Showing posts with label Genre: true stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genre: true stories. Show all posts

The Blind Side (2009)

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An intriguing drama, directed by John Lee Hancock and adapted from the 2006 book by Michael Lewis. It tells the true story of American footb...

Zodiac (2007)

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David Fincher’s highly skilled dramatisation of the remarkable true story about the so-called “Zodiac killer”, who murdered at least five pe...

The Railway Man (2013)

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Based on a true story from Eric Lomax's memoir.  Patricia (Nicole Kidman) meets railway enthusiast Eric (Colin Firth) and the pair quick...

Dark Waters (2019)

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Based on actual events, this is a brilliant environmental/legal thriller directed by Todd Haynes. It falls into the same loose sub-genre as ...

The Lady in the Van (2015)

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Nicholas Hytner’s adaptation of Alan Bennett’s memoir about an eccentric old lady who takes up residence on his Camden Town driveway.  Alex ...

The Mercy (2017)

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Directed by James Marsh and based on the true story, this is an account of the amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who entered the 1968 Sunday ...

The Butcher of Prague (2011)

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Also known as Lidice and Fall of the Innocent , this drama tells the story of the Nazi massacre in the Czech village of Lidice.  Karel Rode...

Eat Pray Love (2010)

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Extremely annoying adaptation of the popular memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert.  Julia Roberts stars as an American who leaves her husband, finds...

The Informant! (2009)

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Based on the book by journalist Kurt Eichenwald and directed by Steven Soderbergh, this is a biographical comedy-drama about Mark Whitacre, ...

Invictus (2009)

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Directed by Clint Eastwood , this film tells the story of the Springbok rugby team in South Africa and how their profile was boosted with t...

Everest (2015)

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Disaster/survival film about the true-life events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster involving two climbing groups, led by Rob Hall (Jason C...

Frost/Nixon (2008)

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Historical drama detailing a celebrated set of 1977 TV interviews between David Frost ( Michael Sheen ) and US President   Richard Nixon (F...

A Walk in the Woods (2015)

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Film version of Bill Bryson’s travel book about walking the Appalachian Trail.  The author is played by Robert Redford and his friend (a wh...

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

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Based on a true story, this is a gripping and desperately sad drama starring Sean Penn . He plays Samuel Bicke, a furniture salesman who is ...

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

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Biographical drama detailing an unlikely romance between American actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) and a Liverpudlian half her age ( ...

Eddie the Eagle (2016)

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Good-natured comedy-drama telling the true story of Michael “Eddie” Edwards, a British ski jumper who represented his country at the 1988 Wi...

Hidden Figures (2016)

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Based on a true story, Hidden Figures focuses on three female mathematicians who worked for NASA during the Space Race. Despite their brill...

Argo (2012)

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Superb thriller regarding the real-life events of the so-called “Canadian Caper”.  In November 1979, Iranian extremists stormed the US embas...

Fair Game (2010)

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Superb thriller. Adapted from the memoirs of the two protagonists, it tells the story of CIA operative Valerie Plane and her diplomat husba...

The Post (2017)

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I’m not much of a Spielberg fan, as documented elsewhere , but I bought this without realising he was involved.  It tells the story of how t...