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Hidden Figures. Loosely based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book of the same name, Hidden Figures follows a trio of Black female mathematicians who worked at NASA’s segregated—by race and gender ...
Hell on the Border (2019) – Western biographical film based on the true story of Bass Reeves, the first African-American deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi River. [ 94 ] The Highwaymen (2019) – historical crime thriller film about two former Texas Rangers who attempt to track down and apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde ...
Oranges and Sunshine (2010) – Australian-British biographical drama film based on the true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered the scandal of "home children", a scheme of forcibly relocating poor children from the United Kingdom to Australia and Canada [102]
This is a list of films and miniseries that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.. True story films [1] gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the production of films based on actual events that first aired on CBS, ABC, and NBC.
This movie is based on the 2013 book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber, which chronicles the crimes of Cullen, a real-life convicted serial killer ...
Man on a Swing (1974) – thriller film loosely drawn from a true-life murder investigation and based on the non-fiction book The Girl on the Volkswagen Floor (1971) by journalist William Arthur Clark [176] Massacre Mafia Style (1974) – crime thriller film based on true stories Duke Mitchell was told over the years [177]
Breaking down what's real and what's made up in Jason Reitman's big screen "Saturday Night Live" origin story. Saturday Night tells the pulse-pounding tale of the 90 minutes leading up to the very ...
29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]