28 Responses for "Top 10 Movies based on True Stories"

1. jason August 12th, 2008 at 4:32 am 1

   nice post, my favorite of all was “Catch me if you can” Great movie!

   jason
   http://www.mythemefinder.com

2. Jesseca August 12th, 2008 at 1:50 pm 2

   Good post, but the first entry is not quite right. 21 was very loosely (and I mean loosely) based on the book Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich. The characters in the movie are not exact representations of the real figures, as the others on the list are. The names aren’t even the same in the movie.

3. stef August 12th, 2008 at 4:49 pm 3

   nice. blow is one of the best movies i’ve ever seen

4. Etna August 12th, 2008 at 7:27 pm 4

   Nice list! “Monster” starring Charlize Theron portraying Ailee Wuornos would definitely be in my top 10 though. Theron was brilliant in that movie.

5. crhis August 12th, 2008 at 10:15 pm 5

   Thats Hollywood for you take out the three asian guys and replace white guys instead.

6. HollywoodBS August 12th, 2008 at 10:21 pm 6

   the actual people in “21″ include 3 ASIAN MALES. Of course, they keep the “token Asian girl,” and replace the men with WHITE FOLK. Screw this movie and screw Hollywood.

7. adam August 12th, 2008 at 11:48 pm 7

   what about titanic?

8. szoo August 13th, 2008 at 2:34 am 8

   Into The Wild was awesome and Chloe Sevingy is Hawt!

9. Steve August 13th, 2008 at 6:40 am 9

   hmm, I take it you haven’t seen any movies that are more then 5 years old have you?
   The Great Escape, The French Connection, Escape from Alcatraz, Shindler’s List, should I go on?
   Blackhawk Down, Hotel Rwanda, Awakening, Lorenzo’s Oil, The Dam Busters… more?
   Apollo 13, Motorcycle Diaries, Chopper even the new release The Bank Job is better then any of the movies you mention.

   If you have run out of idea to publish the saddest thing to do is create a top 10 and then do such a crap job at it.

10. Nick August 13th, 2008 at 9:02 pm 10

    @ Steve: No need to be a dick about it, I’m sure these are the author’s top 10. If you don’t share the opinion then express it without shooting down the other person. Seriously man, c’mon and have a little class.

11. admin August 13th, 2008 at 11:18 pm 11

    thanks Nick

12. Cyanide August 14th, 2008 at 7:56 am 12

    Couple things. Steve, you’re an asshole. And I love how all the actors in Charlie Wilson’s war look incredibly similar to the real thing.

13. Abby August 15th, 2008 at 7:31 am 13

    The Pursuit of Happiness was soo damn amazing! it made me cry! lol

14. Julie August 15th, 2008 at 11:58 am 14

    The only thing “authentic” about the titanic movie is that the ship sank. Jack and Rose are NOT real people.

15. sek! August 15th, 2008 at 4:21 pm 15

    Into the Wild is the best of true stories.

16. Jamie Collins August 16th, 2008 at 9:05 am 16

    I really do not care about them changing the asians in 21 for white americans. It was still a good film and the cast performed well.

17. The Original Dave August 16th, 2008 at 4:36 pm 17

    Nice list, except “21″ was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.

18. hly August 17th, 2008 at 4:25 am 18

    i think alpha dog should have made this list.

19. Maxx Power August 18th, 2008 at 10:51 am 19

    All good movies, but where is GOODFELLAS? That’s based on true events as well, and one of the most critically acclaimed movies around.

20. damien August 18th, 2008 at 6:28 pm 20

    the list is spot on

21. clonewolf August 18th, 2008 at 10:05 pm 21

    Hey Stevo

    Lighten up chippy. Its a subjective list. The author listed their own top 10. However, I must agree that a few of the films you mentioned Schindler’s List, Hotel Rwanda, Apollo 13, Escape From Alcatraz, Legally Blonde, etc. FAR exceed some of the crap on this list!
    So, in essence, you’re both correct and yet both wrong. Welcome to Blogworld.

    George Cloney

22. Bob August 18th, 2008 at 11:19 pm 22

    21 is your number one film based on real people/events?

    Give your head a shake! People will have forgotten 21 by December if they haven’t already.

    My pic will ALWAYS be United 93. Hands down. Don’t forget to turn out the lights when the rest of these movies go home.

    The fact that United 93 also stars some of the REAL people is and added bonus.

23. casey August 19th, 2008 at 12:36 am 23

    what about eric brockovich?.

24. paresh August 19th, 2008 at 9:06 am 24

    nice list, thanks for sharing.

25. tor schjølberg August 19th, 2008 at 10:43 am 25

    lame. have you EVER seen a foreign movie based on true characters/happenings? didn’t think so. typical blockbuster-hollywood-shitlist i’d say. couple of good movies, though.

    exorsism of emily rose? aaaahahahahha aaahaha aaaah haahha.

    thanks to steve for pointing out a thing or two

26. HoneyBakedHam August 19th, 2008 at 11:33 am 26

    Steve isn’t wrong… This list is clearly a list drawn from a very limited catalog of only recent films. 21, good or not, doesn’t deserve to be in the company of these other arguably better films, and many of those remaining films should be replaced by older, better movies…

27. Steve August 24th, 2008 at 9:23 am 27

    Hi fans, I’m back. thanks for all the words of support, no really.

    Hey admin, hats off to you for not deleting my post.

    Here are some more movies I suggest you look at. All of which won Oscar’s some not so long ago either.
    Good Night and Good Luck
    Capote
    Last King of Scotland
    All The Presidents Men
    The Killing Fields
    Shine
    JFK
    Dog Day Afternoon (kind of based on a true story)
    Ghandi
    Munich (I didn’t like it personally)

28. Fazi September 10th, 2008 at 3:07 pm 28

    I didnt know the real guy from The Pursuit of Happyness Chris Gardner has Net worth $65 million USD (2006)