Your favorite films that were based on or at least inspired by true events?
 

Basically the above question. I liked "The pursuit of happyness." :p

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Star Wars :D

They must've based it off your life story. "Luke, I AM your father!" :laugh:

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Into The Wild is such a amazing movie and story, really touched me when I saw it and not many movies do that.

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There are quite a few, but right now I'll just mention Heavenly Creatures.

Troy...that's right...real event.

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i like the big fish, i can relate to that story.

Schindler's List
Gandhi
Munich
Changeling
Pursuit of Happyness
public enemies
Catch me if you can
Goodfellas
Titanic

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Just a few:

Into the Wild
Zodiac
The Social Network
127 Hours
An American Crime
Catch Me If You Can
The Pianist
The Squid and the Whale
Walk the Line
The Terminal

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The Strangers (2008)
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^^Inspired by TRUE EVENTS

You should read the book, it's very powerful.

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It went under the radar, but I think "Blow" is an amazing movie. Perhaps one of Depp's best performances to date :yup:

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The Killing Fields

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Dog Day Afternoon

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The Baader Meinhof Complex

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there chemistry is good

I agree, Iroquois. None of the above mentioned films hold the same special place in my heart regarding movies as West Side Story, but they're good, well-done films.

I'll also add the following to the list:

French Connection

Dirty Harry (the first one)

The Departed

West Side Story (this movie is fiction, but closer to reality in that it's about racial/ethnic tensions, urban gang warfare, love and romance that crosses the racial/ethnic barriers, delinquency, domestic abuse, drug addiction and alcoholism, and conflict with the law).

Zodiac

Munich

One Day in September

Exactly. Not on the list.

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GoodFellas
Zodiac
Raging Bull
Schindler's List

West Side Story may not be on the list, but it, too, is inspired by a certain amount of reality, if one gets the drift.

However, I do agree that there are other movies that are inspired by true events that I forgot to add:

Schindler's List

The Pianist

Defiance

Woodstock

Gimme Shelter

Monterey Pops

Jaws: Not sure if everybody is aware of this, but Jaws was actually based on a book called Close to Shore (the name of the author of which escapes me at the moment), which actually was a true story, about a true event.

Grizzly Man

Also very good ones.