Jump to Content

2019 : "true story" Movies - Sort: Most Popular

Portrait of Amy Renner Amy Renner

Last modified: Dec. 10, 2022

Filter menu Filters Showing 1-20 of 39 movies

Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and… more »

Drama Biography 1 hr, 48 mins

  • 4.4

84%

16%
ADVERTISEMENT

Untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that treks across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determi… more »

PG Drama Adventure

  • 4.7

89%

11%

Based on a true story from award winning director Daniel Lee (Three Kingdoms, 14 Blades), featuring China’s biggest stars Wu Jing (Wandering Earth, Wolf Warrior 2) and Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hid… more »

NR Drama Adventure 2 hrs, 5 mins

  • 3

19%

81%

Based on a true story, The Best of Enemies centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater (Henson), an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis (Rockwell), a local Ku Klux Klan leader… more »

PG-13 Drama True Story

  • 3.3

60%

40%
ADVERTISEMENT

The outlaws made headlines. The lawmen made history. From director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side), The Highwaymen follows the untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie a… more »

R Drama Crime 2 hrs, 11 mins

  • 3.7

86%

14%

A gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio, try to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon’s secret fund.

R Crime Heist 1 hr, 30 mins

  • 4.8

83%

17%
ADVERTISEMENT

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine. Based on the true story of William Kamkwamba.

Drama Biography

  • 4

89%

11%

A man accepts a bet that he can walk from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in seven days for millions of dollars.

NR Drama Comedy

  • 4.2

82%

18%

When Joyce Smith's fourteen-year-old son John fell through an icy Missouri lake one winter morning, she and her family had seemingly lost everything. At the hospital, John lay lifeless for more than s… more »

PG Drama Biography

  • 4.5

85%

15%

A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1980s results in a very violent outcome. Lords of Chaos tells the true story of True Norwegian Black Metal and its most notorious prac… more »

R Thriller Horror 1 hr, 52 mins

  • 2.3

46%

54%

Based on the true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm.

Thriller True Story

50%

50%

Based on the book, The Meanest Man in Texas is the true story of Clyde Thompson. When he is convicted of multiple murder, he is sent to the hardest labor camp in the south and the through his new foun… more »

NR Drama Adaptation

  • 1

56%

44%

Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney (Ruffalo) uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the pro… more »

PG-13 Drama

  • 4

72%

28%

A powerful and thought-provoking true story, Just Mercy follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lu… more »

PG-13 Drama Crime 2 hrs, 16 mins

  • 4.1

72%

28%

Based on the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster in which 118 Russians perished.

Drama True Story

  • 4

95%

5%

Whereas the original movie detailed Elder Groberg's first mission to Tonga in the 1950's as a 19 year-old bachelor, the sequel tells the inspiring true story of his return to Tonga in the 1960's with… more »

PG-13 Sequel Faith 1 hr, 50 mins

  • 3

81%

19%

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles tells the true story of how Luis Buñuel made his second movie. Paris, 1930. Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel are main figures of the Surrealist movement, but Buñuel… more »

Adventure Animation 1 hr, 17 mins

  • 1

50%

50%

Reformed gangster and former wrestler Ricky, his wife Julia, daughter Saraya and son Zak make a living performing in tiny venues across the country. Ricky and Julia want a better life for their childr… more »

PG-13 Drama Comedy 1 hr, 48 mins

  • 3.4

69%

31%

Automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, are dispatched by Henry Ford II to craft a new automobile with the potential to finally defeat the dominant Ferrari at the 1966 L… more »

PG-13 Drama True Story

  • 4.8

90%

10%

A security guard reports on the knapsack bomb at the 1996 summer Olympics and helps clear bystanders — only to find himself vilified and suspected of being involved in the terrorism plot.

R Drama True Story

  • 2.3

72%

28%

More to Explore

Find and discover more on Movie Insider and across the web.

30-Day Free Trial

Watch thousands of movies 24/7 on Amazon Prime.

Go now
Production Listings

Find and discover movies filming now.

Go now