Way Back.']