Movies that are based on true stories:
Here's my list, in no particular order:
Dirty Harry (the first one) Munich Sound of Music Goodfellas The Departed Zodiac La Numba ( I didn't enjoy this one at all, especially since I saw it pretty much right after 9/11.) Missing State of Siege Z Bader-Meinhoff Complex The Front The Other Side of The Mountain Does anyone else have any list(s) of movies that're based on true stories? A curious, inquiring mind wants to know. |
Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
Dirty Harry was inspired by a true story, it wasn't based on it.
There are a zllion movies based on true stories. How true the actual movie is varies. |
Originally Posted by will.15 (Post 800516)
Dirty Harry was inspired by a true story, it wasn't based on it.
There are a zllion movies based on true stories. How true the actual movie is varies. I also might add that all movies, including ones inspired by true-to-life stories/events are exaggerated by Hollywood, to both greater and lesser extents. |
Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
The Exorcist (1973)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Amityville Horror (1979) Open Water (2004) Them (Ils) (2007) The Girl Next Door (2007) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Wolf Creek (2005) The Fourth Kind (2009) Titanic (1997) |
Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
Good choices from akatemple. Texas Chainsaw was based on Ed Gein and his fetish for flesh, the character Buffalo Bill in Silence Of The Lambs was based on Ed Gein too.
For me, there's only one... Young Guns. The most accurate portrayal of the Lincoln War outside of a documentary, and has even been toned down in places to make it seem more real and more acceptable for the audience, though in truth the apparent OTT ending, was actually much, much bigger in real life. |
Originally Posted by akatemple (Post 800518)
The Exorcist (1973)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Amityville Horror (1979) Open Water (2004) Them (Ils) (2007) The Girl Next Door (2007) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Wolf Creek (2005) The Fourth Kind (2009) Titanic (1997) Oh, btw, I forgot to add "Jaws" and Lawrence of Arabia to my list. "Jaws" was a novel, which, in turn, was inspired by the book "Close to Shore", a true story about a Great White Shark that really did terrorize a coastal New Jersey resort town until it was finally caught. It took place back in the earlier part of the 20th century. |
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Chopper is my faveroute
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Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
True story pretty much means 10% real 90% Hollywood additions to make it sell.
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Originally Posted by Justified123 (Post 800521)
Chopper is my faveroute
Son of Sam When We Were Kings Bobby JFK Gangs of New York This one was very played down, especially the racial aspect of it. Badlands |
Originally Posted by donniedarko (Post 800522)
True story pretty much means 10% real 90% Hollywood additions to make it sell.
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Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
Memories of Murder (2003)
A Beautiful Mind (2001) Black Hawk Down (2001) Born on the 4th of July (1989) Boys Don't Cry (1999) 127 Hours (2010) Schindler's List (1993) Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Heavenly Creatures (1994) Downfall (2004) |
Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
Into The Wild (2007) - This was such a great movie based on a true story, I am dying to read the book but just have not gotten around to it.
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Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
My fave one at the min is "In Her Skin(2009) Seriously one of the most touching yet disturbing films ive ever seen thats come from a true story.
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Originally Posted by akatemple (Post 800534)
Memories of Murder (2003)
A Beautiful Mind (2001) Black Hawk Down (2001) Born on the 4th of July (1989) Boys Don't Cry (1999) 127 Hours (2010) Schindler's List (1993) Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Heavenly Creatures (1994) Downfall (2004) |
Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
Enemy at the Gates
Saving Private Ryan The Kings Speech Amistad (1997) Breach (2007) The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Troy (2004) Incendies (2010) - If you have not seen this one then you should get this one first, amazing movie. |
Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
Psycho was also inspired by Ed Gein.
Dracula Citizen Kane The Untouchables |
Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
I would say that all the movies are based on real events more or less. ^^
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Interesting points, Gabrielle and will.15.
Although I didn't see Psycho myself, I had no idea that this particular film was inspired by Ed Gein. As for all of the movies being more or less based on true events, that's an interesting possibility that I never took into consideration. Thanks for the heads up, both of you. |
Re: Movies that are based on true stories:
Blow
The Doors |
Originally Posted by The Rodent (Post 800519)
... the character Buffalo Bill in Silence Of The Lambs was based on Ed Gein too.
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