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'
Becket (1964)
8/10
Director: Peter Glenville
Starring: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud
Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole star in this grand historical drama adapted from the Jean Anouilh play about the tumultuous relationship of an archbi... Read more
Becoming Jane (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Joe An...
A romantic historical drama that speculates on events from Jane Austen's life and suggests there was a man in her life that may have been an inspriati... Read more
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
7/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Debbie Reynolds, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe, Scott Bakul...
Before Elvis, before Elton John, Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace: virtuoso pianist, outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and... Read more
Being Flynn (2012)
6.4/10
Director: Paul Weitz
Starring: Julianne Moore, Lili Taylor, Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby
Robert De Niro and Paul Dano star as an estranged father and son attempting to reconnect in this compelling drama based on writer Nick Flynn's memoir... Read more
Belle (2013)
7.4/10
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Wilkinson, Matthew Goode,...
"Belle" is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Captain. Raised... Read more
Belle ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7.4/10
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Wilkinson, Matthew Goode,...
"Belle" is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Captain. Raised... Read more
Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Jeremy Sims
Starring: Anthony Hayes, Bob Franklin, Chris Haywood, Jacqueline McKenzie, Gyton Grantley,...
1916. Queensland miner, Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell), undertrained and never having faced hostile fire before, finds himself on the Western Front... Read more
Bernie (2011)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Black
Director Richard Linklater's darkly comic docudrama, based on a true story, details the unusual friendship between a likable Texas mortician and a wea... Read more
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: Eileen Atkins, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Robert Hardy
James Wilby and Juliet Aubrey star in the intimate portrayal of the endearing love affair between the young Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Albe... Read more
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
6.5/10
Director: John Laing
Starring: David Hemmings, John Hargreaves, Grant Tilly
David Hemmings stars in this compelling story of a true-life double murder mystery that shattered the quiet of a small farming town. John Hargreaves... Read more