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 Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
7/10
Director: Niki Caro
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton, Daniel Bruhl
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska and her husban... Read more
Ethel & Ernest (2016)
7.8/10
Director: Roger Mainwood
Starring: Simon Day, Peter Wight, Luke Treadaway, Roger Allam, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbe...
The true story of British author and illustrator Raymond Briggs's parents, Ethel and Ernest, two ordinary Londoners living through a period of extraor... Read more
LBJ (2016)
6.4/10
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Bill Pullman, C Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Jenkins, Woody Harr...
LBJ centres on the political upheaval that Vice President Johnson faced when he was thrust into the presidency at the hands of an assassin's bullet in... Read more
The King's Choice (Kongens nei) (2016)
7.2/10
Director: Erik Poppe
Starring: Tuva Novotny, Jesper Christensen, Karl Markovics, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Ka...
On the 9th of April 1940, the German war machine arrives in the city of Oslo. The Norwegian King faces a choice that will change his country forever. Read more
Tommy's Honour (2016)
6.1/10
Director: Jason Connery
Starring: Sam Neill, Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Ophelia Lovibond
In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honour - an intimate, powerfully mov... Read more
Maudie (2016)
7.7/10
Director: Aisling Walsh
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gabrielle Rose, Zachary Bennett, Sally Hawkins
In 1930s Nova Scotia, arthritic but free-spirited Maud Dowley (Sally Hawkins) sought to escape her repressive family and took a job as housekeeper for... Read more
The Lost City of Z (2016)
6.6/10
Director: James Gray
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland
At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advance... Read more
The Lost City of Z (Blu-Ray) (2016)
6.6/10
Director: James Gray
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland
At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advance... Read more
The Crown: Season 1 (2016)
8.7/10
Starring: John Lithgow, Victoria Hamilton, Matt Smith, Claire Foy
The Crown focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while f... Read more
Neruda (2016)
6.9/10
Director: Pablo Larrain
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Mercedes Moran, Luis Gnecco
In this dense and scintillating mix of fact and fantasy, Gael García Bernal reteams with No director Pablo Larraín to play an obsessive (fictional) de... Read more