Movies (58) tagged by 'Based On Real Person'
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The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
In `60s New Zealand, at the bottom of the world, Burt Munro takes a 1920 Indian motorcycle and, delightfully without resources other than his own obsession and ...
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who ...
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Heinrich Harrer is an Austrian mountaineer who is forced to be a hero for the Nazi propaganda. He leaves Austria in 1939 to climb a mountain in the Himalayas. ...
American Made (2017)
A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.
Molly's Game (2017)
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Flamboyant inventor Preston Tucker's ill-fated battle to produce a faster and safer automobile for postwar America.
Kill the Irishman (2011)
The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.
Jobs (2013)
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
In 1974, one man made an appointment with history. His story is gripping, shocking, unbelievable, and true. Samuel J. Bicke is a salesman whose overly idealis...
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)
The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.
Freud (1962)
This pseudo-biographical movie depicts 5 years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennan psychologist Freud (1856-1939). At this time, most of his colleagues refu...
Freeway Killer (2010)
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually as...
The Conqueror (1956)
In ancient times, the Mongolian warlord Temujin must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father. The battles pale in comparison with Temujin's ho...
Manjhi the Mountain Man (2015)
Using only a hammer and a chisel, a man spends twenty-two years carving a road through a treacherous mountain.
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937.
Call Girl (2012)
A young girl is recruited from the bottom rung of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Vatican efforts, lead by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, to save Allied POWs and downed Allied airmen as the Nazis invade Rome.
The Girl in the Bathtub (2018)
A young alcoholic woman is found dead in a bathtub at her boss's home.
Caesar the Conqueror (1962)
Julius Caesar leads the Roman army to battle against rebels in Gaul.
3 Seasons in Hell (2009)
A 19 year old nonconformist living in Czechoslovakia in 1947 lives a Bohemian lifestyle while ignoring the Communist behemoth looming over him...
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)
On the night she plans on taking her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She manages to talk her attacker into r...
Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.
Britney Ever After (2017)
A chronicle of the life and career of singer Britney Spears, from humble beginnings on the Mickey Mouse Club to mega stardom, a heavily publicized fall from gra...
Sister Kenny (1946)
Elizabeth Kenny, as a young nurse out in the Australian bush discovers an effective treatment for polio, but can't get official recognition or sanction for her ...
Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017)
Tells the story of Whitney Houston's extraordinary life and tragic death.
Vita & Virginia (2018)
It's the fascinating true story about the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.
Super 30 (2019)
Based on life of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar who runs the famed Super 30 program for IIT aspirants in Patna.
Madonna Innocence Lost (1994)
The early years of the entertainer's career are chronicled.
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.
Radioactive (2019)
A story of the scientific and romantic passions of Marie Sklodowska-Curie (Polish scientist) and Pierre Curie, and the reverberation of their discoveries throug...
The Emperor of Paris (2018)
Under the reign of Napoleon, François Vidocq, the only man who escaped from the greatest penal colony of the country, is a legend of the low-Parisian fund. Left...
Saint Judy (2018)
The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood, and how she single-handedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.
The Fastest (2017)
Based on a true story of a drug addict who became a triathlon champion and a winner of Ironman competition.
Cyrano, My Love (2018)
December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperatio...
Brutal Glory (1989)
The highly fictionalized making and breaking of Norman Selby, more recognizable as Kid McCoy, the real life American middleweight world boxing champion from the...
Miracle in Lane 2 (2000)
Based on a true story, a 13-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair is determined to win a trophy like his athletic older brother.
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993)
The story of superstar Elvis Presley and the relationship between he and Colonel Tom Parker, his manager and the man who discovered--and, many say, exploited--h...
Vigo (1999)
Based on the life of a classic french cineast Jean Vigo, the story follows his daily struggle with sanity, normal life and uncompromising filmmaking. Story also...
Hawking (2004)
A drama documenting the life and work of the theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking who, despite being diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age ...
Song jia huang chao (1997)
The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were e...
The Outsider (1961)
Tony Curtis plays an Indian (Nicknamed "Chief" by other soldiers) who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima.
Brothers (1977)
Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of thos...
Une affaire d'honneur (2023)
Paris, 1887. Duels have been officially outlawed but are still regular practice. For many, they are the only way to defend their honor. Fencing master Clément L...
Le procès Goldman (2023)
Chronicles the trial of Goldman, a French left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of several robberies and was mysteriously murdered.
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