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Tag: based on true story

  • A Killer in the Family

    Three teenage boys break their father out of prison only to discover that he is a murderous sociopath. Based on a true story.

  • An Englishman Abroad

    Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he’s the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself.

  • The Scarlet and the Black

    Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.

  • Running Brave

    The story of Billy Mills the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics.

  • The True Story of the Element

    Pink film by Kan Mukai, based on the Sanwa Bank fraud case of 1981.

  • The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.

  • The Great Gold Swindle

    The true story of a half million dollar gold robbery which took place in Perth Western Australia in 1982.

  • Mrs. Soffel

    Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.

  • The Killing Fields

    New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

  • The Bounty

    The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.