These based on a true story movies actually hew fairly closely to the true story, taking the minimum number of creative liberties. Though most of these films are several years old, some have some very ...

These based on a true story movies are pretty accurate — aside from their fictionalized main characters. Does knowing that lead characters — and in some cases, the hero of the movie — were Hollywood ...

Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It’s a technique most often used in the horror genre, but it’s been done in other genres as well.

When James Wan’s The Conjuring was released in 2013, it made its mark by claiming to be “based on a true story.” The claim set the franchise apart from typical haunted house blockbusters, as it drew ...

A man balances on a wire stretched between the Twin Towers. A pilot safely lands an airliner on a river with 155 people still on board. A CIA team escapes Tehran by pretending to shoot a sci-fi film.

If you’re in the mood for something real, compelling, and cinematic this weekend, true-story movies offer a blend of drama and inspiration that fictional films sometimes can't match. Here’s your ...

War movies have always tapped into our morbid curiosity, perhaps largely because war, to most of the Westernized world, has become somewhat of an alien concept. There is a detachment, a disconnect, ...