Movies based on true stories usually come out decades after the fact, but there are other cases when a movie is ripped from the headlines and released while the story is still fresh in the memory.

The film is based on the real-life phenomena and subsequent tragedy that occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, during 1966 and 1967. Hundreds of residents reported sightings of a giant, winged ...

A man balances on a wire stretched between the Twin Towers. A pilot safely lands an airliner on a river with 155 people still ...

The chilling events in The Exorcism of Emily Rose (portrayed by Laura Linney, Campbell Scott, Tom Wilkinson and of course, Jennifer Carpenter in the titular role) are nearly as frightening as the real ...

Bloomberg reported that the film got the attention of the real-life Pentagon, with an internal memo discrediting the accuracy of certain characterizations in the film, such as Jarred Harris’ character ...

Hunter S. Thompson once said, “Without gambling, I would not exist.” Well, neither would some of our favorite blockbuster movies. It may interest you to know that some top Hollywood movies are based ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Ever finished a horror movie with a chill running down your spine just because the phrase “based ...

Like many of cinema’s best historical black comedies, Good News is based on fact. The Korean film follows the real-life 1970 ...

Nothing brings a chilling fear down someone’s spine like a horror movie teasing that its plot is based on real events. Weapons, released on August 8, 2025, is the latest Warner Bros. film to haunt ...

These based on a true story movies are pretty accurate — aside from their fictionalized main characters. Does knowing that lead characters — and in some cases, the hero of the movie — were Hollywood ...

Is Incantation based on a true story? Explore the chilling real-life Taiwanese incident that inspired the film and what's ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Steve on Netflix—which began streaming today—definitely seems like the kind of movie that would be based on a true story. This is in part because much of the movie is ...