The Greatest True Story's...no fargo...

[Hominid]

AFI vdid that list of the greatest movies a few years back, and a ton were based off of true life. Can't help but wonder if anyones favorite movie is based off a true story. Or at least what everyones favorite movie based on a true story is.

Goodfellas and Patton are good examples.

And nobody say Dreamer: Based On A True Story

[RandalGraves]

The Aviator
Walk the Line
Ray
Man on the Moon

[Briare Rabbit]

Citizen Kane
Wilson
All the King's Men
Lawrence of Arabia
A Man for All Seasons
Patton
The French Connection
Raging Bull
The Elephant Man
Silkwood
Out of Africa
Mississippi Burning
Goodfellas
Schindler's List
Pollock
Kinsey
The Aviator
Walk the Line

[Shockwave]

My top 5-

Citizen Kane

Schindlers List

Lawrence of Arabia

Raging Bull

Walk the Line


BEYOND THE SEA is a good one as well.

[Tony_Montana]

Goodfellas
Schindler's List
Donnie Brasco
Braveheart (sorta)
Casino
Zulu

[ilovemovies]

Almost Famous
Glory
Cinderella Man
Malcolm X
Goodfellas
Schindler's List
JFK (this sort of counts, right?)
The Aviator
World Trade Center

[floydtheater07]

Schindler's List
Born on the Fourth of July
Bloody Sunday
Goodfellas
United 93
Bully
JFK

[zeppelin]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
JFK (this sort of counts, right?)

Of course it does. Even if a lot of people claim that a lot of the information in the movie was made up, it's still something that really happened, even if it didn't exactly happen that way. Then again, no movie shows true events EXACTLY as they happened, so I don't see why everyone makes such a big deal over that one.

Here would be my top 10:
1. Bonnie and Clyde
2. Raging Bull
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. Goodfellas
5. Amadeus
6. Badlands
7. Schindler's List
8. Ed Wood
9. JFK
10. Au Revoir, Les Enfants

[Eskimo Coyote]

RUDY!!!

[dennisv]

Basketball Diaries

[PSU80]

Rudy
Remember the Titans
Friday Night Lights
Black Hawk Down
Cinderella Man
Goodfellas
Casino

[Hucksta G]

1. Almost Famous
2. Goodfellas
3. Schindler's List
4. Raging Bull
5. The Passion of the Christ
6. The Aviator
7. City of God
8. Casino
9. Braveheart
10. The Basketball Diaries

[Derek237]

I agree with many of the films listed here, except for the ones I haven't seen obviously, and World Trade Center. But here's some that weren't mentioned that are great:

The Pianist (amazing story, great film, inspired me to read the memoirs of Szpillman, which is also an incredible and moving read)

The Insider (Crowe, Pacino, how can you miss?)

Talk Radio (Partly inspired by Eric Bogosian's play, partly inspired by the real-life talk radio show host Alan Berg)

[Sean Carleton]

1.GoodFellas
2. JFK
3. Man on the Moon

[bigred760]

Originally posted by Briare Rabbit
Citizen Kane


Huh? Pretty sure Citizen Kane isn't based on real events.

As far as my favorite flicks based on real life stories . . .

The Great Escape
The Untouchables

[moviebuff01]

blow
donnie brasco
goodfellas
the aviator
braveheart
ed wood
cinderella man
walk the line
ray
remember the titans

[cocksmokinclerk]

Originally posted by bigred760
Huh? Pretty sure Citizen Kane isn't based on real events.

well its supposedly loosely based on william randolph hearst, but as for mine....

Rudy
Black Hawk Down

[KyleG]

The Right Stuff

[dalomini]

Planet of the Apes

[bigred760]

Originally posted by dalomini
Planet of the Apes

:D :D

[fmj123]

i think city of god would have to be the best true story.

[Pulp_Joker]

Originally posted by bigred760
Huh? Pretty sure Citizen Kane isn't based on real events.


Its actually based on William Randolph Hearst, the documentary Battle over Citizen Kane tells all about the story

As far as others for me

Ed Wood
Lawrence of Arabia
JFK
The Insider
Schindler's List
Amadeus

[RandalGraves]

gotta add JFK, Walking Tall and Goodfellas to my list

[fmj123]

no particular order:
city of god
Patton
Friday Night Lights
Schindlers List
All Quiet On The Western Front (the old one, havn't seen the 1979 one)
Saving Private Ryan
United 93
We Were Soldiers
The Battle For Algiers

[bigred760]

Originally posted by fmj123
no particular order:
city of god
Patton
Friday Night Lights
Schindlers List
All Quiet On The Western Front (the old one, havn't seen the 1979 one)
Saving Private Ryan
United 93
We Were Soldiers
The Battle For Algiers

Is Saving Private Ryan based on a true story; yeah, it's based in WWII, but was there a real squad looking for one guy in France?

[KillerKlown]

Originally posted by bigred760
Is Saving Private Ryan based on a true story; yeah, it's based in WWII, but was there a real squad looking for one guy in France?



Yes, kinda - Fritz Niland was one of four brothers : Two were killed on D-Day, while another was MIA (presumed dead, although he survived). Fritz Niland was located in Normandy by an Army chaplain and taken out of combat.