based on true story

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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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IMDB
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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IMDB
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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IMDB
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.

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IMDB
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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6.9 (34211 votes)
A coming-of-age comedy about Jimmy (Tucker Albrizzi), a quiet, heavy-set high school kid who is constantly tormented by the resident school bully Miles (Jack DiFalco) and his cronies. After an altercation on his way home from school lands him a chance meeting with former professional boxer "Action" Jackson (Ron Canada) and trainer Manny (Danny Trejo), Jimmy decides to learn how to fight back.

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5.4 (18024 votes)
Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.

Tracks | Australia
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IMDB
7.2 (26243 votes)
Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.

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IMDB
7.4 (52952 votes)
A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.

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