Which is your favorite true-to-life movie?

Question

Name your favorite true-to-life movie,be it television,VHS,DVD or theater release and explain why you like it the best.My favorite is"The Ghost and the Darkness"(1996)starring Val Kilmer and Micheal Douglas.I love this movie because it tells a chilling real story about 2 lions that terrorized and killed throngs of bridge builders in Africa 1898.Val Kilmer portrays Colonial John H. Patterson; the engineer in charge who must oversee the bridge's completion while simultaneously hunting down these 2 murderous lions.He gets aid in his pursuit from Micheal Douglas in a rousing and memorable performance as Charles Remington"The great white hunter"of his day.The script,directing,acting,editing,score,set location as well as supporting cast;made this movie a profoundly entertaining classic of masterpiece film-making!Although the events of this movie were a calamity that did occur,the film was created so artfully and vividly---capturing the feeling with the superb Direction by Stephen Hopkins.

Answer 1

silkwood with meryl streep as a neuclear power station worker who discovered that her bosses were cutting corners on safety in the power station where she worked i can't remember most of the details of the plot line or the story but
i saw this movie when i was 10 and it just stuck in my mind
to be honest i'm not even sure if it was a real life story but it just really stuck in my memory for some reason and it wasn't even a guy movie( does that make me gay)

Answer 2

In no particular order:
The Right Stuff
Band of Brothers
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Amistad
The Longest Day
Seabiscuit
Gandhi
Schindler's List
Goodfellas
A Man For All Seasons
Quiz Show
All the President's Men
Raging Bull
Cinderella Man
Reds
My Left Foot

Answer 3

I allso highly reccomend October Sky. It's the true story of a boy in a coal-mining town. He's the son of a manager in the mine, and all the boys in the town are "doomed" to be miners because they don't have enough money to go to college and better themselves. But this boy sees Sputnick crossing the sky and dreams of something bigger than his town and a slow death from coal dust.

It's a super inspirational film. Awesome.

Others based on true stories that I reccomend

THe Crucible (excellent acting and a fascinating/chilling story.)

Hidden in Silence (gives the appearance of low-budget, but the true story of a teenager who singlehandedly saved 13 Jews during the Halocaust is worth watching, even if some aspects could have been done more 'professionally")

Apollo 13 (That was a great one)

Stand and Deliver (Awesome inspiratonal true story).

The Scarlet and the Black

Answer 4

Miracle, it's about the USA's victory over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The Soviet Union had the best hockey team in the world at the time and the USA gathered up a bunch of college kids to play for them in the Olympics and how nobody expected them to get a medal let alone win the gold.

Answer 5

Hotel Rwanda.
The Time of the Butterflies.
The Joy Luck Club.

Answer 6

I really liked "The Aviator." Howard Hughes led a very curious life due to his OCD. The movie really made me feel for Hughes and wonder what else he could have done had his mind allowed him to do so.

Answer 7

Walk The Line - J. Phoenix/R. Witherspoon. I thought the both of them did a EXCELLENT job playing Johnny Cash and June Carter. Please they did all the vocals, even for the soundtrack. Great Movie.

Answer 8

The pursuit of happYness (starring Will Smith)

Make you feel that that God rewards your sacrifices and that even at the darkest and lowest times of your life, you can still shine if you really work on it.

Answer 9

The Pianist.

Answer 10

just to name a few........

Hotel Rwanda
Black Hawk Down
Band Of Brothers
Schindler's List
October Sky