based on true story

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.

The Ghost and the Darkness | Germany| United States of America
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6.8 (54274 votes)
Budget
50,000,000.00$
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

Revolution | United Kingdom| Norway
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5.3 (6112 votes)
Budget
28,000,000.00$
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | United States of America
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6.6 (47654 votes)
Budget
35,000,000.00$
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel, a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.

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7.3 (64492 votes)
Budget
87,000,000.00$
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

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6.8 (67633 votes)
Budget
20,000,000.00$
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

The Red Sea Diving Resort | United States of America| Canada
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6.5 (18494 votes)
Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake diving resort by the Red Sea.

Fifteen and Pregnant | United States of America
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5.7 (2129 votes)
Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns to her mother. Tina discovers although it has torn her world apart, her pregnancy could re-unite her shattered family and help her find her true purpose in life.

De storm | Belgium| Netherlands
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6.1 (3105 votes)
A fictional story within the historical context of the disastrous flood that engulfed the Dutch coastal province of Zeeland in 1953. When their farmhouse is destroyed by the flood, teenage mother Julia gets separated from her baby boy, whom she kept hidden in a box. She is saved from drowning by a young air force lieutenant, who agrees to go help looking for Julia's little son.

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7.3 (43954 votes)
Budget
34,000,000.00$
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.

The Railway Man | United Kingdom| Australia| Switzerland
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IMDB
7.1 (35860 votes)
Budget
18,000,000.00$
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

Genre
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6.9 (26237 votes)
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.

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