Your favorite movie based on true events?

[Pain]

List of films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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My favorite movies based on true events.

The Elephant Man
Escape From Alcatraz
The Great Escape
The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
GoodFellas
Zodiac
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Last King of Scotland
Hotel Rwanda
Touching the Void
City of God

 

[tim290280]

The Great Escape
Escape from Alcatraz
Appollo 13
JFK
Goodfellas
Blow
We Were Soldiers


There are some on that list that should have the disclaimer: Loosely based on events and people that may or may not have even existed or happened.

 

[Pain]

I've had We Were Soldiers on DVD since it came out but never bothered watching it.

 

[Tech]

Armageddon

 

[FuManChu]

Blow,
Fear and Loathing,
Ed Wood,
Ned Kelly,
The Mothman Prophecies,
Tombstone,
Batman Returns...

 

[jnutz19]

Tombstone
Remember The Titans
The Strangers
Apollo13

 

[Oloz]

idk if a HBO series can count on the list... but Band of Brothers by far.

 

[Big04pimpin]

The excorsism of Emily Rose... not sure how much was based on the true story but that kinda of crap scares me if it ever came true.

 

[Hypocrisy86]

Band of brothers for sure.

 

[brendan]

the pursuit of happiness.
Blow.
the texas chainsaw massacre.

 

[Rocky]

Elephant Man
United 93.

 

[thedon]

a beautiful mind

 

[tim290280]

^^ Well it is now.

Dridz and I shaved our heads, tied up our Doc Martins and went head kicking.

 

[Pickle]

peter pan

 

[miamiracing]

Mother Hulda

 

[sexnews]

Forest Gump?

 

[El Freako]

Some of my faves

The Great Escape
Hurricane
Mississippi Burning
Schindler's List
Goodfellas
Charlie Wilson's War
The Assassination Of Jessie James...
Last King Of Scotland
Hotel Rwanda
Men Of Honour
Remember The Titans
Shadow Of The Vampire

I noticed that Raging Bull, The Untouchables and Tombstone weren't there. Not a very complete list IMO.

I really couldn't pick a fave but maybe could cut it down to a top 5.