7 Best Movies Based on True Stories
Do you like movies that are based on true events? We have compiled a list of seven such films, of different genres, so everyone can find something to their liking.
1. Dark Waters (2019)
The film is based on several newspaper articles and the memoir "Exposure" written by the main character Robert Bilott.
Bilott is a corporate lawyer whose firm defends large chemical companies. At the beginning of the film, he is addressed by a farmer Wilbur from his grandmother's birthplace, who is sure that a large company is secretly storing poisonous chemicals near his property. As a result, Wilbur's cows become sick and violent. Wilbur brings Robert to a stream, where the stones are unnaturally white, and to a meadow that has become a graveyard of domestic animals.
Robert decides to reveal a dark secret and risks everything - his future, his family, and even his own life…
Directed by Todd Haynes, starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, and Tim Robbins.
2. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
The film follows the life of John Nash (Russell Crowe). The story begins with his successes at the university and continues with his highly acclaimed scientific work.
We soon find out about the secret life in which he works for the secret services of the US Government at night.
The film skillfully balances between reality and the fictional world of John Nash, whose mental illness creates numerous and realistic hallucinations, to the extent that it is difficult to distinguish real events from fictional ones.
3. Into The Wild (2007)
The main character is the historical figure Christopher McCandles, whose life journey was reported by John Krakauer, the author of the novel on the basis of which the script for this film was written.
Christopher himself was a brilliant young man, good-natured, kind, self-confident, and positive, with extremely sincere intentions. His idea is that the world is generally a positive and unspoiled place. He sees all people as positive characters and is open to them. He is wiser than most of his peers, but he still feels a dose of weakness due to the lack of love on the part of his family.
After a series of unpleasant events, he decides to leave everything behind and sets off into the world without material means, in search of spiritual satisfaction and fulfillment. He donates his $ 24,000 savings to charity, writes a farewell letter, and heads to Alaska. Along the way, he passes through various, picturesque landscapes of the American continent and meets many interesting people who share a similar philosophy.
The main roles are played by Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, and Catherine Keener while it is directed and written by Oscar-winner Sean Penn.
4. The Theory of Everything (2014)
The film is based on the memoirs of Jane Hawking "Journey to Infinity - My Life with Stephen ".
The plot shows the love struggle of the famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and his girlfriend from his student days. At the age of twenty-one, Stephen learns that he is suffering from a disease that will affect his limbs, which will cause limited movements and speech. Doctors state that he will die in two years. His girlfriend does not leave him regardless of the circumstances.
Stephen and Jane together defy impossible chances and limits. As his body faced limitations, his mind managed to explore the extreme limits of theoretical physics.
5. The Danish Girl (2015)
A true love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener.
The marriage and professional life of Lili (Eddie Redmayne) and Gerda (Alicia Vikander) develops and changes through Lili's life journey as the first man in the world to change gender and become a woman. The procedures that made Lili a woman divided the world and became a journalistic sensation.
The screenplay is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by David Ebershoff and was adapted by screenwriter Lucinda Coxon. The director of the film is Tom Hooper.
6. Legend (2015)
The film follows Ronald and Reginald Cray, two English gangsters who terrorized London in the 1950s and 1960s and became legends.
Tom Hardy plays both brothers with an incredible acting transformation. Legend is a real, classic gangster film with style, which will reveal the secret of the crime story of the Cray family.
7. Hotel Mumbai (2019)
The film tells the astonishing true story of the victims and survivors of the Battle of Mumbai.
The center of events is the Taj Hotel, which was occupied by several terrorists, with the intention of killing anyone they come across. Dedicated hotel staff, including chef Oberoi (Anupam Kher) and waiter Arjun (Dev Patel), decide to risk their lives to protect hotel guests.
Among the guests is a young couple, David (Armie Hammer) and Zehra (Nazanin Boniadi), who sacrifice themselves in order to reach their child who stayed with the babysitter in the hotel room.
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By: Sarah R.
