based on true story

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile | United States of America
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IMDB
6.7 (17274 votes)
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

The Big Short | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.8 (331541 votes)
Budget
28,000,000.00$
When four outsiders see what the big banks, media and government regulators refuse to — the impending collapse of the global economy — they have an idea: The Big Short. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of the modern banking industry where they must question everyone and everything. Based on the true story and best-selling book by Michael Lewis.

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IMDB
7.6 (376 votes)
The film is based on the true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in a 1974 New Yorker article, "The Bank Drama" by Daniel Lang. The hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities and gave rise to the psychological phenomenon "Stockholm Syndrome."

Uri: The Surgical Strike | India
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IMDB
8.8 (26509 votes)
Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.

Operation Finale | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
6.5 (18823 votes)
Budget
24,000,000.00$
In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.

The Old Man & the Gun | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
6.8 (20308 votes)
The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.

BlacKkKlansman | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.5 (115168 votes)
Budget
15,000,000.00$
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

White Boy Rick | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
6.5 (12273 votes)
Risk of sleep!
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

Genre
IMDB
8.1 (301200 votes)
Budget
52,000,000.00$
Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound. Freddie manages to reunite with his bandmates just in time for Live Aid and he leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music.

King of Thieves | United Kingdom
Genre
IMDB
6.0 (1,498 votes)
A true crime film about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events.

The Duchess | France| Spain| United Kingdom| Italy
Genre
IMDB
6.9 (77482 votes)
Budget
17,759,769.00$
Set at the end of the eighteenth century, The Duchess is the story of the beautiful and, glamorous Georgiana Spencer, the most fascinating woman of the age. While her beauty and charisma made her name, her extravagant tastes and appetite for gambling and love made her infamous. Married young to the older, distant Duke of Devonshire, intimate of ministers and princes, Georgiana became a fashion icon, a doting mother, a shrewd political operator and darling of the common people. But at the core of her story is a desperate search for love. Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling u.c. Directed by Saul Dibb Script: Jeffrey Hatcher

We Were Soldiers | France| Germany| United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.2 (125875 votes)
Budget
75,000,000.00$
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

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