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24 results for “historical-true-story”

Secrets of the Dead

2000 ★ 6.4

Part detective story, part true-life drama, long-running series explores some of the most iconic moments in history to debunk myths and shed new light on past e

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Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula

2000 ★ 6.1

Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myt

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Samrat Prithviraj

2022 ★ 6.6

The true story of legendary Hindu warrior king "Prithviraj Chauhan" including his early military successes, love story with Sanyogita & clashes with Muhammad of

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Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

1991 ★ 6.4

True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial. Missio

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Mr. Untouchable

2007 ★ 6.7

The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord. Follow his life story from his rough childhood to the last

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The One That Got Away

1957 ★ 6.8

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World W

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Too Young The Hero

1988 ★ 5.8

TV movie based upon the true story of Calvin Graham, who, as a 12 year old boy, enlisted in the US Navy during WWII. Topic: Film "Too Young The Hero" (1988). Go

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Vlad the Impaler: The True Life of Dracula

1979 ★ 7.8

Vlad Țepeş, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, fights the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and the Hungarian Boyars in his court. Task: Write a fa

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Let Him Have It

1991 ★ 6.7

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films.

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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999 ★ 6.3

The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers. Molokai: T

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I Play Rocky

2026 ★ 0.0

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no"

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Monster: The Ed Gein Story

2025 ★ 7.2

The shocking true-life tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood's most iconic on-screen killers. Monster: The Ed G

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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

2024 ★ 7.6

The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Men

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The Pianist

2002 ★ 8.4

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto,

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Schindler's List

1993 ★ 8.6

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War

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Hatfields & McCoys

2012 ★ 7.5

It’s the true American story of a legendary family feud—one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. The Hatfield-McCo

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Alias Grace

2017 ★ 7.2

Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thoma

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Lee

2024 ★ 7.0

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II. Lee is

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Captain Phillips

2013 ★ 7.5

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hij

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Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield

2007 ★ 3.7

Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lamb

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The King's Thief

1955 ★ 6.3

An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II. The King's Thief is a 1955 adventure, drama, and romance film s

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Emperor

2020 ★ 7.5

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green. Topic: Film "Emperor"

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The Alamo

1960 ★ 7.1

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smas

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Notes on a True Story

1951 ★ 5.9

On the evening of March 11, 1950, Annabella Bracci, a 12-year-old girl, was brutally killed and thrown into a pit on the outskirts of Rome, near the village of

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