based on true story

The Alphabet Killer | United States of America
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IMDB
5.2 (7716 votes)
Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with or without the help of her department

King Richard | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.5 (116741 votes)
Budget
50,000,000.00$
A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

Almost Famous | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.9 (242789 votes)
Budget
60,000,000.00$
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater—fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond, and lead singer Jeff Bebe.

Mississippi Burning | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.8 (83014 votes)
Budget
15,000,000.00$
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Freeway Killer | United States of America
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IMDB
5.4 (1129 votes)
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer easily avoided police at first. But as police closed in and the killer’s pattern grew more erratic, the only question was how many more will die?

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | United States of America
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IMDB
7.0 (30223 votes)
Budget
111,000.00$
Henry likes to kill people, in different ways each time. Henry shares an apartment with Otis. When Otis' sister comes to stay, we see both sides of Henry: "the guy next door" and the serial killer.

Fruitvale Station | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.5 (71288 votes)
Budget
900,000.00$
Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009…

The Trench | France| United Kingdom
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IMDB
6.0 (2425 votes)
The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' experience as a mixture of boredom, fear, panic, and restlessness, confined to a trench on the front lines.

Brain on Fire | Canada| Ireland
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IMDB
6.6 (15194 votes)
Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.

Genre
IMDB
6.8 (55279 votes)
Budget
5,000,000.00$
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

A case for life | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
6.1 (160 votes)
To save her unborn child, she had to fight for the right to die. A True Story

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In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

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