True Stories
True Stories are those based (sometimes loosely!) on fact. They cover topics as diverse as drug addiction, poverty, political unrest, the corruption of power, alcoholism, class divisions, sexual inequality, mental illness and other human struggles. Meet some of history's most intriguing characters, find out what it's really like to climb a mountain or paint a masterpiece. Truly, the True Story is one of cinema's most engaging and enthralling genres.
Bio-pics feature in this section and are also gathered together separately under the 'Biography' sublink left.
Pictured: Inside the Las Vegas mob, Scorsese's unromantic 'Goodfellas'
The Crown: Season 4 (2020)
7.7/10
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Josh O'Connor, Tobias Menz...
S.1: The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson who... Read more
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
7.3/10
Director: Farhad Safinia
Starring: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century, and receives over 1... Read more
Official Secrets (2019)
7.3/10
Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Coun... Read more
Official Secrets (Blu-ray) (2019)
7.3/10
Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Coun... Read more
The Crown: Season 3 (2019)
7.6/10
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Josh O'Connor, Tobias Menz...
S.1: The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson who... Read more
Escape at Dannemora (2018)
8/10
Director: Ben Stiller
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano, Bonnie Hunt, David Morse
The small sleepy town of Dannemora is home to the Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison. Two inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat... Read more
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Mimi Leder
Starring: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Kathy Bates, Sam Waterston, Cailee...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a struggling attorney and new mother who faces adversity and numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes... Read more
Vice (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill,...
Governor George W Bush of Texas picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co, to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No... Read more
Vice (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill,...
Governor George W Bush of Texas picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co, to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No... Read more
Colette (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.8/10
Director: Wash Westmoreland
Starring: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson, Fiona Shaw, Robert Pugh
After moving to Paris, author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette agrees to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel for her husband. Its success soon inspires... Read more