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'
American Animals (2018)
7/10
Director: Bart Layton
Starring: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd
Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk and Chas Allen are four friends who live an ordinary existence in Kentucky. After a visit to Transylvania... Read more
American Animals (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7/10
Director: Bart Layton
Starring: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd
Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk and Chas Allen are four friends who live an ordinary existence in Kentucky. After a visit to Transylvania... Read more
American Gangster (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, Josh Brolin, Cuba Gooding Jr
Ridley Scott's rivetting real-life crime drama stars Denzel Washington as '70s drug kingpin Frank Lucas, who wrested control of the Harlem heroin trad... Read more
American Gangster ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Josh Brolin, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr, Denzel Washington...
Ridley Scott's rivetting real-life crime drama stars Denzel Washington as '70s drug kingpin Frank Lucas, who wrested control of the Harlem heroin trad... Read more
American Made (2017)
7.2/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jesse Plemons, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright
Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America and soon finds himsel... Read more
American Made (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.2/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jesse Plemons, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright
Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America and soon finds himsel... Read more
American Me (1992)
7.2/10
Director: Edward James Olmos
Starring: Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna
A brilliant directorial debut by Edward James Olmos in depicting thirty years in the life of an East Los Angeles Latino family. Olmos stars as the piv... Read more
American Violet (2008)
7/10
Director: Tim Disney
Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe, Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner, Charles S...
Falsely accused of distributing narcotics in a school zone, Dee Roberts (impressive, relative new-comer Nicole Beharie) is offered a deal she can't re... Read more
Amistad (1997)
7.3/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Nigel Hawthorne, Matthew McConaughey, Djimon Ho...
Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to ret... Read more
An American Haunting (2005)
5/10
Director: Courtney Solomon
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D'Arcy, Matthew Marsh,...
Based on the infamous legend of the Bell Witch, a well-documented haunting, (after a night at the Bell residence future president Andrew Johnson remar... Read more