ok this is what's wrong with hollywood... those are absolutely fictitious stories and characters, they just make them sound like they really happened by showing dates of deaths and having a text prologue at the beginning...

this thread is not about that! :1orglaugh

apparently so! :)

check out band of brothers... I was impressed when I watched it, but when i did some further reading on the characters and their books I found out that it is almost a perfect rendition of what actually happened, pretty much word for word... which makes this series even better and truly amazing.

One that hasn't been mentioned and my ultimate all time favorite:

"Dog Day Afternoon" w. Al Pacino




No screenwriter could come up with such a story to sound real and no other director than Sidney Lumet could make it into a more memorable movie.

apollo 13
black hawk down
goodfellas

Bingo! (no, not the movie)

Also very, very good: The Pianist.

And "Hotel Rwanda"

Btw Derek, here's a list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._actual_events

the mind blowing thing about this film is the motivation behind the heist! wasn't expecting that...........

I would also very much recommend The Life of Others(Das Leben der Anderen)
Not based on facts but it's definately happened.

Lord of War ;-)

50 movies

Saved in a text file..

Touching the Void was amazing! I can't say enough about it..

oh wow... Thank you so much Eric!

28 days later

I think A Beautiful Mind was based on a true story. If not, still excellent movie.

It is indeed :)

127 Hours

Black Hawk Down

I don't remember of any right now , but here is an awesome list of true story movies : http://www.moviesbasedontruestoriesd....blogspot.com/

My #1 is Charlie's War


Erin Brockvich
Lord of War
October Sky
Apollo 13
Catch Me If You Can
Saving Private Ryan
Good Fellas
21
Sound of Music
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Patton
Brian's Song
Tora Tora Tora
Raging Bull
Glory
Braveheart
Boogie Nights
Prelafontaine
Titanic
Patch Adams
Ray
Walk The Line
Black Hawk Down
13 Days
The Rookie
Seabiscuit
Miracle
Hotel Rwanda
Cinderella Man
Lords of Dog Town
Invincible
Last King of Scotland
We are Marshall
The Stoning of Soraya M
Valkyrie
Blind Side
Invictus
Amelia
127 Hours
Secretariat

Catch Me If You Can

Touching the Void -- the craziest survival story you will ever see.

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for requiring 8 characters

Please tell me there is a porn called

The Pursuit of Hap-Penis

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really tho, probably Catch Me If You Can, but im not sure of others that were based on real life situations other than shit on lifetime

Santiago's Ark

An ABC Afterschool Special about an imaginative and determined 14-year-old Puerto Rican boy who builds a sailing ship to sail around Central Park. Followed in 1975 by the sequel "Santiago's America."

Charlie Wilson's War

Serpico

All The President's Men

Monster

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Those are some I've seen that stick to my craw...

:D

Midnight Express is a real good one of you haven't seen it yet.

How has no one said Middle Men yet lol

If you ask about biggest crap "inspired" by true story then I vote for middle men :]

Middle Men and Too Big to Fail

...both scary horror movies...

JFK
Midway
Papillon
The Sound of Music
Ray
La Bamba
Titanic
The Aviator
Open Water

The world's fastest indian

Goodfellas / Catch me if you can

Alive...