Incredibly, there are movies based on true stories that are as fascinating (in some cases, more fascinating than real incidents). Even the best of dramas cannot be compared to what these non-fiction stories expressed. Most of us can connect with the stories because they were based on real-life incidents. These movies have a range of emotions: they may make viewers feel anxious and sad, joyful and full of happiness, angry and nostalgic and even curious to know more! Based on this range of emotions, we have prepared a list of movies like award winners, critical blockbusters, and even cinematic game changers that are based on a true event:
Titanic

Who can forget the tragic sinking of the famous RMS Titanic of 1912? In 1997, James Cameron released an award-winning romantic drama about Rose and Jack. It broke all the box office records even after 25 years of its initial release in 1997. The sinking of the ocean liner was set against the backdrop of Rose and Jack’s bond of love. While the characters of Jack and Rose can be fictitious, the deaths of more than 1500 cruise passengers were not. The movie is also appreciated for its soundtrack.

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man who was tricked and sold into slavery in 1841 and his eventual rescue from slavery more than a decade later. The movie does not shy away from showing the brutality on blacks that was prevalent at that time. The screenplay takes into account every highlighted incident from Northup’s memoir to display the tragedy on screen.
Argo (2012)

Based on the real-life incident wherein some US embassy workers took refuge with the Canadian diplomats, disguised as a Canadian film crew, and escaped the hostage situation during the 1979-81 Iran hostage crisis, Argo takes you through the chain of events that led the workers out of the warzone.

Hidden Figures (2016)

Based on three black women mathematicians, who worked for NASA, Hidden Figures tells the story of how three women who were not white, faced racial discrimination even during the 1960s and reached the pinnacle of American space program history.

Roma (2018)

It is a semi-autobiographical movie about writer-director Alfonso Cuaron, where he tells the story of Cleo, who works as a live-in maid for a wealthy man in Mexico City. She soon finds out that she is pregnant and must serve as an employee at the same time participate as a family member too.

Schindler’s List (1993)

Steven Spielberg recreates the story of a brilliant rescue mission where Oscar Schindler, a German Businessman saves more than 1000 European Jews from Nazi extinction camps during World War II. Although Spielberg slightly twisted the actual happening where Oscar Schindler never really created a list, per se, but helped play a key role in saving Jewish lives.

Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde were criminal partners who met in Texas in 1930 and committed 13 murders and robberies. In 1967, Director Arthur Penn’s film Bonnie and Clyde made history with its true-to-life depictions of the duo and their death in a gun ambush, and its climax scene has since become a benchmark for Hollywood.

Queen

Based on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, Helen Mirren’s Oscar Winning film is about the aftermath of Princess Diana’s untimely death that wreaked havoc on the Royal family. The Queen’s ability to bring an intimate perspective on the monarchy and its engaging storytelling made it a critical and commercial success.

A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own stars top Hollywood A-listers- Tom Hanks, Madonna, and Geena Davis. It narrates the story of a league formed right after the disastrous world war II. The film is about the advent of The American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club narrates the true story of Ron Woodruff (played by Mathew McConaughey), a man diagnosed with AIDS in the mid-1980s. Woodruff, as is shown in the movie, leads a drug distribution service called ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ which provides unapproved AIDS treatments to patients unable to afford AZT, a commonly prescribed drug for AIDS patients at the time.