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'
Against the Sun (2014)
6.5/10
Director: Brian Falk
Starring: Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, Jake Abel
Three men. One raft. 100 million square miles of ocean. In one of the most harrowing true stories of World War II, three US Navy airmen crash land... Read more
Against the Sun (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.2/10
Director: Brian Falk
Starring: Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, Jake Abel
Three men. One raft. 100 million square miles of ocean. In one of the most harrowing true stories of World War II, three US Navy airmen crash land... Read more
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004)
6.7/10
Starring: Anna Massey, Olivia Williams
Like her books, Agatha Christie was a mystery, keeping her personal life very much to herself. Her brief enigmatic disappearance in 1926 sparked the f... Read more
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (2004)
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Jared Leto, Val Kilmer
This two disc set is apparently the final cut (the third thus far) and is arguably the best, with a more thorough - and therefore easier to follow - l... Read more
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins
This two disc set is apparently the final cut (the third thus far) and is arguably the best, with a more thorough - and therefore easier to follow - l... Read more
Alexander the Great (1955)
5.9/10
Director: Robert Rossen
Starring: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom
An epic historical drama of the military leader who conquered most of the known world before he was 30. Richard Burton gives a fine performance as the... Read more
Alexander: Director's Cut (2004)
5.6/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson, Anthony H...
Oliver Stone recreates the towering, true story of Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell), who in the 4th Century BC conquered Greece, Persia, Afghanista... Read more
Ali (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Ron Silver, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jeffrey Wright, Jon Voig...
Will Smith floats and stings as the boxing legend known as "The Greatest" in Michael Mann's electrifying biodrama. From the then Cassius Clay's first... Read more
Alive (1993)
7.1/10
Director: Frank Marshall
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton
Stirring true-life adventure saga about the horrific 1972 plane crash in the Andes Mountains where, after struggling against the elements and on the v... Read more
All Roads Lead Home (2008)
6/10
Director: Dennis Fallon
Starring: Peter Coyote, Jason London, Peter Boyle, Patton Oswalt, Vivien Cardone
Having lost her mother in a tragic accident, Belle begins taking out her grief on her father (whom she feels is responsible) and he soon sends her to... Read more