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'
A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Starring: Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Anthony Head
When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his homeless shelter, he had no idea just how much his life was about... Read more
A Touch of Sin (2013)
7.1/10
Director: Zhangke Jia
Starring: Zhao Tao, Wang Baoqiang, Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo, Li Meng
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival... Read more
A Very English Scandal (2018)
7.9/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Monica Dolan, Alice Orr-Ewing, Alex Jennings, Jonathan...
British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979. Read more
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
7.9/10
Director: Alan Gibson
Starring: Anne Jackson, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Thompson, Judy Davis, Leonard Nimoy, Ned Beat...
Originally conceived as a mini-series, this film is the story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister i... Read more
A Year in Provence (1993)
7.6/10
Director: David Tucker
Starring: John Thaw, Lindsay Duncan
Having decided to leave their jobs, London and the rat race behind them, the Mayles head off to the South of France, seduced by the prospect of the id... Read more
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Abraham Lincoln (1930)
5.8/10
Director: D W Griffith
Starring: Kay Hammond, Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln was voted number two of the ten best films of 1930, heralding the comeback to movie-making by one of the world's leading pioneers - D.... Read more
Adrift (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Elizabeth Hawthorne, Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer
Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history... Read more
Adrift ( aka Open Water 2 ) (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Hans Horn
Starring: Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr, Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis, Eric Dane, Camer...
Promoted as a sequel to 2003's 'Open Water', this is related in no other way except that it is also based on a terrible true story of being helplessly... Read more
Adrift (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Baltasar Kormakur, Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Elizabeth Hawthorne, Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer
Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history... Read more
After the Promise (1987)
7.8/10
Director: David Greene
Starring: Mark Harmon, Diana Scarwid, Donnelly Rhodes, Rosemary Dunsmore
Elmer Jackson (Mark Harmon) is a carpenter in a small Californian town in the 1930s. Struggling to bring up four young boys after the death of his wif... Read more