CURATED LIST

3 Gripping Movies Based on a True Story

Real events, dramatized — these are the kind of films that send you straight to Wikipedia afterward to find out what actually happened.

  1. The Wolf of Wall Street poster

    #1

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    8.22013#127 on its chart

    The rise and fall of a real Wall Street stockbroker, told with dark comic energy.

  2. Inglourious Basterds poster

    #2

    Inglourious Basterds

    8.42009#69 on its chart

    A fictionalized WWII story that plays with real history in bold, unexpected ways.

  3. Forrest Gump poster

    #3

    Forrest Gump

    8.81994#12 on its chart

    Fictional at its core, but woven through real decades of American history.

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