True Story Movies

Tom Hanks in 1995's Apollo 13

Tom Hanks in 1995’s Apollo 13

Want to know the best Best True Story Movies?  Curious which True Story Movie earned the most at the box office? Want to know which True Story Movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which True Story Movies got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which one got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place …. because we have all of that information.

A few months ago, Wife of Cogerson (that’s what she likes to be called) was talking about Ultimate Movie Rankings with one of her co-workers, Anne C.  Anne’s favorite type of movie are ones that are based on a true story.  Since I did not have a “True Story Movies” page they requested that I do one.  Normally when I get a request, I go straight to IMDb, find out how many movies that performer made, and start researching the stats of each individual movie.  In this case, I quickly realized that there were thousands of movies based on true stories.  So after a few months of research, I had nothing to show for my work.  About two weeks ago, I stumbled across a book….Based On A True Story by Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen.  So using that book as a jumping spot…I finally figured out a way to write this movie page.

With the massive amount of movies to research…I decided to try and find the Top True Story Movies based on my Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score equation.  So using Vankin and Whalen’s book, the Internet, personal favorites, Wife of Cogerson’s suggestion, Anne’s suggestions, and the Ultimate Movie Rankings database, I scored over 300 movies.  This page looks at the Top 50 True Story Movies.

Peter O'Toole in 1962's Lawrence of Arabia

Peter O’Toole in 1962’s Lawrence of Arabia

Top 50 True Story Movies Can Be Ranked 5 Ways In The Table Below

The really cool thing about ther table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort True Story Movies by subject matter
  • Sort True Story Movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
  • Sort True Story Movies by critic reviews and audiences voting.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each True Story Movie received.
  • Sort True Story Movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.  The ceiling to earn points for box office is $200 million…once a movie passes that mark it stops earning points in that category.

I am pretty sure that I have not included many films that could crack the Top 50…I will continue to research Based on a True Story movies and update when I find one.

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24 thoughts on “True Story Movies

    1. Hey John….To Hell and Back would have been a good one for sure for this page…I will have to include that one on part 2 of this page….but looking at the low view numbers …not thinking Part 2 is coming out anytime soon. Appreciate the comment.

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