The best movies based on true stories
The top 3 according to 79 votes from people: In the Name of the Father (1993) · Schindler's List (1993) · City of God (2002). (Updated Apr 7, 2026.)
Stories that really happened: the best films based on real events according to Ámbito, Risbel Magazine and Moviebase, from Schindler's List to Spotlight.
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Top 15
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1
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Daniel Day-Lewis and the Guildford Four case.
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2
Schindler's List (1993)
Oskar Schindler saves over a thousand Jews; seven Oscars.
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3
City of God (2002)
Crime in a Rio favela from the 1960s to the 80s.
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4
Spotlight (2015)
Boston Globe reporters expose abuse in the Church; Best Picture.
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5
Goodfellas (1990)
Henry Hill and the Mob, from Martin Scorsese.
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6
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Solomon Northup, kidnapped and sold into slavery.
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7
The Pianist (2002)
Władysław Szpilman survives in Warsaw.
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8
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Leonardo DiCaprio as con man Frank Abagnale.
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9
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Leonardo DiCaprio as stockbroker Jordan Belfort.
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10
Sully (2016)
Tom Hanks and the Hudson River landing.
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11
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Paul Rusesabagina shelters hundreds during the genocide.
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12
The Impossible (2012)
A family in the 2004 tsunami, from J. A. Bayona.
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13
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde; Oscar for Eddie Redmayne.
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14
Apollo 13 (1995)
The mission NASA brought back to Earth.
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15
Green Book (2018)
A pianist and his driver in the segregated South; Best Picture.
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