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'
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
6.4/10
Director: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo
Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity f... Read more
The Disaster Artist (2017)
7.5/10
Director: James Franco
Starring: James Franco, Megan Mullally, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Zac Efron, Ari Grayno...
James Franco transforms the tragicomic true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseauan artist whose passion was as si... Read more
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
7/10
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Starring: Bill Paterson, Christopher Plummer, Ian McNeice, Jonathan Pryce, Miriam Margolye...
In 1843 London, author Charles Dickens finds himself in financial trouble after writing three unsuccessful novels in a row. Desperate for a hit, Dicke... Read more
Borg vs McEnroe (2017)
7/10
Director: Janus Metz
Starring: Stellan Skarsgard, Tuva Novotny, Shia LaBeouf, Sverrir Gudnason
It's the summer of 1980 and Björn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) is the top tennis player in the world, dominating the sport both on and off the court. A pow... Read more
Jungle (2017)
6.7/10
Director: Greg McLean
Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, Daniel Radcliffe, Alex Russell, Yasmin Kassim
A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a diffic... Read more
Final Portrait (2017)
6.3/10
Director: Stanley Tucci
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Tony Shalhoub, Clemence Poesy, James Faulkner, Armie Hammer
In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord (Armie Hammer) is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist... Read more
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)
7.1/10
Director: Angela Robinson
Starring: Oliver Platt, Connie Britton, Bella Heathcote, Rebecca Hall, Luke Evans
If behind every great man is a great woman, then Harvard psychologist and inventor Dr. William Moulton Marston has the good fortune of having two -- h... Read more
Goodbye Christopher Robin (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.1/10
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie
After leaving London for the English countryside, writer A.A. Milne starts to spin fanciful yarns about his son's growing collection of stuffed animal... Read more
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
7.1/10
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie
After leaving London for the English countryside, writer A.A. Milne starts to spin fanciful yarns about his son's growing collection of stuffed animal... Read more
6 Days (2017)
6.2/10
Director: Toa Fraser
Starring: Mark Strong, Martin Shaw, Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish
In April 1980, a half-dozen armed Arab separatists stormed the Iranian embassy in London and took 26 of the occupants hostage. The tense hours that fo... Read more