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This is an index of articles that features lists of films based on real-life events. As new entries are produced, they should be included to ensure the list remains current and complete. List of films based on actual events (before 1940)
The Big Heist is a 2001 crime drama television film directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Jere Cunningham and Gary Hoffman. The film, based on the 1986 non-fiction book The Heist by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, tells the story of the 1978 Lufthansa heist .
The Big Short (film) Billionaire Boys Club (1987 film) Billionaire Boys Club (2018 film) The Black Panther (1977 film) Blackwell's Island (film) Blind Faith (miniseries) Bloody Wednesday (film) Blue Eyed Butcher; Bonnie and Clyde (film) Borderland (2007 film) Boys Don't Cry (1999 film) The Brink's Job; Bronson (film) Buster (film)
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 92% score based on 38 reviews. The site's consensus states: "An effortlessly engaging true-crime documentary, The Thief Collector reaffirms that reality can be stranger than fiction -- and sometimes just as entertaining." [2] Metacritic reports an 70 out of 100 ratings based on four critics. [3]
True Stories was not a commercial success at the time of its release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 79%, based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The critical consensus reads: "Its kitschy leanings may wear thin on some, but True Stories is a disarmingly big-hearted, dreamy vision of Americana."
The Deadly Tower (1975) – action drama thriller television film based on the true story of Charles Joseph Whitman, an engineering student and former Marine who murdered his own wife and mother and then killed 14 more people and wounded 31 others in a shooting rampage at the University of Texas at Austin on the afternoon of August 1, 1966 [205]
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]
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 33% based on 85 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10.The site's critical consensus reads, "King of Thieves unites an incredible cast for a heist movie brimming with potential -- most of which, sadly, evaporates long before the end credits have started to roll."