inspired by true events

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Switzerland| United Arab Emirates
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8.0 (16583 votes)
Budget
30,000,000.00$
A thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior is abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown into a world where greed and injustice rule all, Bilal finds the courage to raise his voice and make a change. Inspired by true events, this is a story of a real hero who earned his remembrance in time and history.

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6.6 (6210 votes)
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot him. This is Valerie's story.

The Stanford Prison Experiment | United States of America
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6.9 (34834 votes)
This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.

Hidden in the Woods | France| United States of America
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4.1 (500 votes)
Budget
350,000.00$
Hidden in the Woods tells the story of two sisters who have been raised in isolation, subjected to the torment of their abusive, drug dealing father. When they finally decide to report him to the police, he kills the two officers and is put in jail. But things go from bad to worse when the girls must answer to their Uncle Costello, a psychotic drug kingpin, who shows up looking for his missing merchandise which is hidden in the woods.

American Wrestler: The Wizard | United States of America
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7.1 (2514 votes)
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses | United States of America
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IMDB
5.6 (4406 votes)
Budget
5,500,000.00$
Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.

Heavenly Creatures | Germany| New Zealand
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IMDB
7.3 (57201 votes)
Budget
5,000,000.00$
Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. When their parents begin to suspect that their increasingly intense and obsessive bond is becoming unhealthy, the girls hatch a dark plan for those who threaten to keep them apart.

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IMDB
7.8 (996207 votes)
Budget
200,000,000.00$
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Great Raid, The | United States of America
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IMDB
6.7 (19,809 votes)
Budget
80,000,000.00$
Set in the Philippines in 1945, "The Great Raid" tells the true story of the 6th Ranger Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) who undertakes a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, the 6th Ranger Battalion aims to liberate over 500 American prisoners-of-war from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever. Directed by John Dahl, the film also stars James Franco ("Spider Man"), Joseph Fiennes ("Shakespeare in Love") and Connie Nielsen ("Gladiator"). Starring: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Fiennes, Mark Consuelos English language with latvian and russian subtitles.

The Water Diviner | United States of America| Australia
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22,500,000.00$
Set in 1919 after the Battle of Gallipoli--a futile attempt by the allies to take a prominent Ottoman peninsula during World War I--The Water Diviner follows an Australian farmer named Connor (Russell Crowe) who travels to Turkey determined to bring back the bodies of his sons after they are presumably killed in battle, only to find out there might be more hope for them than he thought. Directed by and starring Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe ("Gladiator", "Noah" and "Man of Steel"), the film also features Olga Kurylenko ("The November Man", "Oblivion" and "Seven Psychopaths") and Jai Courtney ("Divergent", "I, Frankenstein" and "A Good Day to Die Hard").